Criggan

Coordinates: 50°24′42″N 4°47′45″W / 50.4117°N 4.7957°W / 50.4117; -4.7957

Criggan
Railway bridge at Criggan
Criggan  Criggan shown within Cornwall
OS grid reference	SX014606
Parish	Roche
Unitary authority	Cornwall
Ceremonial county	Cornwall
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ST. AUSTELL
Postcode district	PL26
Dialling code	01726
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Cornwall
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	St Austell and Newquay
List of places: UK • England • Cornwall

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.

The settlement is mentioned in Herman Melville's 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

• Claudius Criggan - Bishop of Sodor and Man in 1784, died in 1813.^[3]

References

1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Explorer map sheet 107 St Austell & Liskeard, 2008, ISBN 0319240177
2. ^ Melville, Herman (1856). The piazza tales. Dix & Edwards. p. 276. http://books.google.com/books?id=4KYOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA276. Retrieved 20 September 2011. 
3. ^ Franklin, Benjamin (1970). The writings of Benjamin Franklin. Haskell House. p. 353. http://books.google.com/books?id=WdXiAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 20 September 2011.