Cargreen

Settlement in Cornwall, England

Human settlement in England
Cargreen is located in Cornwall
Cargreen
Cargreen
Location within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSX433625Civil parish
  • Landulph
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CountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townSALTASHPostcode districtPL12Dialling code01752PoliceDevon and CornwallFireCornwallAmbulanceSouth Western UK Parliament
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50°26′30″N 4°12′24″W / 50.4418°N 4.2068°W / 50.4418; -4.2068

Cargreen (Cornish: Karrekreun) is a small settlement in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated beside the River Tamar approximately two miles (3 km) north of Saltash.[1] It is in the civil parish of Landulph.

Burgee of Cargreen Yacht Club, established in 1972

Cargreen has a yacht club[2] and once had a thriving industry ferrying flowers across the river to Devon.[3]

"The earliest known reference to Cargreen was in 1018 when the bounds of the manor of Tinnel mentioned "Carrecron". It was then probably no more than, as the name implies (in Cornish), an outbreak of hard rock jutting into the Tamar."[4]

The River Tamar at Cargreen

Cargreen is mentioned in John Leland's The Antiquary 1534-43: "Myles fro Asshe [Saltash] Northward ynto the Land is a smaul Village cawled Caregrin, Est of this is Bere Parke and Hous in Devonshire dividid from Caregrin tantum Tamara."[5]

The BBC TV series The Coroner features the now-closed Crooked Spaniards Inn, shown on the right, as the set for The Black Dog Inn.[6] As of 2021, the pub remains closed although its surrounding buildings have been converted into holiday accommodation.

References

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3
  2. ^ "Cargreen Yacht Club". cargreenyc.org. Retrieved 7 May 2008.
  3. ^ Rita Tregellas Pope (2006). Cornwall Visitors Guide 7th ed. ISBN 9781843062110. Retrieved 7 May 2008.
  4. ^ Luck, Liz. "Green Lane Walks in South East Cornwall". The Green Lanes Project. p. 30.
  5. ^ "Early Tours in Devon and Cornwall" Edited by R Pearse Chope. First published 1918, reprinted with new introduction by Alan Gibson 1967.
  6. ^ "Visiting Cornwall". Archived from the original on 20 April 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
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