Millendreath is a hamlet in the parish of Looe, Cornwall, England, situated two miles east of the town of Looe. [1] [2]
A station was to be built at Millendreath as part of the proposed St Germans & Looe Railway in the late 1930s, but the railway was abandoned without the station having been built. An associated golf course was constructed, but it was abandoned on the outbreak of war. [3]
The Liskeard and Looe Union Canal was a broad canal between Liskeard and Looe in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It was almost 6 miles (9.7 km) long and had 24 locks, and it opened progressively from 1827. The engineer was Robert Coad.
Coombe is a settlement in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated one mile (1.6 km) southwest of Liskeard.
Seaton is a village on the south coast of Cornwall, England, at the mouth of the River Seaton 3.8 miles (6.1 km) east of Looe and ten miles (16 km) west of Plymouth. The village is in the civil parish of Deviock.
Polyne Quarry is a 0.1 hectare Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in Cornwall, England, UK. It is located to the north of Polperro civil parish, 2 miles (3.2 km) to the west of Looe.
Hessenford is a small village in south-east Cornwall, United Kingdom, four miles west of St Germans on the A387 Polbathic to Polperro road. The village had a population of 170 at the 2001 census. It is in the civil parish of Deviock. The river Seaton runs through the village and a mill was recorded here in 1286; the last mill closing in the mid-20th century.
Moorswater is an industrial suburb of Liskeard in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately half-a-mile (0.8 km) west of Liskeard town centre.
Dobwalls and Trewidland is a former civil parish in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
St Martin-by-Looe is a coastal civil parish in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish is immediately east of the town and parish of Looe, seven miles (11 km) south of Liskeard. The parish is in the Liskeard Registration District and the population in the 2001 census was 321, which had increased to 429 at the 2011 census.
The River Cober is a short river in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The river runs to the west of Helston into The Loe, Cornwall's largest natural lake.
Sandplace is a small village in the parish of Morval, two miles north of Looe in Cornwall, Great Britain. It is situated on the B3254, the old Liskeard to Looe road which joins the A387 to the south. The village is alongside the East Looe river and has been served by Sandplace railway station, on the Looe Valley Line since 1881.
Churchbridge is a hamlet in Cornwall, England. It is a mile west of Duloe, and is situated on the West Looe River. Both banks of the river are wooded, and to the north of the bridge is a disused quarry and Tremadart Mills, marked as a corn mill on the 1882 map.
Connon is a hamlet near Liskeard in Cornwall, England. Connon is in the civil parish of St Pinnock.
Halton Barton is a farm in the parish of St Dominic in Cornwall, England.
Paynter's Cross is a hamlet on the A388 main road southeast of St Mellion in southeast Cornwall, England, UK.
Pempwell is a hamlet near Stoke Climsland in Cornwall, England, UK.
Plaidy is an eastern suburb of Looe, Cornwall, England, UK. Plaidy Beach is a sandy beach and Millendreath Beach is at its eastern end. The writer Eleanor Hibbert lived near Plaidy Beach during World War II and used it as the basis for one of her pen names, Jean Plaidy.
Terras Bridge, also known as Terras Pill Bridge, is a road bridge near Morval in Cornwall, England. Built in c. 1825, the Grade II listed bridge crosses the tidal East Looe River, and is adjacent to the Liskeard and Looe Railway and the remains of the Liskeard and Looe Union Canal.
Penpont Water is a small river in east Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is a tributary of the River Inny joining it at Two Bridges.
The St Germans & Looe Railway was a proposed new railway in Cornwall by the Great Western Railway, providing a direct connection between St Germans and Looe. The railway was proposed in 1935 and authorised in 1936, and work commenced in 1937. By the time that war began in 1939 only a small amount of work had been completed, and it was abandoned. Had the railway been completed, it would have involved the construction of four stations, three tunnels and two viaducts.
Millendreath railway station was a proposed railway station in Millendreath, Cornwall which would have formed one of four stations on the St Germans & Looe Railway. The railway was proposed in 1935 and authorised by the Great Western Railway Act 1936, and work commenced in 1937. By the time that war began in 1939 only a small amount of work had been completed, and it was abandoned. Millendreath station itself was unbuilt, although the adjacent golf course was constructed but subsequently abandoned.
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