Description
Whitstone, a parish in Cornwall, 6 miles from Holsworthy station on the L. & S.W.R. It has a post and money order office under Holsworthy; telegraph office, Holsworthy railway station. Acreage, 3931; population, 394. Hilton Wood Castle is an ancient earthwork in the neighbourhood. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Truro; gross value, £230 with residence. The church is ancient but good, and was thoroughly restored in 1882. There is a Bible Christian chapel.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
