Laity Moor
Laity Moor | |
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![]() Former Methodist chapel at Laity Moor | |
![]() ![]() Laity Moor Laity Moor shown within Cornwall | |
OS grid reference | SW758367 |
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Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Truro |
Postcode district | TR3 |
EU Parliament | South West England |
Laity Moor is a village 2 miles (3.2 km) north-west of Penryn in Cornwall, England.[1] The name derives from the Cornish "goon lety" meaning "dairy downs".[2] Laity is thought to mean Dairy from Lait, meaning Milk, and -ty meaning house. ) The Laity family come from there.)[3] It is in the civil parish of St Gluvias
The former Methodist chapel at Laity Moor has served as the Orthodox Church of Archangel Michael and Holy Piran since 1996.[4]
References
- ↑ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2009. ISBN 978-0-319-23290-3.
- ↑ Weatherhill, Craig (2009). A Concise Dictionary of Cornish Place-Names. Westport, Co. Mayo: Evertype. ISBN 9781904808220; p. 44
- ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 May 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
- ↑ "Home". Orthodoxincornwall.org.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
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