Coordinates: 50°11′02″N 5°26′23″W / 50.183889°N 5.439722°W
| Lelant | |
 The railway station and old station building. The building is now a private house. |
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  Lelant
Lelant shown within Cornwall |
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| Shire county | Cornwall |
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| Region | South West |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| EU Parliament | South West England |
| List of places: UK • England • Cornwall | |
Lelant is a village in Cornwall, England, UK situated between the nearby towns of Hayle and St Ives.
The name is derived from the Cornish lann and Anta, meaning Church-site of Anta,[1] earliest attested spelling Lananta, about year 1170.[2][3] Nothing is known about Anta and the church is dedicated to St Uny. Carbis Bay church is also dedicated to St Anta.
History
St. Uny's Church, Lelant is the parish church. 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.[4]
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.
Transport and customs
The village is served by two railway stations: Lelant, which serves the village, and Lelant Saltings, which serves a park and ride site nearby. Both are on the St. Ives - St. Erth branch line.
For Christmas, residents display simple white lights giving the main road a pleasant, welcoming appearance.
References
- ^ Mills, A. D.. The Popular Dictionary of English Place-Names. Parragon Book Service Ltd & Magpie Books. p. 208. ISBN 0752518518 [Amazon-US | Amazon-UK].
- ^ Archives of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, Number 3672.
- ^ For further information about the forms of this place name see: Gover, J. E. B. (1948) The place names of Cornwall volume 6, pages 635-658 (typescript at the Royal Institution of Cornwall and reference copy at the Cornwall Record Office, Truro), research note books on Cornish place names of Oliver Padel (at the Institute of Cornish Studies, Tremough), and [1].
- ^ Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall, 2nd ed. Penguin Books; p. 100
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