Lelant

Lelant

Lelant is a village in Cornwall, England, UK situated between the nearby towns of Hayle and St Ives

The name is derived from the Cornish "lann" and "Anta", meaning "Church-site of Anta", [cite book
last = Mills
first = A. D.
title = The Popular Dictionary of English Place-Names
origdate =
origyear = 1991
publisher = Parragon Book Service Ltd & Magpie Books
isbn = 0752518518
pages = p.208 ] earliest attested spelling Lananta, about year 1170. [ Archives of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter, Number 3672.] [ For further information about the forms of this place name see: JEB GOVER (1948) "The place names of Cornwall" volume 6, pages 635-658 (typescript at the Royal Institution of Cornwall and reference copy at the Cornwall Record Office, Truro), research note books on Cornish place names of Oliver Padel (at the Institute of Cornish Studies, Tremough), and [http://lelant.info/name.htm] .]

The village is served by two railway stations: Lelant, which serves the village, and Lelant Saltings, which serves a park and ride site nearby. Both are on the St. Ives - St. Erth branch line.

For Christmas, residents display simple white lights giving the main road a pleasant, welcoming appearance.

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