St Mewan
St Mewan
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Location within Cornwall | |
Population | 3,210 (United Kingdom Census 2011 including Hewas Water ) |
OS grid reference | SW998517 |
Civil parish |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | ST. AUSTELL |
Postcode district | PL26 |
Dialling code | 01726 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Cornwall |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
St Mewan (
The village is approximately one mile (1.6 km) west of
Parish church
The church is dedicated to Saint
Education
St Mewan Community Primary School
St Mewan Beacon
This natural landmark lies some distance from the village, to the north-west of Trewoon. It is a tor exposure of quartz-topaz-tourmaline rocks that has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) for its geological characteristics.[11] St Mewan Beacon was studied by Cornish mining engineer and mineralogist Joseph Henry Collins who published an account of it in 1914.[12][13]
Cornish wrestling
Jeffries from St Mewan was Cornish wrestling champion of America.[14]
References
- ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 February 2009. Retrieved 8 September 2016.
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- ^ "Parish of St Mewan". Homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ N. Pevsner, Cornwall, 2nd ed. p.191. Penguin Books (1970)
- ^ [1] Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ W. Penaluna, An Historical survey of the County of Cornwall vol.2, p.93 (1838)
- ^ "St Mewan Community Primary School". St-mewan.cornwall.sch.uk. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ "Schools designed by Silvanus Trevail". Luxsoft.demon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 20 October 2014. Retrieved 13 October 2014.
- ^ [2] [dead link]
- ^ "St Mewan Beacon" (PDF). Natural England. 1993. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2011.
- ^ J. H. Collins & F. Coon, "On the topaz rock of St Mewan Beacon, Cornwall", Transactions of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall; Vol. XV, 43-54 (1914)
- ^ [3] Archived July 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Fine exposition of Cornish wrestling, Cornishman, 23 June 1904, p5.