Camborne, St. Meriadoc

In early November 2018 I did a round of some of the churches in Camborne, Pool and Redruth (CPR). All that I tried to visit were closed: The main church, St. Meriadoc on Church Street, St. Stephen in Treleigh, St. Andrew in Clinton Road, Redruth and St. John's, Trevenson in Pool. I had already visited St. Euny in Redruth Churchtown and posted a description of it. I had, in fact, previously been in St. Meriadoc back in 2016 when there was a Christmas Tree Festival. So I feel able to post a description now. The church, very much in the centre of town, dates mostly from the 15th and 16th centuries but was restored and enlarged during the latter part of the 19th century by J P St. Aubyn (who else!). It consists of nave and two similar aisles. The chancel, surprisingly, was only added in the mid-16th century, unusually late for Cornwall; its side walls are made up of early 17th century carved bench ends. The mid-16th century pulpit carries the Tudor coat of arms. The arch-braced collar-truss roofs have been restored. The altar slab is most unusual being 10th century and originally in Chapel Ia in Troon. The tripartite reredos is of fine Sienna marble. Stained glass is mostly of the 20th century. There is a fine collection of monuments to local families including the Pendarves. In the churchyard are a regular Cornish Cross and a wheel-head cross. Built into the exterior east wall of the south aisle is a cross head and inside the south door is a cross slab. By the western wall of the churchyard are three small iron commemorative crosses and a memorial plaque to the towns greatest son, Richard Trevithick. Later, I was able to make an appointment to see and photograph insie the church in November 2018.

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Cornish Cross

St. Meriadoc's Church, Camborne

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