Warbstow, Cornwall

Historical Description

Warbstow, a parish in Cornwall, 3½ miles from Tresmeer station on the L. & S.W.R. Post town, Egloskerry. Acreage, 4151; population of the civil parish, 396; of the ecclesiastical, 546. Warbstow barrow is a large ancient fortification, and has in its centre a mound locally called King Arthur's grave. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Treneglos, in the diocese of Truro; net value, £140. Patron, the Prince of Wales as Duke of Cornwall. The church is in the Early English style, and has an embattled tower.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Warbstow from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Warbstow (St. Werburgh))

Maps

Online maps of Warbstow are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Cornwall papers online:

• Royal Cornwall Gazette
• Cornishman
• West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser
• Lake's Falmouth Packet and Cornwall Advertiser

Visitations Heraldic

We have a copy of The Visitations of Cornwall, by Lieut.-Col. J.L. Vivian online.