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The parish church is situated on a sloping site in St Gennys hamlet at {{ |
The parish church is situated on a sloping site in St Gennys hamlet at {{gbmapping|SX 148 971}}<ref name=OS />. It is dedicated to [[Genesius of Arles|Saint Genesius]]. The building is partly [[Norman architecture|Norman]] with a short one-stage tower topped by a pyramidal roof. The tower houses a ring of four bells. The church was restored in 1871<ref name=GENUKI>[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/StGennys/] GENUKI website: St Gennys. Retrieved May 2010</ref>. The arcades of the aisles are partly in [[granite]] and partly in [[Polyphant stone]]. |
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Revision as of 21:35, 31 January 2011
50°44′38″N 4°37′25″W / 50.74384°N 4.62353°W
St Gennys (Cornish: Sen Gwynnys) is a coastal civil parish and small settlement in north Cornwall, United Kingdom.
The hamlet of St Gennys is situated approximately seven miles (11.3 km) southwest of Bude[1]. It is on high ground half-a-mile north of the coastal village of Crackington Haven, the major settlement in the parish. The only other settlements of any size in the parish are Middle Crackington and Higher Crackington both of which situated southeast of Crackington Haven, half-a-mile and one mile distant respectively.
The parish is in Stratton Registration District and the population was 810 in the 2001 census[2]. Several places in the parish are mentioned in the Domesday Book including Crackington (as Crachemua), Dizzard (as Disart) and St Gennys itself (as Sainguinas or Sanwinas)[2]
Away from the coast, St Gennys parish is entirely rural. It is bordered to the north by Poundstock parish, to the east by Jacobstow parish, to the south by Otterham and St Juliot parishes[3]. To the west, St Gennys is bounded by the Atlantic coast where Cornwall's highest cliff (appropriately named High Cliff) rises 735 feet (224 m) above the rocky foreshore[1].
Parish church
The parish church is situated on a sloping site in St Gennys hamlet at grid reference SX 148 971[1]. It is dedicated to Saint Genesius. The building is partly Norman with a short one-stage tower topped by a pyramidal roof. The tower houses a ring of four bells. The church was restored in 1871[2]. The arcades of the aisles are partly in granite and partly in Polyphant stone.
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