- Altarnun
Altarnun ( _kw. Alternonn), (pronEng|ɔːltəˈnʌn) is a village and
civil parish in theNorth Cornwall district ofCornwall ,United Kingdom . The village is on the north-eastern edge ofBodmin Moor . The parish includes the villages ofFivelanes andTreween , and had a population of 976 according to the 2001 census.The village church of St Nonna, Altarnun, is famous for its 79 bench-end carvings by Robert Daye between 1510 and 1530. These cover a range of subjects including a Cornish piper and fiddler.
It was the birthplace of sculptor
Neville Northey Burnard (1818-1878).ee also
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Cornish bagpipes External links
* [http://www.bagpipeworld.co.uk/Reconstructions/Cornish1.htm Cornish bagpipe carving c 1520 ]
* [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/Altarnun/ Genuki -Altarnun]
* [http://www.thisisnorthcornwall.com/altarnun.html About Altarnun]
* [http://crocat.cornwall.gov.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Overview.tcl&dsqSearch=((text)='altarnun') Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for Altarnun]
* [http://www.altarnun.cornwall.sch.uk/ The website for Altarnun School Five Lanes, Altarnun, Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 7RZ]
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