Breage, Cornwall
Breage (/ˈbriːɡ/ BREEG, locally /ˈbreɪɡ/ BRAYG; Cornish: Eglosbrek (village) or Pluw Vrek (parish)) is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is three miles (5 km) west of Helston.
Breage
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A former Methodist chapel | |
Breage Location within Cornwall | |
| Population | 3,000 (Civil Ward, 2011) |
| OS grid reference | SW615285 |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | HELSTON |
| Postcode district | TR13 |
| Dialling code | 01326 |
| Police | Devon and Cornwall |
| Fire | Cornwall |
| Ambulance | South Western |
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Other settlements in the parish include the villages of Ashton, Carleen and Godolphin Cross; the coastal village of Praa Sands; and the Great Work Mine. The ward population at the Census 2011 had increased to 4,757. Breage civil parish had a population increase to 3181.
Breage is named after Saint Breaca, a missionary from Ireland (to whom the 15th-century church is dedicated) and it is in the former Kerrier District.
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