Altarnun

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Population4,038 (Civil Ward, 2001)
1,100 (2021 Census including Bowithick)[1]
OS grid reference[[[:Template:Ordnance Survey url]] SX 223 812]
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  • Altarnun
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Post townLAUNCESTON
Postcode districtPL15
Dialling code01566
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Altarnun (/ˌɔːltərˈnʌn, ˌɒl-/ Script error: No such module "Respell".; Template:Langx) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies 7 miles (11 km) west of Launceston[2] on the north-eastern edge of Bodmin Moor[3] at grid reference Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates"..

The parish of Altarnun includes the village of Fivelanes and the hamlets of Bolventor, Treween and Trewint, and had a population of 976 at the 2001 census,[4] increasing to 1,084 according at the 2011 census.[5] Other hamlets in the parish are Bowithick, Palmersbridge, South Carne, Tolborough, Lower Tregunnon and Tredaule.[6] The area of the parish is 15,018 acres (60.78 km2), the largest in Cornwall.[7] By the time of the 2011 census the figures for the ward of Altarnun were provided. This ward contained 48 locations in the area and gave a population of 4,038.[8]

The moorland area of the parish is large and lies west of the village towards Rough Tor and southwards towards Dozmary Pool. There is a large conifer plantation at Wilsey Down Forest (Halvana Plantation). The village is in the valley of the Penpont Water and the parish is divided by the A30 trunk road which passes close to Fivelanes, once an important stopping place for stage coaches.

Church

The cross in the churchyard
The Norman font

A Norman church was built in Altarnun in the 12th century, but the present church was built in the 15th century from unquarried stone (moorstone) from Bodmin Moor. The church is dedicated to St Nonna, mother of St David. A Celtic cross from the time of St Nonna stands by the church gate.[9][10] Another cross is at Two-gates by the road about half a mile (0.8 km) north of the church; it is locally known as "Short Cross" and is probably a fragment of what was once a taller stone.[11] Other crosses are known as Sanctuary Cross, Halvana Cross, Occasiney Cross, Trekennick Cross, Tresmeak Cross and St Vincent's Mine Cross.[12]

As the largest parish church on Bodmin Moor, the Church of St Nonna is known as the 'Cathedral of the Moor'. It was built largely in the 15th century in the Perpendicular style, with its bell tower standing 109 ft (33 m) high. It is notable for a fine Norman font and old woodwork, including the screen, bench-ends and communion rails which date to 1684. The screen is one of the finest 15th-century examples in Cornwall; it has three gates and the cornice of vines and tracery and the vaulting are finely carved.[13]

John Wesley often visited Trewint, lodging in Digory Isbell's home which is now a museum of Wesley and Methodism. (The former Altarnun Wesleyan chapel has the head of Wesley carved over the doorway by Neville Northey Burnard. This was done when Burnard was aged sixteen years and lived next door.)[14][15]

Language and culture

Altarnun features in the novel Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier, set in the parish's former coaching house by the same name. The village was surveyed for the Survey of English Dialects.

Cornish wrestling

Cornish wrestling tournaments, for prizes, were held in Fivelanes in the 1800s.[16]

Notable people

British bryologist Frances Elizabeth Tripp (1832–1890) grew up in Altarnun, where her father was vicar.[17] The village was the birthplace of sculptor Neville Northey Burnard (1818–1878).

See also

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Altarnun Methodist chapel

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Civil Parish population 2021". ONS. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.AA Book of British Villages. Drive Publications Limited. 1980. p. 20. ISBN 9780340254875.
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston Template:ISBN
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Altarnun". Retrieved 22 June 2009.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Parish population census 2011". Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  6. ^ Cornwall; Explore Britain
  7. ^ Kneebone, W. A. (1963) Altarnon Church
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2011 statistics for ward of Altarnun". Retrieved 5 February 2015.
  9. ^ The parish of Altarnun
  10. ^ Langdon, A. G. (1896) Old Cornish Crosses. Truro: Joseph Pollard; pp. 42-43
  11. ^ Langdon (1896), p. 43
  12. ^ Langdon, A. G. (2005) Stone Crosses in East Cornwall; 2nd ed. Federation of Old Cornwall Societies; pp. 13-17
  13. ^ Mee, Arthur (1937) Cornwall. London: Hodder & Stoughton; pp. 19-20
  14. ^ Pearce, John (ed.) (1964) The Wesleys in Cornwall: Extracts from the Journals of John and Charles Wesley and John Nelson. Truro: D. Bradford Barton; pp. 65-67
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."John Wesley at Altarnun". Archived from the original on 8 June 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2009.
  16. ^ Royal Cornwall Gazette, 13 July 1816.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lawley, Mark (October 2010). "Fanny Tripp" (PDF). Field Bryology. 102. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2020.

Further reading

  • Shaw, Thomas (1960) Trewint in its Historical Setting

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