Blisland

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St. Protus and St. Hyacinth

Blisland is a village and civil parish in the North Cornwall district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, about five miles north of Bodmin. According to the 2001 census, the parish had a population of 565.

Its fifteenth century church is dedicated to Saints Hyacinth and Protus.

The derivation of the placename is unclear - the earliest known form is Bleselonde in 1284. This appears to include the Old English land meaning estate, the first element is however obscure.^[1]

Blisland School is located just outside Blisland in a hamlet named Waterloo on the edge of Bodmin Moor.

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^ Mills, A. D. [1991]. The Popular Dictionary of English Place-Names. Parragon Book Service Ltd & Magpie Books, p.40. ISBN 0752518518.

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