Cornwall Coast Path, Mawnan (17050749880)

Mawnan ( kw, Maunan, meaning ''St Maunan'') is a village and

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 authorit ...

in south

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, England, United Kingdom. It is in the former administrative district of

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 ...

and is bounded to the south by the

Helford River The Helford River ( kw, Dowr Mahonyer) is a ria (flooded river valley) in Cornwall, England, fed by small streams into its many creeks. There are seven creeks on the Helford; from west to east these are Ponsontuel Creek, Mawgan Creek, Polpenwit ...

, to the east by the sea, and to the west by Constantine parish. The population was 1,454 in the 2001 census, rising slightly to 1,476 at the 2011 census. The church town of the parish is Mawnan Church, also known simply as Mawnan, and the only large village in the parish is

Mawnan Smith Mawnan Smith ( kw, Mownan an Gov) is a village in the civil parish of Mawnan in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately three miles south of Falmouth. In 2019 it had an estimated population of 1020. The parish ch ...

, approximately three miles south of Falmouth.

Geography

The parish is entirely rural and, as well as Mawnan Smith, includes the hamlets of

Carlidnack Carlidnack (or Carlinack) is a hamlet in the parish of Mawnan, Cornwall, England. Carlidnack lies south-west of Falmouth on a road leading north-east from Mawnan Smith and at around above sea level. There is evidence of an ancient settlement ...

, Bareppa, Penwarne,

Helford Passage Helford Passage ( kw, Treth Heyl, meaning ''Estuary Beach'') is a village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the north bank of the Helford River opposite Helford approximately five miles (8 km) south-southwest of ...

Maenporth Maenporth ( kw, Meyn Borth, meaning ''stones cove'') is a cove and beach in west Cornwall, England. It is situated approximately two miles (3 km) south-southwest of Falmouth on the estuary of the River Fal. Maenporth cove faces east acros ...

and

Durgan Durgan ( kw, Dowrgeun, meaning ''otters'') is a hamlet in the parish of Mawnan, south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is beside the Helford River four miles (6 km) south of Falmouth. The hamlet consists of seventeen properties, ma ...

. The parish also contains several Victorian gardens, now open to the public:

Glendurgan Glendurgan Garden ( kw, Glynn Dowrgeun, meaning ''deep valley of otters'') is a National Trust garden situated above the hamlet of Durgan on the Helford River and near Mawnan Smith, in the civil parish of Mawnan, Cornwall, England, United ...

Trebah Trebah ( kw, Tre Worabo, meaning ''Gorabo's farm'') is a sub-tropical garden situated in Cornwall, England, UK, near Glendurgan Garden and above the Helford River (). Part of the parish of Mawnan, the gardens are set within an area of the sa ...

, Carwinion, and Penjerrick. The coastline and cliffs south-east of the church town from Toll Point to Rosemullion Head forms the Rosemullion SSSI (

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), noted for its

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and

biological Biology is the scientific study of life. It is a natural science with a broad scope but has several unifying themes that tie it together as a single, coherent field. For instance, all organisms are made up of cells that process hereditary in ...

interest. Marine species found here include '' Mytilus''

mussel Mussel () is the common name used for members of several families of bivalve molluscs, from saltwater and freshwater habitats. These groups have in common a shell whose outline is elongated and asymmetrical compared with other edible clams, which ...

s, various

seaweed Seaweed, or macroalgae, refers to thousands of species of macroscopic, multicellular, marine algae. The term includes some types of '' Rhodophyta'' (red), ''Phaeophyta'' (brown) and '' Chlorophyta'' (green) macroalgae. Seaweed species such as ...

s and

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, such as ''

Botryllus schlosseri ''Botryllus schlosseri'' is a colonial ascidian tunicate. It is commonly known as the star tunicate, but it also has several other common names, including star ascidian and golden star tunicate. Colonies grow on slow-moving, submerged objects, ...

''. Mawnan lies within the

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(AONB) and the

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follows the coast of the parish.

Etymology

It is suggested that Mawnan takes its name from a 6th-century Saint Maunanus, who was probably a Breton monk who landed here about AD 520.

Churches

There are two Anglican churches: the 13th century parish church, the Church of St Mawnan and St Stephen in Mawnan Church and the 19th century Church of St Michael in Mawnan Smith village. The land for St Michael's Church was given by the Rogers family of Carwinion and the building was completed in 1874. John Rogers was rector here from 1807 to 1838. The village of Mawnan Smith also has a

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. There is a

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dedicated to St

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in Old Church Road, which was completed in 1965.

Notable houses and gardens

Notable country houses in the parish include Bosloe, Bosveal, Carwinion, Penwarne, Nansidwell (c. 1905 by

Leonard Stokes Leonard Aloysius Scott Stokes (1858 – 25 December 1925) was an English architect and artist. Leonard Stokes was born in Southport (then in Lancashire) in 1858 the son of Scott Nasmyth Stokes, a school inspector. He trained in London and tra ...

), Heyle and Bareppa. At

and

are fine 19th-century houses developed by the Fox family of Falmouth.Peter Beacham; Nikolaus Pevsner (2014). ''Cornwall''. Yale University Press. p. 347.

References

External links

Mawnan Parish website

Mawnan Smith Community website

Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for Mawnan
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