Paul (Cornwall)

50.083333333333 - 5.5333333333333Koordinaten: 50 ° 5 ' N, 5 ° 32 ' W

Paul is a municipality and a city in the former Penwith District of Cornwall in England. The town itself is located within the current city limits of Penzance. However, in Paul a separate council, which is responsible for the affairs of the environment.

History

Much of the story of Paul is related to the Anglican state church Church of England. The Church in Paul to have been founded by the Celtic saints Paulinus Aurelianus in 490 (or slightly later ). Paul was with Mousehole, Newlyn and Penzance, one of the places that were destroyed in 1595 during a robbery of the Spaniards.

In place is a memorial to Dolly Pentreath, the last known native speaker of Cornish. Louis Lucien Bonaparte, a linguist and nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte, let build the monument. The Cornish writer Nicholas Boson, Thomas and John Boson Boson are all buried in the churchyard of Paul. Inside the church there is a epitaph of John Boson in Cornish.

Gwinear - Gwithian | Hayle | Ludgvan | Madron | Marazion | Morvah | Paul | Penzance | Perranuthnoe | Sancreed | Sennen | St Buryan | St Erth | St Hilary | St Ives | St Just in Penwith | St Levan | St Michael's Mount | Towednack | Zennor

  • Location in Cornwall
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