Feock, Cornwall

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Feock, Cornwall civil parish and village in the Carrick district of Cornwall, in the United Kingdom. The parish includes the villages of Devoran, Penpol, Penelewey, Goonpiper, Chycoose, Trevilla, Trelissick, Killagnoon and Carnon Downs. It has within its bounds Restronguet Creek, Pill Creek and Penpoll Creek - all part of the River Fal.


The garden of the Trelissick Estate is a National Trust property. The King Harry Ferry takes cars across the river Fal to Philleigh and up country[1].

Quaker Meeting House at Come-to-Good, Feock, opened in 1714
Quaker Meeting House at Come-to-Good, Feock, opened in 1714

The Parish Church is dedicated to Saint Feoca, about whom very little is known. It has a 13th Century tower and font, the remainder being 19th century[2].

Feock is twinned with the Breton village L'Hopital Camfrout in Finistère, Brittany, France [3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Genuki
  2. ^ Nikolaus Pevsner Cornwall (1951;1970) (rev. Enid Radclffe); Yale ISBN 0-300-09589-9 p. 68
  3. ^ Article on L'Hôpital-Camfrout in French Wikipedia


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Coordinates: 50°12′N, 5°03′W

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