Criggan
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240px Railway bridge at Criggan |
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Criggan shown within Cornwall
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OS grid reference | SX014606 |
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Civil parish | Roche |
Unitary authority | Cornwall |
Ceremonial county | Cornwall |
Region | South West |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | ST. AUSTELL |
Postcode district | PL26 |
Dialling code | 01726 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Cornwall |
Ambulance | South Western |
EU Parliament | South West England |
UK Parliament | St Austell and Newquay |
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Criggan is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, UK, located north of the village of Bugle.[1] It lies on the edge of Criggan Moor, within an Area of Great Scientific Value. It lies along the railway line from Victoria and Roche railway station in the west to Bugle in the south.
The settlement is mentioned in Herman Melville's The Piazza Tales (1856) which says 'In Criggan last month, I put up three-and-twenty rods on only five buildings.' 'Let me see. Was it not at Criggan last week, about midnight on Saturday, that the steeple, the big elm and the assembly-room cupola were struck?.' [2]
Notable people
- Claudius Criggan - Bishop of Sodor and Man in 1784, died in 1813.[3]
References
- ↑ Ordnance Survey: Explorer map sheet 107 St Austell & Liskeard, 2008, ISBN 0-319-24017-7
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