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Calstock (electoral Division)
Calstock is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returns one member to sit on Cornwall Council. It was created at the 2021 local elections, being created from the former divisions of Gunnislake and Calstock and St Dominick, Harrowbarrow and Kelly Bray. The current councillor is Dorothy Kirk, a member of the Labour Party. Boundaries Calstock is coterminous with the parish of Calstock, which includes the settlements of Calstock, Albaston, Chilsworthy, Gunnislake, Harrowbarrow, Latchley, Metherell, Coxpark, Dimson, Drakewalls, Norris Green, Rising Sun and St Ann's Chapel Bigbury is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 582, compared to 260 in 1901, and decreasing to 500 in 2011. The southern side of the parish lies .... It is bordered to the east by the River Tamar, to the west by the division of Altarnun & Stoke Climsland, and to the west and ... [...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] |
Latchley
Latchley is a village in the Tamar Valley in Cornwall, England, UK. It is in the parish of Calstock (where the population of the 2011 census is included.). Explore Britain Latchley Church In 1879 the ''"Foundation stone of our long wished for church was laid"''. Latchley Church was designed by , the same architect as . It was built three years later than at a cost of £1,147 as a chapel-of-ease in the parish of C ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Callington And St Dominic (electoral Division)
Callington and St Dominic is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returns one member to sit on Cornwall Council. It was created at the 2021 local elections, being formed from the former division of Callington and parts of the St Dominick, Harrowbarrow and Kelly Bray division. The current councillor is Andrew Long, a member of Mebyon Kernow. Extent Callington and St Dominic represents the town of Callington, the villages of Kelly Bray, St Dominic and Bohetherick, and the hamlets of Frogwell Frogwell is a hamlet in the parish of Callington, Cornwall, England. It is in the valley of the River Lynher The River Lynher ( kw, Linar) (or St Germans River downstream from its confluence with the Tiddy) flows through east Cornwall, Eng ..., Ashton and Burraton. Election results 2021 election References Electoral divisions of Cornwall Council Callington {{UKward-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altarnun And Stoke Climsland (electoral Division)
Altarnun and Stoke Climsland is an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returns one member to sit on Cornwall Council. It was created at the 2021 local elections, being formed from the former divisions of Altarnun and Stokeclimsland. The current councillor is Adrian Parsons, a Liberal Democrat. Extent Altarnun and Stoke Climsland represents part of the very south west of the town of Launceston (alongside Launceston South), the villages of Fivelanes, Altarnun, Polyphant, Bathpool, Middlewood, North Hill, Coad's Green, Lewannick, South Petherwin, Lawhitton, Lezant, Treburley, Stoke Climsland, and the hamlets of Bolventor, Bowithick, South Carne, Trewint, Treween, Trevadlock, Trebartha, Berriowbridge, Penhole, Newtown, Illand, Congdon's Shop, Trenhorne, Daw's House, Larrick, Little Comfort, Trebullett, Trekenner, Rezare, Goosewell, Venterdon, Pempwell, Old Mill, Luckett, Downgate. The division also covers the outskirts of the village of Kelly Bray ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Tamar
The Tamar (; kw, Dowr Tamar) is a river in south west England, that forms most of the border between Devon (to the east) and Cornwall (to the west). A part of the Tamar Valley is a World Heritage Site due to its historic mining activities. The Tamar's source is less than from the north Cornish coast, but it flows southward and its course runs across the peninsula to the south coast. The total length of the river is . At its mouth, the Tamar flows into the Hamoaze before entering Plymouth Sound, a bay of the English Channel. Tributaries of the river include the rivers Inny, Ottery, Kensey and Lynher (or ''St Germans River'') on the Cornish side, and the Deer and Tavy on the Devon side. The name Tamar (or Tamare) was mentioned by Ptolemy in the second century in his ''Geography''. The name is said to mean "great water."Furneaux, Robert. The Tamar: A Great Little River. Ex Libris Press. 1992. Foot, Sarah. ''The River Tamar''. Bossiney Books. 1989.Neale, John. Discoverin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Ann's Chapel, Cornwall
St Ann's Chapel is a hamlet in the parish of Calstock, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is west of Gunnislake on the A390 between Tavistock and Liskeard. St Ann's Chapel football club was reformed in the summer of 2016, losing their first match to nearby Gunnislake 1 – 11 despite scoring first. They will play their first season in division five of the Duchy League The Duchy League is a football competition based in the eastern half of Cornwall, United Kingdom, but also includes a few sides from over the border in Devon. The League was formed in 1965 as a merger of the Liskeard & District League and the St .... References Hamlets in Cornwall {{Caradon-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rising Sun, Cornwall
Rising Sun is a hamlet near Calstock in Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ..., England. References External links The Rising Sun Inn, Gunnislake Hamlets in Cornwall {{Caradon-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norris Green, Cornwall
Norris Green is a village in Cornwall, England, UK. It was enlarged from a farming hamlet so that it now adjoins the neighbouring village of Higher Metherell. Both settlements are within the civil parish of Calstock which borders the River Tamar, the county boundary with Devon in south-east Cornwall. Geography Above the Tamar at an altitude of 116m. (O.S.), Norris Green comprises 29 dwellings (27 listed in the Register of Electors) and has a population hovering around 60. Fields to the east sweep down to the woods of Danescoombe, reputedly the seafaring Vikings' route of ascent from the river to Hingston Down where they are believed to have joined the Cornish Celts in their last stand against the West Saxons in 838 (Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.) Danescombe's wooded western slope now forms part of the Cotehele estate. Cotehele House, an archetypal mediaeval stone manor house built mostly between 1485 and 1539 by the Edgcumbes, became, in 1947, the first property to be vested in the Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drakewalls
Drakewalls is a small village in southeast Cornwall, England, UK. It is in Calstock parish, adjacent to Gunnislake between Callington and Tavistock.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 ''Plymouth & Launceston'' Primary education is provided by Delaware Community Primary School (''formerly known as Delaware County Primary School'') (at ). It educates children from the ages of 4 to 11. The majority of pupils move onto Callington Community College after Year 6. Gunnislake railway station Gunnislake railway station serves the village of Gunnislake in Cornwall, England. There are also connecting buses from here to the town of Tavistock. However the station is located in or nearer to the villages of Drakewalls and Albaston. It i ... on the Tamar Valley Line is located in the village. Footnotes External links Villages in Cornwall {{Caradon-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dimson
Dimson is a small village in Cornwall, England. It is situated in the Tamar Valley approximately north of Plymouth and around north of Gunnislake. According to the Post Office, at the 2011 census population details were included in the civil parish of Calstock Calstock ( kw, Kalstok) is a civil parish and a large village in south east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, on the border with Devon. The village is situated on the River Tamar south west of Tavistock and north of Plymouth. The parish had .... References Villages in Cornwall {{Caradon-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coxpark
Coxpark is a hamlet in the parish of Calstock, (where the population is included ) Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlan ..., England. Explore Britain References Hamlets in Cornwall {{Caradon-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metherell, Cornwall
Metherell is a village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated three miles (5 km) east of Callington and two miles west of Calstock villageOrdnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 ''Plymouth & Launceston'' in Calstock civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district .... References Villages in Cornwall {{Caradon-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
