Description
Poundstock, a village and a parish in Cornwall, The village stands ly mile W of Widemouth Bay, 5 1/2 SSW of Stratton, and 12 1/2 NW of Launceston station on the G.W.R.; was known at Domesday as Poupestock. There is a post office under Stratton; money order and telegraph office, Stratton. Acreage of parish, 4799 ; population, 496. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The manor belonged anciently to the Earl of Mortaigne. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Truro; net value, £140 with residence. The church is ancient but good, and has a lofty tower. There are Methodist and Bible Christian chapels.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
