Devonwall

Devonwall is one name given to various proposals to link or combine the counties of Cornwall and Devon together in whole or in part. The name was initially used to describe political concept introduced in the United Kingdom in the 1970s by the Conservative government. It was an attempt to link the two counties together in an economic, political and statistical sense to form a South West region. This involved combining and centralising some local government functions and services such as the police, ambulance, fire services, as well as media output such as local TV and newspapers. In recent years the term Devonwall has been used pejoratively in Cornwall to describe various other proposals that would see Cornwall and Devon brought together in whole or in part, such as proposals for a Devonwall Parliamentary constituency. The concept is opposed on the basis that Cornwall's distinctive needs are overshadowed by larger and richer Devon, and that there is a democratic and legal argument against it due to Cornish national minority status.

Devonwall is one name given to various proposals to link or combine the counties of Cornwall and Devon together in whole or in part. The name was initially used to describe political concept introduced in the United Kingdom in the 1970s by the Conservative government. It was an attempt to link the two counties together in an economic, political and statistical sense to form a South West region. This involved combining and centralising some local government functions and services such as the police, ambulance, fire services, as well as media output such as local TV and newspapers. In recent years the term Devonwall has been used pejoratively in Cornwall to describe various other proposals that would see Cornwall and Devon brought together in whole or in part, such as proposals for a Devonwall Parliamentary constituency. The concept is opposed on the basis that Cornwall's distinctive needs are overshadowed by larger and richer Devon, and that there is a democratic and legal argument against it due to Cornish national minority status. ==Background== Prior to their annexation into early England, the area of both counties was part of the independent Brythonic Kingdom of Dumnonia from the 4th century to the 8th century. The fall of Dumnonia due to Saxon invasion in modern-day Devon led to the emergence of the Kingdom of Cornwall. Later, Athelstan set the border between the Cornish and Saxon Wessex at the River Tamar. Under the English crown, Cornwall was established as an earldom, and then as a duchy in 1337¹. Tinners in Cornwall and Devon were both governed by a single convocation enacting stannary law prior to the establishment of separate convocations for Devon and Cornwall in 1305. The Cornish Stannary Parliament gained extra powers as a result of the Charter of Pardon 1508, up to its last meeting in 1753. Regional "South West" bodies that included Cornwall and Devon started to emerge in the 20th century. Since the advent of local television in the United Kingdom, Devon and Cornwall have been grouped together continuously, along with other areas. Successive ITV franchises have included Devon and Cornwall in a "Westcountry" unit since the establishment of Westward Television, and the BBC has maintained a single television region covering both, as well as parts of Somerset and Dorset, called BBC South West since 1961. Cornish nationalism and the recognition of the Cornish people as a national minority have resulted in increased opposition to attempts to combine Cornwall with Devon or into wider South West bodies. ==History== car]] ==See also== Cornish devolution Politics of Cornwall Economy of Cornwall ==References== ==External links== KEEP DEVON OUT OF CORNWALL 'devonwall' Mebyon Kernow oppose 'devonwall' Church to form a new Diocese of 'devonwall' ? Cornish Assembly oppose 'devonwall' policies

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