Everything about Paul Cornwall totally explained
Paul is a
village and
civil parish in the
Penwith district of
Cornwall. The village itself falls within the current boundaries of the civic parish of
Penzance, however there's a separate Paul parish council which is responsible for the surrounding area.
Local Government
The majority of the village of Paul falls in the Penzance South ward of the
Penwith District Council and the
Penzance town council. For purposes of elections to Cornwall County Council, Paul falls within the 3 member single Penzance Electoral division.
History
Much of the history of Paul is tied with its
parish church. The church itself is said to have been founded in
490 (or slightly later) by
Paul Aurelian, a Welsh saint known in
Brittany as Saint Pol de Léon. He was founder of the
cathedral at
Saint-Pol-de-Léon, the city named after him. Paul village and its church have a long association with
Mousehole and has served as this community's parish church since its inception. Paul was one of the communities along with Mousehole, Newlyn, and Penzance to be destroyed in the Spanish raid of 1595 carried out by
Carlos de Amésquita.
Within the village there's a memorial to
Dolly Pentreath, reputedly and disputedly the last native speaker of
Cornish. This memorial was placed there by
Louis Lucien Bonaparte, a relative of
Napoleon Bonaparte in the 19th Century.
The
Cornish language writers
Nicholas Boson,
Thomas Boson and
John Boson are all buried in Paul Churchyard, and a monument in the church by John Boson (to Arthur Hutchens, d. 1709) is the only surviving lapidary inscription in traditional Cornish.
Traditions
Like many Cornish communities Paul has its own community celebration or feast day. Paul feast is held on the Sunday nearest 10th October every year. Another celebration is to worship an ex local bus driver of the same name, this takes place during the week prior to the feast, the village is decorated and a civic service takes place on the Sunday of the feast itself lead by the Mayor of Penzance and the Chairman of Penwith District Council. There is speculation that the feast may be an example of the celtic practice of celebration of
Samhain or
Allantide.
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