The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 1 (of 4)
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The Parochial History of Cornwall, Volume 1 (of 4)
Cornwall (England : County) -- History; Geology -- England -- Cornwall (County)
Mr. Wallis has collected a very great variety of curious and
interesting particulars respecting this town and parish, and given
them to the public in a work entitled, “The Bodmin Register; or,
Collections relative to the past and present State of the Parish of
Bodmin.” And, in doing so, he has proved that the antiquities of a
county cannot in any way be illustrated, except by the exertions of
individuals locally residing in the district to which their attentions
are directed, and that from zeal and ability in such persons every
thing may be expected.
The following are extracts from this publication:
The benefice is a vicarage in the gift of Lord de Dunstanville,
situated in the Deanery of Trigg Minor, and in the hundred of Trigg.
The following are the dimensions of the church: length 151 feet,
breadth 63 feet. The greater part was built in the reign of King
Edward the Fourth. It was roofed in 1472, as appears by an inscription
on the cornice on the northern side of the south aile of the chancel.
The northern chancel and the tower appear to be of an earlier date.
The walls of the tower are eight feet thick at the base, made for the
support of a lofty spire, which was destroyed by lightning, between
seven and eight o’clock on Saturday evening, December the 9th, 1699.
The present awkward pinnacles were then erected: three of them are
dangerous from the decay of the stone.
The ancient building in the church-yard, adjoining to the
vicarage-house, was, it is believed, a chantry chapel dedicated to St.
Thomas. The interior, 44 feet 9 inches by 19 feet, was used till
lately for the free grammar-school. It is now converted to a national
school for girls. Under is a crypt or bone-house.
The isolated tower at Berry, on the north of the town, belonged to the
chapel of the Holy Rood. The building of this tower was commenced on
the 12th of September, 17th of King Henry VII. 1501.
Since the year 1814, both the church and church-yard, which were in a
very ruinous and neglected state, have been greatly altered and
improved.
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