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South Hill, Cornwall

Hamlet in Cornwall, England

Summary

Hamlet in Cornwall, England

Field	Value
country	England
map_type	Cornwall
static_image_name	St Samsons Church, South Hill - geograph.org.uk - 260952.jpg
static_image_caption	St Sampson's church
coordinates
official_name	South Hill
cornish_name	Henle Soth
population	474
civil_parish	South Hill
unitary_england	Cornwall
lieutenancy_england	Cornwall
region	South West England
constituency_westminster	South East Cornwall
post_town	CALLINGTON
postcode_district	PL17
postcode_area	PL
dial_code	01579
os_grid_reference	SX329726

South Hill () is a civil parish and hamlet in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish population at the 2011 census was 489.

The parish church was consecrated in 1333 and apart from the upper stage of the tower and the south aisle is entirely of this date (the additions are 15th century). The font is Norman and a fine example of the Bodmin type (carved with four faces, trees and curious creatures); in the churchyard is an inscribed stone of the 6th or 7th century. The tower is topped by figures of the Twelve Apostles. Callington was formerly in the parish of South Hill. St Sampson's well is supposed to have been either near the church in the grounds of the former rectory, or in a nearby valley in a stream leading to the river Lynher.

Notable people

George Symons VC DCM, artillery officer
John 'Jack' Russell was resident here as a child whilst his father, John Senior, was curate of the church

References

Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 ''Plymouth & Launceston'' {{ISBN. 978-0-319-23146-3
"Parish population 2011".
[[Mee, Arthur]] (1937) ''Cornwall''. London: Hodder & Stoughton; pp. 270-71
Pevsner, N. (1970) ''Cornwall'', 2nd ed. Penguin Books
Lane-Davies, ''Holy Wells of Cornwall'', 1970
Meyrick, J. A. ''A Pilgrim's Guide to the Holy Wells of Cornwall'', 1982
Noon, Charles. (2000). "Parson Jack Russell: The Hunting Legend 1795-1883". Halsgrove.

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