St Mabyn
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  St Mabyn shown within Cornwall |
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| Population | 560 in 2001 |
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| Parish | St Mabyn |
| District | North Cornwall |
| Shire county | Cornwall |
| Region | South West |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | BODMIN |
| Postcode district | PL30 |
| Dialling code | 01208 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| European Parliament | South West England |
| UK Parliament | North Cornwall |
| List of places: UK • England • Cornwall | |
St Mabyn is a village and civil parish situated between Wadebridge and Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
The village is named after Saint Mabena, one of the 24 children of St Brychan, a Welsh saint and King of Brycheiniog in the 5th century.[1] 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 village is centred on the Grade 1 listed 15th century Church of St Mabena. It 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 high and has three stages. It has a parapet with pinnacles.
The church is still used regularly for services and weddings, under the guidance of Reverend Margaret Millson.
Other village facilities include a post office/shop, a pub, a primary school, St.Mabyn C of E Primary School a playgroup, a village hall, a village green, a tug o' war team, a garden club, a Young Farmers' group and a King George's Field in memorial to King George V.
The village is surrounded by high quality, undulating farmland. The Allen valley to the northwest contains a number of Cornish Nature Conservation Sites.
Population in 2001 was 560 persons exactly the same as in 1811.[2]
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[edit] History
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 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 Thomas Cardinal Wolsey's inquisition of 1521 it is rated a £36.[3]
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.[4]
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.[5]
There was an annual fair held on or about February 15th.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ EBK: St. Mabena
- ^ GENUKI: St Mabyn
- ^ Polsue Joseph Parochial History of the County of Cornwall published 1870
- ^ Maclean John Parochial and Family history of Trigg Minor in the County of Cornwall St. Mabyn and Michaelstowe. published 1875.
- ^ Maclean John Parochial and Family history of Trigg Minor in the County of Cornwall St. Mabyn and Michaelstowe. published 1875.
[edit] External links
- News from the village of St Mabyn in North Cornwall
- 'Unofficial' St Mabyn website
- St Mabyn Primary School
- News from St Mabyn Primary School
- Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for St Mabyn
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