Altarnun

{{Infobox UK place

| country = England

| map_type = Cornwall

| static_image_name = Altarnun village centre, Cornwall - geograph.org.uk - 1780139.jpg

| coordinates = {{coord|50.603|-4.511|display=inline,title}}

| official_name = Altarnun

| cornish_name = Alternonn

| population = 4038

| population_ref = (Civil Ward, 2001)
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| civil_parish = Altarnun

| unitary_england = Cornwall

| lieutenancy_england = Cornwall

| region = South West England

| constituency_westminster = North Cornwall

| post_town = LAUNCESTON

| postcode_district = PL15

| postcode_area = PL

| dial_code = 01566

| os_grid_reference = SX 223 812

}}

Altarnun ({{IPAc-en|ˌ|ɔː|l|t|ər|ˈ|n|ʌ|n|,_|ˌ|ɒ|l|-}} {{respell|AWL|tər|NUN|,_|OL|-}}; {{langx|kw|Alternonn|label=Standard Written Form}}) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies {{convert|7|mi|km|0}} west of Launceston{{cite book |title=AA Book of British Villages |date=1980 |publisher=Drive Publications Limited |isbn=9780340254875 |page=20}} on the north-eastern edge of Bodmin MoorOrdnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston {{ISBN|978-0-319-23146-3}} at {{gbmapping|SX 223 811}}.

The parish of Altarnun includes the village of Fivelanes and the hamlets of Bolventor, Treween and Trewint, and had a population of 976 at the 2001 census,{{cite web|url=http://www.bodminmoor.co.uk/altarnun.html|title=Altarnun|access-date=22 June 2009}} increasing to 1,084 according at the 2011 census.{{cite web|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/Altarnun/index.html#Population|title=Parish population census 2011|access-date= 5 February 2015}} Other hamlets in the parish are Bowithick, Palmersbridge, South Carne, Tolborough, Lower Tregunnon and Tredaule.[http://www.explorebritain.info/browse/cornwall/ Cornwall]; Explore Britain The area of the parish is {{convert|15018|acre|km2}}, the largest in Cornwall.Kneebone, W. A. (1963) Altarnon Church By the time of the 2011 census the figures for the ward of Altarnun were provided. This ward contained 48 locations in the area and gave a population of 4,038.{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/altarnun-e05008199#sthash.yUEJKf2v.dpbs|title=2011 statistics for ward of Altarnun|access-date= 5 February 2015}}

The moorland area of the parish is large and lies west of the village towards Rough Tor and southwards towards Dozmary Pool. There is a large conifer plantation at Wilsey Down Forest (Halvana Plantation). The village is in the valley of the Penpont Water and the parish is divided by the A30 trunk road which passes close to Fivelanes, once an important stopping place for stage coaches.

Church

File:St Nonna's Celtic Cross at Altarnun - geograph.org.uk - 936188.jpg

File:The font in St Nonna's, Altarnun - geograph.org.uk - 1593217.jpg

A Norman church was built in Altarnun in the 12th century, but the present church was built in the 15th century from unquarried stone (moorstone) from Bodmin Moor. The church is dedicated to St Nonna, mother of St David. A Celtic cross from the time of St Nonna stands by the church gate.{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070829182511/http://www.cornwall-opc.org/Par_new/a_d/altarnun.php The parish of Altarnun]}}Langdon, A. G. (1896) Old Cornish Crosses. Truro: Joseph Pollard; pp. 42-43 Another cross is at Two-gates by the road about half a mile (0.8 km) north of the church; it is locally known as "Short Cross" and is probably a fragment of what was once a taller stone.Langdon (1896), p. 43 Other crosses are known as Sanctuary Cross, Halvana Cross, Occasiney Cross, Trekennick Cross, Tresmeak Cross and St Vincent's Mine Cross.Langdon, A. G. (2005) Stone Crosses in East Cornwall; 2nd ed. Federation of Old Cornwall Societies; pp. 13-17

As the largest parish church on Bodmin Moor, the Church of St Nonna is known as the 'Cathedral of the Moor'. It was built largely in the 15th century in the Perpendicular style, with its bell tower standing {{convert|109|ft|m|abbr=on}} high. It is notable for a fine Norman font and old woodwork, including the screen, bench-ends and communion rails which date to 1684. The screen is one of the finest 15th-century examples in Cornwall; it has three gates and the cornice of vines and tracery and the vaulting are finely carved.Mee, Arthur (1937) Cornwall. London: Hodder & Stoughton; pp. 19-20

John Wesley often visited Trewint, lodging in Digory Isbell's home which is now a museum of Wesley and Methodism. (The former Altarnun Wesleyan chapel has the head of Wesley carved over the doorway by Neville Northey Burnard. This was done when Burnard was aged sixteen years and lived next door.)Pearce, John (ed.) (1964) The Wesleys in Cornwall: Extracts from the Journals of John and Charles Wesley and John Nelson. Truro: D. Bradford Barton; pp. 65-67{{cite web|url=http://www.oliverscornwall.co.uk/holy.html#Wesley|title=John Wesley at Altarnun|access-date=22 June 2009| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090608090448/http://www.oliverscornwall.co.uk/holy.html| archive-date= 8 June 2009 |url-status = live}}

Language and culture

Altarnun features in the novel Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier, set in the parish's former coaching house by the same name. The village was surveyed for the Survey of English Dialects.

Cornish wrestling

Cornish wrestling tournaments, for prizes, were held in Fivelanes in the 1800s.Royal Cornwall Gazette, 13 July 1816.

Notable people

British bryologist Frances Elizabeth Tripp (1832–1890) grew up in Altarnun, where her father was vicar.{{Cite journal|last=Lawley|first=Mark|date=October 2010|title=Fanny Tripp|url=https://websites.rbge.org.uk/bbs/Activities/field%20bryology/FB102/FB102%20Bygone%20Bryologists.pdf|journal=Field Bryology|volume=102|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103060634/https://websites.rbge.org.uk/bbs/Activities/field%20bryology/FB102/FB102%20Bygone%20Bryologists.pdf|archive-date=3 November 2020}} The village was the birthplace of sculptor Neville Northey Burnard (1818–1878).

References

External links

[https://www.altarnunparish.co.uk/ Altarnun Parish Council]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20061005172736/http://www.bagpipeworld.co.uk/Reconstructions/Cornish1.htm Altarnun Pipes], archived in 2006
[https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CON/Altarnun/ Genuki: Altarnun]

Category:Civil parishes in Cornwall

Category:Villages in Cornwall

Category:Bodmin Moor

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