Feock, Cornwall

Feock
Cornish: Lannfyek
Feock
 Feock shown within Cornwall
Population 3,752 (Civil Parish, 2011)
OS grid referenceSW824384
Civil parishFeock
Unitary authorityCornwall
Ceremonial countyCornwall
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town TRURO
Postcode district TR3
Dialling code 01872
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Cornwall
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK ParliamentTruro and Falmouth
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Coordinates: 50°12′22″N 5°03′00″W / 50.206°N 5.050°W / 50.206; -5.050

Feock (Cornish: Lannfyek)[1][2] is a coastal civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Truro at the head of Carrick Roads on the River Fal.[3] To the south, the parish is bordered by Restronguet Creek and to the east by Carrick Roads and the River Fal. To the north it is bordered by Kea parish and to the west by Perranarworthal parish.[4]

Feock parish includes the villages of Carnon Downs, Chycoose, Devoran, Goon Piper, Harcourt, Killiganoon, Penelewey, Penpol, Porthgwidden, Restronguet Point, Trevilla, and Trelissick. The electoral ward is called Feock and Kea. At the 2011 census it had a population of 4,511 whereas the civil parish has a population of 3,752 only.[5]

The garden of the Trelissick Estate is a National Trust property. The King Harry Ferry takes cars across the Fal to Philleigh and the Roseland Peninsula.[6]

Feock lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park.

Parish church

The Parish Church is dedicated to Saint Feoca, about whom very little is known. Although the saint is usually assumed to have been female, Hals described a stained glass window in the church with St Feock portrayed as a man.[7] The church has a 13th-century tower and font, the remainder being 19th-century.[8] As late as 1640, according to Hals, the sacrament was administered by the Reverend William Jackson in Cornish as the people understood no other language.[9][10] Feock feast was observed on 2 February.[11]

Thomas Lobb, Victorian botanist and plant hunter is buried in Devoran churchyard. Trelissick Garden has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1955 when it was donated by Ida Copeland following the death of her son Geoffrey, a stained glass memorial—bearing the Copeland Crest—remains to this effect in the small church in Feock.

Twinning

Feock is twinned with:

References

  1. ↑ "Cornish Language Partnership : Place names in the SWF". Magakernow.org.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20130515071635/http://www.magakernow.org.uk/idoc.ashx?docid=79ba408d-7c02-499e-8cd6-b18dd48de58d&version=-1. Archived from the original on May 15, 2013. Retrieved October 5, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4
  4. ↑ Archived May 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ "2011 Census". Genuki.org. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  6. ↑ "GENUKI article on Feock". Genuki.org. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  7. ↑ Doble, G. H. (1964) The Saints of Cornwall: part 3. Truro: Dean and Chapter; pp. 53-56
  8. ↑ Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall, 2nd ed. rev. Enid Radcliffe. Penguin Books (reissued by Yale U. P.) ISBN 0-300-09589-9; p. 68
  9. ↑ Hals Parochial History of Cornwall. (Unpublished Manuscript). In E. D. Marquand (1882) "Meetings of the Society". Transcriptions of the Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society.
  10. ↑ Victor, Bernard (1 May 1879). "An Essay of the Ancient Cornish Language, With a Glossary.". The Cornishman (42). p. 6.
  11. ↑ Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 10
  12. ↑ "Find your local association - Twinning Committee for Cornwall". Twinningcommitteeforcornwall.weebly.com. Retrieved 2015-10-13.
  13. ↑ "British towns twinned with French towns [via WaybackMachine.com]". Archant Community Media Ltd. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-07-12.

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