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Poundstock (Cornish: Tregorlann) is a civil parish and a hamlet on the north coast of Cornwall, England. The hamlet is situated four miles (6.5 km) south of Bude and half-a-mile west of the A39 trunk road about one mile from the coast. Poundstock civil parish was in the Registration District of Stratton 1974-2009. It is bounded to the west by the Atlantic Ocean; to the north by Marhamchurch parish, to the east by Week-St. Mary parish, and to the south by the parishes of Jacobstow and St. Gennys. It includes the hamlet of Widemouth Bay. The population of the parish in the 2001 census was 805. According to A Vision of Britain through Time, Poundstock was part of the Lesnewth Hundred of Cornwall and in Stratton Rural District between 1894 and 1974. [edit] Research TipsOne of the many maps available on A Vision of Britain through Time is one from the Ordnance Survey Series of 1900 illustrating the parish boundaries of Cornwall at the turn of the 20th century. This map blows up to show all the parishes and many of the small villages and hamlets. The following websites have pages explaining their provisions in WeRelate's Repository Section. Some provide free online databases.
https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CON/Jacobstow
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