Launceston
Launceston is a community, old borough, and also civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is 1 mile (1.6 km) west of the middle phase of the River Tamar, which constitutes nearly the whole boundary between Cornwall and Devon. The landscape of the town is typically steep particularly at a sharp south-western knoll topped by Launceston Castle. These gradients drop to the River Kensey and also smaller sized tributaries. The community centre itself is bypassed and also is no more physically a main highway. The A388 still runs through the community close to the centre. The community continues to be figuratively the "entrance to Cornwall", because of having the A30, among both dual carriageways into the region, pass directly alongside the community. The various other twin carriageway and alternate bottom line of access is the A38 at Saltash over the Tamar Bridge and was finished in 1962. There are smaller points of entry to Cornwall on minor roadways. Launceston Steam Railway narrow-gauge heritage train runs as a tourist attraction throughout the summer months. It was restored for aesthetic and also industrial heritage functions as well as runs along a brief rural course, it is prominent with visitors but does not compete much of the year. Launceston Castle was constructed by Robert, Count of Mortain (half-brother of William the Conqueror) c. 1070 to regulate the surrounding area. Launceston was the caput of the feudal barony of Launceston and of the Earldom of Cornwall up until replaced by Lostwithiel in the 13th century. Launceston was later on the county town of Cornwall till 1835 when Bodmin changed it. 2 civil parishes offer the town and also its borders, of which the main even more built-up management system housed 8,952 homeowners at the 2011 census. 3 electoral wards consist of referral to the town, their overall population, from 2011 census information, being 11,837 and also 2 clerical parishes offer the former solitary church, with three churches and also a huge swathe of land to the north as well as west part of the area. Launceston's slogan "Royale et Loyale" (English translation: Royal and Loyal) is a referral to its adherence to the Cavalier cause throughout the English Civil War of the mid-17th century.
