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{{Short description|Village in Cornwall, England}}
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| region=                South West England
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'''Lamorran''' is a village and former [[civil parish]]], now in the parish of [[St Michael Penkevil]], in the [[Cornwall (district)|Cornwall]] district, in the ceremonial county of [[Cornwall]], England.<ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 ''Truro & Falmouth'' {{ISBN|978-0-319-23149-4}}</ref> Lamorran lies {{convert|3+1/2|mi|km}} southeast of [[Truro]], within the [[Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty]] (AONB). In 1931 the parish had a population of 49.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10090696/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Lamorran CP/AP through time|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=9 May 2023}}</ref>
Lamorran church was built in the mid-13th century and has never been enlarged. It was dedicated (to St Morenna) in 1261 and [[Victorian restoration|restored]] unsympathetically in 1845 (by [[William White (architect)|William White]]) and 1853 (for Lord Falmouth; [[Evelyn Boscawen, 6th Viscount Falmouth]] (1819–1889)). The tower is separate from the church and the font of [[Catacleuse stone]] may be Norman (or 15th century work in the Norman style).<ref>''Cornish Church Guide ''(1925) Truro: Blackford; pp. 125, 159</ref>
A large monument of 1658 commemorates John Verman and his wife. The churchyard cross is a fine example of a Gothic stone cross.<ref>Pevsner, N. (1970) ''Cornwall''. Penguin Books; pp. 86-87</ref> This cross is made of Pentewan stone; the crosshead is now incomplete as the upper limb is missing.<ref>Langdon, A. G. (2002) ''Stone Crosses in Mid Cornwall''; 2nd ed. Federation of Old Cornwall Societies; p. 41</ref>
Lamorran was an ancient parish, and became a civil parish in 1866. The civil parish was abolished on 1 April 1934 and absorbed into the civil parish of [[St Michael Penkevil]].<ref>[http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10090696#tab02 Vision of Britain website]</ref> For ecclesiastical purposes the parish is now united with [[Merther]] to form the parish of Lamorran and Merther.
==Notable residents==
The naval commander [[Robert Carthew Reynolds]] was born at Lamorran: he had a long and distinguished career in the Royal Navy and died at sea on the coast of Denmark. [[Owen Fitzpen]] (also known as Owen Phippen) was an English merchant taken captive by Barbary pirates who later mounted a heroic escape; he afterwards lived at Lamorran.
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[[Category:Villages in Cornwall]]
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