Mawnan

Mawnan (Cornish: Maunan, meaning St Maunan) is a civil parish in south Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.[1] It is situated in the former administrative district of Kerrier and is bounded to the south by the Helford River, to the east by the sea, and to the west by Constantine parish. The population including Bareppa was 1,454 in the 2001 census,[2] including Carnhell Green and rising slightly to 1,476 at the 2011 census.[3]

Cornwall Coast Path, Mawnan
Mawnan (top right) in relation to surrounding parishes

The church town of the parish is Mawnan Church, also known simply as Mawnan, but the only large village in the parish is Mawnan Smith, situated approximately three miles south of Falmouth.[4]

Geography

The parish is entirely rural and, as well as Mawnan Smith, it includes the hamlets of Carlidnack, Bareppa, Penwarne, Helford Passage, Maenporth and Durgan. The parish also contains several Victorian gardens, now open to the public: Glendurgan, Trebah, Carwinion,[5] and Penjerrick.

The coastline and cliffs south-east of the church town from Toll Point to Rosemullion Head forms the Rosemullion SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest), noted for its geological and biological interest. Marine species found here include Mytilus mussels, various seaweeds and sea sponges, such as Botryllus schlosseri.[6]

Mawnan lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

Etymology

It is suggested that Mawnan takes its name from a 6th-century Saint Maunanus, who was probably a Breton monk who landed here about AD 520.[7]

Churches
Mawnan parish church

There are two Anglican churches: the 13th century parish church, the Church of St Mawnan and St Stephen in Mawnan Church[7] and the 19th century Church of St Michael in Mawnan Smith village.

John Rogers was rector here from 1807 to 1838.[8]

The land for St Michael's Church was given by the Rogers family of Carwinion and the building was completed in 1874.

The village of Mawnan Smith also has a Methodist chapel. There is a Roman Catholic church dedicated to St Edward the Confessor in Old Church Road, which was completed in 1965.

Notable houses and gardens

Notable country houses in the parish include Bosloe, Bosveal, Carwinion, Penwarne, Nansidwell (c. 1905 by Leonard Stokes), Heyle and Bareppa. At Glendurgan and Trebah are fine 19th century developed by the Fox family of Falmouth.[9]

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References
  1. Mawnan History Group (2002). The Book of Mawnan: celebrating a South Cornwall parish. Tiverton, Devon: Halsgrove. ISBN 1-84114-148-8.
  2. GENUKI website; Mawnan; retrieved April 2010
  3. "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 8 April 2015.
  4. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4
  5. Carwinion
  6. "Rosemullion" (PDF). Natural England. 1990. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  7. "Church of England website: Notes on St Mawnan Church". Archived from the original on 2012-09-25. Retrieved 2010-08-25.
  8. Marchant, E. C. (1897). "Rogers, John (1778–1856), divine, by E. C. Marchant". Dictionary of National Biography Vol. IL. Smith, Elder & Co. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
  9. Peter Beacham; Nikolaus Pevsner (2014). Cornwall. Yale University Press. p. 347. ISBN 978-0-300-12668-6
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