Trematon


Trematon is a village in Cornwall, England, UK, about two miles from the town of Saltash and part of the civil parish of St Stephens-by-Saltash.

History

Trematon appears in the Domesday Book as the manor of "Tremetone"., at 100 households it was one of the very largest settlements in Cornwall and West Devon, larger even than nearby St Germans.
William Camden says of Trematon
Trematon Castle, one and a half miles south-east of the village, stands in a sentinel position overlooking Plymouth Sound and dates from soon after the Norman conquest. It is similar in style to Restormel, being a motte-and-bailey castle with a 12th-century keep. It was built on the ruins of an earlier Roman fort.
There was previously a Wesleyan Methodist chapel at Trematon.
There is a Cornish cross at a road junction between the village and the castle.

Present day

Trematon Hall, a Private Georgian Period country house is set in twenty-five acres of grounds. The village also has a pub called the Crooked Inn.