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Blue Anchor
Blue Anchor
	Blue Anchor Location within Cornwall
OS grid reference	SW911579
Civil parish	St Enoder;
Unitary authority	Cornwall;
Ceremonial county	Cornwall;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ST. COLUMB
Postcode district	TR9
Dialling code	01726
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Cornwall
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	North Cornwall;
	List of places UK England Cornwall 50°23′02″N 4°56′23″W / 50.3838°N 4.9397°W

Blue Anchor is a hamlet in mid Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in the civil parish of St Enoder It is situated on the old course of the A30 road (now re-routed south of the settlement as a dual carriageway bypass) between the villages of Fraddon and Penhale.^[1]

The Blue Anchor Inn is alleged to have been the first stop the King's Messenger made on his journey to announce the victory at the Battle of Trafalgar in October 1805.

Cornish wrestling

Cornish wrestling Tournaments were held in the field behind the Blue Anchor Inn in Blue Anchor in the 1800s^[2] and 1900s.^[3]

References

^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
^ West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 9 May 1862.
^ West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 30 August 1945.

External links

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[1] Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5

[WBCA09051862-2] West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 9 May 1862.

[WBCA30081945-3] West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 30 August 1945.

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