St. Enoder

Enoder

On the first Saturday in December 2016, having a couple of hours for a research outing, I took just a 20 minute run from home to the almost non-existent hamlet of St. Enoder, just off the A30 near Penhale (Kingsley) Services. There must once have been another settlement to St. Enoder, as the full title of this one is St. Enoder Churchtown. All it consists of is the church, the former rectory, now a private home, and two farms, Glebe and Hendra. Glebe Farm would have been church land, Hendra means The Old Farm or Home Farm. The church being somewhat isolated, I had thought it might be locked but was pleasantly surprised to find it open. I was even more pleasantly surprised to find, just through the gate, a good small Cornish Cross, surprisingly not shown on the OS map, though most crosses are. The interior is nothing special though the barrel-vaulted ceilings are good. The carved screen is presumably Victorian, There are 8 original bench ends, one now part incorporated into the lower part of the screen. A simple circular bowl stone font with four small carved heads is believed to be Norman, the oldest thing in the church. The attractive carved pulit, on a stone base, is probably Victorian. An unusual lectern is on a carved wood base. The altar is also unusual, with an arcaded front. An elaborate wrought iron oil heater stands near the font. There are a couple of elaborate carved slate memorial slabs, one in the porch.

Leave A30 at Penhale, take Truro turn, R before bridge.

St. Enoder church in the late October sun

LANDS END TRAIL: Back in 2009 I helped Robert Preston re-research the Lands End Trail. Stage 9 from Mitchell to Tregonetha passes though St. Enoder.

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