Devoran

For the drug with trade name Devoran, see Lindane.

50°12′41″N 5°05′34″W / 50.21144°N 5.09270°W / 50.21144; -5.09270

The quay at Devoran, once a busy mining port
Market Street, Devoran

Devoran (Cornish: Deveryon)[1] is a village in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Truro at grid reference SW 793 392.[2] Formerly an ecclesiastical parish, Devoran is now in the civil parish of Feock (where the 2011 census population is included).

The village is on the northeast bank of the Carnon River at its confluence with Restronguet Creek, a tidal creek which flows into Carrick Roads above Falmouth. Devoran is at the Normal Tidal Limit (NTL) of the creek[2] but until the 20th-century the tidal limit stretched much further up the valley than now.[3]

The name Devoran comes from the Cornish language Deveryon, meaning 'waters'.[4]

  1. ^ "Cornish Language Partnership : Place names in the SWF". Archived from the original on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
  2. ^ a b Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4
  3. ^ Cornwall Industrial Settlements Initiative; Devoran; PDF. Retrieved 8 April 2016
  4. ^ Akademi Kernewek place names - Deveryon