Kea, Cornwall

Kea is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, in the United Kingdom. Also in the parish is Old Kea, the site of the original parish church of which only the tower now remains. It is named after Saint Kea who lived there in the late 5th century.

The parish church of All Hallows was built in 1895 to replace a church of 1802 which was the work of James Wyatt. The church has a steep tiled roof and a lead spire. The font is Norman and of the Altarnun type.^[1]

Quaker Meeting House at Come-to-Good, Kea, opened in 1714

See also

• Kea:Old Cornwall Society News Web Page

References

v • d • e Civil Parishes of the former Carrick District Cornwall Chacewater • Cubert • Cuby • Falmouth • Feock • Gerrans • Gwennap • Kea • Kenwyn • Ladock • Mylor • Penryn • Perranarworthal • Perranzabuloe • Philleigh • Probus • Ruan Lanihorne • St Agnes • St Allen • St Clement • St Erme • St Just in Roseland • St Michael Penkivel • St Newlyn East • Tregony • Truro • Veryan

Coordinates: 50°14′N 5°03′W / 50.233°N 5.05°W / 50.233; -5.05

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