Breage, Cornwall
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Breage (/ˈbriːɡ/ BREEG, locally /ˈbreɪɡ/ BRAYG;[1] Cornish: Eglosbrek (village) or Pluw Vrek (parish)[2]) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is three miles (5 km) west of Helston.[3]
Breage
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A former Methodist chapel | |
Location within Cornwall | |
Population | 3,000 (Civil Ward, 2011) |
OS grid reference | SW615285 |
Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | HELSTON |
Postcode district | TR13 |
Dialling code | 01326 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Cornwall |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
50.108°N 5.332°W / 50.108; -5.332 |
Other settlements in the parish include the villages of Ashton, Carleen and Godolphin Cross; the coastal village of Praa Sands; and the Great Work Mine. The ward population at the Census 2011 had increased to 4,757.[4] Breage civil parish had a population increase to 3181.[5]
Breage is named after Saint Breaca, a missionary from Ireland (to whom the 15th-century church is dedicated) and it is in the former Kerrier District.