Feock, Cornwall
Coordinates: 50°12′22″N 5°03′00″W / 50.206°N 5.050°W
| Feock | |
| Cornish: Lannfiek | |
 Feock
Feock shown within Cornwall |
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| Population | 3,505 (Civil Parish, 2001) |
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| OS grid reference | SW824384 |
| Civil parish | Feock |
| Unitary authority | Cornwall |
| Ceremonial county | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TRURO |
| Postcode district | TR3 |
| Dialling code | 01872 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | Truro and Falmouth |
| List of places: UK • England • Cornwall | |
Feock (Cornish: Lannfiek) is a coastal civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately 5 miles (8 km) south of Truro at the head of Carrick Roads on the River Fal.[1] To the south, the parish is bounded by Restronguet Creek and to the east by Carrick Roads and the River Fal. To the north it is bordered by Kea parish and to the west by Perranarworthal parish[2]
Feock parish includes the villages of Carnon Downs, Chycoose, Devoran, Goonpiper, Harcourt, Killiganoon, Penelewey, Penpol, Porthgwidden, Restronguet Point, Trevilla, and Trelissick.
The garden of the Trelissick Estate is a National Trust property. The King Harry Ferry takes cars across the River Fal to Philleigh.[3]
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[edit] Parish church
The Parish Church is dedicated to Saint Feoca, about whom very little is known. Although the saint is usually assumed to have been female, Hals described a stained glass window in the church with St Feock portrayed as a man.[4] The church has a 13th century tower and font, the remainder being 19th century.[5] In 1640, according to Hals, the sacrament was administer by the vicar in Cornish as the people did not understand English.[6]
Thomas Lobb, Victorian botanist and plant hunter is buried in Devoran churchyard. Trelissick Garden has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1955 when it was donated by Ida Copeland following the death of her son Geoffrey, a stained glass memorial—bearing the Copeland Crest—remains to this effect in the small church in Feock.
[edit] Twinning
Feock is twinned with the Breton village Hôpital-Camfrout (An Ospital) in Finistère, Brittany, France [7].
[edit] Gallery
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Separate Bell-tower at Feock Church
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Window representing the Risen Christ, at Feock Church
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Penpol Methodist Chapel
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The Old Post Office, Feock
[edit] References
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 9780319231494
- ^ .[1] Cornwall Council online mapping. Retrieved May 2010
- ^ "GENUKI article on Feock". http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/Feock/.
- ^ Doble, G. H. (1964) The Saints of Cornwall: part 3. Truro: Dean and Chapter; pp. 53-56
- ^ Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall, 2nd ed. rev. Enid Radcliffe. Penguin Books (reissued by Yale U. P.) ISBN 0-300-09589-9; p. 68
- ^ Hals Parochial History of Cornwall. (Unpublished Manuscript). In E D Marquand (1882) Meetings of the Society. Transcriptions of the Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society.
- ^ Twinning Committee for Cornwall
[edit] Further reading
- St. Feock: the saint, the church, the parish by C. D. North [?2003]
[edit] External links
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