Pont, Cornwall

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Pont
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Hall Walk near Pont
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Pont
Location within Cornwall
OS grid reference SX144522
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°20′24″N4°36′36″W / 50.340°N 4.610°W / 50.340; -4.610

Pont is a hamlet in Cornwall, England. Pont is about half a km north of Lanteglos-by-Fowey churchtown and east of Pont Pill. [1]

It is thought that Pont began as a settlement when the parish's first Celtic saint, St Wyllow, came and settled in a cave by the head of Pont around 596.

References

  1. ↑ Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of England & Wales; Bodmin and Lanceston, sheet 186. 1946

[1]


  1. ↑ "Place of Interest". www.foweyharbourheritage.org.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
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