Callington
Callington is a civil parish and town in eastern Cornwall, England, UK about 7 miles (11 kilometres) north of Saltash as well as 9 miles (14 kilometres) south of Launceston. Callington parish had a population of 4,783 in 2001, according to the 2001 census. This had actually raised to 5,786 in the 2011 census. Callington is just one of a small number of communities to continue to select a Portreeve; originally a medieval revenue officer as well as now an honorary title offered to the chairman of the community council. Callington Town Council has twelve participants as well as covers the civil parish of Callington. At the Council political elections in 2013 only ten prospects stood, eight Independents and also 2 Mebyon Kernow Councillors. Food makers Ginsters as well as The Cornwall Bakery (both wholly possessed subsidiaries of Samworth Brothers) are the biggest employers in the town. Ginsters makes use of neighborhood produce in a number of its products, getting potatoes and also various other vegetables from neighborhood farmers and providers. Historical listed building The Old Clink on Tillie St, built in 1851 as a lock-up for drunks as well as vagrants, is now made use of as the offices for a local driving school. There is likewise a Tesco supermarket, opened up in 2010, which employs 200 neighborhood people.