St Germans
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 St German's Priory and its lych gate | |
  St Germans Location within Cornwall | |
| Population | 1,453 (2011 Census including Bake and Budge's Shop) |
| OS grid reference | SX359578 |
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| Unitary authority | |
| Ceremonial county | |
| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | SALTASH |
| Postcode district | PL12 |
| Dialling code | 01503 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
| UK Parliament | |
St Germans (Cornish: Lannaled)[1] is a village and civil parish in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It stands on the River Tiddy, just upstream of where that river joins the River Lynher; the water way from St Germans to the Hamoaze is also known as St Germans River.
It takes its name from the St. German's Priory, generally associated with St Germanus, although the church may have been associated initially with a local saint, who was gradually replaced by the 14th century.[2] This Norman church is adjacent to the Port Eliot estate of the present Earl of St Germans.
The other villages in the historic parish were Tideford, Hessenford, Narkurs, Polbathic, and Bethany, but new ecclesiastical parishes were established in 1834 (St Anne's Church, Hessenford) and 1852 (Tideford). In 1997 part of the St Germans parish was made into Deviock parish. The area of the civil parish is 10,151 acres (4,108 ha), and it has a population of 1,427,[3] increasing to 1,453 at the 2011 census.[4] An electoral ward with the name St Germans also exists. The population at the 2011 census was 4,301.[5]
- ^ 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 15 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Cornish Language Partnership.
- ^ W. M. M. Picken
- ^ Office for National Statistics Census 2001: Parish Headcounts: Caradon Archived 23 December 2015 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 30 January 2010
- ^ "Parish population 2011 census". Archived from the original on 9 February 2015. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
- ^ "Ward population 2011". Retrieved 13 February 2015.