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Landulph in the Doomsday Book

Landulph History by Andrew barrett

In 1066 William Duke of Normandy conquered England. He was crowned King in Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day and the lands of the English Nobility were soon granted to William's followers.

In 1085 William commissioned a survey to discover how much land each landholder held, its value, and people (or heads of families) occupying the land or giving service to the landholder and any livestock. Lists of manors and men for every county were compiled by the King's principal barons, churchmen and local officials, and the ‘Anglo-Saxon Chronicle’ relates ‘there was no single hide nor a yard of land, nor indeed one ox nor one cow nor one pig, which was there left out, and not put down in his record’ which formed the famous Domesday Book.

History of Landulph Memorial Hall

To provide a Memorial to the men of the Parish, who served their Country in the Second World War, Landulph Parish Council had the idea of building a Village Hall. A public meeting held in May 1947 confirmed the idea and fund raising started in earnest.

A piece of land near the Cargreen Playing field was purchased for £20 and the Trust Deed was drawn up and signed 26^th July 1951, by the Chairman of the Parish Council.

According to the Parish Council minutes, a constitution was drawn up, to include the 12 organisations in the Parish. The first AGM was held in January 1952. It became a registered charity in July 1956 and £2087 had been raised by that time.

Landulph in the Dark Ages

Landulph History by Andrew Barrett

From pre-Roman times Cornwall, Devon and part of Somerset formed the Celtic Kingdom of Dumnonia, the home of the Dumnonii Tribe of which the Cornish Cornovii were a sub group. Evidence of the Celts can be found in the foundation of Landulph Church and in some place names still in use in the parish today.

Landulph Church is built on an ancient Lan site. These were the sacred enclosures of the Celtic Christian Saints who were very active in Cornwall around the 5th & 6th Centuries AD. Often travelling by water, the Saints established their Lan close to where they landed.