Menheniot

For the murder victim, see Stephen Menheniott.

Menheniot
Menheniot village
Menheniot is located in Cornwall
Menheniot
Menheniot
Location within Cornwall
Population1,716 (United Kingdom Census 2011 including Doddycross)
OS grid referenceSX289628
Civil parish
  • Menheniot
Unitary authority
Ceremonial county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townLISKEARD
Postcode districtPL14
Dialling code01579
PoliceDevon and Cornwall
FireCornwall
AmbulanceSouth Western
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Cornwall
50°26′24″N 4°24′43″W / 50.440°N 4.412°W / 50.440; -4.412
Menheniot parish church

Menheniot (pronounced Men-en-yut;[clarification needed] Cornish: Mahynyet)[1] is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is 2+1⁄2 miles (4.0 km) southeast of Liskeard.[2] The meaning of the name is "sanctuary of Neot" (from minihi and Neot).[3]

Menheniot had a population of 1,605 in the 2001 census.[4] This increased slightly to 1,655 at the 2011 census,[5] whereas the ward population at the same census was 3,658.[6] The village has a primary school, a pub, a shop and a post office.

  1. ^ Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF) Archived 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine : List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel Archived 2013-05-15 at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3
  3. ^ Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 157
  4. ^ Office for National Statistics: Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts: Caradon Archived 2015-12-23 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved January 2010
  5. ^ "Parish population at 2011 census". Genuki.org.uk. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
  6. ^ "Ward population 2011 census". Ukcensusdata.com. Retrieved 9 February 2015.