Description
Civil parish. Hundred of Penwith to 1834. Redruth Poor Law Union, 1834-1930. Camborne Urban Sanitary District, 1875-1894. Camborne Urban District, 1894-1934. The parish was abolished in 1934 and the area transferred, along with Redruth and parts of the parishes of Illogan, Gwennap and Wendron, to the newly created parish of Camborne-Redruth. In 1985 this parish was abolished and the parish of Camborne was recreated. Kerrier District, 1985-2009. Camborne, Pool and Redruth Community Network, 2009-present.
Cornwall Parliamentary Constituency, 1209 to 1832. West Parliamentary Division, 1832-1885. Camborne Parliamentary Division, 1885-1934. Falmouth and Camborne Parliamentary Constituency, 1985-2010. Camborne and Redruth Parliamentary Constituency, 2010-present.
Statistics
| Grid Reference: SW 64 40 |
| Year | 1801 | 1851 | 1901 | 1951 | 2001 |
| Acres | 6,900* | 6,744 | 6,931 | n/a | 6,926 |
| Population | 4,811 | 12,887 | 14,726 | n/a | 20,010 |
Chronological Sequence
Camborne, 1888, 1980, 2003, 2011
Forms by Earliest Occurrence
Camborne : 1888, 1980, 2003, 2011
References
Camborne
OS, 6", LXIII SW, 1888
Youngs, 1980, pp59-60
OS, 1:25000, 2003
OS, 1:25000, 2011
Place Names in the Civil Parish of Camborne
