St Allen
| St Allen | |
| Cornwall | |
|---|---|
 St Allen Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SW831482 |
| Location: | 50°18’50"N, 5°3’40"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Truro |
| Postcode: | TR4 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cornwall |
St Allen is a hamlet in Cornwall which also serves as the church town of the wider Parish of St Allen. The main village of the parish is Zelah, while St Allen itself is an isolated hamlet. It is to be found a few miles north of Truro.
The population of the whole parish at the 2011 census was 495, and that of St Allen village much smaller.
History
The manor of Cargoll included St Allen and it was in the possession of the Bishops of Exeter from 1269: the manor house was at Lanner. From 1287 the patrons of the living were the canons of Glasney College.).[1]
St Allen parish church was built in the Norman period but enlarged by the addition of the south aisle in the 15th century (the dedication is to St Alunus).[2] Little is known of this saint but he has been identified with a Breton bishop of Quimper who came from Wales.
The 1881 English Census indicates that John Noon Munford was the Rector and living in The Rectory with his wife and two children and two servants.
Outside links
- Wasley, K.. "St Allen". http://homepages.tesco.net/~k.wasley/Allen.htm. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
- "East Wheal Rose disaster". http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~blanchec/eastwhealrose.htm. Retrieved 3 June 2009.
- "St Allen Opposes the Industrialisation of the Landscape (S.O.I.L.)". http://www.littlerichley.eclipse.co.uk/soil/.