St Martin-in-Meneage

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|country = England

|map_type= Cornwall

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|official_name= St Martin-in-Meneage

|cornish_name= Dydemin

|population=

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|civil_parish= St Martin-in-Meneage

|unitary_england= Cornwall

|lieutenancy_england = Cornwall

|region= South West England

|constituency_westminster= St Ives

|post_town= HELSTON

|postcode_district = TR12

|postcode_area= TR

|dial_code= 01326

|os_grid_reference= SW734240

|static_image_name= File:Parish church of St Martin-in-Meneage - geograph.org.uk - 369421.jpg

|static_image_caption= St Martin in Meneage parish church

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St Martin-in-Meneage ({{langx|kw|Dydemin}})[http://www.magakernow.org.uk/default.aspx?page=520 Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF)] : [http://www.magakernow.org.uk/idoc.ashx?docid=79ba408d-7c02-499e-8cd6-b18dd48de58d&version=-1 List of place-names agreed by the MAGA Signage Panel]. Cornish Language Partnership. is a civil parish and village in the Meneage district of the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

The village is five miles (8 km) south-southeast of Helston.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 204 Truro & Falmouth {{ISBN|978-0-319-23149-4}} The population at the 2011 census was 377{{cite web|url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/Cornwall/StMartininMeneage/index.html#Population|title=Parish population 2011|accessdate= 14 February 2015}}

The church is dedicated to St Martin of Tours and is a chapelry of Mawgan in Meneage (right of sepulture was granted in 1385). The ancient estates of Barry Mylor and Mathiana adjoin the church and the two names indicate that in early times there were chapels of two Breton saints here, of St Melor at Merther Mylor (Barry Mylor) and St Anou at Merther Anou (the modern forms having been variously corrupted).Henderson, Charles (1925) "Parochial history of Cornwall", in: Cornish Church Guide. Truro: Blackford; p. 155

St Martin-in-Meneage lies within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB).

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Gallery

File:CornwallMapOfParishesOnTheLizard.gif|St-Martin-in-Meneage in relation to neighbouring parishes

File:St Martin in Meneage Methodist church - geograph.org.uk - 1383212.jpg|St Martin in Meneage Methodist church

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