Lezant
| Lezant Cornish: Lannsant | |
| Cornwall | |
|---|---|
 Lezant Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SX339791 |
| Location: | 50°35’17"N, 4°20’53"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 765 (2011) |
| Post town: | Launceston |
| Postcode: | PL15 |
| Dialling code: | 01579 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cornwall |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Cornwall |
Lezant is a village in eastern Cornwall, about five miles south of Launceston. The population of the parish in the 2011 census was 765.[1]
Greystone Bridge and Quarry
A historically important road crossing of the River Tamar is two miles from the village at Greystone Bridge; the arched stone bridge was built in 1439.[2]
Greystone Bridge is the site of a large aggregate quarry, the Greystone Quarry, supplying blue elvan. The quarry walls are designated as the 'Greystone Quarry Site of Special Scientific Interest', for its geological characteristics.[3]
Churches
Lezant parish church is dedicated to St Briochus and was considerably restored in 1869. There was formerly an ancient chapel at Trecarrel (or Trecarrell) dedicated to St Mary Magdalene but it no longer exists.[1]
The parish of Lezant lay within the bishop's peculiar manor and deanery of Lawhitton. The Lord’s Table in the church was rededicated in 1336; part of the chancel dates from slightly earlier than that. The rest of the spacious building is of the 15th century and there is a fine tower. In mediæval times there was a chapel of St Lawrence (mentioned in 1447) and at Landue a chapel of St Bridget. There was an oratory of the Wyse family at Greystone in 1329.[4]
Trecarrel
At Trecarrel is the hall built by Sir Henry Trecarrel (now used as a barn) very early in the 16th century. The carved stones intended to embellish the hall were afterwards used in the building of the Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene at Launceston. The hall is impressive with fine Perpendicular windows and oak wagon roof; the chapel was still in existence in 1925.[5] King Charles I arrived in Cornwall and spent the night at the house of Ambrose Manaton at Trecarrel on 1 August 1644.[6]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information on Lezant from GENUKI
- ↑ Engineering Timelines
- ↑ SSSI listing and designation for Greydstone Quarry Walls
- ↑ Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; pp. 143–44
- ↑ Cornish Church Guide (1925)
- ↑ 'Parishes: Lawhitton - Luxulion' - Magna Britannia: volume 3: Cornwall (1814), pp. 193-206.
