Manaccan
Manaccan is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
It is a typically quiet Cornish village, with the ubiquitous pub, church and shop. There is also a restaurant, that is subject to reasonably regular changes of management. A fish and chip van visits every Tuesday.
Manaccan Parish borders the Helford River which is a drowned river valley or ria. The whole area is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) which is one of the major tourism attraction. Tourism is the source of most of the prosperity in terms of jobs, living and recreation. The village is closely associated with Helford Village, St. Anthony-in-Meneage and Gillan.
Manaccan is placed in an area known as Meneage, which literally means 'land of the monks'.
Buildings and antiquities
In 1791 William Gregor discovered titanium in the stream that runs through the valley just south of the village. The location is commemorated by a plaque placed next to the bridge.
The parish church is dedicated to St Manacca: there was a Norman church here but only fragments of it remain, the rest is of the 13th and 15th centuries. The west tower is built of slate.[1]
Higher Boden Fogou was rediscovered by a local farmer in the 1990's and was excavated by archaeologists in 2003[2] and in September and October 2008.
References
- ^ Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall; 2nd ed. Penguin Books; pp. 112-13
- ^ Modern Antiquarian (The). "Higher Boden Fogou". Retrieved 2009-06-01.
External links
- Westcountry Genealogy. "Genealogy & History Resources for Manaccan". Retrieved 2009-06-01.
- "Preserve Port Navas Quay". Retrieved 2009-06-01.
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