Editing Old Kea

{{Short description|Hamlet in Cornwall, England}}
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{{main|Kea, Cornwall}}
[[File:Old Kea Church Tower. - geograph.org.uk - 385332.jpg|thumb|The tower of Old Kea church]]
[[File:The Font. Old Kea Church - geograph.org.uk - 1310892.jpg|thumb|The church font]]
'''Old Kea''' ({{langx|kw|Lanndege}}) is a hamlet in [[Cornwall]], England, United Kingdom. It is situated on the west bank of the [[River Truro|Truro River]] approximately two miles (3&nbsp;km) south of [[Truro]].<ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 ''Truro & Falmouth'' {{ISBN|978-0-319-23149-4}}</ref>

This and the nearby village of [[Kea, Cornwall|Kea]] are said to have been named after the [[Saint Kea]] who arrived at Old Kea from Ireland in the 5th century.<ref>[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/Kea/] GENUKI website; Kea; retrieved May 2010</ref>

The manor of "Landighe" (Landege) is recorded in the [[Domesday Book]] (1086) when it was held by Godwin from [[Robert, Count of Mortain]]. There was one hide of land and land for 5 ploughs. There were one and half ploughs, 3 serfs, 2 villeins, 4 smallholders, 2 acres of meadow, 3 acres of woodland, one square league of pasture, 2 cattle, 40 sheep and 15 goats. The value of the manor was 10 shillings though it had formerly been worth £1-10s.<ref>Thorn, C. et al., ed. (1979) ''Cornwall''. Chichester: Phillimore; entry 5,24,12</ref>

Only the tower remains of the original parish church which stood at Old Kea. A small mission chapel was built onto the church in 1863 and services are still held twice a month.<ref>[http://www.acny.org.uk/venue.php?V=2688] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927010310/http://www.acny.org.uk/venue.php?V=2688 |date=27 September 2007 }} Old Kea Church website; retrieved May 2010</ref>

Old Kea lies within the [[Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty]] (AONB).

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:Hamlets in Cornwall]]


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