North Darley
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Road junction at North Darley | |
Location within Cornwall | |
OS grid reference | SX279735 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
North Darley (Cornish : Dowr Legh, meaning rock slab river) is a hamlet in Cornwall, England. It is two miles south of North Hill on the B3254 road from Launceston to Liskeard. [1]
Launceston may refer to:
The Launceston Steam Railway is a 1 ft 11 1⁄2 in narrow gauge railway operating from the town of Launceston in Cornwall. The railway is built on the trackbed of the North Cornwall Railway to 1 ft 11 1⁄2 in narrow gauge and runs for 2 1⁄2 miles (4 km) to Newmills, where there is a farm park.
North Cornwall is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Scott Mann, a Conservative since the 2015 general election. Like all British constituencies, the seat elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election at least every five years. The seat was created in 1918. Since 1950, the constituency has been held by MPs from either the Conservative Party or the Liberal Democrats.
North Petherwin is a civil parish and village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated five miles (8 km) northwest of Launceston on a ridge above the River Ottery valley.
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Werrington is a civil parish and former manor now in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Prior to boundary changes it straddled the Tamar and lay within the county of Devon. The portion on the west side was transferred to Cornwall in 1966. It is situated 1 mile (1.6 km) to the west of the Tamar, the traditional boundary between Devon and Cornwall, and 1 mile (1.6 km) north of Launceston.
Launceston Rugby Club are a Cornish rugby club who play at Polson Bridge, Launceston, Cornwall. They are currently in South West Premier, at the fifth tier of the English rugby union system following their promotion from Tribute South West 1 West via a playoff. At present the club fields two senior men's teams, colts (under-18), mini/junior sides, as well as several girls teams.
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Trewen is a hamlet and a civil parish in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom The parish is just east of Bodmin Moor in the River Inny valley and lies in the Registration District of Launceston.
Launceston is a town, ancient borough, and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the middle stage of the River Tamar, which constitutes almost the entire border between Cornwall and Devon. The landscape of the town is generally steep particularly at a sharp south-western knoll topped by Launceston Castle. These gradients fall down to the River Kensey and smaller tributaries.
The River Kensey is a river in east Cornwall, England, UK which is a tributary of the River Tamar.
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