Rushen

Parish of Rushen
Details
Population:1,537
Sheading:Rushen
Parish Church:Kirk Christ Rushen
Chapels of ease:Port Erin, Port St Mary, Cregneash
Industry:Fishing and Agriculture
Main Peaks
Height
Cronk ny Arrey Laa437 metres (1,434 ft)
Bradda Head233 metres (764 ft)
Spanish Head107 metres (351 ft)
Treens
ScardLe GarreKyrke Patryk
Le CalfCroknesseShanball
GletonFyshgarthEdremony
RenmolynKyrkesansanBradhawe
SaurebyKentraghScaleby

Rushen (Manx: Rosien), formerly Kirk Christ Rushen (Manx: Skyll Creest Rosien), is a parish in the sheading of the same name in the Isle of Man. The parish is a fishing and agricultural district at the south-westernmost point of the island. The parish is one of three in the sheading of Rushen. The other two are Arbory and Malew.

Geography

Rushen parish includes the south-western extremity of the island, together with the Calf of Man along with its rocky outcrops Kitterland and Chicken Rock, and contains an area of about 10 square miles (26 km2). It stretches round the coast from Strandhall (on the coast about halfway between Castletown and Port St Mary) to the precipices west of Cronk ny Irrey Laa (Hill of the Day Watch, also spelled Arrey), known as the Stacks, or the Slogh, a distance of 16 miles (26 km). The principal headlands are Kallow Point, Black Head, Spanish Head (350 feet (110 m)), and Bradda Head (766 feet (233 m)); and the chief inlets are Port St Mary Bay, Perwick Bay, Bay Stacka, Port Erin Bay, and Fleshwick Bay.

The west of the parish is hilly, stretching from Cronk ny Irrey Laa (437 metres (1,434 ft), the highest point in the parish) along the western coast to Lhiattee ny Beinnee, Bradda Hill, Mull Hill, and the Sound, across which the ridge is continued on the Calf.

Port St Mary and Port Erin are the only significant settlements in the area, although they have now expanded to form a single continuous settlement. They are within the historic parish, and also the ecclesiastical parish, but they are separate for local government purposes, as they each have their own village commissioners; thus forming an exclave of the administrative parish. Cregneash is a small village and folk museum near Mull Hill.[1]

Demographics

The Isle of Man census of 2016 returned a parish population of 1,537, a decrease of 6% from the figure of 1,629 in 2011.[2] At the time of the 2011 census, 2.64% of the parish could speak Manx Gaelic.

Governance

The local authority is Rushen Parish Commissioners who meet at Ballafesson Hall.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Rushen Parish". isleofman.com. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
  2. ↑ 2016 Isle of Man Census Report
  3. ↑ "Malew Parish - News". Malew Parish Commissioners. Retrieved 2008-10-14.

Coordinates: 54°05′05″N 4°44′51″W / 54.08472°N 4.74750°W / 54.08472; -4.74750

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