Carlyon

Carlyon

Carlyon

Civil parish in Cornwall, England

Carlyon (Cornish: Karleghyon,[1] meaning fort of rock-slabs) is one of four new civil parishes created on 1 April 2009 for the St Austell area of south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

Sketch map of the four civil parishes in the St Austell area created in 2009 - click to enlarge

For the surname, see Carlyon (surname).
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The new parish is part coastal and part rural in character. It includes the settlements of Carlyon Bay, Garker and Tregrehan Mills and is represented by nine councillors.[2][3] In 2021 it had a population of 1578.[4]

Carlyon Bay, the principal settlement in the parish, is approximately two miles (3 km) east of St Austell.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived May 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
  2. [2]
    Cornwall Council website; Retrieved May 2010
  3. [3]
    Cornwall; Explore Britain
  4. [4]
    "Carlyon". City Population. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  5. [5]
    Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5


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