Cargreen

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.

Cargreen
Cargreen
Location within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSX433625
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSALTASH
Postcode districtPL12
Dialling code01752
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament

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

The River Tamar at Cargreen

"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]

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]

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. Google Book. 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". Retrieved 23 February 2017.

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