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St Blazey ((コーンウォール語:Lanndreth)) is a small town in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. St Blaise is the civil parish in which St Blazey is situated; the name St Blaise is also used by the town council. The village of Biscovey and the settlements of St Blazey Gate, Bodelva and West Par lie within the parish boundaries.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url = http://mapping.cornwall.gov.uk/website/ccmap/ )〕 An electoral ward also exists in the name of St Blaise. The population at the 2011 census was 4,674.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ward population 2011 )〕 Once an important engineering centre for the local mine and railway industries, the parish is now dominated by the Eden Project. St Blazey is situated east of St Austell, west of Tywardreath and north of Par.〔Ordnance Survey (2005). ''OS Explorer Map 107 – St Austell & Liskeard: Fowey, Looe & Lostwithiel''. ISBN 978-0-319-23708-3.〕 The town takes is name from the Armenian Saint Blaise and holds a procession and service on his feast day, 3 February. ==History== An Iron Age hillfort Prideaux Castle lies a mile to the north west of the town in the parish of Luxulyan.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=A history of St Blazey )〕 The Biscovey Stone is the shaft of an ancient Celtic cross. It was inscribed, but the text is no longer readable. There are several theories about the stone; one says it dates from around 600 AD to show the Saxon advance into the county, another puts the date at around 900 AD. The head is thought to have been removed during the Reformation. The stone served as a gate post near the St Blazey turnpike gate. In 1896 it was moved to St Mary's Church, Biscovey.〔 The church was built between 1440 and 1445 and is dedicated to Saint Blaise. It replaces an earlier church mentioned in 1294. The parish was administered by Tywardreath Priory until the Reformation. It was split from St Austell parish in 1834.〔 The site was originally known by the Cornish names Landrait or Landreath, meaning Church on the Sand.〔 Until the 16th century the valley below St Blazey was an estuary of the River Par and the St Blazey was the lowest crossing point on the river. Tin mining up river caused the estuary to silt up and it had become marsh land by the early 19th century. The Par Canal was built by Joseph Treffry between 1829 and 1835; it forms part of the boundary with the parish of Tywardreath and Par. The town was once dominated by the local mining industries and their associated transport infrastructure. Historically copper and tin were mined in and around the parish, whilst more recently china clay has been the principal commodity mined. "The Par & St Blazey Consols" or "South Prideaux Wood" was a small tin mine just north of the town〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Cornwall in Focus )〕 and Par Consols Mine lies to the south west.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 work=Cornwall in Focus )〕 The more extensive Fowey Consols mine lies to the east near Tywardreath. The port of Par Harbour, which lies within the parish, was developed to ease the transport of these minerals, and initially connected to the mines by the Par Canal. Whilst the port of Par is within the parish, the village of Par is actually just across the River Par, and hence lies in the civil parish of Tywardreath.〔 The Par Canal was soon replaced by the Cornwall Minerals Railway, which had a depot and station in the town, and still exists as part of the Atlantic Coast Line. Whilst St Blazey depot is still in use, St Blazey station closed to passengers in 1925, and the town is now served by Par station on the Cornish Main Line in Par village.〔 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「St Blazey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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