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Phillack
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thumb|Sketch map showing Phillack's location Phillack () is a village in the parish of Hayle, in west Cornwall, England. It is about one mile (1.6 km) northeast of Hayle and half-a-mile (0.8 km) inland from St Ives Bay on Cornwall's Atlantic Ocean coast. The village is separated from the sea by a range of high sand dunes known as The Towans.
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- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Hayle
- Image
- Phillack church taken from the cemetery - geograph.org.uk - 83783.jpg
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- Phillack
- historic county
- Cornwall
- OS grid reference
- SW565382
- P8168
- high-speed rail
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- History
- Administrative history
- Parish church
- Antiquities
- References and footnotes
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thumb|Sketch map showing Phillack's location Phillack () is a village in the parish of Hayle, in west Cornwall, England. It is about one mile (1.6 km) northeast of Hayle and half-a-mile (0.8 km) inland from St Ives Bay on Cornwall's Atlantic Ocean coast. The village is separated from the sea by a range of high sand dunes known as The Towans.
== History == There is some dispute over the origins of the name. In the 17th century, Phillack was believed to refer to the Irish Saint Felicitas who is said to have founded Phillack church in the 6th century. However, a 10th-century Vatican codex mentions a Saint Felec of Cornwall who is believed to have lived about the same time and may be dedicatee of the parish church.
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