St Ive

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St Ive is a village in Caradon District, south-east Cornwall, England, UK. It is pronounced as 'Eve', and should not be confused with St Ives, the well-known seaside town in the far west of the county. The village is split into three parts: St Ive Keason, St Ive Parkfield and St Ive Church End.

The parish used to be a large rural area of rolling landscape with wooded valleys and the population was sparse with the largest village being St Ive itself, sited on the A390. The demography of the parish was radically altered with the mid-Victorian mining boom centred around Caradon Hill. South Caradon Mine situated just over the parish border was at one time the largest and most prosperous copper mine in the world.

Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse, brother of Emily Hobhouse, was born in St Ive, on 8th September 1864. He was the author of two important books: Mind in Evolution (1901) and Democracy and Reaction (1904). Leonard Trelawny Hobhouse died on 21st June 1929.

The village is named for Saint Ive, one of the twenty-four children of St Brychan, a Welsh saint and king in the 4th century.