4-597: Red Post is a crossroads near Launcells in Cornwall , England. It is on the A3072 Holsworthy to Stratton road where it is crossed by the B3254 road. 50°49′14″N 4°27′59″W / 50.820458°N 4.466344°W / 50.820458; -4.466344 This Cornwall location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Launcells Launcells ( Cornish : Lannseles )
8-416: Is a hamlet and civil parish in north-east Cornwall , England, United Kingdom. It is located 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Bude . Within the civil parish are the hamlets of Launcells Cross , Red Post , Grimscott , and Buttsbear Cross . In 2001, 563 people lived within the civil parish, decreasing to 531 at the 2011 census. The River Tamar forms the eastern boundary of the civil parish, as well as
12-483: The Cornish boundary with Devon . The parish church is dedicated to St Swithin : nearby, in the wooded valley is the holy well of St Swithin. There are two aisles but the arcades differ: while the north is of granite the south is of older Polyphant stone . The fine series of over 60 benchends is from the same workshop as those of Kilkhampton and Poughill . Other features of interest are the medieval wall painting and
16-400: The tomb of Sir John Chamond, 1624. The church also features an unusual post-Reformation wall painting which has been dated between 1680-1690. Charles Henderson writing in 1925 gives the dedication as to St Andrew . The origin of the name Launcells is probably from Lan- and a personal name Kellys . In the early Middle Ages the church belonged to Hartland Abbey and there are records of
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