Advent, Cornwall

Advent
Cornish: Sen Adhwynn

St Adwenna's Church
Advent

 Advent shown within Cornwall
Population 153 GENUKI
OS grid reference SX 104 816
Parish Advent
Unitary authority Cornwall
Ceremonial county Cornwall
Region South West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town CAMELFORD
Postcode district PL32
Dialling code 01840
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Cornwall
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament North Cornwall
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Advent (Cornish: Sen Adhwynn) is a civil parish on the north-western edge of Bodmin Moor in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.[1] It is named after St Adwenna and lies in the Registration District of Camelford.

Advent is a sparsely populated rural parish. Much of the area is moorland and at the 2001 census the population was just 153.[2] It includes the hamlets of Tresinney (see below) and Treclago and there is no village called Advent. The parish also encompasses several small farmstead hamlets, numerous scattered farms and Pencarrow house.[1][2][3]

Tresinney hamlet lies above the River Camel, a mile south of Camelford and Advent parish church is north of the hamlet. Three recreational footpaths – the Watermill Walk, Camelford Way and the Moorland Walk – run through Tresinney.

The parish is bordered to the north and the east by Davidstow parish; to the south by St Breward parish; and to the north-west by the River Camel and Camelford parish.[4]

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St Adwenna's Church

The parish church is dedicated to St Adwenna, one of the daughters of Brychan of Brycheiniog.[2] It stands in the fields on farmland 400 metres north-east of the hamlet of Tresinney at grid reference SX 104 816.[1] The church is in the Anglican Diocese of Truro and is notable for its high, pinnacled tower which houses a ring of four bells: the greater part of the building dates from the 15th century. The south aisle was added at that time; the north transept was Early English but was rebuilt in 1870, at which time the south transept was demolished, The font is Norman, plain and circular.[5]

The ecclesiastical parish is the responsibility of the Rector of Lanteglos-by-Camelford and Advent has been associated with Lanteglos since medieval times.

Common surnames in Advent Parish

According UK Census

Alford, Inch, French, Pethick, Northey, Gillard, Rowe, Bone, Bate, Baker, Scott, Prout, Kellow, Kingdon, Hole, Martyn, Elford, Ford, Wills, Hawken, Trace, Gabriel, Miller, Arnall, Browning.

References

  1. ^ a b c Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 9780319229385
  2. ^ a b c [1] GENUKI website; Advent; retrieved May 2010
  3. ^ N.B. There is another larger Pencarrow House in Egloshayle parish.
  4. ^ [2] Cornwall Council online mapping. Retrieved June 2010
  5. ^ Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall; 2nd ed. Penguin Books; p. 35

External links

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Civil parishes of North Cornwall constituency
Advent • Altarnun • Blisland • Bodmin • Boyton • Bude–Stratton • Camelford • Cardinham • Davidstow • Egloshayle • Egloskerry • Forrabury and Minster • Helland • Jacobstow • Kilkhampton • Laneast • Lanhydrock • Lanivet • Launceston • Launcells • Lawhitton Rural • Lesnewth • Lewannick • Lezant • Marhamchurch • Michaelstow • Morwenstow • North Hill • North Petherwin • North Tamerton • Otterham • Padstow • Poundstock • South Petherwin • St Breock • St Breward • St Clether • St Endellion • St Ervan • St Eval • St Gennys • St Issey • St Juliot • St Kew • St Mabyn • St Merryn • St Minver Highlands • St Minver Lowlands • St Stephens by Launceston Rural • St Teath • St Thomas the Apostle Rural • St Tudy • Stoke Climsland • Tintagel • Tremaine • Treneglos • Tresmeer • Trevalga • Trewen • Wadebridge • Warbstow • Week St Mary • Werrington • Whitstone • Withiel
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