Bake ( kw, Pobas) is a

hamlet ''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depi ...

in south-east

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, United Kingdom. It is west of St Germans at , south-west of the A38/ A374

Trerulefoot Trerulefoot (pronounced , Cornish: ''Bentreriwall'') is a village in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is located on the A38 trunk road approximately halfway between the towns of Saltash and Liskeard Liskeard ( ; kw, Lysk ...

roundabout.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 ''Plymouth & Launceston'' Bake is the seat of the Moyle family (although Bake itself is in the

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 ...

Deviock Deviock is a coastal civil parish in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately three miles (5 km) west of St Germans and straddles the valley of the River Seaton. The parish includes the settlements of Hess ...

) and

St German's Priory St Germans Priory is a large Norman church in the village of St Germans in south-east Cornwall, England, UK. History According to a credible tradition the church here was founded by St Germanus himself ca. 430 AD. The first written record ho ...

has a mortuary chapel for the Moyle family of Bake. West of the manor house, a steep tree-lined valley called Bake Wood runs down to the River Seaton. At the top of the valley, seven artificial lakes are commercially operated as Bake Fishing Lakes providing

coarse fishing In Britain and Ireland, coarse fishing (, ) refers to angling for rough fish, which are fish species traditionally considered undesirable as a food or game fish. Freshwater game fish are all salmonids — most particularly salmon, trout and c ...

and

fly fishing Fly fishing is an angling method that uses a light-weight lure—called an artificial fly—to catch fish. The fly is cast using a fly rod, reel, and specialized weighted line. The light weight requires casting techniques significantly diff ...

. There is also a place called Bake in the civil parish of

Pelynt Pelynt ( kw, Pluwnennys, Pluwnonna) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is 20 miles (32 km) west of Plymouth and four miles (6.5 km) west-northwest of Looe. Pelynt had a population of around 1,124 ...

Weatherhill, Craig Craig Weatherhill (1950 or 1951 – 18 or 19 July 2020) was a Cornish antiquarian, novelist and writer on the history, archaeology, place names and mythology of Cornwall. Weatherhill attended school in Falmouth, where his parents ran a sport ...

(2009) ''A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-Names''. Westport, Mayo: Evertype; p. 20

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