Trematon Terrace

Situated three and a half miles west of Saltash, the historic Cornish village of Trematon is said to take its name from Trematon Castle (a mile and a half south-east of the village). The name Trematon is said to mean King’s town or King’s home and it is reputed that the Saxon King Athelstan had a castle there prior to the Norman’s twelfth century motte and bailey, the oval shell keep of which remains still today. The area has many rising springs and many wells some of which are still used. One well in particular, Thorn Well was a main source of water for the Trematon people and for Treamton Castle. High Cornish hedges border the fields and much of the farmland surrounding Trematon with deep valleys border the river Lynher. In the nineteenth and early twentieth century, barges from Devonport and Plymouth would come up the river Lynher and would offload refuse at “dock dung” as it was locally known, which was then transported by horse and cart and spread on nearby fields.