Mawgan in Pyder

Pascoe

Mawgan in Pyder, par. and vil., Cornwall, 3 miles NW. of St Columb-Major and 12 miles NW. of St Austell, 5525 ac., pop. 708; P.O., called Mawgan; 2 miles NW. of vil., on the coast, is Mawgan Porth, bay; at the vil. is LANHERNE NUNNERY:

Source: (John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887) from http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk