Tintagel, United Kingdom

The Tithe Commissioners' survey was carried out in 1840–41 and recorded the area of the parish as 4,280 acres (1,730 ha), of which arable and pasture land was 3,200 acres (1,300 ha). The land owned by the largest landowner, Lord Wharncliffe, amounted to 1,814 acres (734 ha), and there was 125 acres (51 ha) of glebe land. Precise details of the size and tenure of every piece of land are given. Sidney Madge did research into the history of the parish and compiled a manuscript Records of Tintagel in 1945. The villages of Trevena and Bossiney were until the early 20th century separated by fields along Bossiney Road.

Trebarwith was the scene of the shipwreck of the Sarah Anderson in 1886, where all aboard perished, but the most famous of the wrecks happened on 20 December 1893 at Lye Rock, when the barque Iota was driven against the cliff. The crew were able to get onto the rock and, apart from a youth of 14, were saved by four men, three of which were from Tintagel. One of these, Charles Hambly, received a Vellum testimonial and three medals for bravery afterwards. The story is told in verse by Joseph Brown in his 1897 poem Musings on Tintagel and its Heroes. The youth was buried in Tintagel Churchyard and the grave is marked by a wooden cross. His name is given in the bureaucratic Italian usage, surname first: Catanese Domenico. On 6 July 1979, Tintagel was briefly subject to national attention when an RAF Hawker Hunter fighter aircraft crashed into the village following an engine malfunction. The unusual incident caused significant damage and consternation, but no deaths.

The borough of Bossiney was given the right to send two MPs to Parliament c. 1552 and continued to do so until 1832 when its status as a borough was abolished. For the purposes of local government, Tintagel is currently a civil parish and councillors are elected every four years. The principal local authority in this area is Cornwall Council, but until March 2009 the parish was in the area of North Cornwall District Council. Parish council minutes can be found on Tintagel Web. From 1894 to 1974, the parish was in the Camelford Rural District.