Cawsand

Cawsand (Cornish: Porthbugh) and Kingsand are twin villages in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.[1] The village is situated on the Rame Peninsula and is in the parish of Maker-with-Rame.

Cawsand

The Square, Cawsand
Cawsand
Location within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSX434502
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTORPOINT
Postcode districtPL10
Dialling code01752
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament

Cawsand overlooks Plymouth Sound and adjoins Kingsand, formerly on the border of Devon and Cornwall (the border has since been moved and now is situated on the River Tamar). Cawsand has one public house: the Cross Keys Inn.

Cawsand is within Mount Edgcumbe Country Park. There are frequent bus services to the city of Plymouth which is three miles to the north across Plymouth Sound. There is also a ferry service in the summer (from Cawsand beach to Plymouth Hoe) and a pilot gig club (Rame Gig Club).

The Rame Peninsula is considered part of the Forgotten Corner of Cornwall.

History

In 1596, local militia prevented an attack by Spanish forces and defences were built soon after.[2] Cawsand Fort (at 50°19′56″N 4°12′9″W) is sited just above the village. The fort is an 1860s Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom fort built on the site of a 1779 battery to mount about 10 guns to cover the western entrance to Plymouth Sound by the breakwater. Released by the Ministry of Defence in 1926, it remained derelict until it was converted into residential accommodation.

Correspondence from 1801 to 1803 shows that Admiral Nelson has stayed in Cawsand[3] and it is rumoured that he had dined at the Ship Inn, which burned down in 2013 after several years of abandonment. The site has been cleared and is now being rebuilt by The Peninsula Trust which plans to turn the site into a cafe and affordable housing.[4]

St Andrew's Mission Church was built in the village in 1877–78.[5] It is a Grade II listed building.[6]

Twinning
Cawsand village and beach

Cawsand is twinned with Porspoder in Brittany, France.[7]

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References
  1. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3
  2. Carew, Richard (1953). The Survey of Cornwall. Melrose. p. 37.
  3. A Selection from the Public and Private Correspondence or Vice-Admiral Lord Collingwood,G.L Newnham Collingwood, Volume 1, 2nd edition, pp. 111–114
  4. The Old Ship Inn, Cawsand, www.thepeninsulatrust.org.uk
  5. "St. Andrew's Chapel, Cawsand: Opening services". The Western Morning News. Plymouth. 29 May 1878. Retrieved 17 August 2019 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. Historic England. "CHURCH OF ST ANDREW, Maker-with-Rame (1329167)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  7. Twinning Committee for Cornwall, www.twinningcommitteeforcornwall.weebly.com

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