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Mevagissey ((コーンウォール語:Lannvorek)) is a village, fishing port and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.〔() GENUKI website; Mevagissey; retrieved April 2010〕 The village is situated approximately five miles (8 km) south of St Austell.〔Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 ''Truro & Falmouth'' ISBN 978-0-319-23149-4〕 The parish population at the 2011 census was 2,015,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Parish population 2011 census )〕 whereas the ward population at the same census was 4,354.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ward population 2011 census )〕 The village nestles in a small valley and faces east to Mevagissey Bay. The inner and outer harbours are busy with a mixture of pleasure vessels and working fishing boats, the remains of a once major industry. However, tourism has supplanted fishing as the dominant industry in recent years. Mevagissey village centre consists of narrow streets with many places to eat and shops aimed at the tourist trade. The outer areas are built on the steep slopes of the surrounding hillsides and are mostly residential. ==History and toponymy== The first recorded mention of Mevagissey dates from 1313 (when it was known as Porthhilly), although there is evidence of settlement dating back to the Bronze Age. The old name of the parish was Lamorrick, and it was part of the episcopal manor of Tregear. The church was dedicated to Saints Meva and Ida in 1259 by Bishop Bronescombe and in 1329 Sir Otho Bodrugan appropriated it to Glasney College. The Norman church was cruciform and some Norman work remains but the church was more or less rebuilt in the 15th century. In the Commonwealth period the tower became ruinous and the bells were taken down and sold to a Quaker of St Austell.〔''Cornish Church Guide'' (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 160〕 According to tradition there has been a church on the same site since about 500 AD. Meva may well be the same as St Mewan and Issey is also the patron saint of St Issey.〔Ellis, Peter Berresford (1992) ''The Cornish Saints''. Penryn: Tor Mark Press; p. 16〕 Mevagissey is home to three Cornish holy wells. The Brass Well and Lady's Well〔Jenner, Henry (1925) "The holy wells of Cornwall", in: ''Cornish Church Guide''. Truro: Blackford; pp. 249-57 (pp. 251, 254)〕 are both situated in the manor of Treleaven, the other holy well is within the gardens of Mevagissey House, the old vicarage.〔 Towards the end of the 17th century, Porthhilly merged with the hamlet of Lamoreck (or Lamorrick) to make the new village. It was named "Meva hag Ysi", after two Irish saints, St Meva and St Issey (or Ida, ''hag'' is the Cornish word for "and"). The modern Cornish name is Lannvorek, after the old parish name. At this time the main sources of income for the village were pilchard fishing and smuggling and the village had at least ten inns, of which the Fountain and the Ship still remain. Andrew Pears, the founder of Pears' Soap was born in the village〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/ahistoryoftheworld/objects/Iv5yb1duQqiRkDLp1cwWww )〕 in 1768 and set up a barber's shop here until he moved to London in 1789. There is a local folktale about Mevagissey, which takes place during the Napoleonic Wars. It is said that a French ship was wrecked in the harbour, which had a monkey on board. The monkey reached the shore alive, only to be hanged by the townspeople as a French spy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mevagissey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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