Cury
Cury is a civil parish and village in southwest Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately four miles south of Helston on The Lizard peninsula. The parish is named for St Corentin and is recorded in the Domesday Book as Chori.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet with 459 residents
- Description: village in southwest Cornwall, UK
- Also known as: “Cury civil parish”, “Cury Civil Parish”, “Cury CP”, and “Cury, Cornwall”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Corentine’s Church and St Winwaloe’s Church.
St Corentine’s Church
Church
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Corentine's Church, Cury is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Cury, Cornwall, England, UK.
St Winwaloe’s Church
Church
Photo: Chris06, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of Saint Winwaloe is the Grade I listed parish church of Gunwalloe in Cornwall, England.
The Marconi Centre
Museum
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The Marconi Centre is a museum, which is situated 1½ miles southwest of Cury.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cross Lanes and Meaver.
Cross Lanes
Hamlet
Cross Lanes is a hamlet in the parish of Cury, Cornwall, England. Cross Lanes lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
Meaver
Hamlet
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Meaver is a hamlet east of Mullion and in the parish of Mullion in west Cornwall, England.
Chyanvounder
Hamlet
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Chyanvounder is a hamlet in the parish of Gunwalloe, Cornwall, England. Chyanvounder is situated 3.4 miles south of Helston on the Lizard Peninsula. Chyanvounder lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Chyanvounder is situated 1½ miles west of Cury.
Cury
- Categories: village, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Cury, Cornwall, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.04694° or 50° 2′ 49″ northLongitude
-5.24072° or 5° 14′ 27″ westPopulation
459Elevation
197 feet (60 metres)Open location code
9C2P2QW5+QPOpenStreetMap ID
node 29282305OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2651678Wikidata ID
Q1966799
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Cury” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كوري”
- Basque: “Cury”
- Breton: “Egloskuri”
- Cebuano: “Cury (distrito sa Hiniusang Gingharian)”
- Cebuano: “Cury”
- Chinese: “Cury”
- Cornish: “Egloskuri”
- Cornish: “Pluw Guri”
- Dutch: “Cury”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كورى”
- French: “Cury”
- Irish: “Cury”
- Italian: “Cury”
- Japanese: “カリー”
- Ladin: “Cury”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Cury”
- Polish: “Cury”
- Portuguese: “Cury”
- Swedish: “Cury (distrikt i Storbritannien)”
- Swedish: “Cury”
- Turkish: “Cury”
- Welsh: “Cury”
- Welsh: “Egloskuri”
- Welsh: “Pluw Guri”
- “Cury”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Cury Methodist Church and Cury CofE Primary School.
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