Holy Vale
Coordinates: 49°55′24″N 6°17′06″W / 49.923333°N 6.285°W / 49.923333; -6.285
Holy Vale is a hamlet on the island of St Mary's, the largest of the Isles of Scilly.[1] The name Holy Vale was originally La Val in 1301, it comes from the Norman French for low lying, at the foot.[2]
It was the scene of the murder of 18-year-old Stephen Menheniott by his father in 1976.
References
- ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7
- ↑ Weatherhill, Craig, Placenames of Cornwall and Scilly, Wessex Books, 2005
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