Gwinear-Gwithian is a
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CornwallCornwall is a county of England in the United Kingdom, forming the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain. It is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Taken with the...
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United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
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GwinearFor the village of Gwinear and the civil parish of Gwinear-Gwithian, see Gwinear-GwithianGwinear was a saint of the early Celtic period, one of only two early Cornish saints whose biographies survived the Reformation...
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ReawlaA small village in Penwith district, Cornwall, England , it is believed the family name 'Rule' came from here....
, Rosewarne,
Connor DownsConnor Downs is a settlement in Cornwall, England, UK situated between the towns of Hayle and Camborne. It has a primary school, the Connor Downs Primary School, for children ages 5-11, a pub, and a garage combined with a fish and chip shop....
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GwithianGwithian is a village in the parish of Gwinear-Gwithian, located in Cornwall, UK. It is located to the east side of St Ives Bay.
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Gwinear is situated on a hill with impressive views from the northern end of the village down through the Angarrack valley. There are a couple of local shops, including a post office, and also a local pub, the Royal Standard. Gwithian was also the former administrative centre of the
Penwith HundredThe hundred of Penwith was the name of one of ten ancient administrative shires of Cornwall, England. The ancient hundred of Penwith was bigger in size than the local government district of Penwith which takes its name....
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For the purposes of local government Gwinear-Gwithian is a parish council and elects councillors every four years.
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Shown within UK and PenwithPenwith was a local government district in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, whose council was based in Penzance. The district covered all of the Penwith peninsula, the toe-like promontory of land at the western end of Cornwall and which included an area of land to the east that fell outside the...
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445 (with Upton Towans)http://www.penwith.gov.uk/media/adobe/9/s/parish%20population.PDFPenwith District 2000 estimate |
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Gwinear For the village of Gwinear and the civil parish of Gwinear-Gwithian, see Gwinear-GwithianGwinear was a saint of the early Celtic period, one of only two early Cornish saints whose biographies survived the Reformation...
, ReawlaA small village in Penwith district, Cornwall, England , it is believed the family name 'Rule' came from here....
, Rosewarne, Connor DownsConnor Downs is a settlement in Cornwall, England, UK situated between the towns of Hayle and Camborne. It has a primary school, the Connor Downs Primary School, for children ages 5-11, a pub, and a garage combined with a fish and chip shop....
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CornwallCornwall is a county of England in the United Kingdom, forming the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain. It is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Taken with the...
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Gwinear-Gwithian is a
civil parishIn England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and in some places the lowest tier of local government, below districts and counties. A civil parish can alternatively be known as a town, village, neighbourhood or community by resolution of its parish council; and in a limited number of...
in
CornwallCornwall is a county of England in the United Kingdom, forming the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain. It is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic Ocean, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Taken with the...
,
United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe. It is an island country, spanning an archipelago including Great Britain, the northeastern part of Ireland, and many small islands...
. It includes the villages of
GwinearFor the village of Gwinear and the civil parish of Gwinear-Gwithian, see Gwinear-GwithianGwinear was a saint of the early Celtic period, one of only two early Cornish saints whose biographies survived the Reformation...
,
ReawlaA small village in Penwith district, Cornwall, England , it is believed the family name 'Rule' came from here....
, Rosewarne,
Connor DownsConnor Downs is a settlement in Cornwall, England, UK situated between the towns of Hayle and Camborne. It has a primary school, the Connor Downs Primary School, for children ages 5-11, a pub, and a garage combined with a fish and chip shop....
, and
GwithianGwithian is a village in the parish of Gwinear-Gwithian, located in Cornwall, UK. It is located to the east side of St Ives Bay.
-Churches:...
.
Gwinear is situated on a hill with impressive views from the northern end of the village down through the Angarrack valley. There are a couple of local shops, including a post office, and also a local pub, the Royal Standard. Gwithian was also the former administrative centre of the
Penwith HundredThe hundred of Penwith was the name of one of ten ancient administrative shires of Cornwall, England. The ancient hundred of Penwith was bigger in size than the local government district of Penwith which takes its name....
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Local government
For the purposes of local government Gwinear-Gwithian is a parish council and elects councillors every four years. The principal local authority in the area is Cornwall Council.
Notable buildings in Gwinear
The parish church of St Gwinear is of the 13th and 14th centuries (tower mid 15th century, built of granite in three stages). There are three aisles: the south aisle which is shorter than the nave, an inner north aisle, and further north the Arundell Aisle. Lanyon Farm and Polkinghorne Farm (both less than a mile from Gwinear Road Station) are both of the 17th century.
External links
- http://www.westcountrygenealogy.com/cornwall/gwinear/
- http://www.hayle.co.uk