Lesnewth
Sign in to save__NOTOC__ Lesnewth () is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about six miles east of Tintagel Head and two miles east of Boscastle.
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Place details
- Locality
- Lesnewth
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.map_type
- Cornwall
- UK place.static_image
- File:River_Valency_valley._-_geograph.org.uk_-_846884.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Typical South-West England complex hedgerows patterns in part of the rolling Valency valley in the civil parish.
- UK place.official_name
- Lesnewth
- UK place.cornish_name
- Lysnowydh
- UK place.population
- 60
- UK place.population_ref
- (Civil Parish, 2001)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Lesnewth
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.region
- South West England
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Cornwall
- Population
- +77
- Image
- Lesnewth, churchyard cross - geograph.org.uk - 49231.jpg
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Article
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- External links
__NOTOC__ Lesnewth () is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about six miles east of Tintagel Head and two miles east of Boscastle.
The parish is bounded on the north by St Juliot (where the 2011 census population is included.), on the east by St Juliot and Davidstow, on the south by Davidstow, and on the west by Minster, Cornwall. It is a small sparsely populated parish set in farmland with only a few houses, farms and a church. Lesnewth manor is mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086, as Lisniwen. Lesnewth was also the name of one of ten ancient administrative shires of Cornwall: see Lesnewth (hundred).