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Kea (Cornish: Sen Ke) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England. It is a "large straggling parish" (Source:GENUKI) in a former mining area south of Truro. The population of the civil parish in 2001 was 1,516. Kea village is situated just over one mile (1.6 km) southwest of Truro and Old Kea is situated two miles (3 km) to the east on the west bank of the Truro River. St. Kea reputedly landed at Old Kea on his first visit to Cornwall and established a church there. This was the parish church until replaced by All Hallows. Today, the parish is mainly agricultural, and is noted for giving its name to the damson-type Kea plum. It is bounded to the north by Calenick Creek and Truro civil parish; to the east by the Truro River and River Fal; to the south by the parishes of Feock, Perranarworthal and Gwennap; and to the west by Kenwyn. Other settlements in the parish include Calenick, Come-to-Good, Killiow, Nansavallan, Playing Place and Porth Kea or Porthkea. A Quaker Meeting House opened in Come-to-Good in 1710. Kea was described in 1870–72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870) as:
Kea was in the Powder Hundred was part of the Truro Rural District from 1894 until 1974. Part of Kea was transferred to the new civil parish of Chacewater in 1934.
[edit] Research TipsOne of the many maps available on A Vision of Britain through Time is one from the Ordnance Survey Series of 1900 illustrating the parish boundaries of Cornwall at the turn of the 20th century. This map blows up to show all the parishes and many of the small villages and hamlets. The following websites have pages explaining their provisions in WeRelate's Repository Section. Some provide free online databases.
https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CON/Jacobstow
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