Warbstow ( kw, Lannwarburgh) is a village and

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, England, United Kingdom. The parish has a population of 439 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 520 at the 2011 census. The parish is one of the few left in England to still have an

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. The main body of the parish includes the villages of Warbstow, Warbstow Cross and

Trelash Trelash is a hamlet in the civil parish of Warbstow, Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a Historic counties of England, historic county and Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one ...

and a number of hamlets, whereas the exclave (from which the main part is separated by about 150m) includes the hamlet of

Canworthy Water Canworthy Water ( kw, Boskarn) is a settlement in northeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated beside the River Ottery at approximately seven miles (11 km) northeast of Camelford.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 190 ''B ...

. Both the neighbouring parish of Treneglos and Warbstow belonged in the 12th century to the Lords of Cardinham who donated them to the priory of

Tywardreath Tywardreath (; kw, Ti War Dreth, meaning "House on the Beach" (or Strand)) is a small hilltop village on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, about north west of Fowey. It is located in a sheltered spot overlooking a silted up ...

. Warbstow was then a chapelry to Treneglos and the two benefices were later united as a vicarage. According to Charles Henderson, writing in 1925, "The presence ... of St Werburga ... is not easily accounted for (though the parish is famous for geese which figure in her legend)". Higher and Lower Youlton Farms - geograph

Higher and Lower Youlton Farms - geograph

At Youlstone an

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bronze bowl was discovered in 1925. At Lower Youlton farm is a Cornish cross in use as a footbridge; it has undergone much wear from foot passengers and its original location is unknown.

Places of interest

The parish church of St Werburgh was originally

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, but largely rebuilt in the 15th century.

Warbstow Bury Warbstow Bury is an Iron Age hillfort about west of the village of Warbstow, in Cornwall, England. It is a scheduled monument. Location and description The site is above sea level, on a hill at the heads of two tributaries of the River Ottery. ...

is a large Iron Age

hillfort A hillfort is a type of earthwork used as a fortified refuge or defended settlement, located to exploit a rise in elevation for defensive advantage. They are typically European and of the Bronze Age or Iron Age. Some were used in the post-Roma ...

with massive ramparts. It was once the venue for an annual gathering of Methodists from the circuits of Camelford, Holsworthy (Devon) and Launceston who assembled here on

Whit Tuesday Whit Tuesday (syn. ''Whittuesday'', ''Whitsun Tuesday'') is the Christian holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost Monday, the third day of the week beginning on Pentecost. Pentecost is a movable feast in the Christian calendar dependent upon ...

for an open air service.Shaw, Thomas (1967) ''A History of Cornish Methodism''. Truro: Bradford Barton; p. 48

References

External links

Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for Warbstow
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