
Victoria is a hamlet in
Cornwall
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, England,
UK. It is located in the
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...
of
Roche
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, north of Roche village and north of the town of
St Austell
Saint Austell (, ; ) is a town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, south of Bodmin and west of the border with Devon.
At the 2021 Census in the United Kingdom, census it had a population of 20,900.
History
St Austell was a village centred ...
.
[Ordnance Survey: Explorer map sheet 107 ''St Austell & Liskeard'', 2008, ]
The hamlet contains a
pub
A pub (short for public house) is in several countries a drinking establishment licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term first appeared in England in the late 17th century, to differentiate private ho ...
, petrol station
business park
A business park or office park is a designated area of land in which many office buildings are grouped together. These types of developments are often located in suburban areas where land and building costs are more affordable, and are typically ...
and
Roche railway station.
Cornish wrestling
Cornish wrestling
Cornish wrestling () is a form of wrestling that has been established in Cornwall for many centuries and possibly longer. It is similar to the Breton people, Breton Gouren wrestling style. It is colloquially known as "wrasslin’"Phillipps, K C: ...
tournaments were held in field by Victoria Inn in the 1900s.
[Wrestling at Roche, Cornish Guardian, 28 May 1936, p13.]
References
Hamlets in Cornwall
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