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The Fowey estuary at Golant
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Golant
Location within Cornwall
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Postcode district PL23
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50°21′46″N4°38′30″W / 50.3629°N 4.6416°W / 50.3629; -4.6416

Golant (Cornish : Golnans) [1] is a village in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is on the west bank of the River Fowey and in the civil parish of St Sampson. [2]

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Golant is about two miles (3 km) north of Fowey and seven miles (11 km) east of St Austell. [3]

Golant church is dedicated to St Sampson of Dol. The poet John Betjeman remarked that its pews were "extremely uncomfortable, recall the fidgets of Gus and Flora in Ravenshoe ". [4] The church was mentioned in the book England’s Thousand Best Churches by Simon Jenkins. [5]

The village is on the Saints' Way long-distance footpath. [6]

History

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Waterfall near Golant

A once well-used ford crossed the river near Golant. [7] During the English Civil War in 1644 a 10,000-strong parliamentary army fought Royalist forces in area. King Charles was in the area during the campaign. [8] The Earl of Essex and other prominent parliamentarians escaped by boat to Plymouth. [9] many 17th century cannonballs and musket balls have been found in the area.

Golant Halt was a railway station situated beside the river south of the village. It was served by trains on the Great Western Railway's Fowey branch line from 1 July 1896 until 4 January 1965. The station has been demolished and the site is now a car park. The nearest railway station is now at Par.

The Sawmills

The Sawmills recording studio was established in 1974. The main building is a 17th-century water mill and the site has a documented history stretching back to the 11th century. Artists such as The Stone Roses, The Verve and Swans have recorded at the Sawmills. [10] The Oasis album Definitely Maybe was also recorded there.

The studio was featured in the BBC programme Three Men in More Than One Boat starring Rory McGrath, Griff Rhys Jones and Dara Ó Briain shown in January 2009. [11] Little recording takes place at Sawmills nowadays and the building is principally a holiday let.

Notable people

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References

  1. ↑ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine  : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived May 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine . Cornish Language Partnership.
  2. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN   9780319229385
  3. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN   9780319229385
  4. ↑ Betjeman, John, ed. (1968) Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches; the South. London: Collins; pp. 147-48
  5. ↑ Jenkins, Simon (2009). England's Thousand best Churches. Copac. ISBN   9780141039305 . Retrieved 24 April 2010.
  6. ↑ Cornwall County Council website; The Saints' Way. Retrieved April 2010
  7. ↑ Paul Lightfoot. 'Exploring The Fowey Valley'. 2011. P65
  8. ↑ 'Civil war battles in Cornwall'.1642 - 1646. Richard Holmes. (Mercia 1989)
  9. ↑ 'Civil war battles in Cornwall'.1642 - 1646. Richard Holmes. (Mercia 1989)
  10. ↑ The Sawmills Residential Recording Studios
  11. ↑ Falmouth Packet newspaper website. Retrieved April 2010
  12. ↑ "Annabel Vernon". Amateur Rowing Association. Archived from the original on 8 October 2008. Retrieved 19 September 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  13. ↑ Mee, A. (1937) Cornwall. London: Hodder & Stoughton; p. 250
  14. ↑ Mee (1937); p. 250
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