St Minver

Coordinates: 50°33′32″N 4°52′26″W / 50.559°N 4.874°W / 50.559; -4.874

St Minver (Cornish: Sen Menvra) is the name of an ecclesiastical parish, a civil parish and a village in north Cornwall, United Kingdom. The civil parish of St Minver is nominally divided into St Minver Highlands (to the north and east) and St Minver Lowlands (to the west).

St Minver
Cornish: Sen Menvra
St Enodoc Church - geograph.org.uk - 463394.jpg
St Enodoc Church
Perceval Institute, St Minver - geograph.org.uk - 205159.jpg
Perceval Institute
 St Minver shown within Cornwall
Population 2,474 (Civil Parish, 2001)
OS grid reference SW 965 771
Unitary authority Cornwall
Ceremonial county Cornwall
Region South West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WADEBRIDGE
Postcode district PL27
Dialling code 01208
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Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
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St Minver Parish Church

The combined parish is bounded on the south and west by the estuary of the River Camel, on the north by the Atlantic coast, and on the east by the parishes of St Endellion and St Kew. The population of the parish in the 2001 census was 2,474 (St Minver Highlands 1025; St Minver Lowlands 1449).

The main villages in the whole parish are the churchtown of St Minver, Rock, Trebetherick and Polzeath. St Minver village is 3 miles (5 kilometres) north of Wadebridge a few hundred yards west of the B3314 Wadebridge to Delabole road.

Churches

The parish church of St Menefreda is in the village of St Minver.

There are two other churches in the parish, both in St Minver Lowlands. St Enodoc's church is situated between Rock and Trebetherick at grid reference SW 931 772. It was built on dunes in the 15th century and gradually became buried by the shifting sands. It was restored in the 1860s and now stands in the middle of a golf course. John Betjeman, the former poet laureate is buried in the churchyard. St Michael's church stands on the south shore of Porthilly Cove, an inlet of the River Camel just south of Rock, at Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".. This church was also restored in the 1860s.

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