Grampound

Grampound
Cornish: *Ponsmeur*
Grampound Cornish: Ponsmeur;
	Fore Street
	Seal of Borough of Grampound
	Grampound Location within Cornwall
OS grid reference	SW9355048349
• London	257 mi (414 km)
Civil parish	Grampound with Creed;
Unitary authority	Cornwall Council;
Ceremonial county	Cornwall;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	TRURO
Postcode district	TR2
Dialling code	01726
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Cornwall
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	St Austell and Newquay;
Website	http://www.grampound.org.uk/

Grampound (Cornish: Ponsmeur) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Grampound with Creed, in the Cornwall district, in the ceremonial county of Cornwall, England. It is at an ancient crossing point of the River Fal and today is on the A390 road six miles (10 km) west of St Austell and eight miles (13 km) east of Truro. In 1961 the parish had a population of 412.

Formerly, part of Grampound was in the parish of Creed and part was in the parish of Probus. On 1 April 1983 the parish was abolished and merged with Creed to form "Grampound with Creed".

The name Grampound comes from the Norman French: grand (great), pont (bridge), referring to the bridge over the River Fal, with its spelling varying over the last 600 years following the name Ponsmur (Cornish) which was recorded in 1308. The population of Grampound with Creed was 654 in the 2011 census.

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