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Madron

Madron is a civil parish and village in west , England, United Kingdom. Madron is named after Saint Madern's Church. Its annual Trafalgar Service commemorating the death of Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson was started on 27 October 1946, following a local tradition that his death was first announced on British soil in the Union Hotel, .
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Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Type: Village with 626 residents
  • Description: civil parish and village in west Cornwall, England
  • Also known as: “Madron civil parish”, “Madron CP”, and “Madron, Cornwall”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Maddern’s Church, Madron and Trengwainton Garden.

Church
Photo: Tony Atkin, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Maddern's Church is the parish church of Madron, near Penzance in Cornwall and was once the mother church of and . It is a Grade I listed building.

Garden
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Trengwainton is a garden situated in Madron, near , , England, UK, which has been in the ownership of the National Trust since 1961. The garden is noted for its collection of exotic trees and shrubs and offers views over and .

School
is an academy school in , , , England, UK. The school teaches 1022 11- to 16-year-old students.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Madron and Sancreed and Heamoor.

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are the two landlocked parishes on the Penwith peninsula in West Cornwall.

Village
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is a village in , England. Formerly a secondary settlement of the village of Madron, is situated approximately one-and-a half kilometres northwest of town centre.

Hamlet
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is a hamlet around a crossroads in the parish of Madron, in west , United Kingdom. Between 1863 and 1884, the A3071 road, was a turnpike serving the mining industry at for the transport of ore to the nearest harbour in .

Madron

Latitude
50.13282° or 50° 7′ 58″ north
Longitude
-5.56648° or 5° 33′ 59″ west
Population
626
Elevation
390 feet (119 metres)
Open location code
9C2P4CMM+4C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 29172304
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2643228
Wiki­data ID
Q12061434
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Madron” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Madron”
  • Cebuano: “Madron (distrito)”
  • Cebuano: “Madron”
  • Cornish: “Eglosmadern”
  • Cornish: “Eglosvadern”
  • Dutch: “Madron”
  • French: “Madron”
  • German: “Madron (Cornwall)”
  • German: “Madron”
  • Irish: “Madron”
  • Japanese: “マドロン”
  • Ladin: “Madron”
  • Persian: “مدرون”
  • Polish: “Madron”
  • Spanish: “Madron”
  • Swedish: “Madron, Cornwall”
  • Swedish: “Madron”
  • Turkish: “Madron”
  • Welsh: “Eglosmadern”
  • Welsh: “Madron”
  • “Madron”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Boscathnoe Reservoir and Madron Well.

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