Lelant
Encyclopedia
Lelant is a village in west Cornwall
, England, UK. It is on the west side of the River Hayle
estuary about 2½ miles (4km) southeast of St Ives
and one mile (1.6km) west of Hayle
.
The name is derived from the Cornish
lann and Anta, meaning Church-site of Anta. The earliest attested spelling is Lananta in about 1170. Nothing is known about Anta and Lelant parish church is dedicated to St Uny. However, Carbis Bay
church is dedicated to St Anta.
Langdon (1896) records nine stone crosses in the parish, of which four are in the churchyard.
The family of Praed were landowners here for many centuries.
Lelant was formerly an ecclesiastical parish and a civil parish
but the village is now part of St Ives
civil parish, St Ives Town Council (and also in St Ives parliamentary constituency). The birth, marriage, and death registration district is Penzance.
The village is served by two railway stations on the St Ives branch
. The original station, Lelant
, was built by the Great Western Railway
in 1877 to serve Lelant village. Lelant Saltings
was built in 1978 as park and ride station
to relieve traffic congestion in St Ives and Carbis Bay.
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...
, England, UK. It is on the west side of 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...
estuary about 2½ miles (4km) southeast of St Ives
St Ives, Cornwall
St Ives is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea. In former times it was commercially dependent on fishing. The decline in fishing, however, caused a shift in commercial...
and one mile (1.6km) west of Hayle
Hayle
Hayle is a small town, civil parish and cargo port in west Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is situated at the mouth of the Hayle River and is approximately seven miles northeast of Penzance...
.
The name is derived from the Cornish
Cornish language
Cornish is a Brythonic Celtic language and a recognised minority language of the United Kingdom. Along with Welsh and Breton, it is directly descended from the ancient British language spoken throughout much of Britain before the English language came to dominate...
lann and Anta, meaning Church-site of Anta. The earliest attested spelling is Lananta in about 1170. Nothing is known about Anta and Lelant parish church is dedicated to St Uny. However, Carbis Bay
Carbis Bay
Carbis Bay is a village and seaside resort in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It lies one mile SE of St Ives on the west side of St Ives Bay on the Atlantic coast....
church is dedicated to St Anta.
History
Lelant was a seaport in the Middle Ages, but the trade was lost to St Ives when the estuary silted up. At Lower Lelant is a house called The Abbey which was built in the 16th century and renovated in the 18th.Langdon (1896) records nine stone crosses in the parish, of which four are in the churchyard.
The family of Praed were landowners here for many centuries.
Lelant was formerly an ecclesiastical parish and a civil parish
Civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a territorial designation and, where they are found, the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties...
but the village is now part of St Ives
St Ives, Cornwall
St Ives is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea. In former times it was commercially dependent on fishing. The decline in fishing, however, caused a shift in commercial...
civil parish, St Ives Town Council (and also in St Ives parliamentary constituency). The birth, marriage, and death registration district is Penzance.
Transport
St Ives Bay Line
The St Ives Bay Line is a railway line from to in Cornwall, United Kingdom. It was opened in 1877, the last new broad gauge passenger railway to be constructed in the country...
. The original station, Lelant
Lelant railway station
Picturesque Lelant railway station is on the waterfront of the Hayle estuary below the village of Lelant in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Opened in 1877, it is now only a request stop served by just a limited number of trains.-History:...
, was built by the Great Western Railway
Great Western Railway
The Great Western Railway was a British railway company that linked London with the south-west and west of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, received its enabling Act of Parliament in 1835 and ran its first trains in 1838...
in 1877 to serve Lelant village. Lelant Saltings
Lelant Saltings railway station
Lelant Saltings railway station was opened on 27 May 1978 to provide a park and ride facility for visitors to St Ives. It is situated on the A3074 road close to the junction with the A30 near the foot of the hill up to Lelant village.-History:...
was built in 1978 as park and ride station
Park and ride
Park and ride facilities are car parks with connections to public transport that allow commuters and other people wishing to travel into city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, rail system , or carpool for the rest of their trip...
to relieve traffic congestion in St Ives and Carbis Bay.