Pont, Cornwall

Pont
Hall Walk near Pont
Pont is located in Cornwall
Pont
Pont
Location within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSX144522
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°20′24″N 4°36′36″W / 50.340°N 4.610°W / 50.340; -4.610

Pont is a hamlet in Cornwall, England. Pont is about half a km north of Lanteglos-by-Fowey churchtown and east of Pont Pill.[1]

It is thought that Pont began as a settlement when the parish's first Celtic saint, St Wyllow, came and settled in a cave by the head of Pont around 596.

References

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of England & Wales; Bodmin and Lanceston, sheet 186. 1946

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  1. ^ "Place of Interest". www.foweyharbourheritage.org.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2022.