St Ervan
| St Ervan | |
| Cornwall | |
|---|---|
 St Ervan church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SW891702 |
| Location: | 50°29’38"N, 4°58’26"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Wadebridge |
| Postcode: | PL27 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cornwall |
St Ervan is a hamlet in Cornwall, three miles southwest of Padstow.
St Ervan is named after St Erbyn, the original patron of the church, who is said to have been the father of St Selevan.[1]
The village has a parish church (Church of England), a village hall and a Nonconformist cemetery. The parish population at the 2011 census was 521.
In addition to St Ervan itself, which is the churchtown or the parish, the parish includes such hamlets as Penrose and Rumford.
Parish church
The parish church is dedicated to St Hermes.[2] It has a very unusual tower which was originally 50 feet high, built in the 14th/15th centuries. The upper part was brought down by explosives in the 1880s, but it was not properly capped until 1956 and now stands 24 feet high.
The poet, Sir John Betjeman mentioned the church in his poem "Summoned by Bells" (1960), chapter VIII.
Outside links
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