Blue Anchor, Cornwall

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Blue Anchor
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Blue Anchor
Location within Cornwall
OS grid reference SW911579
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Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ST. COLUMB
Postcode district TR9
Dialling code 01726
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50°23′02″N4°56′23″W / 50.3838°N 4.9397°W / 50.3838; -4.9397

Blue Anchor is a hamlet in mid Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is in the civil parish of St Enoder It is situated on the old course of the A30 road (now re-routed south of the settlement as a dual carriageway bypass) between the villages of Fraddon and Penhale. [1]

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The Blue Anchor Inn is alleged to have been the first stop the King's Messenger made on his journey to announce the victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in October 1805.

Cornish wrestling

Cornish wrestling Tournaments were held in the field behind the Blue Anchor Inn in Blue Anchor in the 1800s [2] and 1900s. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN   978-0-319-22938-5
  2. ↑ West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 9 May 1862.
  3. ↑ West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 30 August 1945.

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