Biscovey, Cornwall
Historical Description
Biscovey, a chapelry in St Blazey and Tywardreath parishes, Cornwall, on the coast, 2 miles S of Par station on the G.W.R., and 5 SSW of Lostwithiel. It has a post office under Par station, which is the money order and telegraph office. It is included in the ecclesiastical parish of Par.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5
Maps
Online maps of Biscovey 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.