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St Just in Roseland

Coordinates: 50°10′56.36″N 5°00′53.99″W / 50.1823222°N 5.0149972°W / 50.1823222; -5.0149972
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St Just in Roseland
St Just parish church
St Just in Roseland is located in Cornwall
St Just in Roseland
St Just in Roseland
Location within Cornwall
Population1,158 (2011 census)
Civil parish
  • St Just in Roseland
Unitary authority
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°10′56.36″N 5°00′53.99″W / 50.1823222°N 5.0149972°W / 50.1823222; -5.0149972

St Just in Roseland (Cornish: Lannsiek) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is 6 miles (10 km) south of Truro and 2 miles (3 km) north of St Mawes, a small village within the parish of St Just in Roseland.[1] The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 1,158.[2]

St Just in Roseland lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

Churches

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St Just in Roseland is noted for its 13th-century Church of England parish church, 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.[citation needed] The church is on the edge of a tidal creek beside the Carrick Roads 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 Bible.

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4
  2. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  3. ^ Woodward, Bernard Barham. "Rodd, Edward Hearle" . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 49. pp. 77–78.
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