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St Clether is a
civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
and village in
Cornwall Cornwall (; kw, Kernow ) is a historic county and ceremonial county in South West England. It is recognised as one of the Celtic nations, and is the homeland of the Cornish people. Cornwall is bordered to the north and west by the Atlantic ...
, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated on the east flank of Bodmin Moor approximately eight miles (13 km) west of Launceston in the valley of the River Inny. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 156. The original Norman church of St Clederus was, apart from the tower, rebuilt in 1865. The tower is built of granite and is of late medieval date; the font is Norman and very plain. West of St Clether parish church is a
holy well A holy well or sacred spring is a well, spring or small pool of water revered either in a Christian or pagan context, sometimes both. The water of holy wells is often thought to have healing qualities, through the numinous presence of its guar ...
and associated chapel, said to be one of Cornwall's best preserved. The church and holy well are dedicated to Saint Cleder (or Clederus), one of the twenty-four children of Saint
Brychan Brychan Brycheiniog was a legendary 5th-century king of Brycheiniog (Brecknockshire, alternatively Breconshire) in Mid Wales. Life According to Celtic hagiography Brychan was born in Ireland, the son of a Prince Anlach, son of Coronac, and ...
, a Welsh saint and King of
Brycheiniog Brycheiniog was an independent kingdom in South Wales in the Early Middle Ages. It often acted as a buffer state between England to the east and the south Welsh kingdom of Deheubarth to the west. It was conquered and pacified by the Norman ...
in the 5th century. Arthur Langdon (1896) records five stone crosses in the parish of which four are at the old manor house of Basill Barton.Langdon, A. G. (1896) ''Old Cornish Crosses''. Truro: Joseph Pollard; pp. 157-160, 170


Gallery

File:St Clether Holy Well - geograph.org.uk - 1029808.jpg, St Clether Holy Well File:St Clether Chapel and Holy Well - geograph.org.uk - 1029799.jpg, St Clether Chapel and Holy Well File:Basill Manor near St Clether - geograph.org.uk - 936135.jpg, Basill Manor File:St Clederus church, St Clether (geograph 3234448).jpg, St Clederus church, St Clether


References


Further reading

* Maclean, John (1872–79) ''The Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor''. 3 vols. London: Nichols & Son


External links


Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for St Clether
Civil parishes in Cornwall Villages in Cornwall Bodmin Moor Holy wells in Cornwall {{NorthCornwall-geo-stub