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== County description == | |||
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'''Highlights:''' Bodmin Moor; Lands End; Lanhydrock house; Mevagissey; Merry Maidens stone circle; St Michael's Mount.<br/> | '''Highlights:''' Bodmin Moor; Lands End; Lanhydrock house; Mevagissey; Merry Maidens stone circle; St Michael's Mount.<br/> | ||
'''Highest Point:''' Brown Willy, {{FeetToM|1375}} m.<br/> | '''Highest Point:''' Brown Willy, {{FeetToM|1375}} m.<br/> | ||
'''Area:''' {{SquareMilesToKm2|1349}} km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>[http://www.county-borders.co.uk/ The Historic Counties Trust] has kindly allowed me to quote its [http://www.county-borders.co.uk/historiccountiestrust/descriptions.html county descriptions] ''in toto''. | '''Area:''' {{SquareMilesToKm2|1349}} km<sup>2</sup>.<ref>[http://www.county-borders.co.uk/ The Historic Counties Trust] has kindly allowed me to quote its [http://www.county-borders.co.uk/historiccountiestrust/descriptions.html county descriptions] ''in toto''. We have converted square miles to km<sup>2</sup> and feet to meters.</ref></p></div> | ||
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Full name | Cornwall |
Abbreviation | Cornwall |
Coordinate | 50.418954, -4.858079 |
Area (1891) | 3512.94656 km2[1] |
Population (1891) | 322571[2] |
By Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2015-07-17. Revised by Henrik Thiil Nielsen, 2021-01-28.
County description
The Historic Counties Trust describes Cornwall as follows:
The Royal Duchy of Cornwall is in the very southwest of Britain. Land's End is the westernmost point of mainland England, and the Lizard its southernmost. Twenty-eight miles southwest of Land's End lie the Isles of Scilly. Cornwall is triangular in shape, surrounded to the north and south by the sea and on the east by the River Tamar, which forms the border with Devon almost from coast to coast. Both coasts provide breathtaking scenery, its granite cliffs beaten by the full force of the Atlantic. Southern Cornwall is a little more protected and has long, twisting creeks bringing the tide deep into the land, which were once ideal for smugglers. Inland are farms and moorland. There are many prehistoric remains on the moors and hills. Cornwall's rough and rugged landscape has inspired poets, novelists and artists for centuries. The old industries (or at least the lawful ones) were tin mining (now practically ended after 3,000 years), fishing, and subsistence grazing on the moors. Now tourism dominates, drawn by Cornwall's beauty and fine weather. The Prince of Wales is Duke of Cornwall, the Duchy owning much of the county. Historically Cornwall was a separate kingdom, being absorbed into English Wessex only in the 9th or 10th century. In latter years Cornishmen have been reasserting their distinctive identity and even the Cornish language (similar to Welsh), which died out in the 18th century but flavours most of its place-names.
Main Towns: Bodmin, Bude, Falmouth, Fowey, Launceston, Lostwithiel, Mousehole, Padstow, Penzance, Redruth, St Austell, St Ives, Truro, St Neots, Saltash, Tintagel.
Main Rivers: Tamar, Camel, Fal, Fowey, Truro, Kenwyn, Allen.
Highlights: Bodmin Moor; Lands End; Lanhydrock house; Mevagissey; Merry Maidens stone circle; St Michael's Mount.
Highest Point: Brown Willy, 419.1 m.
Area: 3493.9 km2.[3]
Background
Brief mention
Notes
- ↑ Wikipedia: List of ancient counties of England by area in 1891 (adapted from 1891 census).
- ↑ Histpop - The Online Historical Population Reports Website: Population. Administrative counties, England and Wales. Vol. I, 1891 – Page vi (University of Essex).
- ↑ The Historic Counties Trust has kindly allowed me to quote its county descriptions in toto. We have converted square miles to km2 and feet to meters.