St Mawes’ Church is a

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parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Truro in

St Mawes St Mawes () is a village on the end of the Roseland Peninsula, in the eastern side of Falmouth, Cornwall, Falmouth harbour, on the south coast of Cornwall, England. The village, formerly two separate hamlets, lies on the east bank of the Carri ...

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, England, UK.

History

The name of the town comes from

Saint Maudez Maudez is a Breton saint who lived in the 5th or 6th century. He is also known as Maudé, Maudet (Breton French), Maodez or Modez (Breton), Maudetus (Latin), Mandé (French) and Mawes (in Cornwall). In the Breton calendar his feast is 18 November. ...

, a Breton saint, and there was a chapel here dedicated to him with his holy well nearby. Its existence in 1427 is mentioned in George Oliver's ''Monasticon'' and it remained in use until the reign of Elizabeth I when it was abandoned. From that time until ''c.'' 1838 there was no chapel for the townspeople until a private chapel built in 1807 by the Earl Temple (afterwards Marquis and then Duke of Buckingham) was licensed by the Bishop. This was on a different site and was built between 1881 and 1884. St Mawes continued however to be in the parish of

St Just in Roseland St Just in Roseland () is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is south of Truro and north of St Mawes, a small village within the parish of St Just in Roseland. The 2011 Census recorded the parish popu ...

. The new church to serve the town of St Mawes was opened by the

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Dr George Wilkinson on 5 December 1884. It was built in the Early English style, and consists of a chancel, nave, porch and bell turret. It was built of local stone with facings of St Stephen’s granite. The west window was given by the daughter of Staff-Commander Vincent of Southampton in memory of her parents and cost 100 guineas. The chancel window is a gift of the relatives of Miss Cullah who died whilst on a visit to St Mawes. The north and south chancel windows were presented by Mrs Kennerley and Mrs Payne. The building cost £1,500 and was designed by Revd. C. W. Carlyon.

Parish status

The church is in a joint parish with * St Just’s Church, St Just in Roseland

References

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