Stoke Climsland

"STOKE CLIMSLAND, a parish in the N. division of East hundred, county Cornwall, 3 miles N. of Callington, its post town, and 16 N. of Plymouth. The village, which is large, is situated on the road from Launceston to Callington, near the river Taw, which here separates the counties of Cornwall and Devon, and is bounded on the N. by the river Inney, which runs into the Tamar on the E. The manor was formerly held by Tavistock and Launceston abbeys. The parish includes the hamlets of Brayshop, Bealsmill, Downgate, Luckett, Oldmill, and Venterdon, with the liberty of Cary Bullock, which belongs to the duchy. The surface is hilly and the soil light, upon a substratum of granite, schistose rock, and porphyry. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture and in the tin mines. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Exeter, value £621. The parochial charities produce about £25 per annum. There is a National school for both sexes, in which a Sunday-school is held. The Wesleyans, Bible Christians, and Plymouth Brethren have each a chapel. Whiteford House is the principal residence. The Prince of Wales, as Duke of Cornwall, is lord of the manor. A cattle fair is held on 29th May."

"HAMPTON, a hamlet in the parish of Stoke Climsland, hundred of Middle East, county Cornwall, 4 miles N.E. of Callington, and 7 S. of Launceston. It is situated on the river Tamar."