Tideford

Infobox UK place
country= England
region= South West England
shire_county= Cornwall
shire_district= Caradon
civil_parish= St Germans
official_name= Tideford
population= 325 (2001 UK census)
post_town= Saltash
postcode_area= PL
postcode_district= PL12
dial_code= 01752 851
constituency_westminster= South East Cornwall

Tideford is a small village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is twinned with Plouguerneau in Brittany, France.

Its name derives from its location on the River Tiddy, literally meaning "Ford on the River Tiddy". Tideford is not listed in the Domesday Book but the earliest settlement is thought to have been around 1100AD. The bridge over the River Tiddy at the bottom of Bridge Road dates from the 14th century and this is the earliest surviving structure.

Tideford grew in the eighteenth century as the nearby Port Eliot country estate built a number of houses in the village. Many of these have now been sold, but of note is 'Bridge House', located at the bottom of Bridge Road, which remains a gatehouse onto the estate.

The village is located on the busy A38 between Saltash and Liskeard, one of two main road routes into Cornwall (the other being the A30 which runs into north Cornwall). Tideford does not have a railway station, the nearest being at St Germans, some two miles south of the village.

The village has a butchers shop, a Post Office, a branch of the Royal British Legion and a small public house. The Victorian church of St Luke was designed by renowned architect George Wightwick; there is also a small Methodist chapel.

ee also

* Settlements on the A38

External links

* [http://crocat.cornwall.gov.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Overview.tcl&dsqSearch=((text)='tideford') Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for Tideford]