Place:Roche, Cornwall, England

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NameRoche
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates50.4°N 4.8°W
Located inCornwall, England
See alsoPowder Hundred, Cornwall, Englandhundred in which it was located
St. Austell Rural, Cornwall, Englandrural district of which it was a part 1894-1974
St. Austell, Cornwall, Englandtown which absorbed a section of the civil parish in 1934
St. Austell Registration District, Cornwall, Englandregistration district of which it was part 1837-1974
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source: Family History Library Catalog
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Roche (pronounced Roach, Cornish: Tregarrek, meaning homestead of the rock) is a village and civil parish in the middle of Cornwall, England. On the northern flank of the village is the 20-metre (66-foot) high Roche Rock, a large granite outcrop.

Nearby are the towns of Bodmin and St. Austell, as well as the Eden Project.

Roche was part of the St. Austell Rural District from 1894 until 1934. In 1934 it was split with part being absorbed by St. Austell Urban District and the rest remaining with St. Austell Rural District.

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