Lamorran
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Lamorran (Cornish: Lannvoren) is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of St Michael Penkevil, in the Cornwall district, in the ceremonial county of Cornwall, England.[1] Lamorran lies 3+1⁄2 miles (5.6 km) southeast of Truro, within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). In 1931 the parish had a population of 49.[2]
Lamorran church was built in the mid-13th century and has never been enlarged. It was dedicated (to St Morenna) in 1261 and restored unsympathetically in 1845 (by William White) and 1853 (for Lord Falmouth; Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth (1819–1889)). The tower is separate from the church and the font of Catacleuse stone may be Norman (or 15th century work in the Norman style).[3]
A large monument of 1658 commemorates John Verman and his wife. The churchyard cross is a fine example of a Gothic stone cross.[4] This cross is made of Pentewan stone; the crosshead is now incomplete as the upper limb is missing.[5]
Lamorran was an ancient parish, and became a civil parish in 1866. The civil parish was abolished on 1 April 1934 and absorbed into the civil parish of St Michael Penkevil.[6] For ecclesiastical purposes the parish is now united with Merther to form the parish of Lamorran and Merther.
Notable residents
- Owen Fitzpen (1580-1636) a merchant taken captive by Barbary pirates and sold into slavery. Seven years later, he later mounted a heroic escape and on return home lived at Lamorran.
- William Hals (1655–1737), a Cornish historian; he compiled a History of Cornwall, the first work of any magnitude that was printed in Cornwall. He was born in the parish of Merther.[7]
- Rear-Admiral Robert Carthew Reynolds (1745–1811), naval commander with a long and distinguished career in the Royal Navy.[8]
References
- ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4
- ^ "Population statistics Lamorran CP/AP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ^ Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; pp. 125, 159
- ^ Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall. Penguin Books; pp. 86-87
- ^ Langdon, A. G. (2002) Stone Crosses in Mid Cornwall; 2nd ed. Federation of Old Cornwall Societies; p. 41
- ^ Vision of Britain website
- ^ Pearce, N.D.F. (1890). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 24. pp. 123–124.
- ^ Laughton, John Knox (1896). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 48. pp. 71–72.