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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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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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Portreath (Cornish: Porthtreth or Porth Treth); civil parish, village and fishing port on north coast of Cornwall; village is about three miles (5 km) west-north-west of Redruth; lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB)
Porth's full name is St Columb Porth (meaning 'port of St Columb'); was a small port and farm settlement before Newquay existed;
formerly in civil parish of St Columb Minor; now incorporated into Newquay civil parish but ecclesiastical parish of St Columb Minor still exists
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