Landrake
Village in Cornwall, England
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::summary Village in Cornwall, England ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox UK place"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| country | England |
| static_image_name | Church of St Michael, Landrake (geograph 3698887).jpg |
| static_image_caption | St Michael's Church, Landrake |
| map_type | Cornwall |
| coordinates | |
| label_position | top |
| region | South West England |
| shire_county | Cornwall |
| civil_parish | Landrake with St Erney |
| official_name | Landrake |
| cornish_name | Lannergh |
| population | 1,082 |
| population_ref | (2011 UK census) |
| post_town | SALTASH |
| postcode_area | PL |
| postcode_district | PL12 |
| dial_code | 01752 |
| constituency_westminster | South East Cornwall |
| os_grid_reference | SX374606 |
| :: |
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Landrake () is a village in southeast Cornwall, England. It is situated approximately three miles (5 km) west of Saltash, in the civil parish of Landrake with St Erney (where the population of the 2011 census was included.). The A38 road passes through the village.
Landrake has a post office, a 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.
Church
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/EdwardCourtenay_1509Brass_LandrakeCornwall.jpg" caption="Powderham]], Devon. Landrake Church[[Dunkin, E. H. W.]] ''The Monumental Brasses of Cornwall'', 1882, pp. 24-5 & plate XXI"] ::
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. The church is a Grade I listed building, having been so designated on 23 January 1968.
King Edmund gave the parish of Landerch to Bishop Burhwold in exchange for land in Devon; 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.
Notable people
- Francis Rous (1579–1659), an English politician, prominent Puritan and Provost of Eton. For some years he lived in Landrake in seclusion and occupied himself with theological studies.
- Sir Robert Geffrye (1613–1703), merchant, slave trader, and Lord Mayor of London for 1685/86.
- William Beale (1784–1854), an English composer and baritone.
References
References
- Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 ''Plymouth & Launceston'' {{ISBN. 978-0-319-23146-3
- (1986). "The Village of Landrake".
- [http://www.sir-robert-gefferys.cornwall.sch.uk/ Welcome to Sir Robert Geffery's School] Sir Robert Geffery's School website; retrieved April 2010
- [[Dunkin, E. H. W.]] ''The Monumental Brasses of Cornwall'', 1882, pp. 24-5 & plate XXI
- Pevsner, N. (1970) ''Cornwall'', 2nd ed. Penguin Books; pp. 87-88
- "Church of St Michael, Landrake with St Erney". British Listed Buildings.
- It is not known when the bishop became bishop of Cornwall, the earliest possible date is 1002.
- (1925). "Cornish Church Guide". Blackford.
- {{cite DNB. Rigg. J.McM.
- {{cite DNB. Welch. Charles
- {{cite DNB. Squire. William Barclay
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