St Keyne
St Keyne is a village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It lies to the south of Liskeard. The village is served by railway station. It is one of the two main settlements in the civil parish of St Keyne and Trewidland, the other being Trewidland. At the 2021–2022 [United Kingdom censuses|2021 census] the parish had a population of 795.
St Keyne's well is a holy well dedicated to Saint Keyne, located about southeast of the village. A small housing was built over the well in the 16th century, this was rebuilt in the 1930s. The ballad The Well of St Keyne was written by the poet Robert Southey. In Victorian times St Keyne's well had the reputation of conferring supremacy to the marriage partner who first tasted it.
Lametton Mill, designed as a Grade II listed building in 1985, dates from the 17th century. The property sold in March 2018 for £235,000. In 2022 it was the subject of a restoration featured in Channel 4's Grand Designs.
Governance
There are two tiers of local government covering St Keyne and Trewidland, at parish and unitary authority level: St Keyne and Trewidland Parish Council and Cornwall Council. The parish council meets at both Trewidland Village Hall and St Keyne Village Hall.St Keyne was an ancient parish. In 2021 the parish was enlarged to take in Trewidland and surrounding areas, which had historically formed part of the parish of Liskeard, and had then been part of the parish of Dobwalls and Trewidland between 1974 and 2021. At the same time as the parish's enlargement in 2021, it was renamed "St Keyne and Trewidland". The change increased the area of the parish by more than a factor of three.