St Allen
Coordinates: 50°18′50″N 5°03′40″W / 50.314°N 5.061°W
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 St Allen
St Allen shown within Cornwall |
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| Population | 435 (2001) |
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| OS grid reference | SW831482 |
| Unitary authority | Cornwall |
| Ceremonial county | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TRURO |
| Postcode district | TR4 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| List of places: UK • England • Cornwall | |
St Allen (Cornish: Eglosallen) is a civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The church town of St Allen is an isolated hamlet and the main settlement in the parish is Zelah which is situated on the A30 trunk road four miles (6.5 km) north of Truro [1].
The population in the 2001 census was 435 people and the parish occupies 3,506 acres (14.19 km2) of land.
[edit] History
The manor of Cargoll included St Allen and it was in the possession of the bishops of Exeter from 1269 (the manor house was at Lanner). From 1287 the patrons of the living were the canons of Glasney College.)[2].
St Allen parish church was built in the Norman period but enlarged by the addition of the south aisle in the 15th century (the dedication is to St Alunus)[3]. Little is known of this saint but he has been identified with a Breton bishop of Quimper who came from Wales.
[edit] References
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 9780319231494
- ^ Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 54
- ^ Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford
- "GENUKI article on St Allen". http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/StAllen/index.html. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
[edit] External links
- Cornwall Record Office. "Online Catalogue for St Allen". http://crocat.cornwall.gov.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Overview.tcl&dsqSearch=((text)='st%20allen'). Retrieved 2009-06-03.
- Wasley, K.. "St Allen". http://homepages.tesco.net/~k.wasley/Allen.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
- "East Wheal Rose disaster". http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blanchec/eastwhealrose.htm. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
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