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| Maker | |
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 Maker Church and War Memorial | |
  Maker Location within Cornwall | |
| Civil parish | |
| Unitary authority | |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
Maker (Cornish: Magor) is a village between Cawsand and Rame Head, Rame Peninsula, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.
The name means a ruin or old wall in Cornish, possibly because the church was built from the ruins of West Stonehouse in Cremyll.[1] This origin of the name is unlikely, as Maker is first referred to in 705AD,[2] which predates the construction of the church. Another supposition, is that the "old walls" are those of a (now lost) Roman-British villa.[3] However, another Celtic name is Egloshayle, [citation needed] (not to be confused with Egloshayle on the River Camel) which means, "the church on the estuary".[4]
The village and its neighbour Rame are in the civil parish of Maker-with-Rame and the parliamentary constituency of South East Cornwall. The parish had a population of 1,020 at the 2011 census.[5]
- ^ Hooe Lake Point and Earls Drive,www.southwestcoastpath.org.uk
- ^ Geronitus Rex dedit Macuir de v hidis iuxta Thamar, Edwards, H (1988) The Charters of the Early West Saxon Kingdom, Oxford British Archaeological Reports, Page 245
- ^ Letter in the Western Morning News, Dr W G Hoskins, (12 April 1962)
- ^ Egloshayle, Cornwall Information and Accommodation Guide, www.intocornwall.com
- ^ "Civil Parish population 2011". Retrieved 10 February 2015.