Antony, Cornwall

Antony (Cornish: Anton (village) or Pluw Anton (parish))^[1] is a coastal civil parish and a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

Antony Cornish: Anton
Antony village and parish church
Antony Location within Cornwall
Population	500 (2011)
OS grid reference	SX 399 547
Civil parish	Antony
Unitary authority	Cornwall
Ceremonial county	Cornwall
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TORPOINT
Postcode district	PL11
Dialling code	01752
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Cornwall
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	South East Cornwall
List of places UK England Cornwall 50.370°N 4.252°W / 50.370; -4.252

The village is situated on the Rame Peninsula about three miles west of Torpoint^[2] and has a shop, a pub and a garage.

There are two possible etymologies of Antony: the first is that it is named in honour of St Anthony; the second is that it comes from the Anglicisation of the Cornish Tre- (“farmstead”) and -Anta (personal name)^[3]

Antony parish is bounded to the north by the tidal River Lynher (also known as the St Germans River) and to the south by the English Channel coast. To the east, the parish is bordered by Torpoint and St John parishes and to the west by Sheviock parish.^[4]

The parish is in the St Germans Registration District and had a population of 436 at the 2001 census,^[5] increasing to 500 at the 2011 census.^[6] Apart from the church town, Antony, the only settlement of any size is Wilcove. Scraesdon Fort and Antony House are also in the parish.

At the time of Domesday Book (1086) the manor of Antony was held by Ermenhald from Tavistock Abbey.^[7]

Parish church

The medieval parish church, dedicated to St James in 1259,^[8] includes structural elements from the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries.^[9] The church houses memorials to members of the Carew family of Antony (18th century) and a large monumental brass to Margery Arundell, 1420.^[10]

Notable residents

Antony war memorial

• Richard Carew (1555–1620), antiquary, historian and writer
• Sir Alexander Carew (1609–1644), soldier and politician executed for treason
• John Carew (1622–1660), signatory of Charles I's death warrant, also executed for treason
• Francis Vyvyan Jago Arundell (1780–1846), antiquarian, orientalist and clergyman
• Charlotte Carew Pole, women's rights advocate

Twinning

Antony is twinned with Benodet (Benoded) in Brittany, France.^[11]