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Kerrier (hundred)
The Hundred (country subdivision), hundred of Kerrier was the name of one of ten ancient administrative shires of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. Kerrier (sometimes Kirrier) is thought by Charles Thomas to be derived from an obsolete name (ker hyr = long fort) of Castle Pencaire on Tregonning Hill, Breage.Thomas, Charles (1964) Settlement History in Early Cornwall: I; the antiquity of the hundreds (In: Cornish Archaeology. 3. St Ives: Cornwall Archaeological Society, pp. 70-79) It is likely that an even earlier name for the district was Predannack which has been displaced by the Lizard Peninsula as a geographical name. Parishes in Kerrier hundred St Anthony-in-Meneage, Breage, Cornwall, Breage, Budock, Constantine, Kerrier, Constantine, Cury, Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth, Germoe, St Gluvias, Grade-Ruan, Grade, Gunwalloe alias Winnington, Gwennap with St Day, Helston, St Keverne, Landewednack, Mabe, Cornwall, Mabe, Manaccan, St Martin-in-Meneage, Mawgan-in-Meneage, Mawnan, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UK Englandkerr
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The UK includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and most of the smaller islands within the British Isles, covering . Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. It maintains sovereignty over the British Overseas Territories, which are located across various oceans and seas globally. The UK had an estimated population of over 68.2 million people in 2023. The capital and largest city of both England and the UK is London. The cities of Edinburgh, Cardiff and Belfast are the national capitals of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Day
St Day () is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is positioned between the village of Chacewater and the town of Redruth. The electoral ward St Day and Lanner had a population of 4,473 according to the 2011 census. St Day is in an area that was historically known for mining, encompassing places such as Poldice, Tolcarne, Todpool, Creegbrawse and Crofthandy. The village gained significant wealth from mining activities. It holds a central position within the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape, which is a designated World Heritage Site. This site includes other notable locations such as St Agnes, Chacewater, Chapel Porth and Porthtowan. Industrial history St Day served as a hub for the wealthiest and arguably the most renowned copper mining district globally from the 16th century to the 1830s. The population, wealth and activity in St Day declined steadily from about 1870 onwards, today the population is smaller than in 1841. It is n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stithians
Stithians (), also known as St Stythians, is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies in the middle of the triangle bounded by Redruth, Helston and Falmouth. Its population (2001) is 2,004, increasing to 2,101 at the 2011 census An electoral ward in the same name also exists but stretches north to St Day. The population here also at the 2011 census was 5,023. The parish is mainly agricultural, lying south of the Gwennap mining area and north of the quarrying areas of Rame and Longdowns. The River Kennall runs through the parish. In the 19th century, this river worked a flour mill and a number of gunpowder mills, machinery at a foundry, and a paper mill. Churches Parish church The parish church is dedicated to Saint Stythian, who has been hard to identify. References to the parish in 13th and 14th century records show various spellings: Stethyana, Stediana, Stedyan, Stediane and Stidianus. The Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould's ''Cornish Dedica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sithney
Sithney () is a village and civil parish in the West of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Sithney is north of Porthleven. The population including Boscadjack and Crowntown at the 2011 census was 841. It is named after Saint Sithney, the patron saint of the parish church. Saint Sithney was one of the band of Irish missionaries who came to west Cornwall. William Worcester recorded in 1478 that the body of the saint lay within the church. History Church In 1230 the church belonged to the Antrenon family who attached to it a charge of 4 shillings yearly to the priory of St Germans. In 1267 it was appropriated to Glasney College; the last rector ceded his benefice to the college in 1270. The parish church is of Norman foundation but the present structure is more or less of the 15th century. The old Norman font of this church was removed to the new church of Carnmenellis (since demolished). A 13th-century coffin slab was brought to the church from St John's. In the churchyard is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perranarworthal
Perranarworthal () is a civil parishes in England, civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is about four miles (6.5 km) northwest of Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth and five miles (8 km) southwest of Truro. The parish population at the 2011 census was 1,496. Perran Wharf is the area of the parish beside the River Kennall (a tributary of Restronguet Creek) where there were wharves and a quay. This has been developed into Perran Foundry where there are new homes and working space settled amidst the history of the site. The other settlements in the parish are Perranwell and Perranwell Station. Perranwell railway station is on the Maritime Line. Perranarworthal parish is bordered on the north by Kea, Cornwall, Kea parish, on the east by Restronguet Creek and Mylor, Cornwall, Mylor parish, on the south by St Gluvias and Stithians parishes and on the west by Gwennap parish. History The name derives from the Manor of Arworthal which has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mylor, Cornwall
Mylor is a civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately five miles north of Falmouth.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 ''Truro & Falmouth'' The church town of the ecclesiastical parish is Mylor Churchtown: however, Mylor Bridge is the largest village in the parish.GENUKI website Mylor. Retrieved April 2010 Other settlements include Angarrick, Carclew, and Restronguet Passage. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mullion, Cornwall
Mullion () is a civil parishes in England, civil parish and village on the The Lizard, Lizard Peninsula in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The nearest town is Helston approximately to the north. Mullion civil parish encompasses the Churchtown, Cornwall, church town (now known simply as Mullion) and four smaller settlements: Mullion Cove and Predannack to the southwest; Trewoon and Meaver to the east. Mullion is bordered by the parishes of Gunwalloe and Cury to the north, Grade-Ruan to the east, Landewednack to the south, and by Mount's Bay to the west. The parish also includes Mullion Island, a uninhabited island approximately half a mile (0.8 km) offshore from Mullion Cove. The island is home to large colonies of seabirds and is owned by the National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty, National Trust. Etymology The parish name has evolved over the years, with references in the parish records to St Mullyon, St Mullian, Mullian, Mullyan, Mulion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mawnan
Mawnan (, meaning ''St Maunan'') is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in the former administrative district of Kerrier and is bounded to the south by the Helford River, to the east by the sea, and to the west by Constantine, Kerrier, Constantine parish. The population was 1,454 in the 2001 census, rising slightly to 1,476 at the 2011 census. The Churchtown, Cornwall, church town of the parish is Mawnan Church, also known simply as Mawnan, and the only large village in the parish is Mawnan Smith, approximately three miles south of Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth. Geography The parish is entirely rural and, as well as Mawnan Smith, includes the hamlets of Carlidnack, Bareppa, Penwarne, Helford Passage, Maenporth and Durgan. The parish also contains several Victorian gardens, now open to the public: Glendurgan, Trebah, Carwinion, and Penjerrick Garden, Penjerrick. The coastline and cliffs south-east of the church t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mawgan-in-Meneage
Mawgan-in-Meneage is a civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated in the Meneage district of The Lizard, The Lizard peninsula south of Helston in the former administrative district of Kerrier. The parish population at the 2011 census was 1437. Mawgan-in-Meneage lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation. Antiquities Evidence of early medieval habitation at Mawgan is in the form of an inscribed pillar stone, located at the meeting of three roads at the centre of the village; it bears an inscription that is no longer readable, but based on an old drawing and a photograph taken in 1936 it could have been a memorial stone to either 'Cnegumus son of Genaius' or 'Genaius son of Cnegumus'. The date of this inscription is not certain beyond having been carved before the twelfth century. This is a Hiberno-Saxon inscribed stone which originally had a cross head, Hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Martin-in-Meneage
St Martin-in-Meneage () is a civil parish and village in the Meneage district of the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is five miles (8 km) south-southeast of Helston. The population at the 2011 census was 377 The church is dedicated to St Martin of Tours Martin of Tours (; 316/3368 November 397) was the third bishop of Tours. He is the patron saint of many communities and organizations across Europe, including France's Third French Republic, Third Republic. A native of Pannonia (present-day Hung ... and is a chapelry of Mawgan in Meneage (right of sepulture was granted in 1385). The ancient estates of Barry Mylor and Mathiana adjoin the church and the two names indicate that in early times there were chapels of two Breton saints here, of St Melor at Merther Mylor (Barry Mylor) and St Anou at Merther Anou (the modern forms having been variously corrupted).Henderson, Charles (1925) "Parochial history of Cornwall", in: ''Cornish Church Gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manaccan
Manaccan (; ) is a civil parishes in England, civil parish and village on the The Lizard, Lizard peninsula in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is about five miles (8 km) south-southwest of Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth. The origin of the name Manaccan is probably derived not from a saint but from the Cornish for (church) of the monks. It was also at times called Minster in English because it must once have had a Celtic monastery. "Mannacus, St Manacca" is recorded as the patron saint as early as 1308. The population of Manaccan was 321 in the 2011 census, an increase from 299 in the 2001 census. Manaccan lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National parks of England and Wales, National Park. Governance Manaccan is in the United Kingdom Parliament constituencies, parliamentary constituency of St Ives (UK Parliament constituency), St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabe, Cornwall
Mabe (variant: ''La Vabe'', ) is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated one mile (1.6 km) west of Penryn, Cornwall, Penryn. The village is known locally as 'Mabe Burnthouse'. Mabe parish is bounded by Stithians and Ponsanooth to the north, Budock to the east, Mawnan and Constantine, Kerrier, Constantine to the south and Wendron to the west. Mabe parish is twinned with the Breton town of Primelin. Mabe parish population was 2,936 at the 2021 census, whereas the ward population covering a larger area was 5,802 The parish lies at the eastern edge of the Carnmenellis Granite intrusion. It is surrounded by several working and closed quarries which date back to the 1800s. The Argal and College reservoirs, managed by thSouth West Lakes Trust lie to the south of the village. The settlement of Mabe Burnthouse is situated on a hill overlooking Penryn and to the southwest is the location of the parish churc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
