St Ewe
| St Ewe Cornish: Lannewa | |
| Cornwall | |
|---|---|
 The St Ewe Cross and St Ewe at dusk | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SW978461 |
| Location: | 50°16’48"N, 4°50’20"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 461 (2011) |
| Post town: | St Austell |
| Postcode: | PL26 |
| Dialling code: | 01726 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cornwall |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
St Austell and Newquay |
| Website: | st-ewe-parish.co.uk |
St Ewe is a village in mid-Cornwall, some five miles south-west of St Austell.
Antiquities
Evidence of early mediæval habitation is in the form of a roadside Celtic cross that once stood near Nunnery Hill (Charles Henderson in 1925 refers to it being at Lanhadron). However, the crosshead and shaft were thrown down in 1873 by a farmer looking for buried treasure, and both pieces were afterwards lost. The base has survived in situ with an inscription in insular script, unreadable except for the word crucem; Elisabeth Okasha dates the construction of this monument between the ninth and eleventh centuries.[1]
Churches
The parish church is dedicated to St Ewe, a female saint of whom very little is known.[2] The church was originally a Norman cruciform building: the tower and spire were added in the 14th century and the south aisle in the 15th. There is a Norman font and a fine 15th-century rood screen.[3] The small manor of Lanewa was for a long time linked to the advowson of the church, possibly a secular successor to a Dark Age monastery..[4]
At Tucoyse was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel, and there were formerly Bible Christian chapels at Polmassick, Paramore, Kestle and Lower Sticker.[5]
Heligan
The Heligan Estate is located at the eastern edge of the parish of St Ewe, overlooking the small port of Mevagissey. The long-term home of the Tremayne family, the estate is now best known as the location of the Lost Gardens of Heligan, a recently restored Victorian garden.[6]
Outside links
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References
- ↑ See the discussion and bibliography in Elisabeth Okasha, Corpus of early Christian inscribed stones of South-west Britain (Leicester: University Press, 1993), pp. 129-132
- ↑ Doble, G. H. (1970) The Saints of Cornwall: part 5. Truro: Dean and Chapter; pp. 30-32
- ↑ Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 94
- ↑ Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 94
- ↑ "St Ewe; church history". GenUKI. http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/StEwe/#ChurchHistory. Retrieved 1 December 2012.
- ↑ Smit, Tim (1999). The Lost Gardens of Heligan. Victor Gollancz. ISBN 0-575-06765-9.