Lezant

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Lezant
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Lezant
Location within Cornwall
Population756 (United Kingdom Census 2011 including Carthamartha)
OS grid reference SX339791
Civil parish
  • Lezant
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town LAUNCESTON
Postcode district PL15
Dialling code 01579
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Fire Cornwall
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50°35′17″N4°20′53″W / 50.588°N 4.348°W / 50.588; -4.348

Lezant (Cornish : Lannsant) [1] is a civil parish and village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Lezant village is about five miles (8 kilometres) south of Launceston. [2] The population of the parish in the 2001 census was 751, increasing slightly to 765 in the 2011 census. [3]

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Geography

The parish of Lezant is in the Launceston registration district. The county border with Devon forms the parish's eastern boundary. It is bounded on the north by South Petherwin and Lawhitton.

Greystone Quarry and Bridge

A historically important road crossing of the River Tamar is 2 miles (3.2 km) from the village at Greystone Bridge; the arched stone bridge was built in 1439. [4] Greystone Bridge is the site of a large aggregate quarry operated by Bardon Aggregates. The quarry walls are designated as the Greystone Quarry SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest), for its geological characteristics. [5]

Notable people

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View towards Lezant

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References

  1. Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine  : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine . Cornish Language Partnership.
  2. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston ISBN   978-0-319-23146-3
  3. GENUKI website; Lezant; retrieved 10 February 2015
  4. Engineering Timelines website; retrieved April 2010
  5. "Greystone Quarry" (PDF). Natural England. 1994. Retrieved 1 November 2011.

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