Cubert

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Cubert
Cottages and pub of Cubert
Cubert is located in Cornwall
Cubert
Cubert
Location within Cornwall
Population1,327 (United Kingdom Census 2011 including Ellenglaze , Gunmow's Shop and Holywell)[1]
OS grid referenceSW785579
Civil parish
  • Cubert
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNEWQUAY
Postcode districtTR8
Dialling code01637
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°22′44″N 5°07′01″W / 50.379°N 5.117°W / 50.379; -5.117

Cubert (Cornish: Egloskubert)[2] is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is three miles (5 km) south-southwest of Newquay[3] and is in the civil parish of Cubert (Cornish: Lannowyn).[2]

Once known as St Cubert, the village is dominated by the spire of its 14th-century church which was enlarged by the addition of a south aisle a century later.

The village is named after the Welsh missionary St Cubert who, as a companion of St Carantoc, brought the Christian faith to this part of Cornwall, and to whom the church is dedicated. Unlike his companion St Carantoc—who travelled on to Brittany—St Cubert returned to Wales becoming abbot of his monastery and, according to the Welsh chronicles, dying in 775. The feast of St Cubert is celebrated on the Sunday following 4 October.[4] Gilbert H. Doble included translations of the "Vita Carantoci" and extracts from the "Léon Breviary" in his account of St Carantoc. After reviewing all the evidence he could find he concluded that Carantoc had been the leader of a band of Welsh missionaries who came to the Crantock district to evangelize it; Cubert was among his followers, and after their work in Cornwall was done they went on to Brittany where a district around Léon has place-names and dedications related to these missionary saints.[5] St Cubert's holy well is in a cave accessible only at low tide towards the north end of Holywell Bay.[6]

The hamlets of Tresean, Treveal, Trevemper, Treworgans and Ellenglaze are in the parish.[7]

  1. ^ "Civil Parish 2011". Neighbourhood Statististics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived May 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
  3. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 200 Newquay & Bodmin ISBN 978-0-319-22938-5
  4. ^ The Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 14
  5. ^ Doble, G. H. (1965) The Saints of Cornwall; Part four: Saints of the Newquay, Padstow and Bodmin district. Truro: Dean and Chapter; pp. 31-52
  6. ^ Ellis, P. B. (1992) The Cornish Saints. Penryn: Tor Mark Press, pp. 9-10
  7. ^ Cornwall; Explore Britain