Lansallos

Lansallos
Lansallos is located in Cornwall
Lansallos
Lansallos
Location within Cornwall
Population1,592 (United Kingdom Census 2011 including Crumplehorn and Polperro)
OS grid referenceSX173516
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLOOE
Postcode districtPL13
Dialling code01503
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°20′10″N 4°34′05″W / 50.336°N 4.568°W / 50.336; -4.568

Lansallos (Latin: Lansalux; Cornish: Lansalwys, meaning St Salwys' church[1]) is a village in the civil parish of Polperro in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated between Polruan and Polperro about 5 miles (8 km) east of Fowey in Liskeard Registration District.

Lansallos forms an ecclesiastical parish, including the hamlets of Landaviddy and Raphael, and lies on the South West Coast Path near Polperro. The civil parish is bordered by Looe to the east, Pelynt to the north and Lanteglos-by-Fowey to the west, whilst the ecclesiastical parish is nowadays combined with Talland its neighbour to the east forming a joint benefice. Its population in the 2001 census was 1,584, including Bocaddon and increasing to 1,592 at the 2011 census.[2]

  1. ^ "We have one saint "Salwys" giving name to the lan and another saint "Ildierna" being esteemed the patroness".--Charles Henderson, in Cornish Church Guide (1925 Truro: Blackford; p. 133)
  2. ^ "2011 census". Retrieved 8 February 2015.

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