St Giles on the Heath

Coordinates: 50°41′20″N 4°19′12″W / 50.689°N 4.320°W / 50.689; -4.320
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St Giles on the Heath
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Devon
50°41′20″N 4°19′12″W / 50.689°N 4.320°W / 50.689; -4.320

St Giles on the Heath, sometimes hyphenated as St Giles-on-the-Heath, is a village and

Holsworthy
.

The parish includes the hamlets of Hele, West Panson, East Panson, Sitcott, Box's Shop, Peter's Finger, West Druxton, Poole and Netherbridge. The parish is surrounded clockwise from the north-west by the parishes of Northcott, Luffincott, Ashwater, Virginstow, Broadwoodwidger and Lifton. Its western border follows the River Tamar which forms the county boundary with Cornwall.[1] In 2001 its population was 617, significantly higher than the 258 residents it had in 1901.[2] The village is part of Broadheath electoral ward. At the 2011 census the population was 1,650.[3]

Church history

Before 1193 the church of St Giles was a chapelry of North Petherwin belonging to the abbey of Tavistock. However, from 1288 it was a chapelry of St Stephen's by Launceston belonging to Launceston Priory. In 1500 the relationship between the two churches was settled; St Giles chapel was granted the right of burial and was thereafter to be served by a chaplain maintained by the priory who also served the chapel of Werrington. At the Reformation it became a donative.[4]

The parish church, about 1.5 miles north-west of the village, is dedicated to

St Giles and dates from the 13th and 15th centuries. It began as a Norman church consisting of a nave and chancel only, to which a south aisle was added in the 15th century. It has a low west tower and a Norman font,[2][4] and was partially restored in 1868 by J. D. Sedding, and further in 1878 by James Piers St Aubyn.[5]

The parish of St Giles belonged before 1876 to the

Archdeaconry of Cornwall and was then included in the new Diocese of Truro
to which it still belongs. St Giles-in-the-Heath forms part of Werrington with St Giles-In-The-Heath and Virginstow United Parish; the benefice is united with the benefices of Boyton and North Tamerton.

References

  1. ^ "Map of Devon Parishes" (PDF). Devon County Council. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  2. ^
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  3. ^ "Broadheath ward 2011". Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  4. ^ a b Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 101
  5. ISBN 0-14-071050-7.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link
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