St Just-in-Penwith, Cornwall
St Just-in-Penwith is a small town in West Cornwall. It is the smallest town in Cornwall, the first and last town on mainland Britain, and is the furthest town in the UK from a motorway. This small town is no bigger than a village however, at one time, this town with barely any shops was one of Britain's most important towns. St Just-In-Penwith was one of the centres of mining. Many mines are near St Just including Cape Cornwall Mine, Wheal Castle, Wheal Owles and Botallack Mine. Many of the terraces in St Just are built in long rows one after another. These are miners terraces and were built to accommodate the miners. St Just is also in an area of Cornwall well known for its ancient sites. In side the parish church is the The Selus Stone with an ancient cross from nearby St Helen's Oratory behind it. Just outside the town is Ballowal Barrow (or Carn Gloose) which is a large ancient burial chamber. Tom Thumb Rock, a rock used for sacrifices at the sunset of St Just's Feast Day, sits just outside the town.
St Just-In-Penwith has been used in the German TV Series 'Rosamunde Pilcher' as well as the 1970's version of Poldark.
St Just-In-Penwith should not be confused with St Just-In-Roseland which is on the Roseland Peninsula near St Mawes.
Places to see in ( St Just - UK )
Places to see in ( St Just - UK )
St Just is a town and civil parish in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies along the B3306 road which connects St Ives to the A30 road. The parish encompasses the town of St Just and the nearby settlements of Trewellard, Pendeen and Kelynack: it is bounded by the parishes of Morvah to the north-east, Sancreed and Madron to the east, St Buryan and Sennen to the south and by the sea in the west.
The town of St Just is the most westerly town in mainland Britain and is situated approximately 8 miles (13 km) west of Penzance along the A3071. St Just parish, which includes Pendeen and the surrounding area. St Just lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park. St Just is one of only two towns included within the Cornwall AONB.
The identity of Saint Just is not known. Cornwall's long resistance to the edicts of Canterbury and Rome makes it most unlikely that the saint was Archbishop Justus of Canterbury, as some sources claim.[citation needed] Another possibility is the 6th- or 7th-century Saint Iestyn, said to be the son of a ruler of Dumnonia.
Among the prehistoric antiquities nearby is Ballowall Barrow, a chambered tomb. St Just is one of the most ancient mining districts in Cornwall, and remains of ancient pre-industrial and more modern mining activity have had a considerable impact on the nearby landscape.
The parish church of St Just is a fine 15th-century building. In 1336 the church was rebuilt and dedicated by John Grandisson, Bishop of Exeter; however only the chancel of this church survives and the nave and aisles are 15th-century in date. There are two Methodist chapels. St Just is the home of Cape Cornwall School which also serves Sennen, Sancreed, Pendeen, St Buryan and other places in the district.
St Just is home to the popular Lafrowda festival a seven-day community and arts celebration usually held in Mid July. A more ancient celebration associated with the town is St Just Feast which is held every year to celebrate the dedication of the parish church in 13 July 1336. Feast celebrations were moved to the Sunday nearest to All Saints' Day in 1536 following an Act of Henry VIII which means it usually take place at the end of October / beginning of November. Feast itself is a two-day event with a church service and civic procession being held on Feast Sunday and a larger scale popular celebration being held on Feast Monday (which includes a meeting of the Western Hunt). A description of St Just Feast
St Just also has a 'Plen an Gwarry' (Cornish for playing place), locally pronounced 'Plain an Gwarry'. These sites were used historically for open-air performance, entertainment and instruction. St Just's Plen an Gwarry occasionally hosts productions of the Cornish Ordinalia mystery plays. St Just has a healthy artistic scene, including the painter Kurt Jackson who has made several television appearances. Contemporary singer and comedian Jethro from nearby St Buryan played for St Just Rugby Club and has recorded a song entitled St Just.
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St Just Church Penwith Cornwall England 2015
St Just Cornwall April 5, 2015. A visit to this Church which built in the 15th century was made on Easter Sunday, 2015. It is located 8 miles west of Penzance and can be easily visited by Bus .(Wikipedia)
St Just town Cornwall
St Just-in-Penwith Town Council serves St Just, the former centre of mining in West Penwith, and the surrounding villages and hamlets in the parish.
Beautiful hamlet.
St Just holywell, St Just in Roseland, Cornwall
The well is through the lower lych gate on the east side of the church and just up ahead on the right...
St Just or Jestyn, son or Geraint (King/St Gerran, next parish). Martyred. Church founded in 550AD.
James + Hazel's Wedding, St. Just
Wedding shot September 2016 in St. Just, Cornwall, UK.
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CORNWALL WALK - St Just-in-Roseland
Our walk today is taken from a brand new book called Roseland Walks, it's a circular walk of nearly 3 miles around St Just in Roseland, on the Roseland Peninsula in Cornwall. This walk offers stunning views across the Carrick Roads towards Falmouth. The walk takes you to St Just Creek before heading towards St Mawes, before returning to St Just in Roseland over elevated fields. Within this video we also explore the beautiful St Just in Roseland Church, the current day church dates back to the 13th century, and sits in the most unique waterside semi-tropical garden setting.
The Roseland Walks book is a non-profit making book, it is sponsored by The Idle Rocks and St Mawes Hotel, both in St Mawes. All profits from the book will be donated to Cornwall Air Ambulance.
The book is now for sale on the Idle rocks website.
Disclosure:We were kindly supplied with an advanced copy of this book, it is due to be launched on Friday 12th April.
Places to see in ( Pendeen - UK )
Places to see in ( Pendeen - UK )
Pendeen is a village and ecclesiastical parish on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is 3 miles north-northeast of St Just and 7 mi west of Penzance. It lies along the B3306 road which connects St Ives to Land's End and the A30 road.
The village has a community centre, a shop, a post office, a primary school, and a few small businesses. Community activities include an art club, a gardening club, silver marching band and a football club. Nearby settlements include Carnyorth and Trewellard and the historic Geevor Tin Mine is immediately north of the village. The village gets its name from the headland on which Pendeen Lighthouse stands, a mile from the village. Like many other Cornish villages near the coast, Pendeen had a reputation for smuggling activities.
Pendeen is overlooked by a hill, Carn Eanes, referred to locally as 'The Carn', the site of a quarry which provided the granite to build Pendeen church. Pendeen lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.
Pendeen is close (1 km) to the South West Coast Path and in addition has a number of local footpaths for exploring the surroundings. The area now known as the Parochial Parish of Pendeen, was originally referred to as North St Just and was formed in 1846. It included a number of settlements in the eastern part of the Parochial Parish of St Just.[1] Today the Parochial Parish of Pendeen comprises the settlements of Bojewyan, Portheras Cross, Boscaswell Downs, Lower Boscaswell, Trewellard, Carnyorth and part of Botallack. This area remains part of the civil parish of St Just. Before the splitting of the Parish in 1846 Pendeen would have referred to the eponymous headland or Pendeen Manor, birthplace of the Reverend William Borlase, rather than any of the settlements listed above.
The Church of St John is built of granite: it was designed by the parson (Robert Aitken), built by the villagers in 1851 and refurbished in 1878. At Pendeen Manor Farm is a 16th-century farmhouse (front added in 1670) and a fogou or vau 56 ft (17 m) long, with a side passage of 24 ft (7.3 m). There is a Cornish cross in the vicarage garden.
Pendeen was the subject of the book 'Life in a Cornish Village' by the Rev. F. J. Horsefield in 1893. Horsefield, being an amateur historian, wrote of a multitude of aspects of Pendeen's past. Horsefield also writes of a large natural cave named Pendeen Vau, the entrance of which is to be found on a cliff. Apparently this cave is vast, going far below and into the sea, but its existence is disputed by many villagers.
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Greystoke bells
The fine 14th Century Collegiate church of St Andrew, Greystoke has six bells. Three date from before the Reformation, and they were augmented to six bells as one of the Millenium projects for belfries in England
Boswednack
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Boswednack is a hamlet in the parish of Zennor near the north coast of the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.It is located along the B3306 road southwest of Zennor.Boswednack was home to a small community of Cornish speakers during the 19th century.These included John Davey Jnr., 1812-1891, and his father, as well as Anne Berryman , and John Mann .
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Lelant is a village in west Cornwall, England, UK.It is on the west side of the Hayle Estuary, about 2 1⁄2 miles southeast of St Ives and one mile west of Hayle.The village is part of St Ives civil parish and also in St Ives Parliamentary constituency.The birth, marriage, and death registration district is Penzance.
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Gulval is a village in the former Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom .Although historically a parish in its own right, Gulval was incorporated into the parishes of Penzance, Madron and Ludgvan in 1934, and like Heamoor, is now considered to be a suburb of Penzance.Gulval, however, still maintains its status as an ecclesiastical parish and parts of the village church date back to the 12th century.Together with Heamoor, Gulval also still retains its status as an electoral ward.
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Penwith Mtb St Just Loop 12.10.14
Sunday Loop from St Just with Iwan.
Saint Edburgs Shines
Saint Edburgs Church has recently been renovated, we went to find out how it's looking.
Sennen Church
Sennen Church is a parish church in Sennen, Cornwall. The church is the first and last church on mainland Britain. There has been a church here since 520 AD however the present church was built in the 13th century with the tower being built in the 14th century and the South Aisle being added in the 15th century. The church is dedicated to St Sennen, who the village of Sennen is named after. Located in the churchyard are two wayside crosses, both showing that there has been a church here for a lot longer than the one which is there now. Nearby is Sennen Hedge Standing Stone which shows that this area has been used for religious practices for thousands of years. The churchyard is unusually very small and the tower, even though it isn't exactly the highest church tower in the world, can be seen for miles around. The church is built out of granite blocks.
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All Saints Carshalton on Christmas Morning
Church of England parish church of All Saints, Carshalton, early before service on Christmas Day 2013, with the church bells being rung in the background.
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Stratton, Cornwall
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See also: Battle of Stratton 1643 Stratton is a small town situated near the coastal resort of Bude in north Cornwall, England, UK.It was also the name of one of ten ancient administrative shires of Cornwall - see Hundreds of Cornwall.A battle of the English civil war took place here on 16 May 1643.A local saying at Stratton is Stratton was a market town when Bude was just a furzy down, meaning Stratton was long established when Bude was just gorse-covered downland.
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Places to see in ( St Keverne - UK )
Places to see in ( St Keverne - UK )
St Keverne is a civil parish and village on the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. In addition to the parish an electoral ward exists titled St Keverne and Meneage. This stretches to the western Lizard coast at Gunwalloe.
The Cornish Rebellion of 1497 started in St Keverne. The leader of the rebellion Michael An Gof (the smith in Cornish) was a blacksmith from St Keverne and is commemorated by a statue in the village. Before his execution, An Gof said that he should have a name perpetual and a fame permanent and immortal. In 1997 a 500th anniversary march, Keskerdh Kernow 500, celebrating the An Gof uprising, retraced the route of the original march from St Keverne, via Guildford to London.
The parish is a large one. It includes some 10 miles of coast from Nare Point at the mouth of the Helford River to Kennack Sands, and the Manacles offshore. Settlements on the coast include Porthallow, Porthoustock and Coverack. Inland the parish includes the hamlets of Zoar, Laddenvean, Traboe, Trelan and Gwenter. The eastern part of Goonhilly Downs is also in the parish.
St Keverne lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park. St Keverne was, in the Middle Ages, the site of an important monastery. The church is dedicated to St Akeveranus, although for a considerable period this was corrupted to Kieran; the form Keverne was revived at the Reformation.
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Gulval Church, Cornwall, United Kingdom
Searching for the grave of Pirate John ‘Eyebrows’ Thomas at Gulval cemetary, Cornwall.
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If you would live beloved and die so well
John Thomas of Marazion Who left this life for A Better on Sunday y. 16th day of december 1733 And In y 62. year of his Age
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