What is Morwenstow?
[[image:St Morwenna, Morwenstow.jpg|thumb|Parish Church of St Morwenna and St John the Baptist, Morwenstow]] '''Morwenstow''' is a parish and hamlet in north [[Cornwall]], [[United Kingdom]]. The hamlet is situated near the coast about six miles (10&nbsp;km) north of [[Bude]].<ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 190 ''Bude & Clovelly'' {{ISBN|9780319231456}}</ref> Morwenstow is the most northerly parish in Cornwall with the Atlantic Ocean to the west and [[Devon]] to the east. As well as the churchtown, other settlements in the parish include Shop, Woodford, Gooseham, Eastcott, Wooley and West Youlstone. Morwenstow was the home of the eccentric vicar and poet [[Robert Stephen Hawker]] (1803–1875), who is credited with reviving the custom of [[Harvest Festival]]s. The church of St Morwenna and St [[John the Baptist]] is of the Norman period. The Vicarage was built for Hawker and has chimneys in the form of the towers of various churches associated with him. The nearby coast is hazardous to shipping and the corpses of drowned sailors were laid out in the churchyard and then buried. Hawker buried over forty who were washed up within the parish boundaries. ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Villages in Cornwall]] [[Category:Civil parishes in Cornwall]]