Padstow Cottages

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Cottages in Padstow are a great place to stay. Padstow or in Cornish Lannwedhenek, is a small town, civil parish and cargo port on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies within the administrative district of North Cornwall. The UK Census 2001 reported a parish population of 3,162. Padstow was originally named Petroc-stow, after the Welsh missionary St. Petroc, who landed at nearby Trebetherick around AD 500. Padstow is located approximately 14 miles north and east up the coast from Newquay, at the mouth of the River Camel.

Padstow isn't usually thought of as a "Viking town", but it was near Padstow that in 722 AD the Britons of Cornwall united with the Vikings of Denmark to destroy an invading Anglo-Saxon army led by Ine of Wessex at "Hehil". The Saxons army was beaten, and this decisive battle gave Cornwall 100 years of freedom from attacks by Wessex. Today is is a home of many people from around the world.

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