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Ladock, St Clement And St Erme (electoral Division)
Ladock, St Clement and St Erme ( 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 Truro Tregolls, Probus and St Erme, and St Newlyn East, Cubert and Goonhavern. Councillors Extent Ladock, St Clement and St Erme represented the villages of Malpas, St Clement, Tresillian, Zelah, St Erme, Trispen, Grampound Road and Ladock, and the hamlets of Menna and New Mills. The hamlet of Brighton Brighton () is a seaside resort and one of the two main areas of the City of Brighton and Hove in the county of East Sussex, England. It is located south of London. Archaeological evidence of settlement in the area dates back to the Bronze A ... was shared with the St Enoder division. The division was nominally abolished during boundary changes at the 2013 election, but this had little effect on the ward. Before bou ... [...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 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Cornwall Council Election
The 2017 Cornwall Council election was held on 4 May 2017 as part of the 2017 local elections in the United Kingdom. 122 councillors were elected from the 121 electoral divisions of Cornwall Council, which returned either one or two councillors each by first-past-the-post voting for a four-year term of office. Although originally scheduled to take place on the same day, the election in the Bodmin St Petroc ward was countermanded following the death of Liberal Democrat candidate Steve Rogerson and was held on 8 June. Background The elections for Cornwall Council is the third since its creation in 2009. Cornwall had previously been administered as a non-metropolitan county, with local government powers split between Cornwall County Council and the six non-metropolitan districts of Caradon, Carrick, Kerrier, North Cornwall, Penwith and Restormel. These were abolished as part of the 2009 structural changes to local government in England, which created a singular unitary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Enoder (electoral Division)
St Enoder ( Cornish: ) was an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returned one member to sit on Cornwall Council between 2013 and 2021. It was abolished at the 2021 local elections, being succeeded by St Dennis and St Enoder. Councillors Extent St Enoder represented the villages of Summercourt, Penhale, Fraddon, St Columb Road and Indian Queens, and the hamlets of Chapel Town, St Enoder, Trevarren and Toldish. The hamlet of Brighton was shared with the Ladock, St Clement and St Erme division, the village of Mitchell, Cornwall Mitchell (sometimes known as Michael or St Michael's) is a village in mid Cornwall, England. It is situated 14 miles (22 km) northeast of Redruth and 17 miles (27 km) west-southwest of Bodmin on the A30 trunk road. Mitchell straddl ... was shared with the Newlyn and Goonhavern division, and the hamlet of Black Cross was shared with the St Columb Major division. Although the division was nominally abolished a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brighton, Cornwall
Brighton, or Brighton Cross, is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, UK. It is on the border between St Enoder and Ladock civil parishes, south-east of the town of Newquay Newquay ( ; kw, Tewynblustri) is a town on the north coast in Cornwall, in the south west of England. It is a civil parish, seaside resort, regional centre for aerospace industries, spaceport and a fishing port on the North Atlantic coast of ....Ordnance Survey: Explorer map sheet 106 ''Newquay & Padstow'' References External links Hamlets in Cornwall {{Restormel-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Mills, Cornwall
New Mills ( kw, Melinnowydh) is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in a wooded valley north of Ladock approximately seven miles (11 km) northeast of Truro at .Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 ''Truro & Falmouth'' References Hamlets in Cornwall {{Carrick-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladock
Ladock ( kw, Egloslajek) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about six miles (9.5 km) north-east of Truro. Historically, Ladock was two small settlements; Bissick by the river and Ladock on the hill. Notable features include the church, the school, the village hall and the Falmouth Arms pub. At the 2011 census the total population was 4,241. The village had a station, Probus and Ladock halt, on the Cornish Main Line railway but services to the station ended in 1957. Parish church The parish church of St Ladoca has a fine west tower built of granite blocks. The north side of the church is 13th-century in date while the south aisle is 15th-century and the chancel was much altered by George Street in 1862–1864. Interesting features include the carved base of the rood screen and the font of Catacleuse stone. The feast traditionally celebrated in the parish is held on the Sunday after the first Thursday in January. Sustainable vil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grampound Road
Grampound Road ( kw, Fordh Ponsmeur) is a village in the parish of Ladock, Cornwall, England, north-west of Grampound. The railway station of that name was opened on 4 May 1859 and closed in 1964. A small village known as Grampound Road grew up around the railway station and continues to expand despite the station closing (along with other stations on the line) on 5 October 1964. An annual horse fair A horse fair is a (typically annual) fair where people buy and sell horses. In the United Kingdom there are many fairs which are traditionally attended by Romani people and travellers who converge at the fairs to buy and sell horses, meet with fr ... was held in the 19th-century; organised by Mr Joseph H Griggs of Nantellan. The 1882 fair, was at that time considered to be the most successful, with events including hurdle and bank jumping. Grampound road is home to Grampound road cricket club. Grampound road is also home to one shop which also contains a post office. Grampo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trispen
St Erme ( kw, Egloserm (village), Pluw Erm (parish)) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. The parish of St Erme, has a population of approximately 1200. This had increased to 1,363 in 2011 Trispen is a small village within the parish. Trispen ( kw, Tredhespan) has a Post Office contained within the local Londis convenience store, and a pub called the Clock and Key. Parish Church of St Hermes St Hermes' Church, St Erme was rebuilt in 1819-20 by John Foulston (apart from the tower which is medieval). The font is Norman and there is a brass of 1596 to R. Trencreek and family. According to Charles Henderson "The long incumbencies of two wealthy and scholarly rectors in the 18th century reduced the fabric of the church to such a ruinous condition that it had to be rebuilt in 1820, when a new plan was unhappily chosen. Efforts were made to reconcile this with older work in 1908." Cornelius Cardew (d. 1831) served as curate and as rector of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zelah, Cornwall
Zelah is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, approximately 5 miles (8 kilometres) north of Truro. Zelah is the largest settlement in the civil parish of St Allen. The parish population in the 2001 census was 435. History and toponymy The A30 London-Land's End road used to pass through Zelah until 1992 when a bypass was built south of the village to divert the trunk road away from the "High Road" that ran through the village. This typical ridge road runs from Carland Cross to Chiverton with barrows and burial cemeteries along its length gives some idea of the age of this old way. The public house in Zelah is an old coaching inn named The Hawkins Arms in the 19th century in honour of a descendant of the West Country seafarer Sir Richard Hawkins who gave it patronage. E. R. Kelly's Directory of Cornwall lists two public houses in the village in the 1883 edition and shows on the map both The Hawkins Arms – licensee Mr John Borlase and just behind to the east the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tresillian
:''see also Tresillian House'' Tresillian ( kw, Tresulyan) is a small village in mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is three miles (5 km) east of Truro on the A390 road. Tresillian means "a place of eels" in the Cornish language, according to a 19th-century writer. However, modern toponymists agree that the name in fact translates as "farm/settlement of a man called Sulyen" (a Celtic personal name from British: sulo-genos, "sun-born"). History Tresillian was the home of Robert Tresilian, Chief Justice of the King's Bench between 1381 and 1387. A famous event of the English Civil War took place here in 1646. Thomas Fairfax sent a ''summons of surrender'' to Ralph Hopton who replied on 8 March that he was willing to negotiate terms. Fairfax agreed to negotiate and on 10 March 1646 both sides met at Tresillian Bridge. Hopton agreed to move his army to St Allen as a gesture of trust and goodwill allowing Fairfax to occupy Truro. The Wheel Inn at Tresillian is Grade II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Clement, Cornwall
St Clement ( kw, Klemens) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated southeast of Truro in the valley of the Tresillian River. Other notable villages within the parish are the much larger Tresillian 1.4 miles (2.3 km) to the north east of St Clement village itself and another village at Malpas to the south of the parish. The urban part of the parish of St Clement was incorporated into Truro in 1895. The remainder of the parish had a population of 1,064 at the 2011 census. From 2009 to 2021, St Clement was covered by the Ladock, St Clement and St Erme division. From the 2021 local elections, it will be within the Truro Tregolls division. St Clement is attractive for tourists: aside from the natural beauty of the surrounding countryside they come to see the village church and its associated conservation projects that are maintained by members of the local community. Unlike some other villages in the district, the village of St Clem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
