St Germans, Cornwall

St Germans ( cornish Lannales ) is a municipality in the UK. The small community is located on the peninsula Rame in southeast Cornwall on the lower reaches of the River Tiddy. The Tiddy flows 2 km south of the church in the Lynher, this is shortly thereafter on the Hamoaze. At St Germans includes the villages and hamlets Bethany, Polbathic and Tideford. In the south, the municipality is bordered by the English Channel, west of it borders the municipalities Deviock, Morval, Menheniot, Quethiock, Landrake -with- St Erney and Sheviock.

History

After the conquest of Cornwall, the church of St Germans Cornwall was 936 first bishop of the Church, rose as king Æthelstan Conan for the first Bishop of Cornwall. In 1030 the diocese was united with Crediton in Devon. 1050 the seat of the diocese was moved to Exeter, but the Collegiate Church gave the place still standing and prosperity. According to the Domesday Book of 1086 a market was held on Sundays in the village, but was abandoned in favor of the market of Trematon. Another market the community is mentioned in 1302. After the dissolution of the pin under Henry VIII, the convent building was leased to the Champernowne family. 1564 bought John Eliot from Plymouth the property, which as Port Eliot has since been the seat of the Eliot family, the title of Earl of St Germans leads since 1815. Elizabeth I created for St Germans a parliamentary constituency, so that from 1563 until the Reform Act 1832, the village was able to send two representatives to the House of Commons. The constituency with only a few voters was strongly under the influence of Eliot family and was already in the 17th century as a so-called Pocket Borough.

In 1600 St Germans was raised to the market town, but the significance of the place sank up to the beginning of the 19th century to a small fishing village with 672 inhabitants, down. 1859 was the place a railway station serving the Plymouth - Penzance. As the railroad company acquired the land for the railway line, was the Earl of St Germans that the place was a railway station and his family received the privilege to have to stop every train as needed. The station was opened in 1859, the privilege of the Eliot family existed until the nationalization of the railway line in 1947.

1905, the first suffragan bishop of the new diocese of Truro Anglican was ordained Bishop of St Germans. Since 1970 there has been a named after former diocese Sanctus Germanus titular of the Roman Catholic Church.

St Germans has twinned with Plouguerneau in Brittany. In 1997, a part of the municipality was split off as a new parish Deviock.

Economy

Originally St Germans was an important fishing port. In the 19th century, minerals, coal, wood and limestone were loaded at the pier, until the Second World War was sent by St Germans Road stones. Today the port only serves as a marina for pleasure craft.

Traffic

St Germans has a station on the railway line Penzance Plymouth. The railway line runs with a stone viaduct over the River Tiddy. The dreizehnbogige viaduct was built in 1908 and replaced a wooden of 1855. A38 road runs north through the district of St Germans Tideford.

Attractions

Parish Church of St Germanus

The present building of the former collegiate and parish church of St Germanus current dates from the 12th century. For 1261, the consecration is occupied. The three-nave church with adjoining choir was originally built of rubble with sandstone frames and slate roofs in the Norman style, later it was rebuilt several times in the Gothic style. After centuries of neglect crashed 1802 the north aisle, which was only in 1888 rebuilt. The church has an imposing twin-towered west facade with a richly decorated Norman arched portal. The two towers are still designed in the lower part in the Norman style, the northern tower has a ackteckigen essay from the Early English Period, the southern tower has a rectangular tower in the Perpendicular style.

Port Eliot

North of the church is the manor Port Eliot, which received its present appearance by a tag at the beginning of the 19th century. North and east of the house extends a large landscaped garden.

William Moyle 's Almshouses

William Moyle 's Almshouses is 1,583 donated poorhouse. It consists of a series of six built of slate houses with gable straßenseitigem. Each house contained were one room on the ground floor and upper floor, the first floor is accessed by an external gallery. In the 20th century, the rooms have been converted into four apartments.