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Pillaton
Cornish: Trebeulyow
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St Odulph's Church
Pillaton is located in Cornwall
Pillaton
Pillaton
 Pillaton shown within Cornwall
Population 473 (2011)
OS grid reference SX3664
Civil parish Pillaton
Unitary authority Cornwall
Ceremonial county Cornwall
Region South West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town SALTASH
Dialling code 01579
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Cornwall
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament South East Cornwall
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Pillaton (Cornish: Trebeulyow) is a village and civil parish in south east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

The parish extends to approximately 4.6 square miles, (1,177 hectares).[1] It is bounded by the parishes of St Mellion and St Dominic to the north, the River Lynher to the west, Botus Fleming to the south and Landulph to the east. The population is 435 of which 366 are on the electoral register.[2] About 70 per cent of the people live in the village itself.[citation needed] Land use in the parish is dominated by farming, although less than 10 per cent of resident workers are employed in this industry.The population had increased to 473 at the time of the 2011 census.[3] The majority of residents work outside the parish, and Pillaton is effectively a dormitory village for people employed in Plymouth and South East Cornwall. The Pentillie estate lies in the east of the parish, on the banks of the River Tamar.

History

Pillaton was recorded in Domesday Book (1086) when the manor was held by Reginald from Robert, Count of Mortain. There was half a hide of land and land for 6 ploughs. There were 3 ploughs, 3 serfs, 7 villeins and 7 smallholders. There were 100 acres of pasture, 40 acres of woodland, 30 sheep, 10 goats and 2 cattle. The value of the manor was £1 though it had formerly been worth £1-10s.[4]

Notable buildings

The parish church, St Odulph's, is a Grade I listed building and stands at the upper end of the village alongside The Weary Friar, a public house with accommodation, and across the road from the village hall. The church has a west tower and a south aisle. The wagon roofs are old and there is a fine monument of 1772 to James Tillie.[5][6]

Viverdon Quarry

Viverdon Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) on Viverdon Down and is a Geological Conservation Review site. The citations states:

This locality is a rare inland exposure which is fossiliferous and has yielded a Dinantian (anchoralis Zone) conodont fauna. Recent work has also recorded ostracods and bivalves referable to a Famennian age. This site is of great importance in interpreting the local stratigraphy as it reveals previously unknown structural features including the Upper Devonian thrust over the Carboniferous.[7]

The field surrounding the SSSI is the subject of a planning application for a Solar farm.[8]

References

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  4. Thorn, C. et al., ed. (1979) Cornwall. Chichester: Phillimore; entry 5,2,18
  5. Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall, 2nd ed. Penguin Books, p. 142
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