Human settlement in England
Pont | |
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Hall Walk near Pont | |
PontLocation within Cornwall | |
OS grid reference | SX144522 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
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
- Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of England & Wales; Bodmin and Lanceston, sheet 186. 1946
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- "Place of Interest". www.foweyharbourheritage.org.uk. Retrieved 23 November 2022.