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St Just (Cornish: Lan(n)ust), [3] also known as St Just in Penwith, is a town and civil parish in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies along the B3306 road which connects St Ives to the A30 road .
The church is dedicated to St Just; in 1478 William of Worcester reported that the church enshrined the relics of Saint Justus the Martyr. Just, Justin or Yestin was a son of St Geraint . [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
It consisted of thirteen Artillery Volunteer Corps and the last numbered of these was the 13th (St Just) Cornwall Artillery Volunteer Corps, which was raised in St Just in Penwith on 26 September 1862. [1] The drill hall was designed in the Victorian Free style, built in local granite and was completed in late 1862. [2]
A 'plain-an-gwarry' ("playing place") in St Just in Penwith. An audio clip of the Cornish Language pronunciation of 'Plen' A plen-an-gwarry or plain-an-gwary (Cornish: Plen an Gwari), is a "playing-place" or round, a medieval amphitheatre found in Cornwall.
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It is in the civil parish of St Just in Penwith. It lies along the B3306 road which connects St Ives to the A30 road near Land's End. Carnyorth lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) and the electoral division of St Just in Penwith. [3]
Cape Cornwall Mine opened in 1838 during the Cornish mining boom. [1] The mine was sited on Cape Cornwall itself at the western extremity of Great Britain, 1.2 miles (1.9 km) west of the town of St Just. [1]
Penwith also contains an artificial lake, Drift Reservoir, which is located approximately 3 miles west of Penzance. In addition to Penwith's status as a Heritage coastline, west Penwith, an area of 90 square kilometres, is considered an Environmentally Sensitive Area. Penwith lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).