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Bodmin, St Petroc's Church 1931 (ref. 84357) | The church stands at the entry
to Bodmin and was passed by
everyone travelling through the
county before the town was by-
passed by the A30. The old road
is quiet in this view; the volume of
traffic seems unlikely to challenge
the skills of the officer on point
duty! The tower is almost hiding
behind the body of the church.
The embattled south porch has two
upper floors for priest's chambers. A
little stone roofed house close to the
west door is St Guron's Well.
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Bodmin, the Church 1938 (ref. 88787) | A similar view to the one above, but this follows work carried out to the chancel by Sir Charles Nicholson in
1932. Note also the new screen on the right for the Lady Chapel. Military flags hang on the wall of the north aisle
(left), for the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry has close associations with the town and church. The south aisle
now displays the 12th-century reliquary casket of St Petroc, although it is empty. Two other notable fittings in the
church are the carved Norman font and the Catacleuse stone tomb of Thomas Vyvian, the penultimate prior of
Bodmin who died in 1533.
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Bodmin, Ruins in the Churchyard 1890 (ref. 24488) | This was the chantry chapel of St Thomas Becket, licensed 18 March 1377 in the reign of Edward III. It was in use
as a grammar school from about 1566 to 1853, and since became ruinous. The arch below the porch on the left
leads to a vaulted crypt. The ruin stands just to the east of Bodmin church; it is still in a poor state and the window
has lost its tracery.
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Camelford, Lanteglos Church 1906 (ref. 56163) | Plain window glass brings light into the rather plain interior with its wagon roofs. The chancel window has an
unusual design in the centre. There is no north aisle, but instead the plain Norman arch on the left is for a transept
which contains the organ.
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Camelford, Advent Church 1906 (ref. 56164) | Although it is only one and
a half miles from Camelford,
St Adwena's church stands
very much on its own by the
fringe of Bodmin Moor. The
south aisle has been added,
built with granite blocks, as
seen at Boscastle's St Juliot
church. The design at the top
of this aisle's east window is
similar to that at Lanteglos
church. The churchyard is ill-
kept in this view.
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Downderry, the Church 1890 (ref. 27545) | The church interior is shown here just a few years after it had been built, looking towards the east window. There
is plenty of daylight from the windows, but note the oil lamps hanging from the timber ceiling; part of the heating
arrangement is seen on the left, foreground. There is seating for 100. An oak pulpit was installed in 1893.
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Fowey, Lanteglos Church 1901 (ref. 47710) | St Willow's church of
Lanteglos-by-Fowey
stands surrounded
by fields overlooking
the head of Pont Pill,
a branch of Fowey
harbour and about a mile
from Polruan. Note the
unbuttressed west tower
and the roof of the south
aisle in poor condition,
just three years before restoration.
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Hessenford, the Church c1955 (ref. H303002) | St Anne's church, consecrated in 1833, was built on a slope above the village near the site of the old church of
the same name which had been attached to St Germans Priory. It is in the Early English style, with a chancel and
nave, and a small west tower with a pointed spire containing one bell.
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Kilkhampton, Church Lychgate and Cross 1910 (ref. 62409) | The base of the granite cross and crucifix is inscribed 'Behold your King' and was erected in 1909 by parishioners
. The cross faces the
village square, where the parish war memorial was erected a decade later.
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Lanivet, St Benet's Abbey 1931 (ref. 84364) | The old abbey just outside the village was founded in 1411 as a Benedictine hospital, but at the Dissolution it came
into the hands of the Courtenay family who made it into a residence. At a later date, stone from the cloisters and
the top of the tower (seen behind) was taken to build a farmhouse.
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Lanlivery, 1903 (ref. 49788) | Like its neighbour Luxulyan, this is an all-granite church, but Lanlivery has a tall pinnacled tower (97 feet) which is
a local landmark that can be seen from miles away. We see here the south porch, south aisle and east wall of the
chancel in granite blocks. On the far side there is a north transept. St Brevita's church was restored in 1878-91.
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Launcells, Church 1906 (ref. 56094) | St Swithin's is an isolated church in a pretty location. Local geology provided the brick-sized stones for building the
unbuttressed tower. More costly granite, however, was used for pinnacles, windows and the arcades of the interior.
The church is best known for its carved bench ends. Nearby is the small St Swithin's holy well.
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Launceston, Parish Church, Interior 1899 (ref. 44342) | The church interior is large, with granite arcades for the north and south aisles. The benches date from 1894. On
the left is a wall monument to Granville Piper and Richard Wise, both aldermen and mayors of Launceston in the
early 18th century.
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Launceston, St Mary's Church 1911 (ref. 63659) | This photograph was taken in the year the beautifully carved oak chancel screen was completed by Rashleigh
Pinwell. The oak choir stalls also date from this time. On the left are the pre-Reformation pulpit and the organ,
which has 18th-century pipework. Both were restored in the early 1970s.
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Launceston, St Thomas' Church c1960 (ref. L20021) | St Thomas's was once a chapel of ease to St Stephen's church, down in the valley next to the River Kensey and
close to Launceston priory, of which some ruins remain. The building behind to the right has since gone. A
photograph of the Norman font, said to be Cornwall's largest, can be seen in the later section on Fonts and Fittings.
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Liskeard, Wesleyan Church 1907 (ref. 58794) | This fine chapel in Barn
Street was erected in
1846 and enlarged in
1862 during the period
when the town was
experiencing the effects
of the mining boom
around Caradon just to
the north. The chapel
could accommodate
over 1,000
worshippers, while the
town also provided
places of worship for
the Baptists, Bible
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Liskeard, an Old Cornish Cross 1928 (ref. 81358) | This wayside cross was brought to Liskeard
churchyard in 1908 after it was discovered being
used as a gatepost on nearby Tencreek Farm. Note
the thin Latin cross incised on the shaft. The cross,
which has been restored, is about 7 feet high.
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Lostwithiel, Wesleyan Church 1906 (ref. 56424) | Using granite with Bath stone dressings, the Wesleyan chapel in Restormel Road cost £1,600 when it was built
in 1880. The top of its 70-feet spire is seen above the roof ridge. The chapel has been demolished and the road
widened, although a small part on the far side survives as a private house.
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Lostwithiel, St Bartholomew's Church, north east 1893 (ref. 32581) | The church dates from the 13th and 14th centuries and is dedicated to St
Bartholomew. Viewed from North Street, the main body of the church shows the
nave's clerestory windows and the chancel's tall east window of five lights, but the
spire is its crowning glory. A photograph of the carved font is shown elsewhere.
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Marhamchurch, the Church c1960 (ref. M224008) | St Marwenna's church sits on a ridge of high ground on the edge of the village. It has a low tower, nave and
north aisle, with a south transept on the far side. Within, a curious niche in the west wall may be the entry to an
anchorite's cell of c1400.
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