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  Talland Location withinCornwall | |
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| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
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Talland (Cornish:Tallan,lit. 'hill brow church site')[1] is a hamlet andecclesiastical parish and formercivil parish, betweenLooe andPolperro, now in the parish of Polperro, in theCornwall district, on the south coast ofCornwall, England (the parish includes the eastern part of the village of Polperro, where there is achapel of ease and formerly also the town ofWest Looe). It consists of a church, theOld Vicarage and a few houses. In 1931 the parish had a population of 768.[2] On 1 April 1934 the civil parish was abolished and merged with Lansallos, part also went to form Looe.[3]
OnTalland Bay are two sheltered shingle beaches, Talland Sand and Rotterdam Beach, and the bay was once well known as a landing spot for smugglers. There are several smallbeaches in Talland Bay, served by a smallcar park andcafé. There is also Talland Bay Hotel.[4] Two towers mark one end of anautical measured mile, the other end is marked by two towers near Hannafore,West Looe.[5]
Thechurch at Talland, dramatically located on the cliff-top, is dedicated toSt Tallan and as such is unique in Britain. Unusually it has a detached bell-tower on the south side which was joined to the main body of the church in the 15th century. There survives old woodwork in its fine wagon roofs; and the manybenchends (partly ca. 1520, the rest ca. 1600) are of the usual Cornish type and among the finest examples of these.[6]
The environment, one of the most unspoiled in south-west England, is a designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and a Heritage Coast. In October 2007Caradon District Council granted planning permission for the building of 40 houses costing between £285,000 and £350,000. This controversial development is supposedly in keeping with the local area.
Talland Barton Farmland has been designated aSite of Special Scientific Interest for its assemblage of nationally rare and nationally scarcemosses; in particular for themany-fruited beardless moss (Weissia multicapsularis), which is known from only two sites worldwide.[7]
An important source for the history isJonathan Couch'sHistory of Polperro, (1871), issued after his death by his son, Thomas Quiller Couch and abridgements of it have been issued many times since: seeHistory of Polperro
Talland Bay has been the scene of many shipwrecks including that of a French trawler, theMarguerite, in March 1922. Two private boats performed a dramatic rescue and all 21 people were saved. The remains of the ship's boiler can still be clearly seen on the beach at low tide.[8]
A stone cross was found in the 1920s at East Waylands Farm as part of farm buildings. On 12 May 1930 it was erected at Portlooe Cross, a road junction northeast of Portlooe Farm.[9]
The television presentersRichard Madeley andJudy Finnigan own a holiday home in Talland.[citation needed]
The Talland School of Equitation in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, was named after Talland Bay.
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