St Veep

St Veep

infobox UK place
country= England
official_name= St. Veep
region= South West England
os_grid_reference= SX139550
latitude= 50.36540
longitude= -4.61806
population=
civil_parish= St. Veep
shire_district= Caradon
shire_county = Cornwall
constituency_westminster= South East Cornwall
post_town= LOSTWITHIEL
postcode_area= PL
postcode_district= PL22
dial_code=

St. Veep is a civil parish situated in Caradon in Cornwall, England, UK. It sits above the east bank of the Fowey Estuary about 5 km southeast of Lostwithiel. It is named after Saint Veep, of whom little is known, in fact no one even knows whether the saint was male or female. Half of the village of Lerryn is in St Veep parish. Its church is dedicated to Saint Quiricus and Saint Julietta.

In 1549, following the Prayer Book Rebellion a number of well known Cornish figures and priests were murdered or hung in Cornwall. These included Richard Bennet, vicar of St. Veep, under the direct orders of Anthony Kingston, Provost Marshal serving under King Edward VI. [ [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=UfCvxdhNLHIC&pg=PA125&lpg=PA125&dq=Anthony+Kingston+cornwall&source=web&ots=xZMxXJaBHq&sig=qFD2TgIubdMnlD10rwwTukVNLQs&hl=en#PPA126,M1 Philip Payton - (1996) "Cornwall", Fowey: Alexander Associates] ]

Buried within the churchyard is the British actor Eric Portman (1903-1969). Also Captain Robert Edwin Phillips VC (11 April 1895 - 23 September 1968) of the 13th Battalion, The Warwickshire Regiment. Awarded the Victoria Cross for an action at the River Hai, Kut-el-Amara, Mesopotamia on 25 January 1917.

References

External links

* [http://crocat.cornwall.gov.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Overview.tcl&dsqSearch=((text)='st%20veep') Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for St Veep]
* [http://www.acny.org.uk/venue.php?V=2493 St. Veep Church]
* [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/StVeep/ St. Veep] – GENUKI page.


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