Gwinear–Gwithian ( kw, Sen Gwynnyer–Sen Goedhyan) is a coastal

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authority ...

in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It includes the villages of Connor Downs, Gwinear,

Gwithian Gwithian ( kw, Godhyan) is a coastal village in west Cornwall, England. It is three miles (5 km) north-east of Hayle and four miles (6.5 km) east of St Ives, Cornwall across St Ives Bay. Gwithian is in the civil parish of Gwinear-Gwi ...

Reawla Reawla ( kw, Riwella) is a hamlet in Penwith district ( kw, Pennwydh) in Cornwall. It is in the civil parish of Gwinear-Gwithian. The name ''Reawla'' comes from the Cornish language Cornish (Standard Written Form: or ) , is a Southwester ...

and

Rosewarne Rosewarne ( kw, Roswern) is a hamlet in west Cornwall, England, in the parish of Gwinear-Gwithian, near Reawla Reawla ( kw, Riwella) is a hamlet in Penwith district ( kw, Pennwydh) in Cornwall. It is in the civil parish of Gwinear-Gwithia ...

. The parish is situated approximately two miles (3 km) east of Hayle two miles (3 km) west of

Camborne Camborne ( kw, Kammbronn) is a town in Cornwall, England. The population at the 2011 Census was 20,845. The northern edge of the parish includes a section of the South West Coast Path, Hell's Mouth and Deadman's Cove. Camborne was formerl ...

. For the purposes of local government Gwinear–Gwithian has a parish council and elects councillors every four years. The principal local authority is Cornwall Council. The population of the parish was 3032 in the 2001 census. This included Fraddam and increased to 3,261 at the 2011 census. An electoral ward also exists with St. Erth added to the name. The population here in 2011 was 4,642.

Notable buildings in Gwinear

The parish church of St Gwinear is a

Grade I listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

building. It dates from the 13th and 14th centuries, the tower being mid-fifteenth century, built in three stages out of granite stone. There are three aisles: the south aisle which is shorter than the nave, an inner north aisle, and further north the Arundell Aisle. The chancel was restored in 1870 and further restoration occurred between 1878 and 1879. The aisle and roofs were restored, with the four new roofs costing £689. A new window was added at the west end of the south aisle. The chancel screen was repaired and re-erected in its original position, enclosing the western bay of the chancel. New seating of pitch pine was provided. The church was reopened on 25 November 1879 and the new ring of bells were rung for the first time two months later. Lanyon Farm and Polkinghorne Farm (both less than a mile from Gwinear Road Station) are both of the 17th century.

Language

Gwinear was surveyed for the Survey of English Dialects.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gwinear-Gwithian Civil parishes in Cornwall Populated coastal places in Cornwall