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'''Landrake''' ({{lang-kw|Lannergh}}) is a village in southeast [[Cornwall]], United Kingdom. It is situated approximately three miles (5&nbsp;km) west of [[Saltash]] in the [[civil parish]] of [[Landrake with St Erney]].<ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 ''Plymouth & Launceston'' ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3</ref> The [[A38 road|A38]] road used to pass through Landrake but a [[Bypass (road)|bypass]] now takes the trunk road north of the village.{{Citation needed|date=July 2016}}
'''Landrake''' ({{lang-kw|Lannergh}}) is a village in southeast [[Cornwall]], United Kingdom. It is situated approximately three miles (5&nbsp;km) west of [[Saltash]] in the [[civil parish]] of [[Landrake with St Erney]].<ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 ''Plymouth & Launceston'' ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3</ref> The [[A38 road|A38]] road used to pass through Landrake but a [[Bypass (road)|bypass]] now takes the trunk road past the village to the north.<ref>{{cite book |title=Concise Road Atlas of Britain |year=2016 |publisher=AA |isbn=978-0-7495-7743-8 |pages=4–5 }}</ref>


Landrake has a post office and shop, a pub named the Bullers Arms and Sir Robert Geffery's School, a primary school. The school takes its name from Landrake-born [[Robert Geffrye|Sir Robert Geffery]] who, in 1704, bequeathed money to set up a trust to educate children of the parish.<ref>[http://www.sir-robert-gefferys.cornwall.sch.uk/] Sir Robert Geffery's School website; retrieved April 2010</ref>
Landrake has a post office and shop, a pub named the Bullers Arms and Sir Robert Geffery's School, a primary school. The school takes its name from Landrake-born [[Robert Geffrye|Sir Robert Geffery]] who, in 1704, bequeathed money to set up a trust to educate children of the parish.<ref>[http://www.sir-robert-gefferys.cornwall.sch.uk/] Sir Robert Geffery's School website; retrieved April 2010</ref>
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==Church==
==Church==
[[File:EdwardCourtenay 1509Brass LandrakeCornwall.jpg|thumb|left|150px|[[Monumental brass]] of Edward Courtenay (d. 1509/10) of Landrake, 2nd son of Sir William I Courtenay (d. 1485) of [[Powderham Castle|Powderham]], Devon. Landrake Church<ref>Dunkin, E. H. W. ''The Monumental Brasses of Cornwall'', 1882, pp. 24-5 & plate XXI</ref>]]
[[File:EdwardCourtenay 1509Brass LandrakeCornwall.jpg|thumb|left|150px|[[Monumental brass]] of Edward Courtenay (d. 1509/10) of Landrake, 2nd son of Sir William I Courtenay (d. 1485) of [[Powderham Castle|Powderham]], Devon. Landrake Church<ref>Dunkin, E. H. W. ''The Monumental Brasses of Cornwall'', 1882, pp. 24-5 & plate XXI</ref>]]
Landrake Church is dedicated to St Michael. It stands on a hill and the tower is 100&nbsp;ft high. Parts of the building are [[Norman architecture|Norman]] but the majority is of the 15th century. There is a brass to Edward Cowrtney, 1509.<ref>Pevsner, N. (1970) ''Cornwall'', 2nd ed. Penguin Books; pp. 87-88</ref>
Landrake Church is dedicated to St Michael. It stands on a hill and the tower is 100&nbsp;ft high. Parts of the building are [[Norman architecture|Norman]] but the majority is of the 15th century. There is a brass to Edward Cowrtney, 1509.<ref>Pevsner, N. (1970) ''Cornwall'', 2nd ed. Penguin Books; pp. 87-88</ref> The church is a [[Grade I listed]] building, having been so designated on 23 January 1968.<ref name=BLB>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-62007-church-of-st-michael-landrake-with-st-ern#.V692HDXGD6g |title=Church of St Michael, Landrake with St Erney |publisher=British Listed Buildings |accessdate=13 August 2016}}</ref>


King Edmund gave the parish of Landerch to [[Burhweald|Bishop Burhwold]] in exchange for land in Devon;<ref>It is not known when the bishop became bishop of Cornwall, the earliest possible date is 1002.</ref> in 1018 this gift was confirmed by King Cnut who declared the gift had really been for the benefit of the monastery of St Germans where the bishop had his see. The gift included the parish of Landrake with its chapel of St Erney; these continued to be held by the monastery after the see was moved to Devon. In 1269 a vicarage was established whereby the vicar received the small tithes of Landrake and St Erney and the great tithe was kept by the monastery.<ref>''Cornish Church Guide'' (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 126</ref>
King Edmund gave the parish of Landerch to [[Burhweald|Bishop Burhwold]] in exchange for land in Devon;<ref>It is not known when the bishop became bishop of Cornwall, the earliest possible date is 1002.</ref> in 1018 this gift was confirmed by [[King Cnut]] who declared the gift had really been for the benefit of the monastery of St Germans where the bishop had his see. The gift included the parish of Landrake with its chapel of St Erney; these continued to be held by the monastery after the see was moved to Devon. In 1269 a vicarage was established whereby the vicar received the small tithes of Landrake and St Erney and the great tithe was kept by the monastery.<ref>{{cite book |title=Cornish Church Guide |year=1925 |publisher=Blackford |page=126 }}</ref>


==Notable people==
==Notable people==
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[[Category:Villages in Cornwall]]
[[Category:Villages in Cornwall]]


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Landrake
St Michael's Church, Landrake
Population1,082 (2011 UK census)
OS grid referenceSX374606
Civil parish
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSALTASH
Postcode districtPL12
Dialling code01752
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
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Landrake (Cornish: Lannergh) is a village in southeast Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately three miles (5 km) west of Saltash in the civil parish of Landrake with St Erney.[1] The A38 road used to pass through Landrake but a bypass now takes the trunk road past the village to the north.[2]

Landrake has a post office and shop, a pub named the Bullers Arms and Sir Robert Geffery's School, a primary school. The school takes its name from Landrake-born Sir Robert Geffery who, in 1704, bequeathed money to set up a trust to educate children of the parish.[3]

Church

Monumental brass of Edward Courtenay (d. 1509/10) of Landrake, 2nd son of Sir William I Courtenay (d. 1485) of Powderham, Devon. Landrake Church[4]

Landrake Church is dedicated to St Michael. It stands on a hill and the tower is 100 ft high. Parts of the building are Norman but the majority is of the 15th century. There is a brass to Edward Cowrtney, 1509.[5] The church is a Grade I listed building, having been so designated on 23 January 1968.[6]

King Edmund gave the parish of Landerch to Bishop Burhwold in exchange for land in Devon;[7] in 1018 this gift was confirmed by King Cnut who declared the gift had really been for the benefit of the monastery of St Germans where the bishop had his see. The gift included the parish of Landrake with its chapel of St Erney; these continued to be held by the monastery after the see was moved to Devon. In 1269 a vicarage was established whereby the vicar received the small tithes of Landrake and St Erney and the great tithe was kept by the monastery.[8]

Notable people

Francis Rous, an English politician, prominent Puritan and Provost of Eton spent some years at Landrake. For some years he lived there in seclusion and occupied himself with theological studies.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3
  2. ^ Concise Road Atlas of Britain. AA. 2016. pp. 4–5. ISBN 978-0-7495-7743-8.
  3. ^ [1] Sir Robert Geffery's School website; retrieved April 2010
  4. ^ Dunkin, E. H. W. The Monumental Brasses of Cornwall, 1882, pp. 24-5 & plate XXI
  5. ^ Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall, 2nd ed. Penguin Books; pp. 87-88
  6. ^ "Church of St Michael, Landrake with St Erney". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
  7. ^ It is not known when the bishop became bishop of Cornwall, the earliest possible date is 1002.
  8. ^ Cornish Church Guide. Blackford. 1925. p. 126.
  9. ^ s:Rous, Francis (DNB00)
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