Wendron
Sign in to saveWendron (; historically St. Wendron) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is approximately to the north of Helston and to the west of Penryn. The parish population at the 2011 census was 2,743. The electoral ward of Wendron had a 2011 population of 4,936.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Wendron
- UK place.cornish_name
- Gwendron
- UK place.static_image
- Wendron Parish Church.JPG
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Wendron 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
- 2,743
- UK place.population_ref
- (2011 census including Boswin and Halwin)
- UK place.civil_parish
- Wendron
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- Camborne and Redruth
- UK place.post_town
- HELSTON
- UK place.postcode_area
- TR
- UK place.postcode_district
- TR13
- UK place.dial_code
- 01326
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SX411591
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Cornwall
- Population
- +2743
- Image
- Wendron Parish Church.JPG
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- Cornwall
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Wendron (; historically St. Wendron) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is approximately to the north of Helston and to the west of Penryn. The parish population at the 2011 census was 2,743. The electoral ward of Wendron had a 2011 population of 4,936.
==History== The parish of Wendron was part of the Hundred of Kerrier and was originally bounded by the parishes of Illogan, Gwennap, Stithians, Constantine, Mawgan-in-Meneage, Gunwalloe, Sithney and Crowan. Until the mid-19th century the parish of Wendron included the town of Helston and what are now the parishes of Carnmenellis and Pencoys. The parish of Carnmenellis was created in 1846; Helston in 1848; and Pencoys in 1881.