Helford, Cornwall

Historical Description

Helford, a river and a small seaport in Cornwall. The river rises about 4½ miles W of Penryn, runs about 5 miles southward, deflects suddenly to the left, and goes about 5 miles eastward to the English Channel. It branches throughout its eastward reach into picturesque creeks, is there all estuarial, and at the mouth about 1 mile wide, and is said by Carew to have in former times been much frequented by pirates. The small seaport stands on its S side, near the mouth, 5½ miles SSW of Falmouth, is in Manaccan parish, and carries on a small coasting trade and fishing. A Roman earthwork is near.

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 Helford from the following:

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

Maps

Online maps of Helford 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)