Tregardock ( kw, Tregaradek, meaning ''homestead of Caradoc'') is a coastal hamlet and beach in the civil parish of

Delabole Delabole ( kw, Delyow Boll) is a large village and civil parish in north Cornwall, England, UK. It is situated approximately two miles (3 km) west of Camelford. The village of Delabole came into existence in the early 20th-century; it is ...

in north

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, England, United Kingdom. It is situated between Trebarwith Strand and

Port Gaverne Port Gaverne is a hamlet on the north coast of Cornwall, England, UK, about east of Port Isaac and part of St Endellion parish. Although it is a geographically discrete hamlet, some consider it as part of the larger village of Port Isaac locat ...

. The small beach is accessed by climbing down the cliffs near the settlement of Tregardock. The manor of Tregardock was recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) when it was held by Alfward 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 ...

; he had also held it before 1066. There was half a hide of land and land for 3 ploughs. There were two and a half ploughs, 2 serfs, 4 villeins, 6 smallholders, 10 acres of pasture and 50 sheep. The value of the manor was 10 shillings though it had formerly been worth £1 sterling. The manor of Treligga was recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) when it was held by Odo from

. There was 1 hide of land and land for 2 ploughs. There were 1 plough, 2 serfs, 1 villein, 2 smallholders and 6 acres of pasture. The value of the manor was 5 shillings though it had formerly been worth 10 shillings. Treligga adjoining Tregardock was the location of a

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aerial bombing and gunnery range at Treligga aerodrome, 2 km west of Delabole.

Popular culture

Tregardock is featured heavily in Richard Beard's memoir '' The Day That Went Missing: A Family's Story;'' his younger brother drowned there at the age of nine, while the two of them were swimming together on a family vacation in 1978. Tregardock is also mentioned fondly by

Ralph Clark Lieutenant Ralph Clark (30 March 1755 or 1762 – June 1794) was a British officer in the Royal Marines, best known for his diary spanning the early years of British settlement in Australia, including the voyage of the First Fleet. Born in Ed ...

, a British lieutenant on the

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to arrive in

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in 1788. In his journals, Clark dreams that he "was going down to Tregadock (sic) to take leave of

he family He or HE may refer to: Language * He (pronoun), an English pronoun * He (kana), the romanization of the Japanese kana へ * He (letter), the fifth letter of many Semitic alphabets * He (Cyrillic), a letter of the Cyrillic script called ''He'' in ...

before I went down to the

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"Ralph Clark ''Journals and letters'' 1787-1792, Sydney 1981

References

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Tregardock and Treligga in North Cornwall
Hamlets in Cornwall Beaches of Cornwall {{NorthCornwall-geo-stub