Mabe, Cornwall

The 15th century tower of the Church of St Laudus, Mabe

Mabe (variant: La Vabe, Cornish: Lannvab) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated one mile (1.6 km) west of Penryn.[1]

Mabe parish is bounded by Stithians and Ponsanooth to the north, Budock to the east, Mawnan and Constantine to the south and Wendron to the west. Mabe parish is twinned with the Breton town of Primelin. Mabe parish population was 2,083 at the 2011 census,[2] whereas the ward population covering a larger area was 5,802[3]

The parish lies at the eastern edge of the Carnmenellis Granite intrusion.[4] It is surrounded by several working and closed quarries. The Argal and College reservoirs lie to the south of the village.

The settlement of Mabe Burnthouse is situated on a hill overlooking Penryn and to the southwest is the location of the parish church, the Church of Saint Laud, which is dedicated to Saint Laudus, Bishop of Coutances.

  1. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4
  2. ^ "civil parish population census 2011". Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  3. ^ "ward population census 2011". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  4. ^ Ghosh, P. K. (February 1934). "Article on Carnmenellis Granite". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 90 (1–4): 240–276. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1934.090.01-04.09.