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Launceston Rural District
Launceston Rural District was a local government division of Cornwall between 1894 and 1974. Established under the Local Government Act 1894, the rural district was enlarged in 1966 by the abolition of Broadwoodwidger Rural District, in Devon, to include the civil parishes of North Petherwin and Werrington. In 1974 the district was abolished under the Local Government Act 1972, forming part of the new North Cornwall district. Civil parishes The civil parishes within the district were: * Altarnun * Boyton * Broadoak * Egloskerry * Laneast * Lawhitton Rural * Lewannick * Lezant * North Hill * North Petherwin * South Petherwin * St Stephens by Launceston Rural * St Thomas the Apostle Rural * Stokeclimsland * Tremaine * Treneglos * Tresmeer * Trewen Trewen ( kw, Trewynn) is a hamlet and a civil parish in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom The parish is just east of Bodmin Moor in the River Inny valley and lies in the Registration District of Launceston. ...
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Local Government Act 1894
The Local Government Act 1894 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reformed local government in England and Wales outside the County of London. The Act followed the reforms carried out at county level under the Local Government Act 1888. The 1894 legislation introduced elected councils at district and parish level. The principal effects of the act were: *The creation a system of urban and rural districts with elected councils. These, along with the town councils of municipal boroughs created earlier in the century, formed a second tier of local government below the existing county councils. *The establishment of elected parish councils in rural areas. *The reform of the boards of guardians of poor law unions. *The entitlement of women who owned property to vote in local elections, become poor law guardians, and act on school boards. The new district councils were based on the existing urban and rural sanitary districts. Many of the l ...
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Lezant
Lezant ( kw, Lannsant) is a civil parish and village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Lezant village is about five miles (8 kilometres) south of Launceston. The population of the parish in the 2001 census was 751, increasing slightly to 765 in the 2011 census.GENUKI website
Lezant; retrieved 10 February 2015


Geography

The parish of Lezant is in the Launceston registration district. The county border with Devon forms the parish's eastern boundary. It is bounded on the north by South Petherwin and
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Rural Districts Of England
In general, a rural area or a countryside is a geographic area that is located outside towns and cities. Typical rural areas have a low population density and small settlements. Agricultural areas and areas with forestry typically are described as rural. Different countries have varying definitions of ''rural'' for statistical and administrative purposes. In rural areas, because of their unique economic and social dynamics, and relationship to land-based industry such as agriculture, forestry and resource extraction, the economics are very different from cities and can be subject to boom and bust cycles and vulnerability to extreme weather or natural disasters, such as droughts. These dynamics alongside larger economic forces encouraging to urbanization have led to significant demographic declines, called rural flight, where economic incentives encourage younger populations to go to cities for education and access to jobs, leaving older, less educated and less weal ...
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Districts Of England Abolished By The Local Government Act 1972
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions of municipalities, school district, or political district. By country/region Afghanistan In Afghanistan, a district (Persian ps, ولسوالۍ ) is a subdivision of a province. There are almost 400 districts in the country. Australia Electoral districts are used in state elections. Districts were also used in several states as cadastral units for land titles. Some were used as squatting districts. New South Wales had several different types of districts used in the 21st century. Austria In Austria, the word is used with different meanings in three different contexts: * Some of the tasks of the administrative branch of the national and regional governments are fulfilled by the 95 district administrative offices (). The area a dist ...
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Districts Of England Created By The Local Government Act 1894
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions of municipalities, school district, or political district. By country/region Afghanistan In Afghanistan, a district (Persian ps, ولسوالۍ ) is a subdivision of a province. There are almost 400 districts in the country. Australia Electoral districts are used in state elections. Districts were also used in several states as cadastral units for land titles. Some were used as squatting districts. New South Wales had several different types of districts used in the 21st century. Austria In Austria, the word is used with different meanings in three different contexts: * Some of the tasks of the administrative branch of the national and regional governments are fulfilled by the 95 district administrative offices (). The area a dist ...
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Warbstow
Warbstow ( kw, Lannwarburgh) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish has a population of 439 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 520 at the 2011 census. The parish is one of the few left in England to still have an exclave. The main body of the parish includes the villages of Warbstow, Warbstow Cross and Trelash and a number of hamlets, whereas the exclave (from which the main part is separated by about 150m) includes the hamlet of Canworthy Water. Both the neighbouring parish of Treneglos and Warbstow belonged in the 12th century to the Lords of Cardinham who donated them to the priory of Tywardreath. Warbstow was then a chapelry to Treneglos and the two benefices were later united as a vicarage. According to Charles Henderson, writing in 1925, "The presence ... of St Werburga ... is not easily accounted for (though the parish is famous for geese which figure in her legend)". At Youlstone an Iron Age bronze bowl was discovered i ...
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Trewen
Trewen ( kw, Trewynn) is a hamlet and a civil parish in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom The parish is just east of Bodmin Moor in the River Inny valley and lies in the Registration District of Launceston. Trewen parish is bounded to the north by Egloskerry parish, to the east by St Thomas-by-Launceston, to the south by South Petherwin and to the west by Altarnun and Laneast parishes. The population of Trewen parish in the 2001 census was 134. This had increased to 142 at the 2011 census. The population of Trewen was 193 in 1801, 221 in 1841, 99 in 1921 (it declined at every census between 1851 and 1921), 80 in 1961 and 141 in 2011 (it increased at every census between 1971 and 2011). The hamlet of Trewen is situated 5 miles (8 km) west of Launceston. The parish church of St Michael is in the village at . The little church has a bellcote rather than a tower. "The church is an ancient granite building in the Early Perpendicular style, which was restored in 1863/1864; ...
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Tresmeer
Tresmeer (sometimes spelled Tresmere) ( kw, Trewasmeur) is a hamlet and a civil parish in northeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The hamlet is situated approximately seven miles (11 km) northwest of Launceston. The civil parish is bounded to the north by Treneglos and Tremaine parishes, to the east by Egloskerry, and to the west by Treneglos parish. The population of Tresmeer parish in the 2001 census was 216, increasing to 271 at the 2011 census. Tresmeer is in the Registration District of Launceston. The parish church of St Nicholas is in the churchtown at . Tresmeer was served by a railway station at the hamlet of Splatt on the North Cornwall Railway line until closure of the route in 1966. There is a Cornish cross in the churchyard. According to Arthur Langdon it was formerly in the churchyard of Laneast Laneast ( kw, Lanneyst) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies above the River Inny valley, about six miles (11 km ...
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Treneglos
Treneglos ( kw, Treneglos) is a hamlet and a civil parish in north-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in the Registration District of Launceston. Treneglos is described as a hamlet "where the old Cornish "trev" ettlementis no more than a triangular green beside a church and two or three houses". It is above a wooded valley, a choice place where ancient Celtic tribes sought shelter. Nearby, at Wilsey Down, is evidence of prehistoric tumulus. Now, it is not unusual to see sheep wandering along the country roads. History Treneglos, from "tre-an-eglos", means church, a particularly strong, solid church, or church town.Joseph Polsue. A complete parochial history of the county of Cornwall [ed. by J. Polsue].'. 1872 ited 16 September 2012 p. 241. The parish of Treneglos included Wilsey Down, on which were "four or five ancient barrows or tumuli".Joseph Polsue. A complete parochial history of the county of Cornwall [ed. by J. Polsue].'. 1872 ited 16 Sept ...
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Tremaine, Cornwall
Tremaine or Tremain ( kw, Tremen) is a small village and a rural civil parish in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in the Registration District of Launceston and the population in the 2001 census was 87. It had decreased to 53 at the 2011 census. There is also a diary farm called Ash Grove farm. The parish is bounded to the north by Warbstow and Jacobstow parishes, to the east by North Petherwin parish, and to the west by Tresmeer and Treneglos parishes. Tremaine village is 10 miles (16 km) north-west of the town of Launceston near the River Ottery. The parish church, St Winwaloe's, stands in the village at . It is a Norman building but some of the windows are later insertions. It is a rare survival in Cornwall of a church consisting only of nave and chancel. The tower is at the west end. The font is Norman and similar to the font of Egloskerry.Beacham, Peter & Pevsner, Nikolaus (2014) ''Cornwall''. (The Buildings of England.) New Haven: Yale University Pr ...
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Stokeclimsland
Stoke Climsland is a village in the valley of the River Tamar, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom within the civil parish of Stokeclimsland. The population of the parish including Luckett at the 2011 census was 1,703. An electoral ward of the same name also exists. At the same census the population was 3,703. History The manor of Climsland was one of the seventeen Antiqua maneria of the Duchy of Cornwall. The manor was recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) as Climson; there were 5 hides of land and land for 24 ploughs. One hide was held by the lord (with 3 ploughs and 9 serfs) and 30 villeins and 30 smallholders had 17 ploughs and 4 hides of land. There were also 3 acres of meadow, 16 square leagues of pasture and 3 square leagues of woodland. The income from the manor was £6 sterling. In the 12th century, Climsland became part of a royal deer park called Kerrybullock, or Carrybullock, until it was disparked by Henry VIII in the 16th century. The park was mentioned in 1282 and ...
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St Thomas The Apostle Rural
St Thomas the Apostle Rural, also known as St Thomas-by-Launceston ( kw, Sen Tommos Lannstefan) is a civil parish in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is centred on the village of Tregadillett ( kw, Tregadylet) and is in the Registration District of Launceston. The parish lies to the west of the town of Launceston. It is bounded to the east by Launceston St Mary Magdelene, to the south by South Petherwin, to the west by Trewen, and to the north by Egloskerry and St Stephen-by-Launceston. The population of the parish in the 2001 census was 815. The district falls within the Altarnun civil ward but at the 2011 Census the parish population had increased only slightly to 836. In the 19th century, the parish of St Thomas the Apostle was split into rural and urban parts, the urban part being incorporated into Launceston. Thus the population in the 1891 census is given as 352 (urban) and 924 (rural). Gallery File:Prior's Bridge and the River Kensey - geograph.org.uk - 323 ...
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