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Ludgvan
Ludgvan ( ; kw, Lujuan) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, UK, northeast of Penzance. Ludgvan village is split between Churchtown, on the hill, and Lower Quarter to the east, adjoining Crowlas. For the purposes of local government, Ludgvan elects a parish council every four years; the town elects a member to Cornwall Council under the Ludgvan division. History Like many communities in Cornwall the legendary origins of Ludgvan are attributed to the arrival of its patron saint, in this case Saint Ludowanus. However, the place-name appears to derive from the Cornish for ''place of ashes'' or ''burnt place''. Evidence for it being a saint's name includes documents in which it is named St Ludgvan and records of its name as Lewdegran and Ludewon. In recent times Ludgvan feast has celebrated St Lewdegran. Ludgvan was mentioned in the Domesday Book (under the name "Luduhan") as falling within the manor of Ludgvan Lese, which at the time of record covered more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludgvan Parish Church - Geograph
Ludgvan ( ; kw, Lujuan) is a civil parishes in England, civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, UK, northeast of Penzance. Ludgvan village is split between Churchtown, on the hill, and Lower Quarter to the east, adjoining Crowlas. For the purposes of local government, Ludgvan elects a Parish councils in England, parish council every four years; the town elects a member to Cornwall Council under the Ludgvan (electoral division), Ludgvan division. History Like many communities in Cornwall the legendary origins of Ludgvan are attributed to the arrival of its patron saint, in this case Saint Ludowanus. However, the place-name appears to derive from the Cornish language, Cornish for ''place of ashes'' or ''burnt place''. Evidence for it being a saint's name includes documents in which it is named St Ludgvan and records of its name as Lewdegran and Ludewon. In recent times Ludgvan feast has celebrated St Lewdegran. Ludgvan was mentioned in the Domesday Book (under the nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludgvan Lese
Ludgvan ( ; kw, Lujuan) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, UK, northeast of Penzance. Ludgvan village is split between Churchtown, on the hill, and Lower Quarter to the east, adjoining Crowlas. For the purposes of local government, Ludgvan elects a parish council every four years; the town elects a member to Cornwall Council under the Ludgvan division. History Like many communities in Cornwall the legendary origins of Ludgvan are attributed to the arrival of its patron saint, in this case Saint Ludowanus. However, the place-name appears to derive from the Cornish for ''place of ashes'' or ''burnt place''. Evidence for it being a saint's name includes documents in which it is named St Ludgvan and records of its name as Lewdegran and Ludewon. In recent times Ludgvan feast has celebrated St Lewdegran. Ludgvan was mentioned in the Domesday Book (under the name "Luduhan") as falling within the manor of Ludgvan Lese, which at the time of record covered mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludgvan Field Penwith Cornwall
Ludgvan ( ; kw, Lujuan) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, UK, northeast of Penzance. Ludgvan village is split between Churchtown, on the hill, and Lower Quarter to the east, adjoining Crowlas. For the purposes of local government, Ludgvan elects a parish council every four years; the town elects a member to Cornwall Council under the Ludgvan division. History Like many communities in Cornwall the legendary origins of Ludgvan are attributed to the arrival of its patron saint, in this case Saint Ludowanus. However, the place-name appears to derive from the Cornish for ''place of ashes'' or ''burnt place''. Evidence for it being a saint's name includes documents in which it is named St Ludgvan and records of its name as Lewdegran and Ludewon. In recent times Ludgvan feast has celebrated St Lewdegran. Ludgvan was mentioned in the Domesday Book (under the name "Luduhan") as falling within the manor of Ludgvan Lese, which at the time of record covered more ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ludgvan (electoral Division)
Ludgvan ( Cornish: ) was an electoral division of Cornwall in the United Kingdom which returned one member to sit on Cornwall Council between 2009 and 2021. It was abolished at the 2021 local elections, being split between Ludgvan, Madron, Gulval and Heamoor, Long Rock, Marazion and St Erth, St Ives East, Lelant and Carbis Bay, and St Ives West and Towednack. The same name was also used for a division of Cornwall Council between 1973 and 2009 which returned one member, and a division of Penwith District Council which returned 3 members between 1973 and 2004. Cornwall Council division Extent Ludgvan covered the villages of Long Rock, Crowlas, Morvah, Zennor and Ludgvan, and the hamlets of Vellanoweth, Cockwells, Whitecross, Lelant Downs, Carfury, Mulfra, Boskednan, Tredinneck, Lower Ninnes, Trevowhan, Rosemergy, Treen, Trewey and Boswednack. The village of Nancledra Nancledra or Nancledrea is a village in west Cornwall, England, UK. It is three miles (5 km) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penzance
Penzance ( ; kw, Pennsans) is a town, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is about west-southwest of Plymouth and west-southwest of London. Situated in the shelter of Mount's Bay, the town faces south-east onto the English Channel, is bordered to the west by the fishing port of Newlyn, to the north by the civil parish of Madron and to the east by the civil parish of Ludgvan. The civil parish includes the town of Newlyn and the villages of Mousehole, Paul, Gulval, and Heamoor. Granted various royal charters from 1512 onwards and incorporated on 9 May 1614, it has a population of 21,200 (2011 census). Penzance's former main street Chapel Street has a number of interesting features, including the Egyptian House, The Admiral Benbow public house (home to a real life 1800s smuggling gang and allegedly the inspiration for '' Treasure Island''s "Admiral Benbow Inn"), the Union Hote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crowlas
Crowlas is a village in Cornwall, England, on the A30 about three miles east of Penzance. It forms a small conurbation with Ludgvan within the parish of the same name. The hamlet of Whitecross lies to the north. Details of the crosses at Crowlas and Whitecross are included in the article Ludgvan. There are many small businesses, Chinese Takeway, shop, and the Star Inn pub has a good reputation for local beers. The Methodist Chapel in Chapel square is a modern friendly place that hosts many community activities. The local community radio Community radio is a radio service offering a third model of radio broadcasting in addition to commercial and public broadcasting. Community stations serve geographic communities and communities of interest. They broadcast content that is popula ... station Coast FM broadcasts on 96.5 and 97.2 FM. References External links Villages in Cornwall {{Penwith-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Michael’s Way
St Michael’s Way () is a waymarked long-distance footpath in Cornwall. It runs for from Lelant on Cornwall’s north coast to St Michael’s Mount on the south coast. History Established in 1994, the route follows a path likely taken by early Christian pilgrims, missionaries and travellers from Ireland and Wales that would have enabled them to travel southwards towards Continental European sites of pilgrimage whilst avoiding the perilous journey by sea around the southwestern tip of Britain. Description of route St Michael's Way has been signposted and waymarked in both directions using a stylistic shell based on the Council of Europe's sign for pilgrim routes. The directional arrows are coloured yellow for footpaths, blue for bridleways and red for byways; Cornwall Council has chosen to use black arrows on public roads. Pilgrims arriving at the Pilgrim's Office at Santiago de Compostela Cathedral who have walked St Michael's Way as well as the Camino Inglés from La C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Towednack
Towednack ( kw, Tewydnek) is a churchtown and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish is bounded by those of Zennor in the west, Gulval in the south, Ludgvan in the west and south, and St Ives and the Atlantic Ocean in the north and east. The church is about two miles (3 km) from St Ives and six miles (10 km) from Penzance. Towednack 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. History Towednack gold hoard In December 1931 a hoard of gold ornaments was found in the parish. A sunken lane, known locally as Badger's Lane, leads down from Lady Downs onto the road to Amalveor. Here at SW4794 3759, concealed in an ancient stone hedge, was found a collection of beautiful gold objects, including two twisted neckrings, four armrings and two lengths of unfinished gold rod. One necklet consists of a single twisted strand of gol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Keverne
St Keverne ( kw, Pluw Aghevran (parish), Lannaghevran (village)) is a civil parish and village on The Lizard in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. In addition to the parish, an electoral ward exists called ''St Keverne and Meneage''. This stretches to the western Lizard coast at Gunwalloe. The population of the ward at the 2011 election was 5,220. 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 rebellion, retraced the route of the original march from St Keverne, via Guildford to London. Geography 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 of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Churchtown, Cornwall
In Cornwall, the churchtown ( kw, Treneglos) is the settlement in a parish where the church stands, for example, *Churchtown Mullion, * Churchtown Redruth, *Churchtown St Hilary, *Churchtown St Merryn, *Churchtown St Minver, * Gorran Churchtown, * Gulval Churchtown, *Illogan Churchtown, * Ludgvan Churchtown, * Mylor Churchtown, * St Breward Churchtown, *St Kew Churchtown, *St Levan Churchtown, * St Stephen Churchtown *Zennor Churchtown. The Cornish for "churchtown" is Treneglos Treneglos ( kw, Treneglos) is a hamlet and a civil parish in north-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in the Registration District of Launceston. Treneglos is described as a hamlet "where the old Cornish "trev" ettlementis no more ..., although only one settlement kept the Cornish name, the rest converting to the English, or not being a settlement before English overtook Cornish and became the main language of that part of Cornwall. The churchtown will not necessarily be th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penwith
Penwith (; kw, Pennwydh) is an area of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, located on the peninsula of the same name. It is also the name of a former local government district, whose council was based in Penzance. The area is named after one of the ancient administrative hundreds of Cornwall which derives from two Cornish words, ''penn'' meaning 'headland' and ''wydh'' meaning 'at the end'. Natural England have designated the peninsula as national character area 156 and named it West Penwith. It is also known as the Land's End Peninsula. Geography The Penwith peninsula sits predominantly on granite bedrock that has led to the formation of a rugged coastline with many fine beaches. The contact between the granite and the adjoining sedimentary rock (mostly shales) is most clearly seen forming the cliffs at Land's End, the most westerly point in the district and this geology has resulted in the mining that has made Cornwall famous. Tin and copper have been mined in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulval
Gulval ( kw, Lannystli) is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Although historically a parish in its own right, Gulval was incorporated into the parishes of Ludgvan, Madron and Penzance in 1934, and is now considered to be a suburb of Penzance. Gulval still maintains its status as an ecclesiastical parish and parts of the village church date back to the 12th-century. Together with Heamoor, Gulval still retains its status as an electoral ward. The ward population at the 2011 census was 4,185. Name origins The parish is named after a 6th-century saint, Gulval, the original form of which was probably Welvela or Wolvela. Baring-Gould thought this was Wilgitha, the sister of Saint Juthwara: David Nash Ford agrees. Gilbert Hunter Doble, however, favoured an identification with one of the male Welsh missionaries, Gudwall or Gurwall who are honoured in Brittany, eponym of Locoal-Mendon. A life of each one is to be found in the ''Acta Sanctorum'', June; Bollandists, 186 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
