Mylor Churchtown
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Mylor Churchtown is a coastal village in Cornwall
, United Kingdom
. It is situated at the mouth of Mylor Creek
approximately five miles north of Falmouth
.
Mylor Harbour is a large yacht marina immediately north of Mylor Churchtown. The marina is at the mouth of Mylor Creek at its confluence with Carrick Roads
and is the home of Restronguet Sailing Club.
The village is the church town
of Mylor ecclesiastical parish.
Mylor parish church (Anglican) is in Mylor Churchtown and is dedicated to St Melorus.
The church has Norman origins. It is built on a cruciform plan and a south aisle was added in the 15th century. There is a small west tower but the bells are in a detached campanile.
Features of interest include 13th century carving of the Crucifixion outside the north transept, a 15th century pillar piscina and the Elizabethan pulpit. The well preseved rood screen has a the painted inscription in Cornish: "IARYS IONAI JESW CREST" (explained as a corrupT repainting of "MARYA JOHANNES JESUS CHRIST", i.e. Mary, John (the Evangelist), Jesus Christ). There are monuments to Francis Trefusis, one of the MPs for Penryn in 1679, dated 1680. and to Reginald Cocks (1805) by Richard Westmacott.
The cross in the churchyard is the largest in Cornwall (10 ft high). The cross was only identified as such in 1870 as it had been buried head downwards in the earth so that the part above ground could serve as a post. The stone is 17 ft 6 in long and there is a local tradition that it marked the site of St Mylor's grave not far from the place where it was found. It was set up as it is now by sailors from HMS Ganges
. Thomas Peter's gravestone is the oldest in the churchyard; he was Vicar of Mylor but as a Royalist he was driven out of Cornwall and became the first minister at the settlement of New London
afterwards returning to Mylor. There is also "a stone with a ship engraved on it, in memory of people drowned in the year before Waterloo" (Arthur Mee in Cornwall, 1937). This is for the over 250 victims of the shipwreck of the Queen, wrecked at Trefusis Point on a voyage from Spain to England.
Cornwall
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, United Kingdom
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. It is situated at the mouth of Mylor Creek
Mylor Creek
Mylor Creek is a tidal ria in south Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is a tributary of Carrick Roads, the estuary of the River Fal and is situated approximately six miles south of Truro and two miles north of Falmouth....
approximately five miles north of Falmouth
Falmouth, Cornwall
Falmouth is a town, civil parish and port on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It has a total resident population of 21,635.Falmouth is the terminus of the A39, which begins some 200 miles away in Bath, Somerset....
.
Mylor Harbour is a large yacht marina immediately north of Mylor Churchtown. The marina is at the mouth of Mylor Creek at its confluence with Carrick Roads
Carrick Roads
Carrick Roads is located on the southern Cornish coast in the UK, near Falmouth. It is a large waterway created after the Ice age from an ancient valley which flooded as the melt waters caused the sea level to rise dramatically , creating a large natural harbour which is navigable from Falmouth to...
and is the home of Restronguet Sailing Club.
The village is the church town
Churchtown, Cornwall
In Cornwall, the churchtown is the settlement in a parish where the church stands, for example,*Churchtown Mullion,*Churchtown Redruth,*Churchtown St Hilary,*Churchtown St Merryn,*Churchtown St Minver,*Gorran Churchtown,*Gulval Churchtown,...
of Mylor ecclesiastical parish.
Mylor parish church (Anglican) is in Mylor Churchtown and is dedicated to St Melorus.
The church has Norman origins. It is built on a cruciform plan and a south aisle was added in the 15th century. There is a small west tower but the bells are in a detached campanile.
Features of interest include 13th century carving of the Crucifixion outside the north transept, a 15th century pillar piscina and the Elizabethan pulpit. The well preseved rood screen has a the painted inscription in Cornish: "IARYS IONAI JESW CREST" (explained as a corrupT repainting of "MARYA JOHANNES JESUS CHRIST", i.e. Mary, John (the Evangelist), Jesus Christ). There are monuments to Francis Trefusis, one of the MPs for Penryn in 1679, dated 1680. and to Reginald Cocks (1805) by Richard Westmacott.
The cross in the churchyard is the largest in Cornwall (10 ft high). The cross was only identified as such in 1870 as it had been buried head downwards in the earth so that the part above ground could serve as a post. The stone is 17 ft 6 in long and there is a local tradition that it marked the site of St Mylor's grave not far from the place where it was found. It was set up as it is now by sailors from HMS Ganges
HMS Ganges
Two ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Ganges after the river Ganges in India. was a 74-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1782 and broken up in 1816. was an 84-gun second rate launched in 1821 and finally broken up in 1930. She is notable for being the...
. Thomas Peter's gravestone is the oldest in the churchyard; he was Vicar of Mylor but as a Royalist he was driven out of Cornwall and became the first minister at the settlement of New London
New London, Connecticut
New London is a seaport city and a port of entry on the northeast coast of the United States.It is located at the mouth of the Thames River in New London County, southeastern Connecticut....
afterwards returning to Mylor. There is also "a stone with a ship engraved on it, in memory of people drowned in the year before Waterloo" (Arthur Mee in Cornwall, 1937). This is for the over 250 victims of the shipwreck of the Queen, wrecked at Trefusis Point on a voyage from Spain to England.