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St Mawgan

Arundell familyCivil parishes in CornwallVillages in Cornwall
St. Mawgan Church geograph.org.uk 170465
St. Mawgan Church geograph.org.uk 170465

St Mawgan or St Mawgan in Pydar (Cornish: Lanherne) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The population of this parish at the 2011 census was 1,307. The village is situated four miles northeast of Newquay, and the parish also includes the hamlet of Mawgan Porth. The surviving manor house known as Lanherne House is an early 16th-century grade I listed building. The nearby Royal Air Force station, RAF St Mawgan, takes its name from the village and is next to Newquay Cornwall Airport. The River Menalhyl runs through St Mawgan village and the valley is known as The Vale of Lanherne. It was the subject of a poem by poet Henry Sewell Stokes.

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N 50.455 ° E -4.998 °
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TR8 4DT , Mawgan-in-Pydar
England, United Kingdom
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St. Mawgan Church geograph.org.uk 170465
St. Mawgan Church geograph.org.uk 170465
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