| ID: | SDV323982 |
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| Title: | An account of the church & parish of South Brent from two different sources |
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| Originator: | A. C. + H. E. |
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| Date: | 1966 |
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| Summary: | The Celtic Christian St Petrock returned to Cornwall c AD550 & died at Padstow. Eleven churches are dedicated to St Petrock in Devon & Cornwall & a tradition exists that he was the founder of Buckfast Abbey. There may have been a Saxon church at South Brent. The present tower was the centre of the cruciform Norman church. The church has six 19C inscribed bells. A list of vicars is given from 1268 to 1950. |
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Associated Monuments (1)
| MDV5737 | St Petrock's Parish Church, South Brent (Building) |
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