Helland

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Helland
Cornwall
Helland Church.jpg
St Helena's Chruch, Helland
Location
Grid reference: SX074710
Location: 50°30’29"N, 4°43’1"W
Data
Population: 173  (2011)
Post town: Bodmin
Postcode: PL30
Dialling code: 01208
Local Government
Council: Cornwall
Parliamentary
constituency:
North Cornwall

Helland is a village in Cornwall, two and a half miles north of Bodmin. The meaning of the name Helland is unclear: it is possible that the origin is in Cornish hen & lan (which is to say 'Old church').

The village is referred to in the Domesday Book as Henland.[1] It was only valued at 10 shillings and only five households are recorded, with one virgate of arable land, four acres of woodland and 20 of pasture.[2]

Parish church

The original dedication of the church is unknown but St Helena is now recognised as the patron.[3] Helena was the mother of the Emperor Constantine the Great.

The church comprises a chancel, nave and south aisle. The tower has a pyramidal roof and had a single bell. The church is pre-Norman in origin but the oldest stonework is probably of the 13th century; however in the mid 17th century the tower became ruinous and has not been entirely rebuilt. The name of St Sinney was attached to a tenement on the southern border of the parish; the Giffards were the patrons of the rectory in the Middle Ages and resident not far from the church.[4]

Helland Village Hall

About the village

Grade II listed Helland Bridge, built in the early 15th century crosses over the River Camel here.[5]

Lancarffe is a house probably built in the 17th century which is a Grade II* listed building.

The parish has 2,483 acres of land.[6]

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References

  1. Gilbert, Davies: The Parochial History of Cornwall (1838, J. B. Nichols and Son)
  2. Thorn, Caroline & Frank (eds.) (1979) Domesday Book. 10: Cornwall. Chichester: Phillimore; entry 5,24,20
  3. Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 108
  4. Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 108
  5. Helland Bridge - British Listed Buildings
  6. Information on Helland  from GENUKI