OS Grid Reference: 50°46'N 4°28'W
Name Origin: Middle English whitstan white stone
LAND OF THE COUNT OF MORTAIN
Land of the Count's Other Men
Ralph holds WITESTAN from the Count. Alfwold held it before 1066, and paid tax for ½ furlong of land; 1 furlong there, however. ½ plough there, with 1 slave. Woodland, 12 acres. Formerly 20s; value now 15s. [8 cattle; 8 pigs; 40 sheep; 40 goats. Exon]
A Topographical Dictionary of England, Samuel Lewis, 1831:
WHITSTONE, a parish in the hundred of STRATTON, county of CORNWALL, 5¾ miles (S.S.E.) from Stratton, containing 466 inhabitants. The living is a discharged rectory, in the archdeaconry of Cornwall, and diocese of Exeter, rated in the kings's books at £14. 11. 0½., and in the patronage of Thomas Brown, Esq. The Bude and Launceston canal passes through the parish.
The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, ed J.H.F.Brabner, 1895:
Whitstone, a parish in Cornwall, 6 miles from Holsworthy station on the L. & S.W.R. It has a post and money order office under Holsworthy; telegraph office, Holsworthy railway station. Acreage, 3931; population, S94. Hilton Wood Castle is an ancient earthwork in the neighbourhood. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Truro; gross value, £230 with residence. The church is ancient but good, and was thoroughly restored in 1882. There is a Bible Christian chapel.
Associated Families: Berriman Blacke Cowling Goodman Hobbs Martyn Read Risdon Webb
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