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Pont, Cornwall

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Human settlement in England
Pont
Hall Walk near Pont
Pont is located in CornwallPontPontLocation within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSX144522
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50°20′24″N 4°36′36″W / 50.340°N 4.610°W / 50.340; -4.610

Pont is a hamlet in Cornwall, England. Pont is about half a km north of Lanteglos-by-Fowey churchtown and east of Pont Pill.

It is thought that Pont began as a settlement when the parish's first Celtic saint, St Wyllow, came and settled in a cave by the head of Pont around 596.

References

  1. Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of England & Wales; Bodmin and Lanceston, sheet 186. 1946

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  1. "Place of Interest". www.foweyharbourheritage.org.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
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