South Hill, Cornwall

South Hill
Cornish: Bre Dheghow
St Sampson's church
South Hill  South Hill shown within Cornwall
OS grid reference	SX329726
Civil parish	South Hill
Unitary authority	Cornwall
Ceremonial county	Cornwall
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	CALLINGTON
Postcode district	PL17
Dialling code	01579
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Cornwall
Ambulance	South Western
EU Parliament	South West England
UK Parliament	South East Cornwall
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Coordinates: 50°31′44″N 4°21′29″W / 50.529°N 4.358°W / 50.529; -4.358

South Hill (Cornish: Bre Dheghow) is a civil parish and hamlet in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.^[1] The parish population at the 2011 census was 489.^[2]

The parish church was consecrated in 1333 and apart from the upper stage of the tower and the south aisle is entirely of this date (the additions are 15th century). The font is Norman and a fine example of the Bodmin type (carved with four faces, trees and curious creatures); in the churchyard is an inscribed stone of the 6th or 7th century. The tower is topped by figures of the Twelve Apostles.^[3] Callington was formerly in the parish of South Hill.^[4] St Sampson's well is supposed to have been either near the church in the grounds of the former rectory,^[5] or in a nearby valley in a stream leading to the river Lynher.^[6]

Notable people

• George Symons VC DCM, artillery officer

References

1. ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 Plymouth & Launceston ISBN 978-0-319-23146-3
2. ↑ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 12 February 2015. 
3. ↑ Mee, Arthur (1937) Cornwall. London: Hodder & Stoughton; pp. 270-71
4. ↑ Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall, 2nd ed. Penguin Books
5. ↑ Lane-Davies, Holy Wells of Cornwall, 1970
6. ↑ Meyrick, J. A. A Pilgrim's Guide to the Holy Wells of Cornwall, 1982

External links

Media related to South Hill, Cornwall at Wikimedia Commons

• South Hill Parish information

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