[Hooper] Someone asked, where is Linkinhorne?
Deanna Baumgardner
diane at nrgrecording.com
Sat Oct 28 17:53:19 EDT 2006
Linkinhorne is in Cornwall, England and this is probably more than
you ever wanted to know:
Cornwall (Cornish: Kernow) is a county in South West England on the
peninsula that lies to the west of the River Tamar.
The administrative centre and only city is Truro, while the historic
capitals are Launceston and then Bodmin. Including the Isles of
Scilly, located 28 miles (45 km) offshore, Cornwall covers an area of
1,376 square miles (3,563 km²). There is a population of 513,527,
with a population density of 144 people per square kilometre, or 373
per square mile.[1] Tourism forms a significant part of the local
economy. However, Cornwall is the poorest area in the United Kingdom
with the lowest contribution to the national economy[2] (just behind
the Highlands and Island of Scotland and West Wales and the Valleys).
Cornwall is the only area in the south of England to qualify for
Objective One funding (GDP per capita for the region must be below
75% of the EU average).[3]
Cornwall is one of the six historic "Celtic nations" and some people
question the present constitutional status of Cornwall, choosing to
refer to it as a Duchy which is separate from England. The Cornish
language gradually died out as a spoken language during the 18th
century, and by the mid 19th century was effectively extinct.
However, there have been some attempts to revive it in more recent
times.
But, hey, we had our own language, imagine that! The current Duke of
Cornwall is also The Prince of Wales and we have our own Prince!.
Deanna
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