Antony () is a coastal

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and a village in

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, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated on the

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about three miles west of

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and has a shop, a pub and a garage. There are two possible etymologies of Antony: the first is that it is named in honour of St Anthony; the second is that it comes from the Anglicisation of the Cornish Tre- (“farmstead”) and -Anta (personal name) Antony parish is bounded to the north by the tidal River Lynher (also known as the St Germans River) and to the south by the

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coast. To the east, the parish is bordered by

and St John parishes and to the west by Sheviock parish. The parish is in the St Germans Registration District and had a population of 436 at the 2001

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, increasing to 500 at the 2011 census. Apart from the church town, Antony, the only settlement of any size is Wilcove. Scraesdon Fort and Antony House are also in the parish. At the time of Domesday Book (1086) the manor of Antony was held by Ermenhald from

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Parish church

The medieval parish church, dedicated to St James in 1259, includes structural elements from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries. The church houses memorials to members of the Carew family of Antony (18th century) and a large monumental brass to Margery Arundell, 1420.

Notable residents

* Richard Carew (1555–1620), antiquary, historian and writer * Sir Alexander Carew (1609–1644), soldier and politician executed for treason * John Carew (1622–1660), signatory of Charles I's death warrant, also executed for treason * Francis Vyvyan Jago Arundell (1780–1846),

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, orientalist and

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* Charlotte Carew Pole, women's rights advocate

Twinning

Antony is twinned with Benodet (Benoded) in

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, France.

References

External links

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Antony Parish Council
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