Madron
Sign in to saveMadron ( (village) or (parish)) is a civil parish and village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Madron is named after Saint Madern's Church. Its annual Trafalgar Service commemorating the death of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson was started on 27 October 1946, following a local tradition that his death was first announced on British soil in the Union Hotel, Penzance.
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Place details
- Locality
- Heamoor
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 626
- Timezone
- Europe/London
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Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Madron
- UK place.cornish_name
- Eglosmadern
- UK place.static_image_name
- Madron Church - geograph.org.uk - 499435.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Madron Parish Church
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.label_position
- left
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.unitary_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.lieutenancy_england
- Cornwall
- UK place.population
- 1,632
- UK place.population_ref
- (Parish, 2021)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Madron
- UK place.post_town
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Cornwall
- Population
- +1569
- Image
- Church Road, Madron - geograph.org.uk - 499428.jpg
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Article
14 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Admiral Lord Nelson
- Penzance Workhouse
- Cornish wrestling
- Madron today
- Schools
- Playing field
- Buildings and gardens
- Governance
- Administrative history
- Notable residents
- References
- External links
Madron ( (village) or (parish)) is a civil parish and village in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Madron is named after Saint Madern's Church. Its annual Trafalgar Service commemorating the death of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson was started on 27 October 1946, following a local tradition that his death was first announced on British soil in the Union Hotel, Penzance.
==Geography== It is a large rural parish on the Penwith peninsula north of Penzance, bounded by the parishes of Sancreed and St Just to the west, by Zennor and Morvah to the north, by the sea and the parish of Paul in the south and by the parishes of Gulval and Penzance to the east. Madron village is centred on an elevated site approximately two miles (3 km) northwest of Penzance town centre. The main villages and hamets are Tredinnick, New Mill, Newbridge and Tregavarah. The population was 1,632 at the 2021 census. It had been 1,466 at the 2001 census, and 1,591 at the 2011 census. The parish church is in the churchtown and is dedicated to St Madron (or Madrona) (in local dialect "Maddern").