St Just in Roseland () is a village and

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, England, United Kingdom. The village is south of

Truro Truro (; ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and civil parish in Cornwall, England; it is the southernmost city in the United Kingdom, just under west-south-west of Charing Cross in London. It is Cornwall's county town, s ...

and north of

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

, 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

Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty The Cornwall National Landscape (formerly the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty) covers in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom; that is, about 27% of the total area of the county. It comprises 12 separate areas, designated under the Na ...

(

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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 ...

, St Just’s Church, St Just in Roseland, 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 (, 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 ria, created aft ...

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 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 Sutton Coldfield or the Royal Town of Sutton Coldfield ( ), is a town and civil parish in the city of Birmingham, West Midlands County, West Midlands, England. The town lies around 8 miles northeast of Birmingham city centre, 9 miles south of L ...

. 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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