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The parish encompasses the town of St Just and the nearby settlements of Trewellard, Pendeen and Kelynack: it is bounded by the parishes of Morvah to the north-east, Sancreed and Madron to the east, St Buryan and Sennen to the south and by the sea in the west. The parish consists of 7,622 acres (3,085 ha) of land, 12 acres (4.9 ha) of water and ...
Pendeen (from Cornish: Penn Din meaning "headland fort", previously known as Cornish: Boskaswal Wartha, meaning "Caswal's high dwelling") [1] is a village and ecclesiastical parish on the Penwith peninsula in Cornwall, England. It is 3 miles (5 kilometres) north-northeast of St Just and 7 mi (11 km) west of Penzance. [2]
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] The church of St Just is medieval.
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St Just, St Just-in-Penwith: St Just: St Just (unknown) Medieval Church of England: St Just Methodist Church St Just [5] Methodist: West Penwith Methodist Circuit St Just Free Church St Just [22] Wesleyan Reform: St John the Baptist, Pendeen St Just [23] John the Baptist: 1849 Church of England: St Bridget, Morvah: Morvah: Brigid of Sweden ...
The district was created on 1 April 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, as a merger of Penzance and St. Ives boroughs, St Just urban district, and West Penwith Rural District, and was abolished and replaced by the Cornwall Unitary Council on 31 March 2009.
The 13th (St Just) Cornwall Artillery Volunteer Corps formed the guard of honour for a visit by the Prince and Princess of Wales to Botallack Mine in 1867. [4] The unit was re-designated No. 10 Battery, Duke of Cornwall Artillery Volunteers in May 1880, [3] but was then absorbed into No. 9 Battery at Marazion in 1883. [5]
2010–2024: The District of Penwith wards of Goldsithney, Gulval and Heamoor, Lelant and Carbis Bay, Ludgvan and Towednack, Madron and Zennor, Marazion and Perranuthnoe, Morvah, Pendeen and St Just, Penzance Central, Penzance East, Penzance Promenade, Penzance South, St Buryan, St Erth and St Hilary, St Ives North, and St Ives South, the ...