St Mabyn
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St Mabyn is a civil parish and village in Cornwall
, England
, United Kingdom
. The village is situated three miles (5 km) east of Wadebridge
.
The parish is named after Saint Mabyn or Mabena, traditionally said to have been one of the 24 children of Brychan
, a Welsh
saint and King of Brycheiniog
in the 5th century. There are no other villages in the parish of St Mabyn, but there are many small manor houses, including Tregarden
, Tredethy, Helligan and Colquite, all built in the 16th and 17th centuries. The area of the parish is 4101 acres (16.6 km²).
The village is centred on the Grade I listed 15th century St Mabyn Parish Church
. Village amenities include a well stocked independent village store housing an ATM
cashpoint and post office, a public house, a primary school, St.Mabyn C of E Primary School a playgroup, a scout group, a village hall, a tug o' war team, a garden club, and a Young Farmers
' group. There is a King George's Field in memorial to King George V
and a village green.
The village is surrounded by high quality, undulating farmland. The Allen valley to the north west contains a number of Cornish Nature Conservation Sites. Land to the south-east is designated as an open area of local significance. Four trees in the village are subject to preservation orders.
There was post-war development of local authority housing along Chapel Lane and Wadebridge Road. In the 1980s private housing schemes at Mabena Close and Meadow Court were completed and there was further ribbon development growth along Station Road.
The village has no connection to main sewerage and relies on septic tank
drainage.
The population in 2001 was 560 persons, exactly the same as in 1811, having declined from 595 in 1991
In 2004 the proportion of dwellings that were second homes or holiday accommodation reached 10.8% and in 2007 it was 12.3%.
or Castle Killibury. Radiocarbon dating gives a date of occupation between 400 and 100 BC.
The parish was part of the ancient hundred
of Triggshire
. In the Domesday book
of 1087 this district was taxed under the jurisdiction of Treu-es-coit (translated as "town of the wood", now called Trevisquite). The inquisition of the Bishop of Lincoln
and bishop of Winchester
in 1294 gave the Cornish benefice "Ecclesia de Maben in decanatu de Trig Minorshire" a rateable value of £8. In Cardinal
Thomas Wolsey's inquisition of 1521 it is rated at £36.
Sir Richard Serjeaux of Colquite in St Mabyn became High Sheriff of Cornwall
in 1389. Below Colquite House is the ruin of a manor house possibly of the late 15th century which may have been a first-floor hall-house.
, a Member of Parliament and High Sheriff of Cornwall, was born in the parish.
There used to be a United Methodist Free Church chapel, it was built with funding from Richard Hambly Andrew of Tredinnick in 1820 during the incumbency of Mr Leveson-Gower and is now a private house.
St Mabyn's standing stone was broken up for gateposts in 1850 and the stump re-located to the crossroads at Longstone
.
The main land owners in 1875, apart from the church, were The Viscount Falmouth
, the Trustees of the late Sir William Molesworth, John Tremayne from Heligan
, the heirs of the late John Peter-Hoblyn, Francis John Hext and Mrs. Hooper and Richard Hambly Andrew.
At Bodmin is an ornate granite drinking bowl which serves the needs of thirsty dogs at the entrance to Bodmin’s Priory car park which was donated by Prince Chula Chakrabongse
of Thailand who lived at Tredethy.
There was an annual fair held on February 14.
Cornwall
Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...
, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. The village is situated three miles (5 km) east of Wadebridge
Wadebridge
Wadebridge is a civil parish and town in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town straddles the River Camel five miles upstream from Padstow....
.
The parish is named after Saint Mabyn or Mabena, traditionally said to have been one of the 24 children of Brychan
Brychan
Brychan Brycheiniog was a legendary 5th-century king of Brycheiniog in South Wales.-Life:Celtic hagiography tells us that Brychan was born in Ireland, the son of a Prince Anlach, son of Coronac, and his wife, Marchel, heiress of the Welsh kingdom of Garthmadrun , which the couple later inherited...
, a Welsh
Welsh people
The Welsh people are an ethnic group and nation associated with Wales and the Welsh language.John Davies argues that the origin of the "Welsh nation" can be traced to the late 4th and early 5th centuries, following the Roman departure from Britain, although Brythonic Celtic languages seem to have...
saint and King of Brycheiniog
Brycheiniog
Brycheiniog was a small independent petty kingdom in South Wales in the Early Middle Ages. It often acted as a buffer state between England to the east and the powerful south Welsh kingdom of Deheubarth to the west. It was conquered and pacified by the Normans between 1088 and 1095, though it...
in the 5th century. There are no other villages in the parish of St Mabyn, but there are many small manor houses, including Tregarden
Tregarden
Tregarden is a Grade II* listed large house built by the Barrett family in the late 16th century in the parish of St Mabyn, Cornwall.It is built to a traditional E shaped Elizabethan plan. The entrance archway is dated 1631, the date that William Godolphin married the Barrett heiress. The Hearth...
, Tredethy, Helligan and Colquite, all built in the 16th and 17th centuries. The area of the parish is 4101 acres (16.6 km²).
The village is centred on the Grade I listed 15th century St Mabyn Parish Church
St Mabyn Parish Church
St Mabyn Church is a late 15th-century Church of England parish church in St Mabyn, Cornwall, UK. The church is dedicated to Saint Mabyn or Mabena, who was regarded in local tradition as one of the many children of Brychan, a Welsh saint and King of Brycheiniog in the 5th century.-History:The...
. Village amenities include a well stocked independent village store housing an ATM
Automated teller machine
An automated teller machine or automatic teller machine, also known as a Cashpoint , cash machine or sometimes a hole in the wall in British English, is a computerised telecommunications device that provides the clients of a financial institution with access to financial transactions in a public...
cashpoint and post office, a public house, a primary school, St.Mabyn C of E Primary School a playgroup, a scout group, a village hall, a tug o' war team, a garden club, and a Young Farmers
National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs
The National Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs is the largest rural youth organisation of its kind, in the United Kingdom. The Federation covers various Young Farmers' Clubs throughout England and Wales, helping support young people in agriculture and the countryside...
' group. There is a King George's Field in memorial to King George V
George V of the United Kingdom
George V was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India, from 6 May 1910 through the First World War until his death in 1936....
and a village green.
The village is surrounded by high quality, undulating farmland. The Allen valley to the north west contains a number of Cornish Nature Conservation Sites. Land to the south-east is designated as an open area of local significance. Four trees in the village are subject to preservation orders.
There was post-war development of local authority housing along Chapel Lane and Wadebridge Road. In the 1980s private housing schemes at Mabena Close and Meadow Court were completed and there was further ribbon development growth along Station Road.
The village has no connection to main sewerage and relies on septic tank
Septic tank
A septic tank is a key component of the septic system, a small-scale sewage treatment system common in areas with no connection to main sewage pipes provided by local governments or private corporations...
drainage.
The population in 2001 was 560 persons, exactly the same as in 1811, having declined from 595 in 1991
In 2004 the proportion of dwellings that were second homes or holiday accommodation reached 10.8% and in 2007 it was 12.3%.
Parish Church
The church comprises a chancel and nave with north and south aisles. The arcades each comprise seven four-centred arches of granite, supported on monolith granite pillars with sculptured capitals of St Stephens porcelain stone. There is a south porch, a north door, and priest's door. The tower is 75 feet (22.9 m) high and has three stages. It has a parapet with pinnacles. The earliest recorded Priest-in-charge was Roger de Warlegan in 1267. The church is used regularly for services and weddings.History
The earliest signs of habitation are at the Iron Age hill fort of Kelly RoundsKelly Rounds
Kelly Rounds, or Castle Killibury is an Iron Age hill fort in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated beside the A39 trunk road approximately two miles east of Wadebridge....
or Castle Killibury. Radiocarbon dating gives a date of occupation between 400 and 100 BC.
The parish was part of the ancient hundred
Hundreds of Cornwall
Cornwall was from Anglo-Saxon times until the 19th century divided into hundreds, some with the suffix shire as in Pydarshire, East and West Wivelshire and Powdershire which were first recorded as names between 1184-1187. In the Cornish language the word for "hundred" is keverang and is the...
of Triggshire
Triggshire
The hundred of Trigg was one of ten ancient administrative shires of Cornwall--see "Hundreds of Cornwall".Trigg is mentioned by name during the 7th century, as "Pagus Tricurius", "land of three war hosts". It was to the north of Cornwall, and included Bodmin Moor, Bodmin and the district to the...
. In the Domesday book
Domesday Book
Domesday Book , now held at The National Archives, Kew, Richmond upon Thames in South West London, is the record of the great survey of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086...
of 1087 this district was taxed under the jurisdiction of Treu-es-coit (translated as "town of the wood", now called Trevisquite). The inquisition of the Bishop of Lincoln
Bishop of Lincoln
The Bishop of Lincoln is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln in the Province of Canterbury.The present diocese covers the county of Lincolnshire and the unitary authority areas of North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire. The Bishop's seat is located in the Cathedral...
and bishop of Winchester
Bishop of Winchester
The Bishop of Winchester is the head of the Church of England diocese of Winchester, with his cathedra at Winchester Cathedral in Hampshire.The bishop is one of five Church of England bishops to be among the Lords Spiritual regardless of their length of service. His diocese is one of the oldest and...
in 1294 gave the Cornish benefice "Ecclesia de Maben in decanatu de Trig Minorshire" a rateable value of £8. In Cardinal
Cardinal (Catholicism)
A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
Thomas Wolsey's inquisition of 1521 it is rated at £36.
Sir Richard Serjeaux of Colquite in St Mabyn became High Sheriff of Cornwall
High Sheriff of Cornwall
High Sheriffs of Cornwall: a chronological list:Note: The right to choose High Sheriffs each year is vested in the Duchy of Cornwall, rather than the Privy Council, chaired by the Sovereign, which chooses the Sheriffs of all other English counties, other than those in the Duchy of...
in 1389. Below Colquite House is the ruin of a manor house possibly of the late 15th century which may have been a first-floor hall-house.
Modern period
Nicholas KendallNicholas Kendall
Nicholas Kendall was born at St Mabyn, Cornwall. He was High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1847 and a Conservative Member of Parliament . In 1858 he was chairman of the River Thames Select Committee during The Great Stink...
, a Member of Parliament and High Sheriff of Cornwall, was born in the parish.
There used to be a United Methodist Free Church chapel, it was built with funding from Richard Hambly Andrew of Tredinnick in 1820 during the incumbency of Mr Leveson-Gower and is now a private house.
St Mabyn's standing stone was broken up for gateposts in 1850 and the stump re-located to the crossroads at Longstone
Longstone, Cornwall
Longstone is a hamlet in Cornwall, England, UK. It is about one mile east of St Mabyn on the B3266 road. It is named after the menhir which formerly stood here....
.
The main land owners in 1875, apart from the church, were The Viscount Falmouth
Viscount Falmouth
Viscount Falmouth is a title that has been created twice, first in the Peerage of England, and then in the Peerage of Great Britain. The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1674 for George FitzRoy, illegitimate son of King Charles II by Barbara Villiers. He was created Earl of...
, the Trustees of the late Sir William Molesworth, John Tremayne from Heligan
Heligan estate
The Heligan estate was the ancestral home of the Tremayne family, near Mevagissey in Cornwall. The family also held property at Sydenham near Marystow in Devon....
, the heirs of the late John Peter-Hoblyn, Francis John Hext and Mrs. Hooper and Richard Hambly Andrew.
At Bodmin is an ornate granite drinking bowl which serves the needs of thirsty dogs at the entrance to Bodmin’s Priory car park which was donated by Prince Chula Chakrabongse
Chula Chakrabongse
His Royal Highness Prince Chula Chakrabongse of Siam , was a member of the Siamese Royal Family, and the House of Chakrabhongse...
of Thailand who lived at Tredethy.
There was an annual fair held on February 14.