Poundstock
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  Poundstock Location within Cornwall | |
| Population | 860 (United Kingdom Census 2011 including Coombe and Helstock) |
| OS grid reference | SX 202 995 |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Bude |
| Postcode district | EX23 |
| Dialling code | 01288 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Poundstock (Cornish: Tregorlann) is a civil parish and a hamlet on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The hamlet is situated four miles (6.5 km) south of Bude half-a-mile west of the A39 trunk road about one mile from the coast.[1]
Poundstock civil parish is in the Registration District of Stratton. It is bounded to the west by the Atlantic Ocean; to the north by Marhamchurch parish, to the east by Week St Mary parish, and to the south by the parishes of Jacobstow and St Gennys. The population of the parish in the 2001 census was 805, increasing to 925 at the 2011 census.[2] An electoral ward bearing the same name also exists with a population at the same census of 3,846.[3]
The manor of Poundstock was recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) when it was held by Jovin from Robert, Count of Mortain. Before 1066 it had been held by Gytha who paid tax for one virgate of land but there was one hide of land and land for 6 ploughs. There were 2 ploughs, 1 serf, 1 villein, 3 smallholders, 10 acres of woodland, 40 acres of pasture, 10 cattle and 50 sheep. The value of the manor was £1; "this land is of St. Kew's".[4]
A free community magazine, The Poundstock Packet, is produced every two months and distributed to every household in the parish.
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 190 Bude & Clovelly ISBN 978-0-319-23145-6
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ "Ward population 2011 census". Retrieved 11 February 2015.
- ^ Thorn, C. et al., ed. (1979) Cornwall. Chichester: Phillimore; entry 5,7,6