St Ewe (Cornish: Lannewa) is a civil parish and village in mid-Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated approximately five miles (8 km) southwest of St Austell.
Evidence of early medieval habitation is in the form of a roadside Celtic cross that once stood near Nunnery Hill (Charles Henderson in 1925 refers to it being at Lanhadron). However the crosshead and shaft were thrown down in 1873 by a farmer looking for buried treasure...
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St Ewe (Cornish: Lannewa) is a civil parish and village in mid-Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated approximately five miles (8 km) southwest of St Austell.
Evidence of early medieval habitation is in the form of a roadside Celtic cross that once stood near Nunnery Hill (Charles Henderson in 1925 refers to it being at Lanhadron). However the crosshead and shaft were thrown down in 1873 by a farmer looking for buried treasure, and both pieces were afterwards lost. The base has survived in situ with an inscription in insular script, unreadable except for the word crucem; Elisabeth Okasha dates the construction of this monument between the ninth and eleventh centuries.
The church is dedicated to St Ewe of whom very little is known.The church was originally a Norman cruciform building: the tower and spire were added in the 14th century and the south aisle in the 15th. There is a Norman font and a fine 15th century rood screen.
The Heligan estate is located at the...
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