St Anthony-in-Meneage
Coordinates: 50°05′20″N 5°06′00″W / 50.089°N 5.100°W
St Anthony-in-Meneage (Cornish: Lannentenin) is a coastal civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish is in the Meneage district of The Lizard peninsula. In the 2001 census the parish had a population of 171.[1]
The village is situated on a peninsula between the Helford River and Gillan Harbour on the west side of Falmouth Bay, five miles (8 km) south of Falmouth and seven miles (11 km) east of Helford at grid reference SW 782 256[2]. It largely consists of a church and holiday lets owned by a local holiday company that is based in the village[citation needed]. The peninsula ends at Dennis Head, the site of an early Celtic fortress.[3]
The parish is divided by Gillan Harbour and the tidal Gillan Creek. The village and parish church are on the north side of Gillan Harbour. South of the harbour are the hamlets of Carne, Flushing (not to be confused with the larger village of Flushing north of Falmouth) and Gillan, and further inland the small ancient settlements of Boden and Trewarnevas.
The South West Coast Path runs along both shores of Gillan Harbour, and crosses Gillan Creek on stepping stones only passable at low tide. The path then rounds Dennis Head and leaves the parish on the south shore of the Helford River.
[edit] Parish church
The parish church is dedicated to St Anthony and is situated near Gillan Harbour. It is medieval though parts are of different dates, a window in the chancel (Early English) is the earliest and the north aisle with an arcade of plain octagonal piers somewhat later. The tower was built in the 15th century of granite blocks at the west end. The font is ornamented with angels and a Latin inscription and is probably of the 15th century.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ ONS Census 2001: Neighbourhood Statistics
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 9780319231494
- ^ Genuki website
- ^ Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall; 2nd ed., revised by Enid Radcliffe. Penguin Books; pp. 155-56 N.B. Pevsner gives the dedication as St Dunstan
[edit] External links
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- Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for St Anthony in Meneage
- Cornwall Online Parish Clerks website (accessed 2010-09-14)
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