Antony, Cornwall
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Antony (Template:Langx (village) or Template:Lang (parish))<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> is a village and coastal civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
The village is situated on the Rame Peninsula about three miles west of Torpoint<ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston Template:ISBN</ref> and has a shop, a pub and a garage. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 438.
Toponymy
There are two possible etymologies of Antony: the first is that it is named in honour of St Anthony; the second is that it comes from the Anglicisation of the Cornish Tre- (“farmstead”) and -Anta (personal name)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Geography
Antony parish is bounded to the north by the tidal River Lynher (also known as the St Germans River) and to the south by the English Channel coast. To the east, the parish is bordered by Torpoint and St John parishes and to the west by Sheviock parish.<ref>Template:Cite web Cornwall Council online mapping. Retrieved May 2010</ref>
Apart from the church town, Antony, the only settlement of any size is Wilcove. Scraesdon Fort, Wolsdon House and Antony House are also in the parish.
History
At the time of Domesday Book (1086) the manor of Antony was held by Ermenhald from Tavistock Abbey.<ref>Thorn, C. et al., ed. (1979) Cornwall. Chichester: Phillimore; entry 3,2</ref>
Torpoint was historically part of the parish of Antony. Torpoint became a separate ecclesiastical parish from Antony in 1873 and a separate civil parish in 1904.<ref name=AntonyVoB>Template:Cite web</ref><ref name=Kelly>Template:Cite book</ref>
Parish church
The medieval parish church, dedicated to St James in 1259,<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> includes structural elements from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries.<ref>Historic England (1968), CHURCH OF ST JAMES, 1140708, in National Heritage List for England</ref> The church houses memorials to members of the Carew family of Antony (18th century) and a large monumental brass to Margery Arundell, 1420.<ref>Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall, 2nd edition. Penguin Books; pp. 36–37</ref>
Notable residents
- Richard Carew (1555–1620), antiquary, historian and writer
- Sir Alexander Carew (1609–1644), soldier and politician executed for treason
- John Carew (1622–1660), signatory of Charles I's death warrant, also executed for treason
- Francis Vyvyan Jago Arundell (1780–1846), antiquarian, orientalist and clergyman
- Charlotte Carew Pole, women's rights advocate
Twinning
Antony is twinned with Benodet (Benoded) in Brittany, France.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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