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Criggan

Coordinates: 50°24′42″N 4°47′45″W / 50.4117°N 4.7957°W / 50.4117; -4.7957
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Criggan
Railway bridge at Criggan
Criggan is located in Cornwall
Criggan
Criggan
Location within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSX014606
Civil parish
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townST. AUSTELL
Postcode districtPL26
Dialling code01726
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°24′42″N 4°47′45″W / 50.4117°N 4.7957°W / 50.4117; -4.7957

Criggan is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, UK, located north of the village of Bugle.[1] It lies on the edge of Criggan Moor, within an Area of Great Scientific Value. It lies along the railway line from Victoria and Roche railway station in the west to Bugle in the south. It is in the civil parish of Roche.

The settlement is mentioned in Herman Melville's short story "The Lightning-Rod Man", included in The Piazza Tales (1856), which says 'In Criggan last month, I put up three-and-twenty rods on only five buildings.' 'Let me see. Was it not at Criggan last week, about midnight on Saturday, that the steeple, the big elm and the assembly-room cupola were struck?.'[2]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Explorer map sheet 107 St Austell & Liskeard, 2008, ISBN 0-319-24017-7
  2. ^ Melville, Herman (1856). The piazza tales. Dix & Edwards. p. 276. Retrieved 20 September 2011.
  3. ^ Franklin, Benjamin (1970). The writings of Benjamin Franklin. Haskell House. p. 353.