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St Mawes (Cornish: Lannvowsedh) is a village on the end of the Roseland Peninsula, in the eastern side of Falmouth harbour, on the south coast of Cornwall, England.The village, formerly two separate hamlets, lies on the east bank of the Carrick Roads, a large waterway created after the Ice Age from an ancient valley which flooded as the melt waters caused the sea level to rise.
This was on a different site and was built between 1881 and 1884. St Mawes continued however to be in the parish of St Just in Roseland. [2] The new church to serve the town of St Mawes was opened by the Bishop of Truro Dr George Wilkinson on 5 December 1884. [3]
St Mawes Castle (Cornish: Kastel Lannvowsedh) is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Falmouth, Cornwall, between 1540 and 1542.It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Carrick Roads waterway at the mouth of the River Fal.
The Roseland Peninsula, or just Roseland, (Cornish: Ros, meaning promontory) is a district of west Cornwall, England. Roseland is located in the south of the county and contains the town of St Mawes and villages such as St Just and Gerrans. It is a peninsula, separated from the remainder of Cornwall by the River Fal (on the east is the English ...
St Mawes' Church was opened by the Bishop of Truro George Wilkinson on 5 December 1884. [4] Local opinion holds that St Mawes built the first landing at the harbour to help pilgrims access his Holy Well, which is preserved on nearby Grove Hill. [5] St Mawes holy well. Mawes then went to Brittany and tradition has it that he landed in Pleubian.
The Percuil River is an estuary and stream draining the southern part of the Roseland Peninsula of Cornwall, UK and is one of three major tidal creeks of the River Fal.The small port and holiday destination of St Mawes is on the western shore and is linked to Place Creek on the eastern shore by the Place Ferry. [1]
St Just & St Mawes St Mawes, St Mawes: St Just in Roseland [131] Maudez: 1884 Church of England: St Just & St Mawes Earlier medieval chapel existed nearby Our Lady Star of the Sea & St Anthony, St Mawes: St Just in Roseland [112] Mary & Anthony Roman Catholic: Truro Catholic Parish St Michael the Archangel, Newquay: Newquay [132] Michael: 1858
Zone Point (Cornish: Sawan Hir, meaning long chasm) [1] is the southernmost extremity of the Roseland peninsula extending into Falmouth Bay near St Mawes in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom at grid reference 2] Seen from Porthbeor Beach. It is approximately 500 metres (550 yards) east-southeast of the St. Anthony's Lighthouse on St Anthony Head.