St Julitta's Church, St Juliot
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St Julitta's Church, St Juliot is a
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in the
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Diocese of Truro in
St Juliot St Juliot is a civil parishes in England, civil parish in north-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish is entirely rural and the settlements within it are the hamlets of Beeny and Tresparrett. - plus a part of the adjacent village of ...
,
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. ( St Julitta's Church, Lanteglos-by-Camelford is dedicated to the same local saint.)


History

The parish church is dedicated to St Julitta (Juliot) and stands in an isolated location above the valley of the
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at The parish church of Lanteglos by Camelford and the castle chapel at
Tintagel Tintagel () or Trevena (, meaning ''Village on a Mountain'') is a civil parishes in England, civil parish and village situated on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village and nearby Tintagel Castle ...
are also dedicated to St Julitta. The church is in the
St Juliot St Juliot is a civil parishes in England, civil parish in north-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish is entirely rural and the settlements within it are the hamlets of Beeny and Tresparrett. - plus a part of the adjacent village of ...
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of northeast
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, The church predates the
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. The Dark Ages church building was enlarged in the
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when
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s were added The chapel of St Julitta was acquired in 1238 by the canons of St Stephens by Launceston and before 1269 was annexed to their church of
St Gennys St Gennys () is a coastal civil parish and small settlement in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village of St Gennys is about southwest of Bude.Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 190 ''Bude & Clovelly'' It is on high ground ...
. In the late
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a south
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and porch were added to the church. At the
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it was separated from St Gennys and became a donative served by perpetual curates who were paid £7 annually. It became a rectory in 1865. There was formerly a north transept which was removed in the
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. The tower is of three stages; the south aisle is built of
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and has one additional bay east of the end of the nave. Features of interest include the vaulted granite south porch and a relief in bronze of the Deposition of
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which is the work of an Italian
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Mannerist. There are two Cornish crosses in the churchyard. The parish now belongs to the Boscastle group of Anglican parishes. It was surveyed by the Dorchester architect John Hicks in 1867, but he died before restoration work could start. It was restored between 1870 and 1872 by
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. The restoration was almost a complete rebuilding, but controversial as to whether some of the original building could have been restored, rather than replaced. It re-opened on 25 April 1872. As well as being an architect Hardy was better known as a
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and
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. He met his wife here in 1870, and wrote ''
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'' and other poems in 1912–13, about his time in the parish. There are three Cornish crosses of early dating.Langdon, A. G. (1896) ''Old Cornish Crosses''. Truro: Joseph Pollard; pp. 86-87 & 162-63. There are two Cornish crosses in the churchyard. One of the crosses was originally sited at Anderton Mill, Lesnewth, but was brought here for preservation in 1852.


Parish status

The church is in the Boscastle and Tintagel group of parishes which includes: * St Symphorian's Church, Forrabury * St Merteriana's Church, Minster * St Michael and All Angels' Church, Lesnewth *
St Denis' Church, Otterham St Denis's Church, Otterham is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Truro in Otterham, Cornwall. History The dedication to St. Denis is undocumented according to Charles G. Henderson who observes that nearby la ...
* St Materiana's Church, Tintagel * St Piran's Church, Trethevy *St Petroc's Church,
Trevalga Trevalga () is a coastal civil parishes in England, civil parish and hamlet in north Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish is bounded on the north by the Celtic Sea, on the southeast by Forrabury and Minster parish and on the west by Ti ...


Bells

The tower contains a peal of 6 bells which as of 2009 were reported as being unringable. The tenor and treble are the youngest by John Taylor from 1951. Two date from 1808 by John III Pennington and the others are 1734 and 1783 by John IV Pennington.


References

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St Juliot St Juliot is a civil parishes in England, civil parish in north-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish is entirely rural and the settlements within it are the hamlets of Beeny and Tresparrett. - plus a part of the adjacent village of ...
St Juliot St Juliot is a civil parishes in England, civil parish in north-east Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish is entirely rural and the settlements within it are the hamlets of Beeny and Tresparrett. - plus a part of the adjacent village of ...