"West Penwith" redirects here. For the former local authority, see West Penwith Rural District.
Penwith District
Population
• 1973
51,690[1]
• 2001
62,994[2]
History
• Origin
Borough of Penzance
Borough of St Ives
St Just Urban District
West Penwith Rural District
• Created
1 April 1974
• Abolished
1 April 2009
• Succeeded by
Cornwall unitary authority
Status
Former district
ONS code
15UF
Government
District council
• HQ
Penzance
• Motto
Kensa ha Dewetha
Subdivisions
• Type
Civil parishes
Aerial photo looking across Land's End to Cape CornwallCeltic cross near St Loy's Cove, St BuryanRocky cove at St Loy in the south of the district
Penwith (/ˌpɛnˈwɪθ/; Cornish: Pennwydh) is an area of Cornwall, England, located on the peninsula of the same name. It is also the name of a former local government district, whose council was based in Penzance. The area is named after one of the ancient administrative hundreds of Cornwall which derives from two Cornish words, penn meaning 'headland' and wydh meaning 'at the end'.
Natural England have designated the peninsula as national character area 156 and named it West Penwith. It is also known as the Land's End Peninsula.[3]
^Local government in England and Wales: A Guide to the New System. London: HMSO. 1974. p. 38. ISBN 0-11-750847-0.
^"Census 2001: Penwith". Census 2001. Office for National Statistics. 1 April 2001. Retrieved 5 January 2009.
^NCA Profile:156 West Penwith (NE371) at publications.naturalengland.org.uk. Accessed on 8 September 2013
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