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Report - St Cohan's - Merther Cornwall - Oct 19

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Bikin Glynn

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Another back catalogue out the way, it was awful weather when I visited here so have done some rubbish editing to get rid of water spots.

Dedicated to St Cohan, who supposedly came to Cornwall from Brittany, and built his chapel and baptistery in a field still referred to as Scoan’s Field. The church dates from around 1370, and consists of Nave, Chancel and South Aisle

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Built around 1370, Merther Church enjoyed a loyal congregation right up until the end of the 19th century, even benefitting from an impressive restoration in 1844. But by the turn of the century it seems there was less money for church renovations and a wooden shed-like structure was built on top of the tower to house the bells and presumably save the cost of rebuilding

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After the Church was restored in 1844, the population shifted to Tresillian and once Holy Trinity became the parish church, Merther inevitably declined. It retained an intact roof up to the 1940s but, patriotically, the lead from the roof valley was removed to help the war effort which finally sealed its fate, with the last service being held on 25th July 1945.
Two of the three bells were removed to Tresillian as part of the 1904 reconstruction of Tresillian, the third was removed to Kenwyn for safe keeping and was subsequently incorporated into the expanded ring of six at St Clement (from whence it can still be heard across the water in Merther)

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Thanks for looking


 

JakeV50

28DL Regular User
Regular User
51822368495_61effebff5_c.jpg

Another back catalogue out the way, it was awful weather when I visited here so have done some rubbish editing to get rid of water spots.

Dedicated to St Cohan, who supposedly came to Cornwall from Brittany, and built his chapel and baptistery in a field still referred to as Scoan’s Field. The church dates from around 1370, and consists of Nave, Chancel and South Aisle


51821759063_42ed2dd520_c.jpg


Built around 1370, Merther Church enjoyed a loyal congregation right up until the end of the 19th century, even benefitting from an impressive restoration in 1844. But by the turn of the century it seems there was less money for church renovations and a wooden shed-like structure was built on top of the tower to house the bells and presumably save the cost of rebuilding

51821990039_875571d2d7_c.jpg

After the Church was restored in 1844, the population shifted to Tresillian and once Holy Trinity became the parish church, Merther inevitably declined. It retained an intact roof up to the 1940s but, patriotically, the lead from the roof valley was removed to help the war effort which finally sealed its fate, with the last service being held on 25th July 1945.
Two of the three bells were removed to Tresillian as part of the 1904 reconstruction of Tresillian, the third was removed to Kenwyn for safe keeping and was subsequently incorporated into the expanded ring of six at St Clement (from whence it can still be heard across the water in Merther)


51820699007_7d869872f8_c.jpg


51821989809_247a42db3d_c.jpg


51820699117_040d76f243_c.jpg


51820699407_2c79ec428e_c.jpg


51821759348_e5dbbb5aae_c.jpg


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Thanks for looking


That's lovely, lots of nice natural overgrowth there. Nicely done.
 
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