Paul Parish Church
| Paul Parish Church | |
|---|---|
 Paul Parish Church | |
| Coordinates: 50°05′23″N 05°32′46″W / 50.08972°N 5.54611°W | |
| OS grid reference | SW 465 271 |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Broad Church |
| Website | www.paulchurch.co.uk |
| History | |
| Dedication | St. Pol-de-Léon |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Paul, Cornwall |
| Diocese | Truro |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | Revd Tim Heaney |
Paul Parish Church is a parish church in the Church of England located in Paul, Cornwall, UK.
History
The church is said to have been founded in 490 by Paul Aurelian, a Welsh saint. The church building is medieval but was largely destroyed in a raid by the Spanish in 1595.[1] It was rebuilt by 1600.[2]
The parish tower is constructed of granite with double buttresses. It is 89 ft tall and is surmounted with a turret 20 feet (6.1 m) tall, which serves as a daymark for shipping. The tower contains six bells: three by Abraham Rudhall date from 1727, and three from 1950.
The Cornish language writers Nicholas Boson, Thomas Boson and John Boson are all buried in the churchyard, and a monument in the church by John Boson (to Arthur Hutchens, d. 1709) is the only surviving lapidary inscription in traditional Cornish.[3] Within the village churchyard there is a memorial to Dolly Pentreath, reputedly and disputedly the last native speaker of Cornish. The memorial was placed there by Louis Lucien Bonaparte, a relative of Napoleon Bonaparte, and the Vicar of Paul in the 19th century.
Gallery
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Exterior south side
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Chancel and sanctuary
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Nave
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Sundial, south side
References
- ↑ Parish Guide. Paul Church, 2007
- ↑ Pevsner, N. (1970) The Buildings of England, Cornwall. 2nd ed. Penguin Books
- ↑ Matthew Spriggs, ‘Boson family (per. c. 1675–1730)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 12 Oct 2007