Colan ( kw, Kolan) is a village and
civil parish
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in mid-
Cornwall
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, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately three miles (5 km) east of
Newquay
Newquay ( ; kw, Tewynblustri) is a town on the north coast in Cornwall, in the south west of England. It is a civil parish, seaside resort, regional centre for aerospace industries, spaceport and a fishing port on the North Atlantic coast ...
. The electoral ward is called Colan and Mawgan. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 4,256
The hamlets of
Bosoughan
Bosoughan is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, approximately three miles (5 km) east of Newquay.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' According to the Post Office the population at the 2011 Census was ...
,
Chapel
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,
Gwills,
Kestle Mill,
Lane
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,
Mountjoy Mountjoy may refer to: Places
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,
Quintrell Downs,
Trebarber and
Trencreek are in the parish.
The Fir Hill, and Firhill Woods near
Nanswhyden
Nanswhyden was formerly a country estate with a mansion house and formal gardens associated with the Hoblyn Family. It is currently a farm with a farmhouse, yard and woodlands. It is situated in the parish of St Columb Major in Cornwall. The mans ...
, contains the ruins of
Fir Hill Manor.
Colan Church dates to the thirteenth century.
[Dunkin, E. (1882) ''Monumental Brasses''. London: Spottiswoode]
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Villages in Cornwall
Civil parishes in Cornwall
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