Mabe (variant: ''La Vabe'', kw, Lannvab) is a village and

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, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated one mile (1.6 km) west of Penryn. Mabe parish is bounded by

Stithians Stithians ( kw, Stedhyans), also known as St Stythians, is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies in the middle of the triangle bounded by Redruth, Helston and Falmouth, Cornwall, ...

and

Ponsanooth Ponsanooth ( kw, Pons an Woodh, meaning "bridge at the stream") is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about four miles southeast of Redruth and two and a half miles northwest of Penryn on the A393 road Redruth ...

to the north, Budock to the east,

Mawnan Mawnan ( kw, Maunan, meaning ''St Maunan'') is a village and civil parish in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is in the former administrative district of Kerrier and is bounded to the south by the Helford River, to the east by the s ...

and

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to the south and

Wendron Wendron ( kw, Egloswendron (village), Pluw Wendron (parish); historically St. Wendron) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, to the north of Helston. The parish population at the 2011 census was 2,743. The electora ...

to the west. Mabe parish is twinned with the Breton town of

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. Mabe parish population was 2,083 at the 2011 census, whereas the ward population covering a larger area was 5,802 The parish lies at the eastern edge of the

Carnmenellis Carnmenellis Hill (or just Carnmenellis) gives its name to the area of west Cornwall in England, between Redruth, Helston and Penryn. The hill itself is situated approximately three miles (5 km) south of Redruth.Ordnance Survey: Landrang ...

Granite intrusion. It is surrounded by several working and closed quarries. The Argal and College reservoirs lie to the south of the village. The settlement of Mabe Burnthouse is situated on a hill overlooking Penryn and to the southwest is the location of the parish church, the

Church of Saint Laud The Church of Saint Laudus (variant: Mabe Church) is an active parish church in Mabe, Cornwall, England, UK, originally built in the 15th century and dedicated to the sixth-century Saint Laudus of Coutances. It is part of the Church of Englan ...

, which is dedicated to Saint Laudus,

Bishop of Coutances The Roman Catholic Diocese of Coutances (–Avranches) (Latin: ''Dioecesis Constantiensis (–Abrincensis)''; French: ''Diocèse de Coutances (–Avranches)'') is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in France. Its mother church is the Cathe ...

History

Mabe was located in the Deanery of Carnmarth and belonged to the

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Kerrier Kerrier ( kw, Keryer) was a local government district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It was the most southerly district in the United Kingdom, other than the Isles of Scilly. Its council was based in Camborne (). Other towns in the distr ...

. Its population was approximately 512 in 1837. In addition to the chapel, there was an

almshouse An almshouse (also known as a bede-house, poorhouse, or hospital) was charitable housing provided to people in a particular community, especially during the medieval era. They were often targeted at the poor of a locality, at those from certain ...

. There are granite quarries at Carnsew which belonged to the firm of Freeman & Macleod. As of 1972 the Trolvis quarry was still working.

Culture and community

A Community Primary School with 119 pupils serves the area. Near the Antron Hill cross-roads, there is a pub, "The New Inn" and a Post Office General Stores. Mabe Ladies Choir was founded in 1931 by Edgar S. Kessell MBE and continues to this day.

Parish church

Mabe Churchyard, reworked Celtic cross (DSCN0511)

The 15th century tower and porch survived a lightning strike. The remainder of the church was re-built from 1866, under the direction of Piers St. Aubyn. Henderson, Charles (1930) ''Mabe Church and Parish''. Long Compton: The King's Stone Press In the churchyard, there is an ancient

menhir A menhir (from Brittonic languages: ''maen'' or ''men'', "stone" and ''hir'' or ''hîr'', "long"), standing stone, orthostat, or lith is a large human-made upright stone, typically dating from the European middle Bronze Age. They can be foun ...

and a Celtic cross. The latter was found in the vicarage garden and installed near the porch, at some time between 1919 and 1930. There is another cross at Helland, a farm where there was a garden formerly the site of an ancient chapel.Langdon, A. G. (1896) ''Old Cornish Crosses''. Truro: Joseph Pollard; pp. 323-24

Notable residents

Sam Toy Sam Toy (21 August 1923 – 24 March 2008) was a British industrialist who was chair of Ford Motor Company UK from 1980 until 1986. He presided over Ford at a time it faced competition from British Leyland, and saw Ford make their last Cortin ...

, former chairman of

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was born here, as was

Roger Hosen Roger Wills Hosen (12 June 1933 – 9 April 2005) was an English rugby union player and cricketer. Early life He was born in Mabe and he first played rugby for Penryn while still at Falmouth Grammar School. He was an all round sportsman, who ...

, the Cornwall and England rugby player.

Thomas Tregosse Rev. Thomas Tregosse (alternate spellings: Tregrosse, Tregoss, Tregoose) (c. 17th century, St Ives, England - c. 1670-71, Penryn, England) of Cornwall was a Puritan minister and vicar of the Rebellion period who was silenced for being a Nonc ...

, Puritan minister, sometime Vicar of Mylor and Mabe, was ejected from his benefices for his religious views.

Gallery

Image:DSCN0723NewInnMabe.JPG, The New Inn at the crossroads, Mabe Burnthouse Image:DSCN0727Mabe Church from Treverva.JPG, Mabe Church from Treverva Image:DSCN0519View-across-Argal.JPG, View across the Argal Reservoir Image:DSCN0521View-of-Lamanva.JPG, View of Lamanva from Mabe churchyard

External links

Mabe Parish Council Website

References

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