Delabole
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  Delabole Location within Cornwall | |
| Population | 2,500 (2001 Estimate) |
| OS grid reference | SX070840 |
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| Unitary authority | |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DELABOLE |
| Postcode district | PL33 |
| Dialling code | 01840 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Delabole (Cornish: Delyow Boll[3]) is a large village and civil parish in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, which lies approximately two miles (3 km) west of Camelford.[4]
The village of Delabole came into existence in the early 20th century; it is named after the Delabole Quarry. Three hamlets – Pengelly, Meadrose (pronounced "médroze") and Rockhead – and the hamlet of Delabole, south of the quarry, are shown on the earliest one-inch Ordnance Survey map of 1813.[5] When the North Cornwall Railway arrived, the station was named Delabole after the quarry, and the three hamlets were absorbed into Delabole. It is said to be the third highest village in Cornwall.[6] Treligga military airfield and HMS Vulture II, an aerial bombing and gunnery range, were situated west of the village.
Delabole lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
- ^ "Cornwall County Council Website". Cornwall County Council. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "Delabole Parish Council Website". Delabole Parish Council. Retrieved 18 July 2021.
- ^ "List of Place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel". Magakernow.org.uk. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2012.
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
- ^ Camelford and Hartland Point (sheet number 89): reprint of the first edition of the one-inch Ordnance Survey of England and Wales. Newton Abbot: David & Charles, 1969
- ^ "Delabole". This is North Cornwall. Archived from the original on 15 January 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2011.