Author: THOMAS CHARLES
Title: Christian Sites in West Penwith Excursion Guide : Saturday, April 6th, 1968
Description: Cornwall Office Services (Truro), Cornwall, 1968. Paperback. Good Condition. 15 large page, size 10 inches tall by 8 inches, in paper covers. ' Our excursion, which is covered by the O.S. 1-inch sheet no. 189 (Land's End), is designed to show our visiting friends something of the ecclesiastical riches of the,Land's End peninsula (the western half of Penwith hundred) in an afternoon. We shall,be visiting only two churches, one of which contains a particularly interesting inscribed stone; but we shall also be seeing two chapels, one recently- excavated and,the other a very well-known site. In addition, we shall be visiting the medieval homestead complex at Lanyon. At a very approximate guess, pre-Norman Cornwall contained between six and seven hundred chapels of all kinds, founded between the 6th and 11th centuries . About a quarter of these eventually became the ancient parish churches of Cornwall, and the majority of those not so selected can still be located from documentary sources, even though comparatively few are worth a visit. This plethora of chapels - excluding such special forms as well-chapels and hermitages - appears to reflect the dispersed settlement patterns of Cornwall in early Christian times, and in this respect Cornwall offers an interesting parallel to the Isle of Man, the site of a most successful Conference not long ago. The notes on the individual sites which follow are merely for guidance. A great deal of work has been done on early Cornwall in the last few decades, and the special Bibliography of Early Christian Cornwall, also issued for this Conference, will act as a guide to this '. Book - Good - browning to the paper covers and pages, some creasing to the right hand bottom corners, rusting to the hinges which have been treated to prevent further rusting otherwise clean and tightly bound. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 0.05 kilos. Category: Booklets & Pamphlets; Inventory No: 196800.

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