Sennen
Sennen
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 Sennen parish church | |
  Sennen Location within Cornwall | |
| Population | 921 (2011) |
| OS grid reference | SW358256 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Penzance |
| Postcode district | TR19 |
| Dialling code | 01736 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
Sennen (Cornish: Sen Senan or Sen Senana) is a coastal
Sennen parish is bounded by the sea to the west and bordered by the parishes of St Just to the north, St Buryan to the east, St Levan to the south.[2] The Longships, a group of rocky islets situated off Lands End, are also within the parish.[2] The main settlements are Churchtown, Trevescan, Carn Towan, Sennen Cove and Land's End.
For the purposes of local government Sennen elects a parish council every four years. The main local authority is Cornwall Council.
Geography
Sennen parish is situated at the western tip of the
The parish consists of 2,284 acres (9 km2) of land, 6 acres (24,000 m2) of water and 64 acres (260,000 m2) of foreshore. The population was 829 at the 2001 census.[3]
The church town, Sennen, is the most westerly village in mainland England and is 315 miles (507 km) west-southwest of London. Below the village is the harbour settlement of Sennen Cove.
Church
Sennen parish church is dedicated to St Sinninus but has also been dedicated to St
There are five Cornish crosses in the parish. One is at Escalls and another at Sennen Green. Trevilley cross is one of only two crosses with a crucifixus figure on a cross carved onto the stone (there is a cross on the other side of the head). A cross on the churchyard wall came from a site near the Giant's Stone. A fine cross in the cemetery adjoining the churchyard was found in use as a footbridge near Trevear and moved to the churchyard in 1878. About 1890 it was moved to its present position.[5]
Old customs
On the
Notable residents
- William John Hocking of the Royal Mint
Gallery
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The Longships lighthouse and neighbouring islets are in Sennen parish -
Whitesand Bay is in Sennen parish -
Sennen Methodist Chapel
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7
- ^ a b "Cornwall Council interactive mapping". Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 1 May 2010. Cornwall Council online mapping. Retrieved June 2010
- ^ a b c [1] GENUKI website; Sennen. Retrieved June 2010
- ^ "The Annual Excursion. 4th August, 1893". Report and Transactions of the Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society: 82–87. 1893–94.
- ^ Langdon, A. G. (1896) Old Cornish Crosses. Truro: Joseph Pollard; pp. 39, 289-90, 92-93, 105 & 107-08
- ^ Rundle, S. (1884) "Cornubiana". In Transactions of the Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society. pp. 347-358 at 350.
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