St Gennys

St Gennys (Standard Written Form: S. Gwynnas)[1] is a coastal civil parish and small settlement in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom.

[2] It is on high ground half-a-mile north of the coastal village of Crackington Haven, the major settlement in the parish.

[3] In either case the name is old and several places in the parish are mentioned in the Domesday Book including Crackington (as Crachemua), Dizzard (as Disart) and St Gennys itself (as Sainguinas or Sanwinas)[4] To the west St Gennys is bounded by the Atlantic coast where Cornwall's highest cliff (appropriately named High Cliff) rises 735 feet (224 m) above the rocky foreshore.

[8] The parish church is situated on a sloping site in St Gennys village at grid reference SX 148 971.

Early in his ministry at St Gennys he experienced dreams which deepened his religious faith.