Anderton, Cornwall
| Anderton | |
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 Anderton and Millbrook Lake | |
  Anderton Location within Cornwall | |
| OS grid reference | SX 431 519 |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Torpoint |
| Postcode district | PL10 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
Anderton is a settlement in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, located at grid reference SW 431 519. There are also places called Anderton in the parishes of Launcells and St Juliot.[1] This Anderton is according to the Post Office at the 2011 Census included in the civil parish of Maker-with-Rame.
Anderton is part of Millbrook, a village on the Rame Peninsula. It is situated beside the tidal portion of Millbrook Lake on the Tamar estuary opposite Plymouth.[2]
Captain Charles Bampfield Yule RN, explorer and author of the Admiralty Australia Directory, died in Anderton in 1878.
References
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- ^ Weatherhill, Craig (2009) A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-Names. Westport, Mayo: Evertype; p. 19
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3
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