South Petherwin
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South Petherwin
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OS grid reference | SX 310 818 |
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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 | |
South Petherwin (
South Petherwin village is situated 3 miles (5 km) south-southwest of the town of Launceston on the road from Launceston to Liskeard. The parish church, dedicated to St Paternus, stands in the village at grid reference SX 309 819. The church's tower has pinnacles and battlements and it houses a ring of five bells.[2]
History
The Saint, Patern (or
With the assumption that Dunheved (now known as Launceston) was the seat of the Celtic Kings of the area and that when Constantine became a monk he gave his territory to the Celtic Church, the Parish, along with North Petherwin and Lawhitton (Landwithan), would have been administered by the Celtic Bishop from St German's Priory.
With the
Norman period
The next radical change came with the
The parish is now situated in the
Churches
Parish church
The church consists of a chancel, nave, north and south aisles, and vestry. The chancel was restored in the 19th century. The arcades each consist of six four-centred arches, supported on monolith granite pillars. There are north and south porches. The tower has three stages, and is buttressed on the square; it is wholly built of local stone apart from the battlements and pinnacles which are of granite. The belfry contains six bells and a clock. There was a holy well in a field at Oldwit Farm, where water was collected and brought to the church each time a baptism took place.
The Priest-in-charge of Lezant, Lewannick, North Hill and Lawhitton is responsible for this parish also; Trewen is the responsibility of the Vicar of Egloskerry.
Ambrose Manaton a local landowner and M.P. died in 1651[3] and was buried at South Petherwin, where his monument displayed the arms of Manaton and Reskymer, and Manaton and Edgcombe.[4]
Nonconformist chapels
There was a Methodist and a Baptist chapel in the Churchtown, and a Bible Christian chapel at Trecrogo Lane-end.[5]
Stanley Simmonds
References
- ^ "2011 census for parish". Retrieved 5 February 2015.
- ^ http://www.southpetherwin.com South Petherwin's website
- ^ Manaton 2 Wills of the parishes of Linkinhorne, St Ive and South Hill - Will of Ambrose Manaton
- ^ James Venning An illustrated postal directory with map and historical notices, of twenty parishes in East Cornwall, for the new century. From A.D. 449 to 1901
- ^ South Petherwin; accessed 2022-12-03
- ^ a b c Moncrieff-Bray Gallery 2015.
- ^ Gillbard 2013, p. 82.
- ^ Telegraph Announcements 2006.
- ^ stanleysimmonds.com 2013.
- ^ Artemis Arts 2016.
Sources
- Artemis Arts (15 June 2016). "Stanley Simmonds ARCA 1917–2006. A Retrospective Exhibition". Artemis Arts. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- Gillbard, John (2013). South Petherwin Parish Past & Present No 1. Redruth: Gillbard Press. ISBN 978-0957609648.
- Moncrieff-Bray Gallery (6 October 2015). "Stanley Simmonds (1917–2006) Paintings from his Cornish Studio". Moncrieff-Bray Gallery. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
- stanleysimmonds.com (2013). "Stanley Simmonds. A list of previous exhibitions". stanleysimmonds.com. Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- Telegraph Announcements (2006). "Deaths>Simmonds". Telegraph Announcements. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
External links
Media related to South Petherwin at Wikimedia Commons