St John
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  St John Location withinCornwall | |
| Population | 391 (2011 Census) |
| OS grid reference | SX409536 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | TORPOINT |
| Postcode district | PL11 |
| Dialling code | 01752 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
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| 50°21′40″N4°14′17″W / 50.361°N 4.238°W /50.361; -4.238 | |
St John (parish:Cornish:Pluwjowan, village:Cornish:S. Jowan)[1] is a coastalcivil parish and a village in south-eastCornwall, England, United Kingdom, 3 miles (4.8 km) south ofSaltash and 1.5 miles (2.4 km) south-west ofTorpoint.[2]
The parish is oppositePlymouth, separated from it by St John's Lake, an inlet ofThe Hamoaze inPlymouth Sound.[2] St John parish is in the St Germans Registration District and the population in the 2001 census was 375, increasing to 391 at the census 2011.[3] To the north, the parish is bordered by St John's Lake and to the south by the sea. To the east, the parish is bordered byMillbrook, to the south-east byMaker-with-Rame and to the west byAntony parish.
A few hundred metres north of St John village is an area of high ground called Vanderbands, the site of anIron Age castle mentioned byJohn Norden (an English topographer who wrote a series of county histories) in his description of Cornwall published in 1728.[4]
TheSt John's Lake SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest) is designated mainly for its bird interests, with 6000wildfowl and 10000waders overwintering on the mudflats.[5]There is an unusual tidal ford on a minor public road. Part of the land designated asSt John's Lake SSSI is owned by theMinistry of Defence.[6]
The historic records for much of this area were kept at Mount Edgcumbe House but were destroyed during the war[which?], however, a church existed here in 1080.
The present church was built in about 1150.[7] It was originally dedicated to St John the Evangelist but was later, probably in about 1490, changed to St John the Baptist.It stands in St John village atOS Grid Ref SX407536.[8]
The church was a Norman foundation but only the low western tower survives from the Norman period. The chancel and nave were rebuilt in the 15th century and subsequently restored.[9]
Charles Adolphus Row (1816–1896), a Christian preacher and moral philosopher, was born here.
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