OS grid reference SX271767 Unitary authority Country England Dialling code 01566 Post town Launceston | Civil parish North Hill Region South West Local time Friday 5:36 PM Ceremonial county Cornwall UK parliament constituency North Cornwall | |
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Population 954 (United Kingdom Census 2011 including Addington , Iland and Kingbeeare) Weather 9°C, Wind S at 29 km/h, 96% Humidity | ||
North Hill (Cornish: Bre Gledh) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated on the east side of the River Lynher approximately six miles (10 km) southwest of Launceston.
Map of North Hill, Launceston, UK
North Hill is a large rural parish on the eastern flank of Bodmin Moor bisected northwest to southeast by the River Lynher. It is bounded in the north by Lewannick parish, on the east by Lezant and Linkinhorne parishes, on the south by St Cleer and on the west by Altarnun. Settlements include the church town of North Hill and Coad's Green, Bathpool, Congdon's Shop, Middlewood, Illand or Yeiland, and Trebartha. The Trebartha estate is one of four farms mentioned in Domesday Book
Trewortha Farm, a children's outdoor education venue, incorporates a reconstruction of a Bronze Age settlement as well as a medieval village of the same name.
North Hill ecclesiastical parish is in the Deanery and Hundred of East. The parish church is dedicated to St Torney whose Holy Well is situated by the River Lynher. The church has a chancel (restored in the 19th century), nave, and north and south aisles. The granite ashlar tower has three stages, is buttressed topped with battlements. The belfry contains six bells. There were also Wesleyan Methodist chapels at North Hill, Coads Green, and Bathpool and Bible Christian chapels at Middlewood and Congdon's Shop.