Crowan is a village and civil parish in Cornwall

Cornwall

Cornwall is a unitary authority and ceremonial county of England, within the United Kingdom. It is bordered to the north and west by the Celtic Sea, to the south by the English Channel, and to the east by the county of Devon, over the River Tamar. Cornwall has a population of , and covers an area of...

, United Kingdom

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. It is situated approximately three-and-a-half miles (6 km) south of Camborne

Camborne

Camborne is a town and civil parish in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is at the western edge of a conurbation comprising Camborne, Pool and Redruth....

. The River Hayle

River Hayle

The River Hayle is a small river in west Cornwall, UK which issues into St Ives Bay at Hayle on Cornwall's Atlantic coast.The River Hayle is approx 12 miles long and it rises south-west of Crowan village. Its course is west for approx 5 miles...

 rises near Crowan and flows through the village and the railway branch to Helston passed nearby.

Crowan has a population of 2,375. Crowan Churchtown is not the largest settlement: there are villages at Praze-an-Beeble

Praze-An-Beeble

Praze-An-Beeble , sometimes shortened to Praze, is a village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is located between the nearby towns of Camborne and Helston in the civil parish of Crowan....

, Nancegollan

Nancegollan

Nancegollan is a village in Cornwall, England, UK....

, Bolitho

Bolitho

Bolitho is a small village in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately one-and-a-half miles east of Praze-an-Beeble and is in the civil parish of Crowan.-Bolitho family:...

 and Leedstown

Leedstown

Leedstown is a village on the B3280 road southwest of Camborne in Cornwall, England, UK.-References:...

 and a hamlet at Black Rock (on the B3280 road four miles (6.5 km) south of Camborne

Camborne

Camborne is a town and civil parish in west Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is at the western edge of a conurbation comprising Camborne, Pool and Redruth....

 and five miles (8 km) north of Helston

Helston

Helston is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at the northern end of the Lizard Peninsula approximately 12 miles east of Penzance and nine miles southwest of Falmouth. Helston is the most southerly town in the UK and is around further south than...

).

Notable buildings

The parish church is dedicated to St Crewenna and is built of granite. The Latin name of the saint is first given as Crewanus in 1201 though later forms are in the feminine. The church is of the 15th century but was substantially restored

Victorian restoration

Victorian restoration is the term commonly used to refer to the widespread and extensive refurbishment and rebuilding of Church of England churches and cathedrals that took place in England and Wales during the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria...

 in 1872. There are numerous monuments to members of the St Aubyn family. The three St Aubyn brasses (ca. 1420, ca. 1490 & ca. 1550) are however now at Clowance.

In some 18th century documents there is evidence that the parish was called Uni-Crowan and this may be connected to the fact that the parish was in two parts, one in Penwith and one in Kerrier hundred. The Kerrier portion was once a separate chapelry and may have had St Uny as its patron saint.

Clowance House was the seat of the St Aubyns (from 1671 they were Baronets but the line ended with Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet

Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet

Sir John St Aubyn, 5th Baronet , was a British Member of Parliament, High Sheriff of Cornwall and Grand Master of the Freemasons....

in 1839).

Crowan parish has many remains of prehistoric times including barrows and stone crosses. The resort of Clowance estate offers swimming, tennis, gym and fitness facilities, a bar and an Italian restaurant.

Crowan Mill is an ancient mill used for grinding corn until 1946. It then became a pottery and later still a weaving mill.

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