Grampound
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 Fore Street | |
 Seal of Borough of Grampound | |
  Grampound Location within Cornwall | |
| OS grid reference | SW9355048349 |
| • London | 257 mi (414 km) |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TRURO |
| Postcode district | TR2 |
| Dialling code | 01726 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
| Website | http://www.grampound.org.uk/ |
Grampound (Cornish: Ponsmeur)[1] is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Grampound with Creed, in the Cornwall district, in the ceremonial county of Cornwall, England. It is at an ancient crossing point of the River Fal and today is on the A390 road six miles (10 km) west of St Austell and eight miles (13 km) east of Truro.[2] In 1961 the parish had a population of 412.[3]
Formerly, part of Grampound was in the parish of Creed and part was in the parish of Probus. On 1 April 1983 the parish was abolished and merged with Creed to form "Grampound with Creed".[4]
The name Grampound comes from the Norman French: grand (great), pont (bridge), referring to the bridge over the River Fal, with its spelling varying over the last 600 years following the name Ponsmur (Cornish) which was recorded in 1308.[5] The population of Grampound with Creed was 654 in the 2011 census.
- ^ 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 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4
- ^ "Population statistics Grampound CP/Tn through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ^ "St. Austell Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ^ "Grampound (Creed and Probus) - Cornish Place Names". Cornish-place-names.wikidot.com. Retrieved 7 September 2018.