Phillack is a settlement in the west of Cornwall, UK, that, since 1935, has fallen within the boundaries of the Hayle civil parish. The origin of the name Phillack was traced in the 17th century to the Irish Saint Felicitas, who is said to have founded Phillack church in the 6th century AD, but a 10th century Vatican codex mentions a Saint Felec of Cornwall, who may be the dedicatee and is believed to have lived about the same time.
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Parish church
The church was originally the parish church also of Hayle: it was built in the 15th century and rebuilt in 1856 by William White but the tower is original. The font is probably not medieval; half a coped stone is in the churchyard.[1]
Antiquities
Two early stones have been found embedded in the original village church. One bears a 'Constantine' form of a Chi-Rho cross which may date to the 5th century; it was afterwards rebuilt into the wall directly above the apex of the arch of the doorway of the new church. The second is simple memorial stone bearing the name of 'Clo[tualus] [son of] Mo[bra]ttus', dated between the fifth to eighth centuries, and now stands in the churchyard.[2] Arthur G. Langdon (1896) recorded the existence of six stone crosses in the parish, including two in the churchyard.
Notable residents
The geologist and philanthropist Elizabeth Carne was born here. The Devon clergyman Richard Carpenter may have been born here in 1575.
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External links
- "Online Catalogue for Phillack". Cornwall Record Office. http://crocat.cornwall.gov.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Overview.tcl&dsqSearch=((text)='phillack').
Coordinates: 50°12′N 5°25′W / 50.2°N 5.417°W
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