Antony (Cornwall)

Antony is a municipality in Cornwall. The small coastal town lies on the up to 60 m high Antony peninsula in the east of the Rame Peninsula, about 5 km west of Torpoint. In the north, the area borders the mouth of the Lynher, in the south it reaches at White Sand Bay the English Channel.

History

In the Domesday Book of 1086 the place is called as Antone. The settlement was divided into the towns ' Antony -in- East ', ' Antony St Jacob ' and ' Antony -by- Rame '. Until 1819 and the area of Torpoint to Antony, where in 1750 a housing estate for the workers of the on the other bank of the Tamar naval dockyard Devonport was belonged.

Attractions

The parish church of St. James was ordained in 1259. The tower dates from the 14th century, the ship of the 15th century. In the 19th century the church was renewed. However, the main attraction is about 1.5 km north-east of the village lies, was built at the beginning of the 18th century Antony House. The house belongs to the National Trust since 1961, but is still the seat of the Carew family.

About 2 km southwest of the city lies the former coastal fortification Tregantle Fort, about 400 m west lies Scraesdon Fort The two forts were built in the 1860s as part of the Fort belt around Plymouth and should attack from the peninsula Rame from preventing the Navy Yard Devonport.