Helland

Helland

infobox UK place
country = England
official_name= Helland
map_type= Cornwall
latitude= 50.5078
longitude= -4.7173
population= 205 in 2001
os_grid_reference= SX074710
civil_parish= Helland
shire_district= North Cornwall
shire_county= Cornwall
region= South West England
constituency_westminster= North Cornwall
post_town= BODMIN|postcode_district = PL30
postcode_area= PL|dial_code= 01208

Helland is a village and civil parish situated three miles north of Bodmin in Cornwall, England, UK.

The parish church is dedicated to St Helena, who was the mother of Constantine I. The church comprises a chancel, nave and south aisle. The tower has a pyramidal roof and had a single bell. The church is pre Norman conquest in origin.

The village is referred to in the Domesday book as Henland. [Gilbert Davies, Hals William, Tonkin Thomas (1838) The Parochial History of Cornwall J.B. Nichols and Son.]

The parish has 2483 acres of land. [ [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/Helland/index.html GENUKI: Helland ] ]

Humphrey Arundell, the leader of the Prayer Book Rebellion, was born here.

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