Stoke Climsland
| Stoke Climsland | |
| Cornwall | |
|---|---|
 Main Road, Stoke Climsland | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SX360744 |
| Location: | 50°32’46"N, 4°18’58"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Callington |
| Postcode: | PL17 |
| Dialling code: | 01579 |
| Local Government | |
Stoke Climsland is a village in the valley of the River Tamar in eastern Cornwall. The population of the parish of 'Stokeclimsland' at the 2011 census was recorded as 1,639.
The manor of Climsland is one of the seventeen Antiqua maneria of the Duchy of Cornwall. The manor was recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) as Climson; there were 5 hides of land and land for 24 ploughs. One hide was held by the lord (with 3 ploughs and 9 serfs) and 30 villeins and 30 smallholders had 17 ploughs and 4 hides of land. There were also 3 acres of meadow, 16 square leagues of pasture and 3 square leagues of woodland. The income from the manor was £6 sterling.[1]
Parish church
The present church building is 15th century, with north and south aisles and a west tower. The tower is of granite and the wagon roofs are mediæval.
Notable buildings
The Horse Bridge on the road to Tavistock is a fine bridge of seven arches, built in 1437. This narrow, stone bridge was the lowest bridge on the River Tamar until the New Bridge was built in the 1520s.
At Whiteford Sir John Call built a Georgian mansion, Whiteford House, in 1775 but it no longer exists: the stables and a garden temple remain and a few fragments have been reused in a house nearby.[2]
The post office, opened in 1839, is said to be the oldest post office in the United Kingdom.[3]
Sport
- Football: Stoke Climsland FC
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Stoke Climsland) |
References
- ↑ Thorn, C. et al., eds. (1979) Cornwall. Chichester: Phillimore; entry 1,9
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Cornwall, 1951; 1970 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09589-0
- ↑ Domesday Reloaded: Stoke Climsland Post Office – BBC, 1986