Sithney
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Sithney () is a village and civil parish in the West of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Sithney is north of Porthleven. The population including Boscadjack and Crowntown at the 2011 census was 841.
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Place details
- Locality
- Godolphin Cross
- Region
- England
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Population
- 0
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Key facts
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.static_image
- Sithney Church - geograph.org.uk - 124097.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Sithney Church
- UK place.official_name
- Sithney
- UK place.cornish_name
- Merthersydhni
- UK place.shire_county
- Cornwall
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.post_town
- Helston
- UK place.postcode_district
- TR13
- UK place.postcode_area
- TR
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- History
- Church
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- Hospitals and houses
- School
- Cornish wrestling
- Civil parish
- References
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Sithney () is a village and civil parish in the West of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Sithney is north of Porthleven. The population including Boscadjack and Crowntown at the 2011 census was 841.
It is named after Saint Sithney, the patron saint of the parish church. Saint Sithney was one of the band of Irish missionaries who came to west Cornwall. William Worcester recorded in 1478 that the body of the saint lay within the church.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Sithney” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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