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Statue of the champion rower Ann Glanville in Fore Street. Sir Evan Nepean first Baronet was born in St Stephens near Saltash in 1752. George Carter Bignell, the eminent entomologist, lived on Home Park Road until his death in 1910. A large collection of his insect specimens is held at the Plymouth Museum. [15]
Saltash Guildhall is a municipal building in Fore Street, Saltash, Cornwall, England. The structure, which was the meeting place of Saltash Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building . [ 1 ]
Saltash East (Cornish: Essa Est) [1] was an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returned one member to sit on Cornwall Council between 2013 and 2021. It was abolished at the 2021 local elections , being succeeded by Saltash Tamar .
Saltash Passage is named after the ferry route that carried passengers and vehicles between Saltash in Cornwall and Plymouth, across the River Tamar. The ferry became uneconomic following the construction of the Tamar Bridge in 1961. Saltash Passage is a popular leisure destination for the locals as well as tourists in summer. [citation needed]
Crossing Type Coordinates Carries Date Heritage Status Notes Photo (between East and West Youlstone) Road bridge Country lane - The highest bridge on the Tamar, excepting culverts and other very minor crossings nearer the source; 186 metres (610 ft) above sea level.
The borough consisted of the town of Saltash, a market town facing Plymouth and Devonport across the Tamar estuary, and the inhabitants by 1831 were mainly fishermen or Devonport dockworkers. Like most of the Cornish boroughs enfranchised or re-enfranchised during the Tudor period , it was a rotten borough from the start.
The River Tamar at Cargreen. 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]
St Dominic Parish Church St Dominic Methodist Church. St Dominic (Cornish: Sen Domynek) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (4.0 km) east of Callington and five miles (8 km) north of Saltash. [1] St Dominick is the historic spelling but this is gradually changing to drop ...