Tamerton Foliot
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Tamerton Foliot is a village in the north of Plymouth, England that also lends its name to the parish of the same name.
Situated near the confluence of the rivers Tamar and Tavy, the village is situated in a valley, the stream of which quickly broadens out to a large estuarine creek. This passes under a railway bridge. The railway station, now a private property, is situated at the end of a two mile road and is on the edge of a heavily wooded riverside nature reserve.
The village has a population of around 2300 (2001 census) and has three pubs, one Methodist chapel and the Anglican parish church of St Mary's. This dates from the 12th century, and is thought to be on the site of an earlier building perhaps founded by St Indract. It has been much extended since, with the 78-foot perpendicular style tower added around 1440 and most of the rest of the fabric renewed in the 19th century. There is a peal of six bells.
Just outside the eastern boundary of the churchyard stands an ancient hollow oak tree called the Coplestone Oak believed to date from the 1600s. It is named after a Lord of the Manor, Christopher Coplestone, who supposedly stabbed his godson to death against the tree following a family dispute.
The Foliot part of the village's name derives from the Foliot family, John Foliot being a half-brother of William the Conqueror and recipient of large amounts of land for services rendered during the Norman conquest.
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