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Grampound

Grampound (Cornish: Ponsmeur) is a village in the parish of Grampound with Creed, in Cornwall, England. It is at an ancient crossing point of the River Fal 6 miles (10 km) west of St Austell and 8 miles (13 km) east of Truro. At the 2021 census the population of the built up area was 685.

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. The Cornish name Ponsmeur has the same meaning and was first recorded in 1308.

The area around Grampound was settled in prehistoric times, and in the early medieval period the parish of Creed and the manor of Tybesta were established here. Grampound grew after the Norman Conquest as the main crossing place on the Fal, a focus for travellers and traders moving between west Cornwall and England. A charter was granted by John of Eltham, Earl of Cornwall, in 1332. The town remained important until the 15th century but then went into decline. John Norden referred to the inhabitants as "few and poore" in his account published in 1584.

The population of the town in 1841 was 607.

Grampound Road railway station opened in 1859 to serve Grampound, but lay some 2 miles (3 km) to the north-west of the village, in the parish of Ladock. A village called Grampound Road subsequently grew up around the station. The station closed in 1964.

Grampound lies in the valley of the River Fal north of Tregony. It is on the A390 road 10 kilometres (6 mi) west of St Austell and 13 kilometres (8 mi) east of Truro.

Grampound's linear layout is of Norman origin, with long thin burgage plots extending away from the main street, Fore Street (A390). Most of the village core is a Conservation Area, and there are many listed buildings on Fore Street.

At the 2021 census the population of the Grampound built up area was 685. The population of the parish of Grampound with Creed was 850.

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