Grampound is a village in Cornwall, England. It is at an ancient crossing point of the River Fal and today is on the A390 road six miles west of St Austell and eight miles east of Truro.Grampound with Creed is the civil parish of which the village of Grampound and the village of Creed are the main settlements. Formerly, part of Grampound was in the parish of Creed and part was in the parish of Probus. The name Grampound comes from the Norman French: grand , pont , referring to the bridge over the River Fal, with its spelling varying over the last 600 years following the name Ponsmur which was recorded in 1308. The population of Grampound with Creed was...
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