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Boconnoc
  • Cornish: Boskennek
Boconnoc is located in Cornwall
Boconnoc
Boconnoc
Location within Cornwall
Population122 (Parish, 2011)
OS grid referenceSX147607
Unitary authority
  • Cornwall
Ceremonial county
  • Cornwall
Region
  • South West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLOSTWITHIEL
Postcode districtPL22
Dialling code01503
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
  • South East Cornwall
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°24′58″N 4°36′40″W / 50.416°N 4.611°W / 50.416; -4.611

Boconnoc (Cornish: Boskennek) is a civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, approximately four miles (6 km) east of the town of Lostwithiel.[1] According to the 2011 census the parish had a population of 96.

The parish is rural in character and is fairly well wooded. It is bordered to the west by St Winnow parish, to the south by St Veep parish, to the southeast and east by Lanreath parish, and to the north by Braddock parish.[2] The hamlets of Couch's Mill and Brooks are in the parish.[3] Part of ancient deer park at Boconnoc House contains an internationally important assemblage of lichens and is one of the most important sites in Europe for lichens.[4]

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
  2. ^ Cornwall Council online mapping Archived 5 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 2010
  3. ^ Cornwall Archived 2 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine; Explore Britain
  4. ^ Sanderson, Neil A (December 2014). "Wildlife Reports - Lichens". British Wildlife. 26 (2). Nick Wright: 139–40. ISSN 0958-0956.

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