Gwithian
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Gwithian
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HAYLE |
Postcode district | TR27 |
Dialling code | 01736 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Cornwall |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Gwithian (
Gwithian has a pub, the Red River Inn, which was formerly named the Pendarves Arms. The pub takes its name from the nearby
History
Gwithian Towans cover the site of a Bronze Age farm which has been excavated although no remains are visible. The church and relics of St Gwithian or Gocianus, built in 490, were uncovered from the beach and dunes during the early part of the 19th century, but were then allowed to be reclaimed by the shifting sands. Gwithian is the patron saint of good fortune on the sea.[citation needed] Charles Henderson wrote in 1925 that the "oratory ... is more perfect than the Oratory at Perran, having been less meddled with, though it is probably not so ancient". According to H. O'Neill Hencken there is the "remains of church, possibly early, buried in sand".[5]
According to tradition there was in the sandy waste between the village and the sea a city of Connor. From Norman times there was a manor here called Connerton which was the paramount manor of the hundred of Penwith. The lords of the manor were bailiffs of the hundred and they held courts and enjoyed the rights of wreck for the coast between Porthtowan and Prussia Cove at least so late as 1580. The importance of this manor may have derived from it being the seat of a Celtic prince in early times.[6] The current church was established further inland in the 15th-century but only a few fragments of this building remain incorporated in the lychgate of Edmund Sedding's church of 1866 (the tower however is the original one of the 15th century.)
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There is a Cornish cross in the churchyard.[10]
Media
The local community radio station is Coast FM (formerly Penwith Radio), which broadcasts on 96.5 and 97.2 FM.[11]
Tourism
A short distance to the east of the village is Gwithian Towans (compare Welsh 'tywyn' meaning a sand-dune), which is an area of coastal duneland that forms part of
References
- ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
- ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7
- A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ^ "Relationships and changes Gwithian CP/Ch through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ^ Hencken, H. O. (1932) The Archaeology of Cornwall and Scilly. London: Methuen; p. 298 (citing Henderson Cornish Church Guide, 1925, p. 107; and PP. 261-2)
- ^ Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 107
- ^ Hundred; Vision of Britain
- ^ Thorn, Caroline & Frank, eds. (1979) Domesday Book. 10: Cornwall. Chichester: Phillimore; entry 1,13-14
- ^ "Gwithian, Cornwall. Freehold Lands, Dwelling-Houses, &c. For Sale". The Cornishman. No. 257. 14 June 1883. p. 1.
- ^ Langdon, A. G. (1896) Old Cornish Crosses. Truro: Joseph Pollard; pp. 168-69
- ^ "Volunteer run Penwith Radio to change its name to Coast FM". falmouthpacket.co.uk. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
External links
- Media related to Gwithian at Wikimedia Commons