| St Uny's Church, Lelant | |
St Uny's Church
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| OS grid reference | SW548377 |
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| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Broad Church |
| History | |
| Dedication | St Uny |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Lelant, Cornwall |
| Diocese | Truro |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | John Holland |
| Minister(s) | Paul |
St Uny's Church, Lelant, is the Church of England parish church of Lelant, Cornwall, England, UK. It is dedicated to St Uny (or Euny) who is also the patron saint of Redruth.
The church is medieval and entirely built of granite. Parts of the nave arcades are Norman, but all of the windows are Perpendicular in style.[1] The earliest reference to the church is in 1170, when Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, referred to "The Church of Saint Euni".[2] Like many other churches in Cornwall, St Uny's has a copy of a letter from King Charles thanking the people of Lelant for their support during the English Civil War.
The church was restored in 1873, at a cost of £1,175, by J. D. Sedding.[3]
The church has fine memorials to two William Praeds, dated 1620 and 1833 (the Praed's home was at Trevethow in the parish), and also buried here are Henry Jenner (1848–1934) who was the first Grand Bard of the Gorseth Kernow, and the artist Peter Lanyon (1918–1964).