Lawhitton
Sign in to saveLawhitton () is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated two miles (3 km) south-west of Launceston and half-a-mile west of Cornwall's border with Devon at the River Tamar. The village is the main settlement in the civil parish of Lawhitton Rural, which was created in 1894 from the part of the old parish of Lawhitton that lay outside the borough boundaries of Launceston. The border with Devon forms the parish's eastern boundary; to the north, it is bounded by St Thomas by Launceston parish; to the west by Launceston parish; and to the south by Lezant parish.
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- 240
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- England
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- Cornwall
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- Lawhitton
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- Lannwydhan
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- 301
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- Cornwall
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- Lawhitton Rural
- Population
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Lawhitton () is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated two miles (3 km) south-west of Launceston and half-a-mile west of Cornwall's border with Devon at the River Tamar. The village is the main settlement in the civil parish of Lawhitton Rural, which was created in 1894 from the part of the old parish of Lawhitton that lay outside the borough boundaries of Launceston. The border with Devon forms the parish's eastern boundary; to the north, it is bounded by St Thomas by Launceston parish; to the west by Launceston parish; and to the south by Lezant parish. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 301.
==History== thumb|Old Post Office, Lawhitton At the time of Domesday Book (1086) the manor was held by the bishop and had 11 hides of land and land for 40 ploughs. The lord had land for 2 ploughs with 7 serfs, and 27 villeins and 20 smallholders had land for 29 ploughs. There was 8 acres of meadow, 100 acres of pasture and 10 acres of underwood. The value of the manor was £17 though it had formerly been worth only £8.