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St Eval, Cornwall

Historical Description

Eval, St, a parish in Cornwall, on the coast, 4½ miles N by NW of St Columb Major, and 8 from St Columb Road station on the G.W.R. Post town, Stissey. Acreage, 2916; population, 245. Trethewell was the seat of the Nanfans. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Truro; value, £155. Patron, the Bishop of Truro. The church is a very ancient one, the north wall of the nave having a window of the Saxon period. The chancel was lengthened in 1324. In the 16th century the church was restored and enlarged by the addition of a S aisle. The old tower fell in 1700, and was rebuilt in 1727, the British merchants contributing liberally towards the restoration, it being a valuable landmark ' to mariners. There is a dissenting chapel.

Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England & Wales, 1894-5

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Ancient CountyCornwall 
Ecclesiastical parishSt. Eval St. Eval 
HundredPyder 
Poor Law unionSt. Columb Major 

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Directories & Gazetteers

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Visitations Heraldic

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CountyCornwall
RegionSouth West
CountryEngland
Postal districtPL27
Post TownWadebridge

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