Place:St. Levan, Cornwall, England

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NameSt. Levan
Alt namesLevansource: Family History Library Catalog|
TypeCivil parish
Coordinates50.041°N 5.662°W
Located inCornwall, England
See alsoPenwith Hundred, Cornwall, Englandhundred in which it was located
West Penwith Rural, Cornwall, Englandrural district of which it was a part 1894-1974
Penzance Registration District, Cornwall, Englandregistration district of which it was part 1837-2007
source: Family History Library Catalog
the following text is based on an article in Wikipedia

St. Levan (Cornish: Selevan) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England. The village is about eight miles (12.7 km) south west of Penzance.

The parish encompasses the settlements of St. Levan, Trethewey, Treen (the chief village), and Porthcurno and shares boundaries with the parishes of Sennen in the north-west, St. Buryan in the north-east (with which it has close ties) and is bounded by the sea in the south. It was at one point part of St. Buryan parish. The parish comprises 2,402 acres (10 km2) of land, 3 acres (12,000 m2) of water and 31 acres (130,000 m2) of foreshore.

St. Levan was part of the West Penwith Rural District from 1894 until 1974.

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