Blue Anchor, Cornwall

Blue Anchor
Blue Anchor is located in Cornwall
Blue Anchor
Blue Anchor
Location within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSW911579
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townST. COLUMB
Postcode districtTR9
Dialling code01726
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°23′02″N 4°56′23″W / 50.3838°N 4.9397°W / 50.3838; -4.9397

Blue Anchor is a hamlet in mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in the civil parish of St Enoder It is situated on the old course of the A30 road (now re-routed south of the settlement as a dual carriageway bypass) between the villages of Fraddon and Penhale.[1]

The Blue Anchor Inn is alleged to have been the first stop the King's Messenger made on his journey to announce the victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in October 1805.

Cornish wrestling

Cornish wrestling Tournaments were held in the field behind the Blue Anchor Inn in Blue Anchor in the 1800s[2] and 1900s.[3]

References

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
  2. ^ West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 9 May 1862.
  3. ^ West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 30 August 1945.

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