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Morvah
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Also known as Morvah, Cornwall

Morvah () is a civil parish and village on the Penwith peninsula in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish has a population of 49.

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Place details

Locality
Morvah
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom
Population
0

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Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.static_image_name
Morvah chapel cornwall.jpg
UK place.static_image_caption
Morvah chapel with Anglican Church in the background
UK place.static_image_2_name
Morvah Church and field systems.jpg
UK place.static_image_2_caption
Plain in Morvah with the Atlantic beyond from above Trevowhan
UK place.official_name
Morvah
UK place.cornish_name
Morvedh
UK place.population
49
UK place.population_ref
(2011)
UK place.civil_parish
Morvah
UK place.unitary_england
Cornwall
UK place.lieutenancy_england
Cornwall
UK place.region
South West England
UK place.constituency_westminster
St Ives
UK place.post_town
PENZANCE
UK place.postcode_district
TR20
UK place.postcode_area
TR
UK place.dial_code
01736

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
civil parish
Located in
Cornwall
Population
75
Official website
www.morvah.com
Image
Morvah chapel cornwall.jpg
Dialing code
01736
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Commons category
Morvah
postal code
TR20
OS grid reference
SW402353
historic county
Cornwall
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Encyclopedic overview

10 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • History
  • Antiquities
  • Morvah Gold Hoard
  • Mining
  • Local government
  • Morvah Fair
  • Shipwrecks
  • References
  • External links

Morvah () is a civil parish and village on the Penwith peninsula in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish has a population of 49.

==Geography== The village is centred approximately west-southwest of St Ives and north-west of Penzance. Morvah parish encompasses the settlements of Chypraze and Rosemergy and is bounded by the parishes of St Just to the west, Zennor to the north-east, Madron to the south and by the sea in the north. The parish consists of of land, of water and of foreshore.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Morvah” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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