Description
Warbstow, a parish in Cornwall, 3 1/2 miles from Tresmeer station on the L. & S.W.R. Post town, Egloskerry. Acreage, 4151; population of the civil parish, 396; of the ecclesiastical, 546. Warbstow barrow is a large ancient fortification, and has in its centre a mound locally called King Arthur's grave. The living is a vicarage, annexed to Treneglos, in the diocese of Truro; net value, £140. Patron, the Prince of Wales as Duke of Cornwall. The church is in the Early English style, and has an embattled tower.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
