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Colan, Cornwall
Colan ( kw, Kolan) is a village and civil parish in mid-Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately three miles (5 km) east of Newquay. The electoral ward is called Colan and Mawgan. The population of this ward at the 2011 census was 4,256 The hamlets of Bosoughan, Chapel, Gwills, Kestle Mill, Lane, Mountjoy, Quintrell Downs, Trebarber and Trencreek are in the parish. The Fir Hill, and Firhill Woods near Nanswhyden, contains the ruins of Fir Hill Manor. Colan Church Colan Church also known as St Colan Church is a 13th-century church in Colan, mid-Cornwall, UK. Dedicated to St Colanus, it became a Grade I listed building in 1967. The vicars of St Columb Minor have served the church since the middle of the 2 ... dates to the thirteenth century.Dunkin, E. (1882) ''Monumental Brasses''. London: Spottiswoode References External links Villages in Cornwall Civil parishes in Cornwall {{Restormel-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornwall Council
Cornwall Council ( kw, Konsel Kernow) is the unitary authority for Cornwall in the United Kingdom, not including the Isles of Scilly, which has its own unitary council. The council, and its predecessor Cornwall County Council, has a tradition of large groups of independent councillors, having been controlled by independents in the 1970s and 1980s. Since the 2021 elections, it has been under the control of the Conservative Party. Cornwall Council provides a wide range of services to the approximately half a million people who live in Cornwall. In 2014 it had an annual budget of more than £1 billion and was the biggest employer in Cornwall with a staff of 12,429 salaried workers. It is responsible for services including: schools, social services, rubbish collection, roads, planning and more. History Establishment of the unitary authority On 5 December 2007, the Government confirmed that Cornwall was one of five councils that would move to unitary status. This was enacted by st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountjoy, Cornwall
Mountjoy is a hamlet in the civil parish of Colan in Cornwall, England. It is on the A392 road, east of Quintrell Downs Quintrell Downs is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, close to Newquay, at the junction of the A392 and A3058 roads.Ordnance Survey ''Landranger 200; Newquay, Bodmin & surrounding area, 1:50 000''. 1988 It is named after the surroundi ....Ordnance Survey ''Landranger 200; Newquay, Bodmin & surrounding area, 1:50 000''. 1988 References Hamlets in Cornwall {{Restormel-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colan Church
Colan Church also known as St Colan Church is a 13th-century church in Colan, mid-Cornwall, UK. Dedicated to St Colanus, it became a Grade I listed building in 1967. The vicars of St Columb Minor have served the church since the middle of the 20th century. Geography The church is located between St Columb Major and Newquay, though not on the main road. It sits on the banks of Ryalton Stream, set in remote surroundings, in an area rich in wildlife. St Colan parish is in the rural deanery of Pydar. History Walter Bronscombe, Bishop of Exeter, is credited with the building the present church in 1250. He later applied to it the instructions he had developed for Exeter Cathedral and for the sacristan of Glasney College in 1276. The present church was dedicated to St Collen, or St Colanus, a 7th-century Welsh saint, by John Grandisson The '' John Grandisson Triptych'', displaying on two small escutcheons the arms of Bishop Grandisson. British Museum John de Grandisson (1292 †... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fir Hill Manor
Fir Hill Manor is a manor house near Colan, mid-Cornwall, England, dating from the 1850s. In 1994, it was the subject of a BBC Bristol documentary, which tells the story of former Newquay policeman Derek Fowkes as he searches for absentee landlord, John Paget Figg-Hoblyn. John Paget Figg-Hoblyn claimed to be the rightful heir to the estate after the death of his father, Francis, who died in 1965. The inheritance was not settled for over 40 years. History Early years Fir Hill Manor is situated within the Fir Hill Woods, near Colan (not far from Newquay). The Hoblyns of Fir Hill and Drennick were descended from Robert Hoblyn – whose son married Judith Burgess, the heir and representative of Elizabeth Milliton – and Sir John Langdon Bonython. The dwelling's first owner, William Paget Hoblyn, lived there in 1856 with his wife, one son and four daughters. William wanted his daughters to share in the inheritance of the estate. His son Ernest eventually died young. Only one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nanswhyden
Nanswhyden was formerly a country estate with a mansion house and formal gardens associated with the Hoblyn Family. It is currently a farm with a farmhouse, yard and woodlands. It is situated in the parish of St Columb Major in Cornwall. The mansion house was destroyed by fire on 30 November 1803. Nanswhyden House The estate was purchased by Richard Hoblyn in 1581. The grand house was built in a Palladian-influenced design in approximately 1740. It was reputed to be the most expensive houses built in Cornwall, at that time. According to Davies Gilbert the historian: "The basement story was built of granite, the upper part with a light coloured slate, or killas, and the whole lined with brick; the door cases, windows, pediment and balustrades were of the Ionic order. The chimney pieces, which were finished in Italy, were remarkably elegant, in respect of the richness of the marble, the delicacy of the design, and the excellence of the sculpture. The library occupied two rooms, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trencreek
Trencreek is a hamlet in the parish of Jacobstow, north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Colan Trencreek is also a hamlet in the parish of Colan, mid Cornwall. Newquay Trencreek is also a suburb of Newquay, Cornwall, England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ..., UK.Ordnance Survey get-a-map SW8273060866 References Hamlets in Cornwall {{Restormel-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trebarber
Trebarber or Trebarver is a hamlet situated off the A3059, just south of RAF St Mawgan in Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ..., England, United Kingdom.Ordnance Survey get-a-map SW8627062856 References Hamlets in Cornwall {{Cornwall-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quintrell Downs
Quintrell Downs is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, close to Newquay, at the junction of the A392 and A3058 roads.Ordnance Survey ''Landranger 200; Newquay, Bodmin & surrounding area, 1:50 000''. 1988 It is named after the surrounding area of moorland. The village is served by Quintrell Downs railway station Quintrell Downs railway station serves the village of Quintrell Downs in Cornwall, England. It is measured from , on the Atlantic Coast Line. The station is managed by Great Western Railway with local services in each direction all calling he .... The name 'Quintrell' comes from the French meaning fop or dandy and back 600 years. The 'Downs' is the area to the south of what is the Two Clomes Inn - this area was called the common. The village is surround three farms - Trethiggey, Trewollack and Bejowan and all of these can be traced back at least 200 years. The village had a growth period in the 1930s, houses appearing above the railway line on the way to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lane, Cornwall
Lane is a hamlet in the parish of Colan, Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ..., England. Its immigrant population is lower than the UK's national average. It also has 20% lower higher and Intermediate managerial, administrative or professional households than the UK's national average. References Hamlets in Cornwall {{Restormel-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornwall
Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, with the River Tamar forming the border between them. Cornwall forms the westernmost part of the South West Peninsula of the island of Great Britain. The southwesternmost point is Land's End and the southernmost Lizard Point. Cornwall has a population of and an area of . The county has been administered since 2009 by the unitary authority, Cornwall Council. The ceremonial county of Cornwall also includes the Isles of Scilly, which are administered separately. The administrative centre of Cornwall is Truro, its only city. Cornwall was formerly a Brythonic kingdom and subsequently a royal duchy. It is the cultural and ethnic origin of the Cornish dias ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kestle Mill
Kestle and Kestle Mill are hamlets in Cornwall, England. They are situated south of Quintrell Downs; Kestle Mill is on the A3058 main road.Ordnance Survey ''Landranger 200; Newquay, Bodmin & surrounding areas, 1:50 000''. 1988 It is mostly in the civil parish of St. Newlyn East Kestle is an ancient village originally named Kestell predating King John but not listed in the Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc .... Kestle Mill stands just back from the road behind the old road bridge. The last recorded use of the mill varies from 1915 to 1950 but photos exist of the mill building and wheel taken during the 1920s which show the mill wheel overgrown and out of use. It is certain that by 1955 the mill was disused and abandoned and around this time the Mill was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
