North Cornwall
North Cornwall District | |
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Population | |
• 1973 | 58,689[1] |
• 2001 | 80,529[2] |
History | |
• Origin |
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• Created | 1 April 1974 |
• Abolished | 31 March 2009 |
• Succeeded by | Cornwall Council unitary authority |
Status | District |
ONS code | 15UE |
Government | District council |
• HQ | Wadebridge |
Subdivisions | |
• Type | Civil parishes |
North Cornwall (Cornish: An Tiredh Uhel[3]) is an area of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is also the name of a former local government district, which was administered from Bodmin and Wadebridge 50°30′58″N 4°50′06″W / 50.516°N 4.835°W. Other towns in the area are Launceston, Bude, Padstow, and Camelford.
North Cornwall is an area of outstanding natural beauty that is of great geological and scientific interest. It includes the only part of Cornwall that is formed of carboniferous rocks, the northern area of North Cornwall District. The rest of the district lies on Devonian sedimentary strata and the granite of Bodmin Moor. A similar area is covered by the North Cornwall parliamentary constituency.
Parishes of North Cornwall
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Geography
North Cornwall has a stretch of coastline that borders the
The larger harbours are at Padstow and Bude and on the intervening coast Port Isaac, Port Gaverne, Port Quin, Port William, Tintagel, Bossiney and Boscastle have all been used either for fishing or the export of slate. There are good beaches at Polzeath, Trebarwith Strand and Bude. At Delabole the large Delabole Quarry has been worked for many centuries and there were once in the parish of Tintagel many other slate quarries. Granite and elvan have also been important minerals: there are major granite quarries in the parish of St Breward and also some china clay works on the edges of Bodmin Moor e.g. at Stannon near Camelford.
Most of the lowland areas have good agricultural land used either for mixed or dairy farming. At Davidstow much of the milk is processed into Davidstow cheese.
See also
- North Cornwall District Council elections
- List of topics related to Cornwall
- Bodmin Moor
- Triggshire
References
- ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
- Census 2001. Office for National Statistics. 1 April 2001. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
- ^ "Cornish Language Partnership : Place names in the SWF". Magakernow.org.uk. Archived from the original on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
- ^ Whalley, J. S.; Lloyd, G. E. "Tectonics of the Bude Formation". Retrieved 26 September 2009.
- Jenkin, A. K. Hamilton(1970) Mines and Miners of Cornwall. XVI: Wadebridge, Camelford and Bude. Penzance: Federation of Old Cornwall Societies
- Maclean, Sir John (1872) The Parochial History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor. 3 vols. London: Nichols & Co., 1872–79
External links
- Online Catalogue for North Cornwall District Council at the Cornwall Record Office