Parish of Rushen
Details
Population Population A population is all the organisms that both belong to the same group or species and live in the same geographical area. The area that is used to define a sexual population is such that inter-breeding is possible between any pair within the area and more probable than cross-breeding with individuals... : 1591 Sheading: Rushen Parish Church Parish church A parish church , in Christianity, is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish, the basic administrative unit of episcopal churches.... : Kirk Christ Rushen Chapels of ease Chapel of ease A chapel of ease is a church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently.... : Port Erin, Port St Mary, Cregneash Industry Industry Industry refers to the production of an economic good or service within an economy.-Industrial sectors:There are four key industrial economic sectors: the primary sector, largely raw material extraction industries such as mining and farming; the secondary sector, involving refining, construction,... : Fishing and Agriculture
Main Peaks
Height Cronk-na-Arrey Lhaa 457m Bradda Head 233m Spanish Head 107m
Treens
Scard Le Garre Kyrke Patryk Le Calf Croknesse Shanball Gleton Fyshgarth Edremony Renmolyn Kyrkesansan Bradhawe Saureby Kentragh Scaleby

Rushen , formerly Kirk Christ Rushen , is a parish

Parish

A parish is a territorial unit historically under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of one parish priest, who might be assisted in his pastoral duties by a curate or curates - also priests but not the parish priest - from a more or less central parish church with its associated organization...

 in the sheading of the same name

Rushen (sheading)

Rushen is a sheading in the Isle of Man.The sheading comprises the southernmost portion of the island. It includes the parishes of Rushen, Arbory and Malew. The only village of any size in the sheading is Ballasalla. The sheading also includes Ronaldsway airport and the South Barrule...

 in the Isle of Man

Isle of Man

The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...

. The parish is a fishing and agricultural district at the south-westernmost point of the island. The parish is one of three in the sheading of Rushen. The other two are Arbory

Arbory (parish)

Arbory is a parish in the Isle of Man. The name is derived from "Kirk Cairbre". It forms part of the sheading of Rushen in the south of the island, and its main settlements are Colby and Ballabeg .-External links:*...

 and Malew

Malew

Malew is a parish in the Isle of Man. It is in the sheading of Rushen together with the neighbouring parishes of Rushen and Arbory.Malew parish covers an area from Langness Peninsula and Scarlett up to Foxdale, and includes the villages of Ballasalla, St Mark's and Derbyhaven. The area includes...

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Geography

Rushen parish includes the south-western extremity of the island, together with the Calf of Man

Calf of Man

Calf of Man, sometimes known as the Calf of Mann , is a island , off the southwest coast of the Isle of Man. It is separated from the Isle of Man by a narrow stretch of water called the Calf Sound. Like the nearby rocky islets of Chicken Rock and Kitterland, it is part of the parish of Rushen. It...

 along its rocky outcrops Kitterland

Kitterland

Kitterland is an islet in the Calf Sound between the Isle of Man and the Calf of Man in the Irish Sea.Kitterland is currently owned by the Manx National Trust and has a wealth of bird and marine wildlife. Kitterland is uninhabited and is in the parish of Rushen...

 and Chicken Rock

Chicken Rock

Chicken Rock is the southernmost island administered by the Isle of Man and belongs to the parish of Rushen. It lies to the southwest of the Calf of Man south-west of Spanish Head on the Manx mainland ....

, and contains an area of about 10 square miles (25.9 km²). It stretches round the coast from Strandhall (on the coast about halfway between Castletown and Port St Mary to the precipices west of Cronk ny Irrey Lhaa (Hill of the Day Watch, also spelled Arrey), known as the Stacks, or the Slogh, a distance of 16 miles (25.7 km). The principal headlands are Port St Mary Point, Black Head, Spanish Head (350 feet), and Bradda Head (766 feet); and the chief inlets are Port St Mary Bay, Perwick Bay, Bay Stacka, Port Erin Bay, and Fleshwick Bay.

The west of the parish is hilly, stretching from Cronk ny Irrey Lhaa (437 metres or approx 1430 feet (435.9 m), the highest point in the parish) along the western coast to Lhiattee ny Beinnee, Bradda Hill, Mull Hill, and the Sound, across which the ridge is continued on the Calf.

Port St Mary and Port Erin are the only significant settlements in the area and, while they are part of the parish for the purposes of the Anglican church

Diocese of Sodor and Man

Sodor and Man is a diocese of the Church of England. Originally much larger, today it covers just the Isle of Man and its adjacent islets.-Early history:...

, they are considered separate for local government

Local government in the Isle of Man

Local government in the Isle of Man was formerly based on 6 sheadings, which were divided into 17 parishes...

 purposes, as they each have their own village commissioners. Cregneash

Cregneash

Cregneash or Cregneish is a remote village situated on Mull Hill in the south of the Isle of Man.Annual Manx festivals are held in Cregneash and it is home to a flock of the rare four-horned Loaghtan sheep. Much of the village forms a "Living Museum" dedicated to the preservation of the...

 is a small village and folk museum near Mull Hill

Mull Hill

Mull Hill is a small hill at the southern end of the Isle of Man, just outside the village of Cregneash. It is the site of a chambered cairn called Mull Circle or Meayll Circle...

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Demographics

The Isle of Man census 2006 lists the population of the parish (excluding Port St Mary and Port Erin) as 1,591, a slight increase from the population of 1,504 in 2001.

External links

• Manxnotebook - Rushen with full description of the parish
• Isle of Man Building Control Districts showing parish boundaries
• Great.Outdoors.com/ManxGlens Glenology - Manx Glens An ongoing study of Manx glens, their locations and meanings.
• Rushen Parish Commissioners
• GeoHive Census Information

External links

• Constituency maps and general election results