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Tintagel (electoral Division)
Tintagel ( Cornish: ) was an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returned one member to sit on Cornwall Council between 2009 and 2021. It was abolished at the 2021 local elections, being succeeded by St Teath and Tintagel and Camelford and Boscastle. Councillors Extent Tintagel represented the villages of Tintagel, Boscastle, Bossiney, Warbstow, Otterham and Treknow, and the hamlets of Treven, Trewarmett, Trebarwith, Penpethy, Halgabron, Trevillet, Lesnewth, Tresparrett, Marshgate and part of Slaughterbridge Slaughterbridge ( kw, Tre war Ponshal), Treague and Camelford Station ( kw, Gorsav Reskammel) are three adjoining settlements in north Cornwall, England. They straddle the boundary of Forrabury and Minster and Lanteglos by Camelford civil pari .... The division was affected by boundary changes at the 2013 election. From 2009 to 2013, the division covered 9,432 hectares in total; after the boundary changes in 2013, it covered 9,000 hectar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornwall Council
Cornwall Council ( kw, Konsel Kernow) is the unitary authority for Cornwall in the United Kingdom, not including the Isles of Scilly, which has its own unitary council. The council, and its predecessor Cornwall County Council, has a tradition of large groups of independent councillors, having been controlled by independents in the 1970s and 1980s. Since the 2021 elections, it has been under the control of the Conservative Party. Cornwall Council provides a wide range of services to the approximately half a million people who live in Cornwall. In 2014 it had an annual budget of more than £1 billion and was the biggest employer in Cornwall with a staff of 12,429 salaried workers. It is responsible for services including: schools, social services, rubbish collection, roads, planning and more. History Establishment of the unitary authority On 5 December 2007, the Government confirmed that Cornwall was one of five councils that would move to unitary status. This was enacted by st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Office For National Statistics
The Office for National Statistics (ONS; cy, Swyddfa Ystadegau Gwladol) is the executive office of the UK Statistics Authority, a non-ministerial department which reports directly to the UK Parliament. Overview The ONS is responsible for the collection and publication of statistics related to the economy, population and society of the UK; responsibility for some areas of statistics in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales is devolved to the devolved governments for those areas. The ONS functions as the executive office of the National Statistician, who is also the UK Statistics Authority's Chief Executive and principal statistical adviser to the UK's National Statistics Institute, and the 'Head Office' of the Government Statistical Service (GSS). Its main office is in Newport near the United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office and Tredegar House, but another significant office is in Titchfield in Hampshire, and a small office is in London. ONS co-ordinates data collection wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slaughterbridge
Slaughterbridge ( kw, Tre war Ponshal), Treague and Camelford Station ( kw, Gorsav Reskammel) are three adjoining settlements in north Cornwall, England. They straddle the boundary of Forrabury and Minster and Lanteglos by Camelford civil parishes just over a mile (2 km) north-west of the market town of Camelford. The settlements are on the B3314 road from the A39 to Delabole (now part of a busy route from the A30 near Launceston to north Cornwall).Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' Description and history At Slaughterbridge the B3314 road drops dramatically into the valley of the River Camel, describing a steeply graded 'S' bend and narrowing over the eponymous single-track bridge over the river. Slaughterbridge takes its name from 'slohtre' the Old English word for 'marsh' rather than a reference to killing. There is no evidence for battles fought here (see Gafulford for details). Worthyvale Manor (mentioned in the Domesday Book altho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marshgate
Marshgate is a hamlet partly in the parish of Otterham, Cornwall, England, UK. Explore Britain The population at the 2011 census was included in the civil parish of St Juliot
St Juliot is a civil parish in north-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish is entirely rural and the settlements within it are the hamlets of Beeny and Tresparrett. - plus a part of the adjacent village of Marshgate. The parish po ... . The village was at one time two settlements called Marshgate, and Trevenn – however the use of the latter name fell into disuse – seemingly in the 19th c ...
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Tresparrett
Tresparrett is a hamlet in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom at Grid ref SX 14 19. Tresparrett was noted in the Domesday Book (1086), under the name ''Rosperuet'' held by Jovin from Robert, Count of Mortain Robert, Count of Mortain, 2nd Earl of Cornwall (–) was a Norman nobleman and the half-brother (on their mother's side) of King William the Conqueror. He was one of the very few proven companions of William the Conqueror at the Battle of Hastin ...; there was land for six ploughs, 300 acres of pasture and six households.Thorn, C. et al. (eds.) (1979) ''Cornwall''. Chichester: Phillimore; entry 5,7,7 See also * Tresparrett Posts References Hamlets in Cornwall Manors in Cornwall {{Cornwall-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lesnewth
__NOTOC__ Lesnewth ( kw, Lysnowyth) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about six miles east of Tintagel Head and two miles east of Boscastle. The parish is bounded on the north by St Juliot (where the 2011 census population is included.), on the east by St Juliot and Davidstow, on the south by Davidstow, and on the west by Minster, Cornwall. It is a small sparsely populated parish set in farmland with only a few houses, farms and a church. Lesnewth manor is mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086, as Lisniwen. Lesnewth was also the name of one of ten ancient administrative shires of Cornwall: see Lesnewth (hundred). Lesnewth lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Notable buildings The oldest buildings of Lesnewth include the Church, the Rectory, the Mill and Penpol, the latter of which is believed to be the original farmhouse to the surrounding north facing valley side. These buildings date back over 400 years ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trevillet
Trevillet or ''Trevillett'' is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is located within the civil parish of Tintagel, to the east of Bossiney village. Trevillet was the site of a mansion built in the 16th century by Thomas Wood of Lew Trenchard in Devon. His son John became member of Parliament for the borough of Bossiney in the parliaments of 1614 and 1621–22 and died in 1623. The Trevillet slate quarry is nearby. In Rocky Valley (the valley of the Trevillet River) are two mills; Trevillet Mill is now a private residence and was made famous by an 1851 painting by Thomas Creswick Thomas Creswick (5 February 181128 December 1869) was a British landscapist and illustrator, and one of the best-known members of the Birmingham School of landscapists. Biography Creswick was born in Sheffield (at the time it was within Der .... Aelnat's cross, which was found at Trevillet and then moved to Trevena, is finely carved. The inscription can be read as ''Aelnat fecit h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halgabron
Halgabron (pronounced: Halgáybron; kw, Halgigbran, meaning ''marsh of the carrion-crow'') is a hamlet in the parish of Tintagel, Cornwall, England. Halgabron is east of Bossiney. The family of Robartes once held land at Halgabron. Halgabron mill was built on the Trevillet River in the 19th century.Dyer, Peter (2005) ''Tintagel: a portrait of a parish''. Cambridge: Cambridge Books ; pp. 170-71 It is in the civil parish of Michaelstow Michaelstow ( kw, Logmighal (village) and kw, Pluwvighal yn Trygordh (parish)) is a civil parish and village in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is about south of Camelford. The hamlets of Fentonadle, Trevenning and Treve ... References Hamlets in Cornwall Tintagel {{Cornwall-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penpethy
Penpethy is a hamlet in the parish of Tintagel, Cornwall, England. Penpethy is south of Condolden and east of Trebarwith Strand Trebarwith Strand ( kw, Trebervedh Sian; locally sometimes shortened to ''The Strand'') is a section of coastline located near the coastal settlement of Trebarwith on the north coast of Cornwall, England, UK, south of Tintagel. It has 800m of san .... References Hamlets in Cornwall {{Cornwall-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trebarwith
Trebarwith ( kw, Treberveth, meaning ''middle/inner farm''), known locally as Trebarwith Village, is a hamlet in the parish of Tintagel, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Trebarwith Strand Trebarwith Strand ( kw, Trebervedh Sian; locally sometimes shortened to ''The Strand'') is a section of coastline located near the coastal settlement of Trebarwith on the north coast of Cornwall, England, UK, south of Tintagel. It has 800m of san ... is on the coast nearby. Land at Trebarwith is first mentioned in records of 1284 and was held from 1329 until the early 16th century by the Lercedekne family. Trebarwith Farm is a Grade II listed building. References category:Tintagel Hamlets in Cornwall {{Cornwall-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trewarmett
Trewarmett ( kw, Trewerman) is a small hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies within the civil parish of Tintagel, 3 miles (5 km) north-west of Camelford. To the west of Trewarmett is Trebarwith Nature Reserve. Trewarmett lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). There was formerly a Methodist church in Trewarmett; the Methodist cemetery is nearby. The Trebarwith valley nearby was used for slate mining in the 19th century. The Prince of Wales Engine House was built in 1871 to transport slate and water from the quarries towards Tintagel. The engine house fell into disrepair and was restored by the local Prince of Wales Engine House Society. In 2014, the Prince of Wales Prince of Wales ( cy, Tywysog Cymru, ; la, Princeps Cambriae/Walliae) is a title traditionally given to the heir apparent to the English and later British throne. Prior to the conquest by Edward I in the 13th century, it was used by the rulers ... declined a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
