Manaccan(/məˈnækən/;Cornish:Manahan)[1]is acivil parishand village on theLizard peninsulain southCornwall,England, United Kingdom. The village is about five miles (8 km) south-southwest ofFalmouth.[2]
The origin of the name Manaccan is probably derived not from a saint but from the Cornish for (church) of the monks. It was also at times called Minster in English because it must once have had a Celtic monastery. "St Manacca"is recorded as the patron saint as early as 1308.[3]
The population of Manaccan was 321 in the 2011 census,[4]an increase from 299 in the 2001 census.[5]
Manaccan lies within theCornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty(AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as aNational Park.
Governance
editManaccan is in theparliamentary constituencyofSt Ives.Derek Thomasis theMember of Parliament.
Forlocal governmentpurposes it is in theSt Keverne and Meneageward ofCornwall Council,aunitary authority.
Manaccan has its ownParish Council:Manaccan Parish Council.[6]Manaccan parish is in a district known asMeneagewhich means 'land of the monks', a designatedArea of Outstanding Natural Beauty.The parish is bordered to the north by theHelford River(a drowned river valley orria), to the west bySt Martin-in-Meneageparish, to the south bySt Keverneparish, and to the east bySt Anthony-in-Meneageparish.
Buildings and antiquities
editThe parish church is dedicated to StMannacusandSt Dunstan,it is a Grade IListed building.[7]There was aNormanchurchhere and fragments of it remain; the doorway is one of the best specimens of Norman entrances inCornwall. [8]The rest of the structure is of the 13th and 15th centuries. The west tower is built of slate.[9]The church is well known for a large and flourishingfig-treewhich is growing out of the western part of the south wall of the church. It has been there for at least 250 years.[10]
Boden VeanFogouwas rediscovered by a local farmer in the 1990s and was excavated by archaeologists in 2003[11]and in September and October 2008.
Geology
editIn 1790William Gregordiscoveredilmenite,an iron titanium oxide, which he named menachanite (and is sometimes still called manaccanite), in Gillan Creek that runs through the valley just south of the village. After he analyzed it he found a new element,titanium,that he called menachine. The location is commemorated by a plaque placed next to the bridge. He presented his findings in 1791.[12][13]
Cornish wrestling
editCornish wrestlingtournaments were held in a field near the New Inn in Manaccan.[14]
Notable people
edit- Thomas Flindell,newspaper publisher, was born at Helford in the parish.
- Brigadier-GeneralFrancis Stewart Montague-Bates(1876 - 1954) was born and died at Manaccan.
- Richard Polwhele,clergyman and historian; Vicar of Manaccan. Polwhele was non-resident at Manaccan from 1806; he angered Manaccan parishioners with his efforts to restore the church and vicarage.
References
edit- ^Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF)Archived15 May 2013 at theWayback Machine:List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage PanelArchived15 May 2013 at theWayback Machine.Cornish Language Partnership.
- ^Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204Truro & FalmouthISBN978-0-319-23149-4
- ^Cornish Church Guide(1925) Truro: Blackford; pp. 152-53
- ^"Parish population 2011".Retrieved10 February2015.
- ^"GENUKI Manaccan l".
- ^"Manaccan Parish Council".
- ^Historic England(10 July 1957)."Church of Saint Manacca (Grade I) (1328590)".National Heritage List for England.Retrieved8 December2018.
- ^"GENUKI Manaccan l".
- ^Pevsner, N. (1970)Cornwall;2nd ed. Penguin Books; pp. 112-13
- ^"GENUKI Manaccan l".
- ^Modern Antiquarian (The)."Higher Boden Fogou".Retrieved1 June2009.
- ^Marshall, James L.; Marshall, Virginia R. (2001). "Rediscovery of the Elements: Titanium-Manaccan, Cornwall, England".The Hexagon.92(1): 4–5.
- ^Boase, G. C.;McConnell, Anita (October 2005)."Gregor, William (1761–1817), mineralogist and Church of England clergyman".Oxford Dictionary of National Biographyonline edition.Oxford University Press.Retrieved23 December2021.
- ^West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser, 7 January 1909.
External links
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- Westcountry Genealogy."Genealogy & History Resources for Manaccan".Retrieved1 June2009.