Feock ( ; ) is a coastal

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and village in

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, England, United Kingdom. It is about south of

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at the head of Carrick Roads on the

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. To the south, the parish is bordered by Restronguet Creek and to the east by Carrick Roads and the River Fal. To the north, it is bordered by

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parish and to the west by Perranarworthal parish. Feock parish includes the villages of

Carnon Downs Carnon Downs () is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about three miles southwest of Truro on the A39 road (England), A39 Truro to Falmouth road.Ordnance Survey ''One-inch Map of Great Britain; Truro and Falmouth, sheet 190' ...

, Chycoose,

Devoran Devoran () is a village in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is southwest of Truro at .Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 ''Truro & Falmouth'' Formerly an ecclesiastical parish, Devoran is now in the civil parish of Feock, ...

, Goon Piper, Harcourt, Killiganoon, Penelewey, Penpol, Porthgwidden, Restronguet Point, Trevilla, and Trelissick. The electoral ward is called Feock and Kea. At the 2011 census it had a population of 4,511 whereas the civil parish including Bissom has a population of 3,708 only. The garden of the Trelissick Estate is a

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property. The King Harry Ferry takes cars across the Fal to Philleigh and the Roseland Peninsula. Feock lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation. The Duchy Grammar School was built as a house named Tregye in 1809 for William Penrose; in the late 19th century it was extended and remodeled. A 20th-century extension obscures the original entrance.

Parish church

The Parish Church is dedicated to Saint Feoca, about whom very little is known. Although the saint is usually assumed to have been female, Hals described a stained glass window in the church with St Feock portrayed as a man. The church has a 13th-century tower and font, the remainder being 19th-century. As late as 1640, according to Hals, the sacrament was administered by the Reverend William Jackson in Cornish as the people understood no other language. Feock feast was observed on 2 February. There are two Cornish crosses in the parish: one is in the churchyard and the other at Trelissick. The cross in the churchyard probably dates from the 13th century (it has a crude crucifixus figure on one side of the head and a foliated cross on the other). The cross at Trelissick was moved from Tredrea in the parish of

St Erth St Erth () is a civil parishes in England, civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. St Erth takes its name from Saint Erc, one of the many Irish saints who brought Christianity to Cornwall during the Sub-Roman Britain, Da ...

in the 1840s; it has a crude crucifixus figure on the front of the head but the back is defaced. It had been found in a field called "Parc an Grouse".

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, Victorian

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and plant hunter is buried in Devoran churchyard. Trelissick Garden has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1955 when it was donated by

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following the death of her son Geoffrey; Mrs. Copeland donated a stained glass memorial window (bearing the Copeland coat of arms) to the parish church of Feock.

Cornish wrestling

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tournaments, for prizes were held at Feock Downs in the 1800s.Royal Cornwall Gazette, 11 June 1808.

Twinning

Feock is twinned with: * Hôpital-Camfrout (An Ospital) a Breton village in Finistère,

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, France.

Gallery

File:FeockChurchBell-tower.jpg, Separate Bell-tower at Feock Church File:FeockChurchWindow.jpg, Window representing the Resurrection, at Feock Church File:Penpol Chapel.jpg, Penpol Methodist Chapel File:The Old Post Office, Feock - geograph.org.uk - 148695.jpg, The Old Post Office, Feock

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