Local History

St Ives is named after the Patron Saint “La” who is believed to have been an Irish princess who is said to have sailed to Cornwall across the Irish sea on a leaf. She became a Cornish evangelist and a Martyr of the 5th Century. However the local ruler King Tewdar did not like her outspoken ways and so he had La murdered. Her holy well the Venton Eia still flows to this day and local people often lay flowers there in tribute to her and as a symbol of love.