St Cyricius and St Julietta's Church, St Veep is a

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St Veep St Veep () is a civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, situated above the east bank of the River Fowey about three miles (5 km) south-east of Lostwithiel. It is bordered by the parishes of St Winnow to the north-west, Boconnoc t ...

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History and description

The parish church was originally dedicated to Saint Veep; the building was cruciform in design and in 1269 belonged to

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. Nothing remains of the church from this period. It was rebuilt in 1336 and rededicated to

Saint Quiricus and Saint Julietta Cyricus and his mother Julitta are venerated as early Christian martyrs. According to traditional stories, they were put to death at Tarsus in AD 304. Cyricus Some evidence exists for an otherwise unknown child-martyr named Cyricus at Anti ...

. The west tower appears to date from this rebuilding, but the rest of the church is late 15th century or early 16th century. Dendrochronological dating suggests c. 1460 for the nave and chancel roofs, but as late as 1540 for the north aisle roof. Following the

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of 1549, a number of well-known Cornish figures and priests were murdered or hanged in Cornwall. These included Richard Bennet, vicar of St Veep, under the direct orders of

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serving under

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. Valuable church silverware, which had been deposited with

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and subsequently lost, was rediscovered in 2015 at a storage facility near

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. Items included a communion cup (dated 1579), silver

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tankard (1737) and a silver plate (1738).

Parish status

The church is in a joint benefice with: *

St Brevita’s Church, Lanlivery St Brevita's Church is a Grade I listed medieval parish church of the Church of England in Lanlivery, Cornwall. The church was built in the 14th and 15th centuries in the Perpendicular Gothic style, and is dedicated to Saint Bryvyth, or Brevita ...

St Winnow’s Church, St Winnow St Winnow's Church, St Winnow is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in St Winnow, Cornwall. History The church is probably built on the site of the 7th century oratory of St Winnoc. A stone church was built in the 12th cen ...

* Boconnoc Church *

St Mary the Virgin's Church, Braddock St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Braddock or Bradoc is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Braddock, Cornwall. History The current church dates from the 13th to 15th centuries. The font is Norman and there are many good exam ...

*St Nectan's Chapel, St Winnow *

St Bartholomew's Church, Lostwithiel St Bartholomew's Church is a parish church of the Church of England Diocese of Truro in Lostwithiel, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. Background The earliest part of the church is the tower which dates from the 13th century. The spire was add ...

Monuments

*Nicholas Courtney (d. 1589)

Organ

The organ has a pipe organ which was extensively rebuilt by J.W. Walker and Sons in 1871. A specification of the organ can be found in the National Pipe Organ Register.

Bells

The tower contains a peal of 6 bells all dating from 1770 by Pennington and Company. These were all cast in the churchyard and are the only known example in England of a Virgin Peal, in that they came out of the cast perfectly tuned.

References

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