Morval, Cornwall

St Wenna's Church, Morval, the parish church
"Morvall, Cornwall, the seat of John Buller Esq." 1832 Engraving by William Alexander le Petit (fl. 1829–1855) from an original painting by Thomas Allom (1804–1872) published in "Cornwall Illustrated" (1832) by Fisher, Son & Co., London
Morval House, St Looe, Cornwall in 1888

Morval (Cornish: Morval) is a rural civil parish, hamlet and historic manor in southeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The hamlet is approximately two miles (3 km) north of Looe and five miles (8 km) south of Liskeard.[1]

Morval parish is in the Liskeard Registration District and the population in the 2001 census was 616, which increased to 711 at the 2011 census.[2] The meaning of the name Morval is unknown. To the north the parish is bounded by the parishes of Dobwalls and Trewidland and Menheniot, to the east by St Germans, to the south by St Martin-by-Looe and to the west by Duloe.[3]

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3
  2. ^ "Parish population 2011 census". Genuki.org.uk. Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Morval". GENUKI. 28 March 2013. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 23 July 2015.