Kea, Cornwall

All Hallows church is in Kea village at . It was built in 1895 by the prolific Victorian church architect George Fellowes Prynne to replace a church of 1802 which was the work of James Wyatt. The church has a steep tiled roof and a lead spire. The font is Norman and of the Altarnun type. This present church was consecrated 4 June 1896. Kea Monastery was a monastery probably located at Kea of which almost nothing is known: "The mysterious land-owning monastery of St Cheus mentioned in Domesday (in Powder), 1085, possibly refers to Kea." There is a school in the parish, Kea Community Primary School, which caters for 200 pupils aged between 4 and 11 years. The school stands at a crossroads half-a-mile (1 km) east of Kea village at ==Houses==

At Calenick and Killiow are 18th-century houses of two storeys. Calenick House contains remains of a much older building; it is of seven bays and there is a separate clock tower with a cupola, dated 1752. Killiow House is somewhat later and was extended c. 1850. The latter was once the home of Theophila Gwatkin (née Palmer; 1757–1848) and Robert Lovell Gwatkin (1757–1843). A Quaker Meeting House opened in Come-to-Good, Kea, in 1710, and is still in use today. ==Cornish wrestling==

Cornish wrestling tournaments, for prizes were held in Kea in the 1800s. An example would be a tournament held at the school sports day on 15 July 1863 at St Kea church. ==Notable people==

• Margaret Steuart Pollard, writer and Cornish bard ==Gallery==

File:Coombe, Kea - geograph.org.uk - 320985.jpg|Coombe, Kea, the home of Kea plums File:Kea School - geograph.org.uk - 227684.jpg|Kea Community Primary School buildings being extended in 2006 File:Quenchwell Bible Christian Memorial Chapel - geograph.org.uk - 149092.jpg|Quenchwell Bible Christian Memorial Chapel ==References==