Crantock

On Tuesday and Wednesday this week, staff from Crantock bakery went to Trenance Infant School in Newquay to teach over 240 pupils how to make a Cornish pasty.

British Food Fortnight 2009 2009

On Tuesday and Wednesday this week, staff from Crantock bakery went to Trenance Infant School in Newquay to teach over 240 pupils how to make a Cornish pasty.

British Food Fortnight 2009 2009

It is amusing to learn the experiences of those who had arranged a stay at Crantock without previous knowledge of this missing source of refreshment; and the fact has afforded an explanation of their very frequent walks to

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Crantock, or St. Carantoc, stands a little way inland from the coast, and the older part is cradled in a sheltering hollow.

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But Crantock has its charm of the present, as well as a delightful association with the past.

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Llangranog, so that both Newquays have their Crantock.

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In these days no picturesque village can afford to scorn a wealthy neighbour; yet Crantock claims to have been a populous town before Newquay was dreamed of.

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But tradition goes further back than this, and speaks of Crantock as having been once part of a large town or district named Langarrow, or sometimes Languna, most of which now lies beneath the sand-towans.

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A pleasant and fairly good road leads towards Crantock, passing by Trevowah, beyond which a turning to the left takes us to West Pentire and the small bay known as Porth or "Polly" Joke.

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The name of Langarrow, however, may safely be regarded as historic; and this, with its variants of Languna or Langona, is the earliest name that we can trace at Crantock.

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