Landulph
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Landulph is a hamlet and a rural civil parish in south-east Cornwall
, United Kingdom
. It is situated about 3 miles (5 km) north of Saltash
in the St Germans Registration District
.
The parish lies on the River Tamar
(which forms the county boundary between Cornwall and Devon
) and the river surrounds Landuph to the north, east and south. Across the river are the Devon parishes of Bere Ferrers
and Tamerton Foliot
. To the south-east of Landulph is the parish of Botusfleming
and to the west the parish of Pillaton
. The population in the 2001 census was 485.
Settlements in the parish include the hamlet of Landulph and the larger village of Cargreen
which is situated on the bank of the River Tamar. The parish church of St Leonard is in Landulph hamlet at . Features of interest in the church include the panelling of the Lower family pew (ca. 1600), some unusual bench ends, a memorial inscription on brass for Theodore Palaeologus
(d. 1636), a descendant of the Byzantine Emperors, and a fine tomb of Nicholas Lower, d. 1655. Another brass is a memorial to Elizabeth Lower, 1638.
was born at Launceston, in July 1780, being the only son of Thomas Jago. From youth to old age Mr. Jago was imbued with a love of antiquarian study, and after his institution in 1805 to the rectory of Landulph on the banks of the Tamar
, he threw himself with avidity into the history of Cornwall. When Nicholas Condy
, an artist at Plymouth, published a series of views of Cotehele
, the ancient seat of Lord Mount Edgcumbe, Mr. Jago supplied the description of the house which accompanied them. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1811, but removed from the fellowship in 1845, for being 28 years behind in his subscription. In the church of Landulph is a brass to the memory of Theodoro Palæologus, descended from the last of the Christian emperors of Greece, who died on 21 January 1636-7, and an account of this inscription, and of the person whom it commemorated, was printed by Mr. Jago in the volume of the Archæologia for 1817, and reprinted in Davies Gilbert
's Cornwall (iii, 365), This paper was afterwards amplified into Some Notice of the Church of Landulph, which was published in 1840, and a reprint of which, with additions by Mr. Polsue of Bodmin, was announced some years ago. He afterwards adopted the additional surname of "Arundell".
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
, United Kingdom
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. It is situated about 3 miles (5 km) north of Saltash
Saltash
Saltash is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a population of 14,964. It lies in the south east of Cornwall, facing Plymouth over the River Tamar. It was in the Caradon district until March 2009 and is known as "the gateway to Cornwall". Saltash means ash tree by...
in the St Germans Registration District
.
The parish lies on the River Tamar
River Tamar
The Tamar is a river in South West England, that forms most of the border between Devon and Cornwall . It is one of several British rivers whose ancient name is assumed to be derived from a prehistoric river word apparently meaning "dark flowing" and which it shares with the River Thames.The...
(which forms the county boundary between Cornwall and Devon
Devon
Devon is a large county in southwestern England. The county is sometimes referred to as Devonshire, although the term is rarely used inside the county itself as the county has never been officially "shired", it often indicates a traditional or historical context.The county shares borders with...
) and the river surrounds Landuph to the north, east and south. Across the river are the Devon parishes of Bere Ferrers
Bere Ferrers
Bere Ferrers, sometimes called Beerferris, is a village and civil parish on the Bere peninsula in West Devon in the English county of Devon. It has a population of 3,066, and is located to the north of Plymouth, on the west bank of the River Tavy...
and Tamerton Foliot
Tamerton Foliot
Tamerton Foliot was a village and is now a dense suburb in the north of Plymouth, England that also lends its name to the parish of the same name....
. To the south-east of Landulph is the parish of Botusfleming
Botusfleming
Botusfleming or Botus Fleming is a village and civil parish in southeast Cornwall, United Kingdom.The 2001 census gives the parish population as 783. The village is about three miles north-west of Saltash at...
and to the west the parish of Pillaton
Pillaton
For the village in Staffordshire, see Pillaton, StaffordshirePillaton is a village and civil parish in south east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom....
. The population in the 2001 census was 485.
Settlements in the parish include the hamlet of Landulph and the larger village of Cargreen
Cargreen
Cargreen is a small settlement in southeast Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated beside the River Tamar approximately two miles north of Saltash....
which is situated on the bank of the River Tamar. The parish church of St Leonard is in Landulph hamlet at . Features of interest in the church include the panelling of the Lower family pew (ca. 1600), some unusual bench ends, a memorial inscription on brass for Theodore Palaeologus
Palaiologos
Palaiologos , often latinized as Palaeologus, was a Byzantine Greek noble family, which produced the last ruling dynasty of the Byzantine Empire. After the Fourth Crusade, members of the family fled to the neighboring Empire of Nicaea, where Michael VIII Palaiologos became co-emperor in 1259,...
(d. 1636), a descendant of the Byzantine Emperors, and a fine tomb of Nicholas Lower, d. 1655. Another brass is a memorial to Elizabeth Lower, 1638.
Francis Jago Arundell
Francis Vyvyan Jago ArundellFrancis Vyvyan Jago Arundell
-Biography:Arundell was born at Launceston, Cornwall in July 1780, being the only son of Thomas Jago, a solicitor in that town, who married Catherine, a daughter of Mr. Bolt, a surgeon at Launceston. Francis was educated at Liskeard Grammar School and at Exeter College, Oxford, where he took the...
was born at Launceston, in July 1780, being the only son of Thomas Jago. From youth to old age Mr. Jago was imbued with a love of antiquarian study, and after his institution in 1805 to the rectory of Landulph on the banks of the Tamar
River Tamar
The Tamar is a river in South West England, that forms most of the border between Devon and Cornwall . It is one of several British rivers whose ancient name is assumed to be derived from a prehistoric river word apparently meaning "dark flowing" and which it shares with the River Thames.The...
, he threw himself with avidity into the history of Cornwall. When Nicholas Condy
Nicholas Condy
Nicholas Condy [or Cundy] was an English landscape painter.Condy is supposed to have been born at Torpoint, in the then parish of Antony East, Cornwall, in 1793, but no entry of his baptism is to be found in the register kept at Antony Church...
, an artist at Plymouth, published a series of views of Cotehele
Cotehele
Cotehele, , is a mediaeval/Tudor house located in the parish of Calstock, Cornwall, England, UK. In Cornish the placename is Koesheyl . Probably originating circa 1300, the main phases of building appear to have been by Sir Richard Edgcumbe from 1485–89 and his son, Sir Piers Edgcumbe, from...
, the ancient seat of Lord Mount Edgcumbe, Mr. Jago supplied the description of the house which accompanied them. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1811, but removed from the fellowship in 1845, for being 28 years behind in his subscription. In the church of Landulph is a brass to the memory of Theodoro Palæologus, descended from the last of the Christian emperors of Greece, who died on 21 January 1636-7, and an account of this inscription, and of the person whom it commemorated, was printed by Mr. Jago in the volume of the Archæologia for 1817, and reprinted in Davies Gilbert
Davies Gilbert
Davies Gilbert FRS was a British engineer, author, and politician. He was elected to the Royal Society on 17 November 1791 and served as President of the Royal Society from 1827 to 1830....
's Cornwall (iii, 365), This paper was afterwards amplified into Some Notice of the Church of Landulph, which was published in 1840, and a reprint of which, with additions by Mr. Polsue of Bodmin, was announced some years ago. He afterwards adopted the additional surname of "Arundell".