St Martin-in-Meneage explained

Country:England
Map Type:Cornwall
Coordinates:50.072°N -5.166°W
Official Name:St Martin-in-Meneage
Cornish Name:Dydemin
Civil Parish:St Martin-in-Meneage
Unitary England:Cornwall
Lieutenancy England:Cornwall
Region:South West England
Constituency Westminster:St Ives
Post Town:HELSTON
Postcode District:TR12
Postcode Area:TR
Dial Code:01326
Os Grid Reference:SW734240
Static Image Name:File:Parish church of St Martin-in-Meneage - geograph.org.uk - 369421.jpg
Static Image Caption:St Martin in Meneage parish church

St Martin-in-Meneage (Cornish: Dydemin)[1] is a civil parish and village in the Meneage district of the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

The village is five miles (8 km) south-southeast of Helston.[2] The population at the 2011 census was 377[3]

The church is dedicated to St Martin of Tours and is a chapelry of Mawgan in Meneage (right of sepulture was granted in 1385). The ancient estates of Barry Mylor and Mathiana adjoin the church and the two names indicate that in early times there were chapels of two Breton saints here, of St Melor at Merther Mylor (Barry Mylor) and St Anou at Merther Anou (the modern forms having been variously corrupted).[4]

St Martin-in-Meneage lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

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Notes and References

  1. http://www.magakernow.org.uk/default.aspx?page=520 Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF)
  2. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth
  3. Web site: Parish population 2011. 14 February 2015.
  4. Henderson, Charles (1925) "Parochial history of Cornwall", in: Cornish Church Guide. Truro: Blackford; p. 155