St Blazey Gate

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St Blazey Gate
Cornish: Yet Lanndreth
St Blazey Gate is located in Cornwall
St Blazey Gate
St Blazey Gate
 St Blazey Gate shown within Cornwall
OS grid reference SX 059 537
Civil parish St Blaise
Unitary authority Cornwall
Ceremonial county Cornwall
Region South West
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town PAR
Postcode district PL24
Dialling code 01726
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Cornwall
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament South East Cornwall
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St Blazey Gate (Cornish: Yet Lanndreth) is a settlement in south Cornwall, United Kingdom in the civil parish of St Blaise. It is situated between the towns of St Blazey and Par on the A390 to St Austell.

The settlement formed around a toll gate on the turnpike road to St Austell.[1] The toll house is now a private residence.[2]

St Mary's Church is the parish church of Church of England parish of Par. It was built on land given Edward Carlyon the owner of the nearby Tregrehan House and was consecrated on 1 November 1849. It was designed by George Edmund Street, his first commission, and built from the local reddish coloured Biscovey slate with quoins from Pentewan stone from the cliffs near Mevagissey.[3]

The Biscovey Stone is the shaft of an ancient Celtic cross. It was inscribed but the text is no longer readable. There are several theories about the stone, one says it dates from around 600 AD to show the Saxon advance into the county, another puts the date at around 900 AD. The head is thought to have been removed during the reformation. The stone served as a gate post near the St Blazey turnpike gate. In 1896 it was moved to St Mary's Church.[4]

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