St Keyne


St Keyne is a civil parish and village in east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish lies between the parishes of Liskeard and Duloe. The parish population at the 2011 census was 492.
The village is served by a railway station known as St Keyne Wishing Well Halt.

Notable buildings

The church is dedicated to Saint Keyne, said to be one of the daughters of the legendary Welsh King Brychan. The church is of little architectural interest. The Perpendicular north aisle has probably been added to a church originally cruciform in plan. The west tower is of three storeys and without buttresses.
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.