St Just in Roseland
Village and civil parish in Cornwall, England
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St Just in Roseland (Cornish: Lannsiek) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is 6 miles (10 km) south of Truro and 2 miles (3 km) north of St Mawes, a small village within the parish of St Just in Roseland.[1] The 2011 Census recorded the parish population as 1,158.[2]
- St Just in Roseland
| St Just in Roseland | |
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St Just parish church | |
  St Just in Roseland Location within Cornwall | |
| Population | 1,158 (2011 census) |
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| Region | |
| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
St Just in Roseland lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).
Churches
St Just in Roseland is noted for its 13th-century Church of England parish church, St Just’s Church, St Just in Roseland, set in riverside gardens planted with semitropical shrubs and trees, many of which are species rare in England.[citation needed] The church is on the edge of a tidal creek beside the Carrick Roads on the Fal Estuary just outside the main village. The path from the road to the church is lined with granite blocks carved with quotations and verses taken from the Bible.
Notable people
- Edward Hearle Rodd (1810–1880), ornithologist, interested in the question of migration.[3]
- Peter Wilfred James (1930 - 2014), botanist and lichenologist.
- Michael Harris (1944–2025), cricketer (known as "Pasty" Harris), played 344 First-class cricket matches.
Gallery
View from above the church looking across to St Just Creek
View from creek (low tide)
Lord's Prayer (1693)
Celtic cross
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