'''Launceston''' (derivation: Cornish ''lann'' = church site + saint’s name (St. Stephen) = ''lannstevan'' + ''ton'' = farm - Saxon: ''Duneved'') is a market town in [[Cornwall]] close to the River Tamar. It is about 18 km (about 11 miles) north of Tavistock in a strategic position between the relative wastelands of Bodmin Moor and Dartmoor and near the border with [[Devon]], about 18 km (11 miles) north of Tavistock. | '''Launceston''' (derivation: Cornish ''lann'' = church site + saint’s name (St. Stephen) = ''lannstevan'' + ''ton'' = farm - Saxon: ''Duneved'') is a market town in [[Cornwall]] close to the River Tamar. It is about 18 km (about 11 miles) north of Tavistock in a strategic position between the relative wastelands of Bodmin Moor and Dartmoor and near the border with [[Devon]], about 18 km (11 miles) north of Tavistock. |