Anderton, Cornwall

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Anderton
Location within Cornwall
OS grid reference SX 431 519
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Torpoint
Postcode district PL10
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50°20′53″N4°12′36″W / 50.348°N 4.210°W / 50.348; -4.210 Coordinates: 50°20′53″N4°12′36″W / 50.348°N 4.210°W / 50.348; -4.210

Anderton is a settlement in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, located at grid reference SW 431 519 . There are also places called Anderton in the parishes of Launcells and St Juliot. [1] This Anderton is according to the Post Office at the 2011 Census included in the civil parish of Maker-with-Rame.

Anderton is part of Millbrook, a village on the Rame Peninsula. It is situated beside the tidal portion of Millbrook Lake on the Tamar estuary opposite Plymouth. [2]

Captain Charles Bampfield Yule RN, explorer and author of the Admiralty Australia Directory, died in Anderton in 1878.

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References

  1. Weatherhill, Craig (2009) A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-Names. Westport, Mayo: Evertype; p. 19
  2. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston ISBN   978-0-319-23146-3

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