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Plaidy, Cornwall

Coordinates: 50°21′36″N 4°26′28″W / 50.360°N 4.441°W / 50.360; -4.441
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Plaidy
Plaidy Beach
Plaidy is located in Cornwall
Plaidy
Plaidy
Location within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSX265540
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°21′36″N 4°26′28″W / 50.360°N 4.441°W / 50.360; -4.441

Plaidy is an eastern suburb of Looe, Cornwall, England, UK. Plaidy Beach is a sandy beach and Millendreath Beach is at its eastern end.[1] The writer Eleanor Hibbert lived near Plaidy Beach during World War II and used it as the basis for one of her pen names, Jean Plaidy.

References

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  1. ^ Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of Great Britain; Bodmin and Launceston, sheet 186. 1961.