Forrabury and Minster

Coordinates: 50°41′02″N 4°41′31″W / 50.684°N 4.692°W / 50.684; -4.692
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Forrabury and Minster
Cornwall
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°41′02″N 4°41′31″W / 50.684°N 4.692°W / 50.684; -4.692

Forrabury and Minster is a

civil parish on the north coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.[1] The parish was originally divided between the coastal parish of Forrabury and inland parish of Minster until they were united on the 1st of April 1919.[2][3]

The parish was in the Registration District of Camelford. It is bounded to the north by the

Atlantic; to the east by the parishes of St Juliot, Lesnewth and Davidstow; to the south by Camelford parish (ecclesiastical parish of Lanteglos by Camelford); and to the west by Trevalga parish. The population of Forrabury and Minster parish in the 2001 census was 888, which decreased slightly to 838 at the 2011 census.[4]

Forrabury Parish Church

Settlements and churches

Main article: Forrabury and Minster parish churches
Minster Church

Boscastle is the principal settlement in the parish of Forrabury and Minster. It is 14 miles (23 kilometres) south of Bude and 5 miles (8.0 kilometres) north-east of Tintagel. Forrabury parish church, dedicated to St Symphorian, is in Boscastle at grid reference SX 095 908.

However, the mother church of Boscastle is dedicated to St Materiana and nestles among the trees of Minster Wood in the valley of the

flood of August 2004 and in the following year archaeological work was done at the church to obtain a clearer idea of the history of the building.[6]

Notable buildings and antiquities

The cross on Waterpit Down (fig. 43) illustrated in The Victoria History of the County of Cornwall (1906)

Minster church was built in Norman times (some late medieval additions and

Camelford railway station (now occupied by the British Cycling Museum) was built in 1893 and was closed in 1966. (Though named after nearby Camelford
it was in Minster parish.)

Views in Forrabury and Minster

  • Forrabury and Minster: old lime kiln, Boscastle
    Forrabury and Minster: old lime kiln, Boscastle
  • Forrabury and Minster: Coastwatch station, Willapark
    Forrabury and Minster: Coastwatch station, Willapark
  • Forrabury and Minster: Boscastle pier
    Forrabury and Minster: Boscastle pier
  • Forrabury and Minster: Boscastle Old Mill or Bridge Mill
    Forrabury and Minster: Boscastle Old Mill or Bridge Mill

Bibliography

  • Maclean, Sir John, The Parochial and Family History of the Parishes of Forrabury and Minster in the County of Cornwall, 1873 (part of MacLean's Parochial and Family History of ... Trigg Minor)
  • Armstrong, W. J. C., A Rambler's Guide to Boscastle; Together with St Juliot, Lesnewth [and] Trevalga; 2nd ed., 1931, privately printed at Boscastle

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-319-23145-6
  2. Vision of Britain
    . Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Camelford Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
  4. ^ "Parish population 2011 census". Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  5. ^ Burnard, William, History of Boscastle and Trevalga, Australia, 2007, p.53
  6. ^ Allan, John (2008) After the Flood: building recording at Minster Church, Boscastle, in 2005, in: Cornish Archaeology; 43-44 (2004-05), pp. 145-158
  7. ^ "Minster Church". Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 19 March 2009.
  8. ISBN 0-14-071001-9
    .

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