| Sithney | |
|---|---|
 Sithney Church | |
| Shire county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | Helston |
| Postcode district | TR13 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
Sithney (Cornish: Merthersydhni)[1] is a village and civil parish in the West of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Sithney is north of Porthleven. The population including Boscadjack and Crowntown at the 2011 census was 841.[2]
It is named after Saint Sithney, the patron saint of the parish church.[3] Saint Sithney was one of the band of Irish missionaries who came to west Cornwall. William Worcester recorded in 1478 that the body of the saint lay within the church.
- ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived May 15, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 12 February 2015.
- ^ Mills, A. D. (1996). The Popular Dictionary of English Place-names. Parragon Book Service Ltd and Magpie Books. p. 298. ISBN 0-7525-1851-8.