Trematon, Cornwall

Historical Description

Trematon, a village suburban to Saltash, in Cornwall, 3½ miles NW of Devonport. Saltash Castle was built about the time of the Norman Conquest, became annexed to the Duchy of Cornwall, was the place of a stannary court which gave rise to the proverbial phrase " Trematon law," suffered spoliation by the rebels in 1549, and is now represented by extensive and interesting ruins.

Maps

Online maps of Trematon are available from a number of sites:

• Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• Google Streetview.
• National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
• OpenStreetMap.
• old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
• Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
• A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)

Newspapers and Periodicals

The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Cornwall papers online:

• Royal Cornwall Gazette
• Cornishman
• West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser
• Lake's Falmouth Packet and Cornwall Advertiser

Visitations Heraldic

We have a copy of The Visitations of Cornwall, by Lieut.-Col. J.L. Vivian online.