Pelynt



Pelynt (Plunennys) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated 20 miles (32 km) west of Plymouth and four miles (6.5 km) west-northwest of Looe. Pelynt has a population of around 1,124 (2001 census).

The parish of Pelynt is mentioned in the Domesday Book when it was valued much higher than Looe. The name derives from Cornish plu (parish) and the name of Saint Non, the mother of St David.

The parish church is dedicated to St Nonna and built in the Perpendicular style. In about 1680, one of the arcades was remodelled in Tuscan Doric style. The tower is of the 14th century, earlier than the rest of the church. There are a number of interesting memorials including that to Bishop Jonathan Trelawny, whose pastoral staff is preserved in the church. Other notable members of the locally resident Trelawny family are also commemorated.

The village has a school, founded in 1882, and a 16th-century inn, The Jubilee. There is an ancient barrow cemetery nearby: ten barrows still exist and others have been destroyed. The Rillaton Cup and the Pelynt Dagger are two artifacts that have been found in Cornwall that show contact with the Mycenaean Greek world.

The first mention of a post office in Pelynt was in May 1852, when a type of postmark known as an undated circle was issued. Details of some of the people who have run the post office, including William Churchill (1856), Harriet Andrews (1910) and Samuel Harvey (from 1929) appeared in a book published in 1988.

Notable residents

 * Geoffrey Grigson, poet and author of Freedom of the Parish. London: Phoenix House (1954)
 * Sir Jonathan Trelawny, 3rd Baronet, Bishop of Bristol, Exeter and Winchester