Anderton, Cornwall Explained

Country:England
Static Image:Anderton and Millbrook Lake - geograph.org.uk - 106806.jpg
Static Image Caption:Anderton and Millbrook Lake
Coordinates:50.348°N -4.21°W
Label Position:left
Official Name:Anderton
Shire County:Cornwall
Region:South West England
Post Town:Torpoint
Postcode District:PL10
Postcode Area:PL
Os Grid Reference:SX 431 519

Anderton is a settlement in south-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, located at . There are also places called Anderton in the parishes of Launcells and St Juliot.[1] This Anderton is according to the Post Office at the 2011 Census included in the civil parish of Maker-with-Rame.

Anderton is part of Millbrook, a village on the Rame Peninsula. It is situated beside the tidal portion of Millbrook Lake on the Tamar estuary opposite Plymouth.[2]

Captain Charles Bampfield Yule RN, explorer and author of the Admiralty Australia Directory, died in Anderton in 1878.

Notes and References

  1. [Weatherhill, Craig]
  2. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston