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Ecclesiastical Parish and market town in Cornwall; dates from only 1613; Smithwick or Smithike, afterwards Penny-come-quick, Pen-y-cwm-cuick; royal proclamation went forth, in 1660, requiring it to be thenceforth called Falmouth; town was incorporated as a borough by a charter from Charles II dated 5 October 1661
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Helston is an Ecclesiastical Parish and market town in Cornwall; historically borough and market-town, and head of a union, in parish of Wendron, possessing separate jurisdiction, but locally in hundred of Kerrier, W. division of Cornwall, 17 miles from Truro
Launceston St Mary Magdalene is an Ancient Parish and a market town in the county of Cornwall
Liskeard is an Ancient Parish and market town in Cornwall; Lyskerrys (Cornish) one of Cornwall’s oldest towns
civil parish and town, on shore of Mount's Bay in Cornwall; 2 miles (3.2 km) east of Penzance; tidal island St Michael's Mount half-a-mile offshore, low water causeway links to town; high water passenger boats carry visitors; late 11th century charter granted lands and liberties to St Michael's Mount, including right to hold market on Thursdays - though market appears always held on mainland opposite; market appears to be origin of name Marazion - from Marghasbighan ("small marketplace") of earlier charters and Marghasyewe or Marketjew of later charters; 1331 Ralph Bloyou procured market Mondays and fair on vigil, feast, and morrow of St Andrew at Marghasyon; 1595 Elizabeth I granted Marazion charter of incorporation, making it a borough, ratified grant of St Andrew's fair, provided for fair on Feast of St Barnabas and established market on Saturdays; only the Michaelmas fair has survived and all the markets have gone
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town, civil parish and port in Penwith district of Cornwall; most westerly major town in Cornwall; in 1870 described as "town, chapelry, sub-district, and district, in Cornwall; town is in Madron parish; derives name, signifying “holy-headland,” from chapel of St Anthony, which stood on point adjoining pier; said to have had castle on site at the Barbican, near the quay; burnt by the Spaniards 1595, plundered by Fairfax 1646; coinage-town from time of Charles II till 1838, when tin dues abolished; received a of incorporation from James I; governed, under the new act, by a mayor, 6 aldermen, and 18 councillors; seat of petty sessions, polling-place, coast-guard station, and a head-port; birthplace of Lord Exmouth, Davies Gilbert, and Sir Humphrey Davy";
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town and civil parish in Cornwall; Redruth (/rəˈdruːθ/ rə-DROOTH, Cornish: Resrudh; Redruth is an Ancient Parish and market town in Cornwall
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town and civil parish in south Cornwall; Saltash is an Ecclesiastical Parish and market town in Cornwall
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Tregony is an Ancient Parish and market town in Cornwall; Borough 1201; Site of a castle and, by 1112, an Augustinian priory; Market town c.1600
cathedral city and civil parish in Cornwall; Truro's borough court, first granted in 1153, became a free borough in 1589 and a city in 1877; Truro St Mary is an Ancient Parish and market town in Cornwall
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