North Tamerton (Cornish:Tre war Damer) is a village andcivil parish in eastCornwall, England, UK. The village is situated approximately eight miles (13 km) southeast ofBude and eight miles (13 km) north ofLaunceston.[1]
North Tamerton is a thinly populated rural parish and the only village is North Tamerton itself, the other settlements being farmsteads and hamlets. It came within thehundred, and later theregistration district, ofStratton. It is bounded to the east by theRiver Tamar which for much of its length delineates Cornwall's border withDevon, but here Cornwall extends across the river making North Tamerton the only parish in Cornwall which includes land east of the Tamar.[2]
The name Tamerton derives from 'estate on the Tamar'. To the west, the parish is bounded by the Cornish parishes ofWhitstone andWeek St Mary and population at the 2001 census was 288, increasing to 356 at the 2011 census.[2] The village of North Tamerton on high ground above the confluence of the River Tamar and its tributary theRiver Deer.[1]
TheBude Canal ran through the parish and there was a canal wharf at North Tamerton. The canal was unusual in using sixinclined planes instead oflocks to climb from sea level to its maximum altitude of 433 feet (132 m): one of the six inclines was south of Tamerton wharf.
The 15th century church is dedicated toSt Denis and is located atgrid referenceSX 311 973. The church has a chancel, nave, south aisle and a granite ashlar battlemented tower 70 feet (21 m) in height. The belfry houses a ring of six bells,[3] and a local tradition says that the treble bell came fromTetcott church, across the River Tamar, andJohn Taylor the bell-founder having recast North Tamerton's ring of five in the early 19th century sold the treble to Tetcott so that the parishioners at North Tamerton could hear it across the valley and decide to acquire it.[4]
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