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Sithney Parish Church courtesy of Steve Beazley
www.kammneves.co.uk
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The parish of Sithney (sometime called St Bartholomew) is situated in the
deanery and Hundred of Kerrier. It is bounded on the north by Crowan, on the
east by Wendron and Helston and the Looe Pool which separates it from Gunwalloe, on the south by the sea, and on the west by
Breage. It is named
after the St Sezni. When God was deciding which saint was going to be the
patron saint of what, he offered to make St Sezni the patron saint of young
women. The saint moaned saying to God I shall never get any peace then! I’d
rather be the patron saint of mad dogs! To which God said what a good idea!
Thereafter St Sezni became the patron saint of mad or sick dogs. It is said
that the water from the well of St Sezni can cure madness and over the
centuries, people have drunk from the well in this belief. The parish lies
about three miles north west of the town of Helston in a mainly agricultural
area. In the 19th century there were at least eight tin mines in the area,
none of which are working today. There are the ruins of an old farmhouse
Plane-an-Gwary, meaning 'place of the plays'. Here Cornish Miracle plays
were acted in medieval times, and later Cornish wrestlers were seen here on
feast and fair days.
The principal villages are the Churchtown, Porthleven, St Johns, Penrose,
Mellangoose, Lower Prospidnick, Dowga, Sithney Common, Sithney Green,
Coverack Bridges, Crown Town (or Gudna), Lowertown, Chyreen and Lower Tregadjack.
Porthleven, which was originally part of this parish, became a
separate parish in 1846.
DISCLAIMER: I, nor any other member of the Cornwall Online Parish Clerk
Project (OPC's) are affiliated in any way, with any Parish Council, nor do we
claim to be. If you are looking for Sithney Parish Council or the Parish
Clerk for Sithney and not the Online Parish Clerk (me) please use the following
link:
[email protected]
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