page_title: Lesnewth
section_title: Notable buildings
hierarchical_section_title: Lesnewth / Notable buildings
caption_attribution_description: English: Lesnewth: churchyard cross. A cross thought to date from the Celtic Christian era
context_page_description: Lesnewth is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about six miles east of Tintagel Head and two miles east of Boscastle.
  The parish is bounded on the north by St Juliot, on the east by St Juliot and Davidstow, on the south by Davidstow, and on the west by Minster, Cornwall. It is a small sparsely populated parish set in farmland with only a few houses, farms and a church. Lesnewth manor is mentioned in the Domesday Survey of 1086, as Lisniwen. Lesnewth was also the name of one of ten ancient administrative shires of Cornwall: see Lesnewth.
  Lesnewth lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.
context_section_description: The oldest buildings of Lesnewth include the Church, the Rectory, the Mill and Penpol, the latter of which is believed to be the original farmhouse to the surrounding north facing valley side. These buildings date back over 400 years, although there is believed to have been settlement in this area and on the opposing side of the Valency Valley for over 1000 years. The Church of St Michael was in part rebuilt by J. P. St Aubyn about 1865 though the tower is mediaeval.
  There is a Cornish cross in Lesnewth churchyard which consists of an ancient cross head mounted on a modern shaft.
caption: The cross in the churchyard
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