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St Breock is a village and a civil parish
Civil parish

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a civil parish is usually the lowest unit of local government, below district and county councils....
 in north Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. (Its Cornish name is Lansant or Nansent: the spelling St Breoke was also formerly in use.)

St Breock village is 1 mile (1.6 kilometres) west of Wadebridge
Wadebridge

Wadebridge is a town in North Cornwall, England, UK, located on the River Camel Estuary some 5 miles upstream from Padstow. For many years Wadebridge was a traffic congested town but in 1991 the Wadebridge bypass was opened together with the Egloshayle bypass causing the two settlements to regain much of their former charm....
 immediately to the south of the Royal Cornwall Showground
Wadebridge

Wadebridge is a town in North Cornwall, England, UK, located on the River Camel Estuary some 5 miles upstream from Padstow. For many years Wadebridge was a traffic congested town but in 1991 the Wadebridge bypass was opened together with the Egloshayle bypass causing the two settlements to regain much of their former charm....
. The village lies on the eastern slope of the wooded Nansent valley. The civil parish of St Breock is in Bodmin
Bodmin

Bodmin is a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom, with a population of 12,778 . It was the county town of Cornwall, until the Crown Courts moved to Truro, which is also the administrative centre....
 Registration District and the population in the 2001 census was 703.






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St Breock is a village and a civil parish
Civil parish

In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, a civil parish is usually the lowest unit of local government, below district and county councils....
 in north Cornwall
Cornwall

Cornwall , constitutional Duchy and palatine, is a metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England of England, United Kingdom, located at the tip of the south-western peninsula of Great Britain....
, United Kingdom
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
. (Its Cornish name is Lansant or Nansent: the spelling St Breoke was also formerly in use.)

St Breock village is 1 mile (1.6 kilometres) west of Wadebridge
Wadebridge

Wadebridge is a town in North Cornwall, England, UK, located on the River Camel Estuary some 5 miles upstream from Padstow. For many years Wadebridge was a traffic congested town but in 1991 the Wadebridge bypass was opened together with the Egloshayle bypass causing the two settlements to regain much of their former charm....
 immediately to the south of the Royal Cornwall Showground
Wadebridge

Wadebridge is a town in North Cornwall, England, UK, located on the River Camel Estuary some 5 miles upstream from Padstow. For many years Wadebridge was a traffic congested town but in 1991 the Wadebridge bypass was opened together with the Egloshayle bypass causing the two settlements to regain much of their former charm....
. The village lies on the eastern slope of the wooded Nansent valley. The civil parish of St Breock is in Bodmin
Bodmin

Bodmin is a town in Cornwall, United Kingdom, with a population of 12,778 . It was the county town of Cornwall, until the Crown Courts moved to Truro, which is also the administrative centre....
 Registration District and the population in the 2001 census was 703. The parish extends approx five miles (8 kilometres) south of Wadebridge. To the north, the parish is bounded by the River Camel
River Camel

The River Camel is a river in Cornwall, UK. It source on the edge of Bodmin Moor and together with its tributaries drains a considerable part of North Cornwall....
, to the west by St Issey
St Issey

St Issey is a small village located about 2.5 miles south of Padstow and approximately 5 miles north of St Columb Major in Cornwall, England, UK....
 parish and to the east by Egloshayle
Egloshayle

Egloshayle is a small village situated near the banks of the River Camel adjacent to Wadebridge in North Cornwall, United Kingdom.Egloshayle was a Bronze Age settlement and later a river port, rivalling Padstow a little over five miles downriver....
 parish. Together with Egloshayle
Egloshayle

Egloshayle is a small village situated near the banks of the River Camel adjacent to Wadebridge in North Cornwall, United Kingdom.Egloshayle was a Bronze Age settlement and later a river port, rivalling Padstow a little over five miles downriver....
 it was one of the two parishes within which the town of Wadebridge developed.

Parish Church

The parish church is dedicated to St Briocus
Brioc

For the village of St Breock, Cornwall, see St Breock Saint Brioc was an early 6th century Welsh people who became the first Abbot of Saint-Brieuc in Brittany....
 and dates back to the 13th century although it was extensively rebuilt in 1677. (The aisle, south transept and porches are additions of the 15th and 16th centuries.) The church has a battlemented tower with a ring of five bells. It is situated beside the stream in the valley bottom and in 1965 suffered damage in a major flood. The nave is longer than usual in a parish church: this may be connected to the fact that the Bishops of Exeter
Diocese of Exeter

The Diocese of Exeter is a Church of England diocese covering Devon, and is one of the largest in England. The Exeter Cathedral is the seat of the diocesan bishop, the Right Reverend Michael Langrish DD, Bishop of Exeter....
 owned the manor of Pawton before the Reformation and had a palace there. The church contains some fine monuments to members of the Tredeneck family and one of 1598 to one of the Prideaux-Brunes.

Manor of Pawton

The Manor of Pawton, already established in Saxon times, was very large, extending to six whole parishes and parts of four others. It was granted to the Bishops of Sherborne by King Egbert of Wessex and held by their successors until it was alienated under Henry VIII. In 1086 there were 44 hides of land, land for 60 ploughs, 40 villagers and 40 smallholders; pasture 12 sq leagues, woodland 2 sq leagues. Charles Henderson wrote in 1925 that slight remains of the bishop's palace and deer park were still to be seen. On the down above Pawton is a very large barrow with massive dolmen. At Nanscowe Farm a pillar stone of the 5th or 6th century with inscription meaning 'To the son of Ulcagnus; and to Severus' (in Latin).