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Torpoint (Penntorr) is a civil parish and town on the Rame Peninsula in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. [1]

31 relations: Antony House, Antony, Cornwall, Bénodet, Brittany, Cable ferry, Civil parish, Cornish language, Cornwall, Cornwall Council, Devonport, Plymouth, Down syndrome, Hamoaze, HMNB Devonport, HMS Raleigh (shore establishment), Humanities, Infant school, John Langdon Down, Non-League football, Plymouth, Primary school, Rame Peninsula, Reginald Pole Carew, River Tamar, Royal Navy, Sister city, Smuggling, South East Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency), Torpoint Athletic F.C., Torpoint Community College, Torpoint Ferry, United Kingdom census, 2011.

Antony House

Antony House is the name given to an early 18th-century house, which today is in the ownership of the National Trust.

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Antony, Cornwall

Antony (Trevanta) is a coastal civil parish and a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

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Bénodet

Bénodet (Breton: Benoded) is a commune in the Finistère department and administrative region of Brittany in north-western France.

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Brittany

Brittany (Bretagne; Breizh, pronounced or; Gallo: Bertaèyn, pronounced) is a cultural region in the northwest of France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica during the period of Roman occupation.

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Cable ferry

A cable ferry (including the terms chain ferry, swing ferry, floating bridge, or punt) is a ferry that is guided (and in many cases propelled) across a river or large body of water by cables connected to both shores.

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Civil parish

In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority.

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Cornish language

Cornish (Kernowek) is a revived language that became extinct as a first language in the late 18th century.

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Cornwall

Cornwall (Kernow) is a county in South West England in the United Kingdom.

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Cornwall Council

Cornwall Council (Konsel Kernow) is the unitary authority for the county of Cornwall in the United Kingdom, not including the Isles of Scilly, which has its own council.

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Devonport, Plymouth

Devonport, formerly named Plymouth Dock or just Dock, is a district of Plymouth in the English county of Devon, although it was, at one time, the more important settlement.

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Down syndrome

Down syndrome (DS or DNS), also known as trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21.

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Hamoaze

The Hamoaze is an estuarine stretch of the tidal River Tamar, between its confluence with the River Lynher and Plymouth Sound, England.

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HMNB Devonport

Her Majesty's Naval Base, Devonport (HMNB Devonport), is the largest naval base in Western Europe and is the sole nuclear repair and refuelling facility for the Royal Navy.

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HMS Raleigh (shore establishment)

HMS Raleigh is the modern-day basic training facility of the Royal Navy at Torpoint, Cornwall, United Kingdom.

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Humanities

Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture.

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Infant school

An Infant school is a term used primarily in England and Wales.

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John Langdon Down

John Langdon Haydon Down (18 November 1828 – 7 October 1896) was a British physician best known for his description of the genetic disorder now known as Down syndrome, which he originally classified in 1862.

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Non-League football

Non-League football describes football leagues played outside the top leagues of a country.

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Plymouth

Plymouth is a city situated on the south coast of Devon, England, approximately south-west of Exeter and west-south-west of London.

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Primary school

A primary school (or elementary school in American English and often in Canadian English) is a school in which children receive primary or elementary education from the age of about seven to twelve, coming after preschool, infant school and before secondary school.

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Rame Peninsula

The Rame Peninsula (Ros, meaning promontory) is a peninsula in south-east Cornwall.

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Reginald Pole Carew

Reginald Pole Carew (28 July 1753 – 3 January 1835) was a British politician.

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River Tamar

The Tamar (Dowr Tamar) is a river in south west England, that forms most of the border between Devon (to the east) and Cornwall (to the west).

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.

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Sister city

Twin towns or sister cities are a form of legal or social agreement between towns, cities, counties, oblasts, prefectures, provinces, regions, states, and even countries in geographically and politically distinct areas to promote cultural and commercial ties.

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Smuggling

Smuggling is the illegal transportation of objects, substances, information or people, such as out of a house or buildings, into a prison, or across an international border, in violation of applicable laws or other regulations.

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South East Cornwall (UK Parliament constituency)

South East Cornwall is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2010 by Sheryll Murray, a Conservative.

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Torpoint Athletic F.C.

Torpoint Athletic F.C. are a football club based in Torpoint, Cornwall, England, in the UK.

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Torpoint Community College

Torpoint Community College (often referred to as 'TCC') is a secondary school in south-east Cornwall, England.

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Torpoint Ferry

The Torpoint Ferry is a car and pedestrian chain ferry, connecting the A374 road which crosses the Hamoaze, a stretch of water at the mouth of the River Tamar, between Devonport in Plymouth and Torpoint in Cornwall.

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United Kingdom census, 2011

A census of the population of the United Kingdom is taken every ten years.

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Carbeile, Carbeile Junior School, Torpoint, Cornwall.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpoint

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