Antony (Grid reference SX399547) is a village and civil parish in the Caradon district of Cornwall, England, on the Rame Peninsula about three miles west of Torpoint. It had a population of 436 according to the 2001 census. The British national grid reference system is a system of geographic grid references commonly used in Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... In England a civil parish (usually just parish) is the lowest unit of local government, lower than districts or counties. ... Caradon is a local government district in Cornwall, United Kingdom. ... Motto: Onen hag oll (Cornish: One and all) Geography Status Ceremonial and (smaller) Non-metropolitan county Region South West England Population - Total (2004 est. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the British Isles Languages English (de facto) Capital London de facto Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population – Total (mid-2004) – Total (2001 Census) – Density Ranked 1st... The Rame Peninsula (pronounced ) is a peninsula in south-east Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. ... Location within the British Isles Torpoint (Cornish: Penntorr) is a town in the far South East of Cornwall, England, separated from the City of Plymouth by a stretch of water referred to as the Hamoaze, which itself is the mouth of the River Tamar. ...

National Trust propery

"Antony" is the name given to an early 18th-century house, and today in the ownership of the National Trust. The house is faced in silvery-grey Pentewan stone, flanked by colonnaded wings of mellow brick and the home of the Carew family for 600 years. (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... The standard of the National Trust The National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, usually known as The National Trust, is a British preservation organization. ...

The grounds were landscaped by Georgian garden designer Humphrey Repton and include the formal garden with the "National Collection of Day Lilies". Garden Design is the process of designing the layout and planting of domestic gardens. ... Humphry Repton (1752-1818) was the last great English landscape designer of the eighteenth century, often regarded as the successor to Capability Brown; he also sowed the seeds of the more intricate and eclectic styles of the nineteenth century. ... Species See text. ...

The surrounding woodland garden (not National Trust, but owned by the Carew Pole Garden Trust) is noted for rhododendrons, azaleas, camellias and magnolias, and surrounding woods provide delightful walks. This article is about the plant. ... Azaleas are flowering shrubs making up part of the genus Rhododendron. ... Species About 100–250 species, including: Camellia assimilis Camellia brevistyla Camellia caudata Camellia chekiangoleosa Camellia chrysantha– Golden Camellia Camellia connata Camellia crapnelliana Camellia cuspidata Camellia euryoides Camellia forrestii Camellia fraterna Camellia furfuracea Camellia granthamiana Camellia grijsii Camellia honkongensis Camellia irrawadiensis Camellia japonica– Japanese Camellia Camellia kissii Camellia lutchuensis Camellia miyagii... Species See text. ...

External links

• Antony information at the National Trust
• http://www.uk-genealogy.org.uk/england/Cornwall/towns/Antony.html
• GENUKI page