The Church of St Conan is an Anglican church on the A389 road near

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Egloshayle Egloshayle (pronounced "eglos-hale" kw, Eglosheyl – meaning church and ''heyl'' meaning estuary) is a civil parish and village in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is beside the River Camel, southeast of Wadebridge. Th ...

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, England, UK.

History

Built at a cost of £490 with designs by James Arthur Reeve of Norwich, the church was opened for worship on 23 July 1883. Gill and Cleave of Egloshayle were the stonemasons, Mr Williams of Egloshayle was the carpenter, and Mr Evans of the firm of Doney and Evans provided the granite work. It reportedly has an ancient font of Saxon origin. This font came from Lanteglos-by-Camelford; it is similar to one at

Morwenstow Morwenstow ( kw, Logmorwenna) is a civil parish in north Cornwall, UK. The parish abuts the west coast, about six miles (10 km) north of Bude and within the Cornwall Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Morwenstow is the most north ...

but has much decoration of a Celtic character.

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dated it as c. 1100 or earlier. There is a fine pulpit, possibly of German workmanship. The church became a

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on 4 November 1988. The saint to whom the church is dedicated may have been Conan who was associated with St Petroc; another possibility is that he is Conan who was Bishop of St Germans in the 930s. St Conan's feast is celebrated on 23 July.Ellis, P. B. (1992) ''The Cornish Saints''. Penryn: Tor Mark Press, p. 8

Parish status

The church is in a joint parish with: *St Breoke's Church,

St Breock St Breock ( kw, Nanssans) is a village and a civil parish in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The spelling St Breoke was also formerly in use. Geography St Breock village is 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Wadebridge immediately to the sou ...

, Wadebridge *St Petroc's Church, Egloshayle *St Mary's at the Betjeman Centre, Wadebridge

References

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