Flushing, Cornwall

Historical Description

Flushing, a village and an ecclesiastical parish in Cornwall. The village stands on the Falmouth branch of Falmouth harbour, opposite Falmouth town, and 2 miles from Penryn station on the G.W.R., with a post, money order, and telegraph office under Falmouth. Population of parish, 983. It is reputed to be the warmest place in Cornwall, serves as a sub-port to Falmouth, and was founded by the Trefusis family. Oyster-fishing is carried on. The parish was separated from Mylor in 1841. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Truro; value, £170. The church is a small building; was restored in 1871, and improved in 1893. There are three dissenting chapels.

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 Flushing from the following:

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

Maps

Online maps of Flushing 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.