Cubert ( kw, Egloskubert)
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. Cornish Language Partnership
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. is a village in
Cornwall
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, England, United Kingdom. It is three miles (5 km) south-southwest of
Newquay
Newquay ( ; kw, Tewynblustri) is a town on the north coast in Cornwall, in the south west of England. It is a civil parish, seaside resort, regional centre for aerospace industries, spaceport and a fishing port on the North Atlantic coast of ...
and is in the
civil parish
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of Cubert ( kw, Lannowyn).
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Once known as St Cubert, the village is dominated by the spire of its 14th-century church which was enlarged by the addition of a south aisle a century later.
The village is named after the Welsh missionary St Cubert who, as a companion of ]St Carantoc
Saint Carantoc ( cy, Carannog; ga, Cairnech; br, Karanteg; la, Carantocus), also anglicization of names, anglicized as Carantock, Carannog and by other spellings, was a 6th-century abbot, Confessor of the Faith, confessor, and list of Welsh sai ...
, brought the Christian faith to this part of Cornwall, and to whom the church is dedicated. Unlike his companion St Carantoc—who travelled on to Brittany
Brittany (; french: link=no, Bretagne ; br, Breizh, or ; Gallo language, Gallo: ''Bertaèyn'' ) is a peninsula, Historical region, historical country and cultural area in the west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known ...
—St Cubert returned to Wales
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becoming abbot of his monastery and, according to the Welsh chronicles
A number of medieval chronicles of the history of Wales survive,
notably the 9th century ''Historia Brittonum'' and the 10th century ''Annales Cambriae''. These early chronicles are written in Latin, while from the 12th century, some are composed ...
, dying in 775. The feast of St Cubert is celebrated on the Sunday following 4 October. Gilbert H. Doble included translations of the "Vita Carantoci" and extracts from the "Léon Breviary" in his account of St Carantoc. After reviewing all the evidence he could find he concluded that Carantoc had been the leader of a band of Welsh missionaries who came to the Crantock district to evangelize it; Cubert was among his followers, and after their work in Cornwall was done they went on to Brittany where a district around Léon has place-names and dedications related to these missionary saints. St Cubert's holy well is in a cave accessible only at low tide towards the north end of Holywell Bay.
The hamlets of Tresean
Tresean is a hamlet north of Cubert, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. it is separated from Cubert churchtown by Treveal
Treveal is a farm in the parish of Zennor, Cornwall, UK.
Treveal is also a hamlet in the parish of Cubert (Cornwall), be ...
, Treveal
Treveal is a farm in the parish of Zennor, Cornwall, UK.
Treveal is also a hamlet in the parish of Cubert (Cornwall), between Cubert churchtown and Tresean, where the spelling has recently changed to Trevail to reflect the pronunciation. The Cu ...
, Trevemper, Treworgans and Ellenglaze
Ellenglaze ( kw, Elynglas) is a hamlet near the village of Cubert north of Perranporth in Cornwall, England. It lies close to the edge of Penhale Sands (dunes).
History
The manor of Ellenglaze is recorded in the Domesday Book
Domesday B ...
are in the parish.
History and antiquities
The village has been without its prefix 'St' since the 16th/17th century when it was abandoned at the same time as the churchwardens whitewashed over the figure of St Cubert dressed as an abbot
Abbot is an ecclesiastical title given to the male head of a monastery in various Western religious traditions, including Christianity. The office may also be given as an honorary title to a clergyman who is not the head of a monastery. The fem ...
on the inside wall of the church. On early maps it often appears as St Kibberd—possibly indicating what the visiting cartographer heard when a local inhabitant was asked the name of the village.
To the west of the village, halfway between the village and the coast, is the medieval holy well
A holy well or sacred spring is a well, spring or small pool of water revered either in a Christian or pagan context, sometimes both. The water of holy wells is often thought to have healing qualities, through the numinous presence of its gua ...
dedicated to St Cubert, from which the coastal bay takes its name. At the north end of the beach, only accessible two hours before and after low-tide, is a natural well in the rock that 19th century romanticists
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like to think was the origin of the name Holywell
Holywell may refer to:
* Holywell, Flintshire, Wales
* Holywell, Swords, Ireland
* Holywell, Bedfordshire, England
* Holywell, Cambridgeshire, England
* Holywell, Cornwall, England
* Holywell, Dorset, England
* Holywell, Eastbourne, East Susse ...
.
A mile to the east of the village near the Newquay crossroads, where the four parishes of St Cubert, Crantock
Crantock ( kw, Lanngorrow) is a coastal civil parish and a village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The village is approximately two miles (3 km) southwest of Newquay.
Crantock dates back to 460 AD when a group of Irish hermits founded an o ...
, St Newlyn East and Perranzabuloe
Perranzabuloe (; kw, Pyran yn Treth) is a coastal civil parish and a hamlet in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Perranzabuloe parish is bordered to the west by the Atlantic coast and St Agnes parish, to the north by Cubert parish, to the eas ...
meet, was the chapel of St Nectan
Saint Nectan, sometimes styled Saint Nectan of Hartland, was a 5th-century holy man who lived in Stoke, Hartland, in the nowadays English, and at the time brythonic-speaking county of Devon, where the prominent St Nectan's Church, Hartland is d ...
(the foundations of which were uncovered when the road was widened and straightened in 1970), where on certain feasts during the year the relics of the Patron Saints of the four parishes were carried in procession for their veneration by the faithful.
An inscribed stone, dated from the sixth to eighth centuries, was found imbedded in the walls of the fifteenth-century church. It bears the name of "Cenet us, son of Tege omalus".
A Cornish cross
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stands against the wall of the north transept of the church. The small cross head was brought to the churchyard about 1860 from Ellenglaze Lane and mounted on a shaft brought from outside the churchyard.[Langdon, A. G. (1896) ''Old Cornish Crosses''. Truro: Joseph Pollard; p. 96]
Gallery
File:Cubert Church and War Memorial - geograph.org.uk - 1013761.jpg, Cubert Church and War Memorial
File:Lych gate at Cubert Church - geograph.org.uk - 1013769.jpg, Lych gate at Cubert Church
File:Cubert School - geograph.org.uk - 1013720.jpg, Cubert School
File:Cubert Post Office - geograph.org.uk - 904440.jpg, Cubert Post Office
References
External links
Cubert Well, Cornwall
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Villages in Cornwall
Civil parishes in Cornwall