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Gweek ((コーンウォール語:Gwig), meaning ''forest village'') is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated approximately three miles (5 km) east of Helston.〔Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 203 ''Land's End'' ISBN 978-0-319-23148-7〕 The civil parish was created from part of the parish of Constantine by boundary revision in 1986. The name ''Gweek'' is first recorded as ''Gwyk'' in 1358 and is derived from the Cornish word ''gwig'', meaning "forest village", cognate with the Welsh ''gwig'' and Old Breton ''guic''.〔Weatherhill C. (2007) Cornish Place Names and Language. Ammanford: Sigma Press〕 Gweek lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Almost a third of Cornwall has AONB designation, with the same status and protection as a National Park. Gweek village has a pub, the ''Black Swan'', and a combined shop and post office. The village is also home to the Cornish Seal Sanctuary. Gweek is at the head of navigation of the Helford River. It has been a port since Roman times and was a thriving port in the Tudor period, with its own Customs House.〔Scolding, Bill (2006) ''Five Walks around Constantine: heritage, landscape, wildlife''. Constantine, Kerrier: Constantine Enterprises Company ISBN 0-9552816-0-1〕 During the mining boom, a tin-smelting blowing house operated at the quayside.〔Barton, D. Bradford (1969) ''A History of Tin Mining and Smelting in Cornwall''; revised edition. Cornwall Books, reprint 1989 ISBN 1-871060-03-6; p. 20 fn〕 In Lewis's ''Topographical Dictionary of England'' published in 1848, the village was described as:〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='Gunthorpe - Gyhirn', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 360-62 )〕 ''GWEEK, a small port, in the hundred of Kerrier, W. division of Cornwall, 3½ miles (E. by S.) from Helston. In the 13th century, the townspeople of Helston buy the rights to the port of Gweek at the head of the Helford River.〔Le. Messurier, B. and Luck, L. (1998) Loe Pool and Mount's Bay. No. 12 in The National Trust Coast of Cornwall series of leaflets〕 ==Musical activities== Gweek has a silver band which performs locally and provides music at some Anglican services in the Gweek Mission Church. The band also organises a yearly "band week". This starts with a concert of three local brass bands in a field overlooking the Helford River. Afterwards, there is a pig roast with stalls and entertainment and at the end of the week a clay pigeon shoot. The Cornwall Fiddle Orchestra was formed in 2007 by fiddle player Hudson Swan. He was a member of Scottish band, The Tannahill Weavers but now lives in Cornwall and works as a violin teacher for the Cornwall Music Service. The orchestra rehearses weekly at Helston School. 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「Gweek」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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