Breage, Cornwall

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Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townHELSTON
Postcode districtTR13
Dialling code01326
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PoliceDevon and Cornwall
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The cross in the churchyard
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The Queen's Arms Public House in Breage

Breage (/ˈbriːɡ/ Audio file "Breage.oga" not found Script error: No such module "Respell"., Page Module:IPA/styles.css has no content.locally /ˈbreɪɡ/ Script error: No such module "Respell".;[1] Template:Langx (village) or Script error: No such module "Lang". (parish)[2]) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is three miles (five kilometres) west of Helston.[3]

Other settlements in the parish include the villages of Ashton, Carleen and Godolphin Cross; the coastal village of Praa Sands; and the Great Work Mine. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, the parish had a population of 3,159.[4]

Breage is named after Saint Breaca, a missionary from Ireland (to whom the 15th-century church is dedicated) and it is in the former Kerrier District.

History

The parish was at the time of Domesday Book within the manor of Binnerton. There were 8 hides of land with enough for 60 ploughs. There were 32 villagers and 25 smallholders with 15 ploughs between them. Apart from the arable land there was two acres (0.8 hectares) of meadow, two square leagues (c. 45 km2) of pasture and Page Template:Fraction/styles.css has no content.1⁄2 square league (c. 10 km2) of woodland. Livestock were 45 mares, 13 cattle, 5 pigs and 60 sheep; the annual value was £10.[5]

There are two Cornish crosses in the parish: one which was found buried in the churchyard now stands near the south porch; Trevena cross stands at a road junction about one-half mile (800 metres) north of the churchtown.[6]

Governance

Breage has a parish council, the lowest level of local government.[7] It is in the Cornwall unitary authority area. For elections to Cornwall Council, it is in the Porthleven, Breage and Germoe electoral ward. It was in the Breage, Germoe and Sithney ward between 2013 and 2021. Before 2013, Breage was an electoral ward.

For elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom it is in St Ives constituency.

Geography

The geological formation known as the Tregonning-Godolphin Granite (one of the granite intrusions in Cornwall that form part of the larger Cornubian batholith) underlies the parish[8] and the area was formerly an important source of tin and copper ore (see Geology of Cornwall). The area has evidence of habitation and mining for the past two millennia. Other than Praa Sands, the villages in the parish were tin and copper mining villages. Breage itself was where the mine owners (or captains) lived as evidenced by the number of fine buildings in the village[citation needed]. The village water pump (presumably now disconnected) still stands today as a relic of the past. Most of today's working population are commuters, travelling to Helston, RNAS Culdrose, Porthleven, Penzance, Falmouth or even further afield. Some residents are still involved in farming or smallholding in the surrounding area. Ashton is at grid reference Script error: No such module "Ordnance Survey coordinates".: it is situated on the A394 Penzance–Helston road 1 mile (1.5 kilometres) north of Praa Sands. Ashton has a pub called the Lion and Lamb and at one time had a football team.

The following villages and hamlets are in the parish: Ashton; Broadlane; Carleen; Godolphin Cross; Gwedna; Hendra; Kenneggy; Millpool; Pengersick; Penhale Jakes; Polladras; Praa Sands; Rinsey; Rinsey Croft; Trenwheal; Trescowe; Tresoweshill; Trevena; and Trew.[9]

Protected areas

Tregonning Hill, to the west of the parish, was designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) in 1994 for its biological interest.[8] Tremearne Par SSSI and Porthcew SSSI, along the coast west of Porthleven, were designated for their geological interest and are also Geological Conservation Review (GCR) sites.[10][11] Great Wheal Fortune was a small mine in operation between 1855 and 1880 and produced 2992 tons of tin, 322 tons of copper and some arsenic and tungsten. In 1991 it was designated a SSSI and is also a GCR site of national importance.[12][13]

Parish church and church school

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St Breaca's Church

The church was built of granite in the 15th century: on the north wall are five medieval wall paintings. A Roman milestone of the 3rd century is preserved in the church, suggesting that there is a Roman road nearby, and in the churchyard there is an unusual Hiberno-Saxon cross head.[14] The inscription on the milestone is: IMP [C] DO NO MARC CASSI: this incomplete text refers to the Emperor (Marcus Cassianus) Postumus, 258–68 AD (Collingwood, RIB no. 2232).[15]

There is also a Methodist church in the village known as Breaney Methodist chapel which is on Trevithick road.

The local primary school is Breage Church of England VA Primary School, established in the 1840s.[16]

Notable people

References

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  1. ^ Miller, G. M., ed. (1971) BBC Pronouncing Dictionary of British Names. London: Oxford University Press Template:ISBN; p. 20
  2. ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Script error: No such module "webarchive". : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Script error: No such module "webarchive".. Cornish Language Partnership.
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 Land's End Template:ISBN
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Parish Profiles". Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
  5. ^ Thorn, C. et al. (eds.) (1979) Cornwall. Chichester: Phillimore; entry 1.16
  6. ^ Langdon, A. G. (1896) Old Cornish Crosses. Truro: Joseph Pollard; pp. 380-82 & 100-01
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Welcome to Breage Parish Council". Breage Parish Council. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
  8. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tregonning Hill" (PDF). Natural England. 1994. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2011.
  9. ^ Cornwall; Explore Britain
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Tremearne Par" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 3 November 2011.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Porthcew" (PDF). Natural England. 1990. Retrieved 9 November 2011.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Wheal Fortune". Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Great Wheal Fortune" (PDF). Natural England. Retrieved 6 December 2011.
  14. ^ Pevsner, N. Buildings of England: Cornwall (1951; 1970) (rev. Enid Radcliffe) Penguin Books (reissued by Yale U. P.) Template:ISBN; p. 46
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Collingwood, R. G.; Wright, R. P. (1965). The Roman Inscriptions of Britain. I: Inscriptions on stone. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  16. ^ Breage C of E School
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  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Major-General David Tyacke". The Times. 9 March 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  20. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Packed funeral". Cornish Guardian, The West Briton, Western Morning News, The Cornishman. 22 April 2010. Retrieved 11 May 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

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