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Parish Church of:
Columb Minor, St
The church of St Columba is an ancient building of stone
in the Late Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting
of chancel with aisles, nave of six bays, aisles, south
porch and an embattled western tower with pinnacles,
containing 6 bells, cast and hung in 1883 by Taylor and
Sons, of Loughborough, when also the pinnacles of the tower
were renewed, at a total cost of about £320: the chancel
retains its piscina, and the rood stairs also remain: there
are a number of stained windows presented by Dr. James
Nicholls, of Trenarren, Newquay, and his family, and by the
Martyn family, of Trevemper: in the north aisle is a
memorial window to a son of the present vicar: within the
porch is the date 1669: there are also slate monuments to
Richard Budd, 42 years curate of this parish, d. 1787;
Elizabeth daughter of Richard Pollamounter esq, ob. 1640;
Mary wife of John Sammon, ob. 1638, Margaret, wife of
Richard Stone, ob. 1658: and Richard Sleeman, yeoman of this
parish, ob. 1670; around the effigy of a man in civilian
dress, boldly carved in slate, and marked "R.E." is this
motto, "mors mea est vita mihi" there is also a tablet to
the Rev. Nicholas Ford Chudleigh B.A. vicar here from 1841
till 1884, d. 1891: the communion plate was presented in
1750, by Francis, 2nd Earl of Godolphin, and bears his arms:
the flagon is of massive silver and will hold nearly a
gallon: the church was re-stored in 1889 at a cost of
£2,500, under the supervision of the Rev. Predendary
Hingeston Randolph M.A. rector of Ringmore, when it was
re-floored, re-seated and the aisle passages repaired: the
lectern, choir stalls and desks are of carved oak, and the
pulpit is of Portland Stone on a granite base and enriched
with shafts of green marble between the panels and bears the
chief Masonic symbols; on the east side of the west door is
a very large painting of the royal arms of Charles II
presented to the parish by that king as a mark of his royal
favour on account of the loyalty of the inhabitants towards
his father Charles I, : there are 230 sittings. The register
dates from about 1560.
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