St Just in Roseland ( kw, Lannsiek) is a village and

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of Parish (administrative division), administrative parish used for Local government in England, local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below district ...

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, England, United Kingdom. The village is south of

Truro Truro (; kw, Truru) is a cathedral city and civil parish in Cornwall, England. It is Cornwall's county town, sole city and centre for administration, leisure and retail trading. Its population was 18,766 in the 2011 census. People of Truro c ...

and north of

St Mawes St Mawes ( kw, Lannvowsedh) is a village on the end of the Roseland Peninsula, in the eastern side of Falmouth harbour, on the south coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village, formerly two separate hamlets, lies on the east bank of th ...

, a small village within the parish of St Just in Roseland. The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 1,158. St Just in Roseland lies within the

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Churches

St Just in Roseland is noted for its 13th-century

Church of England parish church A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within each Church of England parish (the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative unit; since the 19th century sometimes ca ...

St Just’s Church, St Just in Roseland St Just's Church, St Just in Roseland, is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Truro in St Just in Roseland, Cornwall, England, UK. History The church is considered to have been founded around 550 AD in honour of St ...

, set in riverside gardens planted with semitropical shrubs and trees, many of which are species rare in England. The church is on the edge of a tidal creek beside the

Carrick Roads Carrick Roads ( kw, Dowr Carrek, meaning "rock anchorage") is the estuary of the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall in England. It joins the English Channel at its southern end near Falmouth. Geography It is a large flooded valley, or ...

on the Fal Estuary just outside the main village. The path from the road to the church is lined with granite blocks carved with quotations and verses taken from the

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Notable people

The ornithologist

Edward Hearle Rodd Edward Hearle Rodd (17 March 1810 – 25 January 1880) was an English ornithologist. He was the third son of Edward Rodd, D.D. (1768–1842), by his wife Harriet, (1779–1855) daughter of Charles Rashleigh, of Duporth, Cornwall. Life He was ed ...

was born here. The lichenologist

Peter Wilfred James Peter Wilfred James (1930–2014) was an English botanist and lichenologist. He was a pioneer in the study of lichens as environmental indicators, especially of atmospheric pollution. Early life and education Peter W. James grew up in Sutton Co ...

(1930 - 2014) was born here although brought up in Sutton Coldfield. The cricketer Michael Harris (known as "Pasty" Harris) also came from the parish. File:St Just in Roseland.jpg, View from above the church looking across to St Just Creek File:St. Just in Roseland Church from Creek.jpg, View from creek (low tide) File:Lord's Prayer (1693) St Just in Roseland.jpg, Lord's Prayer (1693) File:Celtic Cross in St Just in Roseland Churchyard - geograph.org.uk - 308170.jpg, Celtic cross

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