.jpg)
Grampound
Sign in to saveAlso known as Grampound, Cornwall
Grampound () is a village in the parish of Grampound with Creed, in Cornwall, England. It is at an ancient crossing point of the River Fal west of St Austell and east of Truro. At the 2021 census the population of the built up area was 685.
Weather now
cached 527h agoPlace details
- Locality
- Grampound
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 537
- Timezone
- Europe/London
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- UK place.static_image_name
- Grampound - geograph.org.uk - 198301.jpg
- UK place.static_image_width
- 240
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Fore Street
- UK place.static_image_2_name
- Grampound_with_Creed_seal.png
- UK place.static_image_2_width
- 240
- UK place.static_image_2_caption
- Seal of Borough of Grampound
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.map_type
- Cornwall
- UK place.official_name
- Grampound
- UK place.population
- 685
- UK place.population_ref
- (Built up area, 2021)
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 257
- UK place.london_distance_km
- 359
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cornwall Council
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- St Austell and Newquay
- UK place.civil_parish
- Grampound with Creed
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 32
- Official website
- www.grampound.org.uk
- Image
- Grampound Church and Town Hall - geograph.org.uk - 200159.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01726
Show 3 more facts
- postal code
- TR2
- OS grid reference
- SW936483
- Commons category
- Grampound
via Wikidata · CC0
~10 min read
Article
17 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Geography
- Demography
- Transport
- Governance
- Administrative history
- Economy
- Culture and community
- Education
- Religious sites
- Sport
- Cornish wrestling
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Grampound () is a village in the parish of Grampound with Creed, in Cornwall, England. It is at an ancient crossing point of the River Fal west of St Austell and east of Truro. At the 2021 census the population of the built up area was 685.
==Toponymy== The name Grampound comes from the Norman French: grand (great), pont (bridge), referring to the bridge over the River Fal, with its spelling varying over the last 600 years. The Cornish name Ponsmeur has the same meaning and was first recorded in 1308.
Gallery (2)
On the map
2 mapped locations