St Stephens by Launceston Rural
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St Stephens by Launceston Rural is a
The parish lies immediately north west of the town of
History
In Anglo-Saxon times there was a monastery here dedicated to
Notable buildings
The parish church, dedicated to St Stephen, is within the northern outskirts of the town of Launceston at grid reference SX 324 857. The church's buttressed and battlemented tower (16th century) houses a ring of six bells. The church was built in the early 13th century after the monastery which had been on this site had moved into the valley near the castle. The old tower was demolished by Reginald Earl of Cornwall. The present fine tower was built in the 16th century; the font is Norman. On the Tamar at Yeolmbridge is the oldest bridge in Cornwall: it has two pointed arches and the roadway has been widened in modern times.
Cornish wrestling
St Stephens hosted Cornish wrestling tournaments in the 1800s.[7]
Notable residents
- Joan Rendell, historian, resided at Yeolmbridge in the latter part of her life.
References
- ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 14 February 2015.
- ^ A Vision of Britain Through Time : St Stephens by Launceston Civil Parish Retrieved 5 October 2010
- ^ British Numismatic Journal; ser. I, vol. 3, p. 107, pl. 264
- ^ Metcalf, David Michael (1998) An Atlas of Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coin Finds, c. 973-1086. Oxford: Ashmolean Museum
- ^ a b Cornish Church Guide (1925) Truro: Blackford; p. 198
- ^ Plea Rolls of the Court of Common Pleas; CP40/800, in 1461; http://aalt.law.uh.edu/AALT1/H6/CP40no800/bCP40no800dorses/IMG_0652.htm ; 4th entry, second line
- ^ Royal Cornwall Gazette, 21 July 1827.