North Petherwin
North Petherwin
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OS grid reference | SX282896 |
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Unitary authority | |
Ceremonial county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | LAUNCESTON |
Postcode district | PL15 |
Dialling code | 01566 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Cornwall |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
North Petherwin (
North Petherwin is a rural parish within the
The Tamar Otter and Wildlife Centre is North Petherwin's main tourist attraction. As well as having European and Asian Short Clawed otters it has a duck pond, a nature trail where owls can be seen, a restaurant area and a gift shop.[3]
Parish church and school
The parish church is dedicated to St Paternus (see also South Petherwin) and is unusually grand for a small village church. It was described in White's Devonshire Directory of 1850 as: ... an ancient structure, with a tower and five bells... (containing)... memorials of the Yeo and other families.[4] The north aisle is Norman and the south Perpendicular and many of the windows, including those of the clerestory, are 13th century in style. There is some old woodwork including a communion rail dated 1685.
The tower now houses six bells, hung for full circle ringing in the English style. They are rung from the ground floor where the ringers are really part of the church as, unusually, the tower has not been screened off. In the North aisle, within the vestry, stands a fine two manual organ. The organ was extensively overhauled at the turn of this century and its thirteen speaking stops provide reliable accompaniment to services and concerts.
The village has a school, North Petherwin Primary School,
References
- ISBN 978-0-319-23145-6
- ^ Ordnance Survey One-inch Map of England & Wales; Bodmin and Launceston, sheet186. 1946
- ^ Tamar Otter and Wildlife Centre website; accessed April 2010
- ^ GENUKI website; North Petherwin; retrieved April 2010
- ^ North Petherwin school website. Retrieved April 2010
External links
Media related to North Petherwin at Wikimedia Commons