St Michael and All Angels’ Church, Lesnewth is a

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in the

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Lesnewth __NOTOC__ Lesnewth () is a civil parish and village in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is about six miles east of Tintagel Head and two miles east of Boscastle. The parish is bounded on the north by St Juliot (where the 2011 census popula ...

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History

The church dates from the 12th century. With the exception of the tower, it was rebuilt between 1865 and 1866 by

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at a cost of £700. The contractor was Westlake and Cann.

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 Materiana's Church, Tintagel * St Denis’ Church, Otterham *

St Julitta's Church, St Juliot St Julitta's Church, St Juliot is a Grade II* listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statu ...

*The Holy Family Church,

Treknow Treknow () is a small village in Tintagel civil parish, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom: it is the second largest settlement, and is located between Trevena and Trebarwith. It is situated north of Bodmin, north-west of Camelford, and west o ...

* 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 ...

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