Creed, Cornwall

Creed
Creed Parish Church
Creed is located in Cornwall
Creed
Creed
Location within Cornwall
OS grid referenceSX935472
Civil parish
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townTruro
Postcode districtTR2
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°17′17″N 4°53′59″W / 50.28817°N 4.89971°W / 50.28817; -4.89971

Creed (Cornish: Krid)[1] is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Grampound with Creed, in the Cornwall district, in mid Cornwall, England. It is roughly midway between Truro and St Austell, about two miles (3 km) east of Probus.[2] In 1961 the parish had a population of 203.[3] On 1 April 1983 the parish was abolished to form "Grampound with Creed", part also went to St. Mewan.[4]

The name comes from Saint Cride (Sancta Crida), the patron of the church.[5]

The manor of Tybesta was the head manor of the hundred of Powder in the time of Domesday and later one of the 17 Antiqua maneria of the Duchy of Cornwall. It included the whole of the parish of Creed and parts of other parishes.

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4
  3. ^ "Population statistics Creed AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  4. ^ "St. Austell Registration District". UKBMD. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
  5. ^ Mills, A. D. (1991). The Popular Dictionary of English Place-Names. Parragon Book Service Ltd & Magpie Books. p. 95. ISBN 0-7525-1851-8.