North Hill () is a village and

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, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated on the east side of the River Lynher approximately six miles (10 km) southwest of Launceston. North Hill is a large rural parish on the eastern flank of

Bodmin Moor Bodmin Moor () is a granite moorland in north-eastern Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in size, and dates from the Carboniferous period of geology, geological history. It includes Brown Willy, the highest point in Cornwall, and Rough To ...

bisected northwest to southeast by the River Lynher. It is bounded in the north by Lewannick parish, on the east by

Lezant Lezant () is a civil parishes in England, civil parish and village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Lezant village is about five miles (8 kilometres) south of Launceston, Cornwall, Launceston. The population of the parish in the 2001 c ...

and Linkinhorne parishes, on the south by

St Cleer St Cleer () is a civil parishes in England, civil parish and village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated on the southeast flank of Bodmin Moor approximately two miles (3 km) north of Liskeard. The population ...

and on the west by Altarnun.
GENUKI website; North Hill; retrieved April 2010 Settlements include the Churchtown, Cornwall, church town of North Hill and

Coad's Green Coad's Green (or Coads Green) is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, located on the B3257 in a rural area to the east of Bodmin Moor, about from the nearest town of Launceston, Cornwall, Launceston. It is within the parish of North ...

, Bathpool, Congdon's Shop, Kingbeare, Middlewood, Illand or Yeiland, and Trebartha. The Trebartha estate is one of four farms mentioned in

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Trewortha Farm, a children's

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venue, incorporates a reconstruction of a Bronze Age settlement as well as a medieval village of the same name. The medieval village was excavated by the Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould. Beresford, Maurice (1983). ''Lost Villages of England''; p. 415; citing J.R.I.C. vol. xi (1892) North Hill

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is in the Deanery and Hundred of East. The parish church is dedicated to St Torney whose Holy Well is situated by the River Lynher. The church has a chancel (

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in the 19th century), nave, and north and south aisles. The granite ashlar tower has three stages, is buttressed topped with battlements. The belfry contains six bells. There were also Wesleyan Methodist chapels at North Hill, Coads Green, and Bathpool and

Bible Christian The Bible Christian Church was a Methodist denomination founded by William O'Bryan (born Bryant), a Wesleyan Methodist local preacher, on 18 October 1815 in North Cornwall. The first society, consisting of just 22 members, met at Lake Farm ...

chapels at Middlewood and Congdon's Shop.

References

External links

North Hill Local History Group
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