# Lezant

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{{Short description|Village and civil parish in Cornwall, England}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox UK place
|country =                 England
|map_type=                 Cornwall
|coordinates = {{coord|50.588|-4.348|display=inline,title}}
|static_image_name=        Lezant Church - geograph.org.uk - 423747.jpg
|static_image_width=       240
|static_image_caption=     Lezant Church
|official_name=            Lezant
|cornish_name=             Lannsant
|population=               756
|population_ref=           (United Kingdom Census 2011 including Carthamartha)
|civil_parish=             Lezant
|unitary_england=          [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall_Council)
|lieutenancy_england =     [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall)
|region=                   South West England
|constituency_westminster= [North Cornwall](/source/North_Cornwall_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
|post_town=                LAUNCESTON
|postcode_district=        PL15
|postcode_area=            PL
|dial_code=                01579
|os_grid_reference=        SX339791
}}

'''Lezant''' ({{langx|kw|Lannsant}})<ref>[http://www.magakernow.org.uk/default.aspx?page=520 Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515091028/http://www.magakernow.org.uk/default.aspx?page=520 |date=15 May 2013 }} : [http://www.magakernow.org.uk/idoc.ashx?docid=79ba408d-7c02-499e-8cd6-b18dd48de58d&version=-1 List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515071635/http://www.magakernow.org.uk/idoc.ashx?docid=79ba408d-7c02-499e-8cd6-b18dd48de58d&version=-1 |date=2013-05-15 }}. [Cornish Language Partnership](/source/Cornish_Language_Partnership).</ref> is a [civil parish](/source/civil_parishes_in_England) and village in east [Cornwall](/source/Cornwall), England, United Kingdom. Lezant village is about five miles (8 kilometres) south of [Launceston](/source/Launceston%2C_Cornwall).<ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 ''Plymouth & Launceston'' {{ISBN|978-0-319-23146-3}}</ref> The population of the parish in the 2001 census was 751, increasing slightly to 765 in the 2011 census.<ref name=GENUKI>[https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/Lezant/ GENUKI website]; Lezant; retrieved 10 February 2015</ref>

==Geography==
The parish of Lezant is in the [Launceston](/source/Launceston%2C_Cornwall) registration district. The county border with [Devon](/source/Devon) forms the parish's eastern boundary. It is bounded on the north by [South Petherwin](/source/South_Petherwin) and [Lawhitton](/source/Lawhitton).

===Greystone Quarry and Bridge===
A historically important road crossing of the [River Tamar](/source/River_Tamar) is {{convert|2|mi|km}} from the village at [Greystone Bridge](/source/Greystone_Bridge); the arched stone bridge was built in 1439.<ref>[http://www.engineering-timelines.com/scripts/engineeringItem.asp?id=941 Engineering Timelines website]; retrieved April 2010</ref> Greystone Bridge is the site of a large [aggregate quarry](/source/Construction_aggregate) operated by Bardon Aggregates. The quarry walls are designated as the ''Greystone Quarry SSSI'' ([Site of Special Scientific Interest](/source/Site_of_Special_Scientific_Interest)), for its [geological](/source/Geology_of_Cornwall) characteristics.<ref>{{cite web|title=Greystone Quarry|url=http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001700.pdf|publisher=[Natural England](/source/Natural_England)|access-date=1 November 2011|year=1994|archive-date=24 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024215926/http://www.sssi.naturalengland.org.uk/citation/citation_photo/1001700.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Notable people==
thumb|View towards Lezant
*[Peter of Cornwall](/source/Peter_of_Cornwall), a medieval scholar and prior of Holy Trinity, [Aldgate](/source/Aldgate), was born near [Launceston, Cornwall](/source/Launceston%2C_Cornwall), the son of Jordan of Trecarrel (died c. 1180).
*[Matthew Sutcliffe](/source/Matthew_Sutcliffe), [Dean of Exeter](/source/Dean_of_Exeter) for over 40 years from 1588 was also Rector of Lezant from 1594.
*[John Woolton](/source/John_Woolton) (1535?-1594) was Bishop of Exeter, and from 1584 held the rectory of Lezant in plurality.

==References==
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==External links==
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