Stoke Climsland
Coordinates: 50°32′47″N 4°18′58″W / 50.546415°N 4.31605°W
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 Main Road, Stoke Climsland |
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 Stoke Climsland
Stoke Climsland shown within Cornwall |
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| OS grid reference | SX360744 |
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| Civil parish | Stokeclimsland |
| Shire county | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | CALLINGTON |
| Postcode district | PL17 |
| Dialling code | 01579 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| List of places: UK • England • Cornwall | |
Stoke Climsland is a village in the River Tamar Valley, Cornwall, United Kingdom within the civil parish of Stokeclimsland.
The manor of Climsland was one of the 17 Antiqua maneria of the Duchy of Cornwall.
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[edit] Notable buildings
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 medieval. At Horse Bridge on the road to Tavistock is a fine bridge of seven arches (built in 1437). At Whiteford Sir John Call built a Georgian mansion 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.[1]
[edit] Notable residents
- William Pratt Call, banker and High Sheriff of Cornwall was a resident here.
- John Grubb, an early settler in Delaware
- Len Harvey, a boxer, who held one 'version' of the World's Light-Heavyweight Championship from 1939 until 1942 was born here.
- Neil Warnock, football manager had a home here.
[edit] Sport
The village is also home to a football team, Stoke Climsland FC, which plays in the Cornwall Duchy league.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall, 2nd ed. Penguin Books
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