St Veep

St. Veep
St. Veep shown within Cornwall
OS grid reference	SX139550
Parish	St. Veep
District	Caradon
Shire county	Cornwall
Region	South West
Constituent country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	LOSTWITHIEL
Postcode district	PL22
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Cornwall
Ambulance	South Western
European Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	South East Cornwall
List of places: UK • England • Cornwall

St. Veep is a civil parish situated in Caradon in Cornwall, England, UK. It sits above the east bank of the Fowey Estuary about 5 km southeast of Lostwithiel. It is named after Saint Veep, of whom little is known, in fact no one even knows whether the saint was male or female. Half of the village of Lerryn is in St Veep parish. Its church is dedicated to Saint Quiricus and Saint Julietta.

In 1549, following the Prayer Book Rebellion a number of well known Cornish figures and priests were murdered or hung in Cornwall. These included Richard Bennet, vicar of St. Veep, under the direct orders of Anthony Kingston, Provost Marshal serving under King Edward VI.^[1]

Buried within the churchyard is the British actor Eric Portman (1903-1969). Also Captain Robert Edwin Phillips VC (11 April 1895 - 23 September 1968) of the 13th Battalion, The Warwickshire Regiment. Awarded the Victoria Cross for an action at the River Hai, Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia on 25 January 1917.

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v • d • e Civil Parishes of Caradon District

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