Launceston
Americannoun
noun
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Brian Maywood used to be the head of Launceston College in north Cornwall and was an English teacher there when Athena took over.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
At Camborne, it was about five times higher than the average and three times higher at Launceston, according to the same figures.
From BBC ● Aug. 3, 2026
Exeter Magistrates' Court heard Burdon Grange Care Home, near Beaworthy in Devon, failed to carry out basic safety checks before taking six residents to Roadford Lake, near Launceston, Cornwall, in June 2022.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 2025
Firebrand, which sits in an industrial estate not far from the wilds of Bodmin Moor in Launceston, Cornwall, reflects a much wider trend.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2024
When I arrived at Launceston I had to get a pass to leave the country, as it had been necessary to have a passport to enter it.
From My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year by George Francis Train
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