Mabe, Cornwall
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Mabe is a village and civil parish in the Kerrier district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Latitude: 50.150036N Longitude: 5.141065W
The civil parish is bounded by Stithians and St. Gluvias to the north, Budock to the east, Mawnan and Constantine to the south and Wendron to the west.
The village of Mabe Burnthouse is on a hill, overlooking Penryn to its east.
Another settlement called Mabe Church is to the South West and includes the Church, dedicated to Saint Laudus[1]. The 15th Century tower and porch[2] survived a lightning strike. The remainder of the church was re-built from 1866, under the direction of Piers St. Aubyn[3]. In the churchyard, there is an ancient menhir and a celtic cross. The latter was found in the vicarage and installed near the porch, at some time between 1919 and 1930[3].
The parish lies at the eastern edge of the Carnmenellis Granite intrusion [4]. It is surrounded by several working and closed quarries.
The Argal and College reservoirs lie to the south of the village.
A Community Primary School with 110 pupils serves the area[5]. Near the Antron Hill cross-roads, there is a pub, "The New Inn" and a Post Office General Stores.
Sam Toy, former chairman of Ford of Britain was born here.
A "Steam Up and Shindig" Festival is held in May each year.
Mabe Ladies Choir was founded in 1931[6].
Mabe Civil Parish is twinned with [7] the Breton town of Primelin.
Mabe's Community Blog can be found here
[edit] A fictional "Mabe"
Mabe Village is also the name of a fictional village in the video game The Legend of Zelda.
[edit] Gallery: Mabe Church
 South door of Mabe Church |
 South door of Mabe Church: detail |
 Portrait head on right of South door of Mabe Church |
 Reworked celtic cross near West door of Mabe Church |
 Menhir in churchyard at Mabe Church |
 Gravestone of John Jennings (died 1878) in Mabe churchyard |
 View across the Argal reservoir |
 View of Lamanva from Mabe Churchyard |
[edit] References
- ^ Laudus was a Bishop of Coutances. See French Wikipedia article on Saint Laudus
- ^ Pevsner,N. Buildings of England:Cornwall' (1951;1970) (rev. Enid Radclffe) ISBN 0-300-09589-9 . Page 110
- ^ a b Charles G. Henderson Mabe church and parish, Long Compton, The King's Stone Press, 1930.
- ^ Article on Carnmenellis Granite
- ^ Ofsted information and access to report
- ^ Mabe Ladies Choir webpage
- ^ Primelin, Finistère, Brittany, France (French Wikipedia)
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