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Meugan
Mawgan and Meugan (also Meigant) (Latin: ''Mauganus'') are names referring to either one or two Brythonic saints who flourished in the 5th or 6th century. __NOTOC__ Both names are widely attested in place-names and church dedications, Mawgan in Cornwall and Brittany and Meugan in Wales, but it is uncertain whether the names refer to one and the same person. The parishes of St Mawgan and Mawgan-in-Meneage in Cornwall derive their names from Mauganus. There is also a St Machan, Machan in West Lothian (Scotland), as shown by the place-name Ecclesmachan, but again this may be a distinct figure. No hagiographical ''Life'' survives for Mawgan or Meugan, but figures bearing Latinised versions of either of these names appear in the ''Lives'' of Cadog and Saint David, David. A saint called Maucan or Moucan features in an episode of the late 11th-century ''Life'' of Cadog, in which he arbitrates a quarrel between Cadog and Maelgwn of Gwynedd, Maelgwn, king of Gwynedd. A ''Life'' of David, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Mawgan
St Mawgan or St Mawgan in Pydar ( kw, Lanherne) is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The population of this parish at the 2011 census was 1,307. The village is situated four miles northeast of Newquay, and the parish also includes the hamlet of Mawgan Porth.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 ''Newquay & Bodmin'' The surviving manor house known as Lanherne House is an early 16th-century Listed building, grade I listed building. The nearby Royal Air Force station, RAF St Mawgan, takes its name from the village and is next to Newquay Cornwall Airport. The River Menalhyl runs through St Mawgan village and the valley is known as ''The Vale of Lanherne''. It was the subject of a poem by poet Henry Sewell Stokes. History There is evidence of Bronze Age and Iron Age settlements, though the village history proper is considered to start from the arrival of the Welsh missionary Mawgan, St Mawgan (or Meugan) and his follo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
