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Liskeard 〔Often incorrectly stressed on the first syllable〕 ((コーンウォール語:Lyskerrys)) is an ancient stannary and market town and civil parish in south east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.〔Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 ''Plymouth & Launceston'' ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3〕 Liskeard is situated approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Plymouth, west of the River Tamar and the border with Devon, and 12 miles (20 km) east of Bodmin. The town is at the head of the Looe valley in the ancient hundred of West Wivelshire and has a population of 9,417.〔(Office for National statistics : ''Census 2011 : Parish Headcounts : Caradon'' ) Retrieved 24 March 2013〕 Liskeard was the base of the former Caradon District Council and it still has a town council. There are 3 wards in Liskeard (including Dobwalls). The total population at the 2011 census was 11,366〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Liskeard North Ward )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Liskeard Central Ward )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Liskeard South & Dobwalls Ward )〕 ==History== The place name element ''Lis'', along with ancient privileges accorded the town, indicates that the settlement was once a high status 'court'. A Norman castle was built here after the Conquest, which eventually fell into disuse in the later Middle Ages. By 1538 when visited by John Leland only a few insignificant remains were to be seen.〔Oman, ''Sir'' Charles (1926) ''Castles''; "Cornwall and its castles", p. 109. London: Great Western Railway〕 Sir Richard Carew writing in 1602 concurred; Liskeard was one of the 17 Antiqua maneria of the Duchy of Cornwall.〔Hatcher, John (1970) ''Rural Economy and Society in the Duchy of Cornwall 1300-1500''. Cambridge University Press ISBN 0-521-08550-0〕 The market charter was granted by Richard, Earl of Cornwall (brother of Henry III) in 1240. Since then, it has been an important centre for agriculture. The seal of the borough of Liskeard was Ar. a fleur-de-lis and perched thereon and respecting each other two birds in chief two annulets and in flank two feathers. When Wilkie Collins wrote of his visit to the town in his ''Rambles Beyond Railways'' he had a low opinion of it: "that abomination of desolation, a large agricultural country town".〔''Book Time''; no. 58 (May 2011), p. 4〕 The town went through a period of economic prosperity during the pre-20th century boom in tin mining, becoming a key centre in the industry as a location for a stannary and coinage. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Liskeard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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