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[[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Cornwall]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Cornwall Parishes]] | [[England]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Cornwall]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png]] [[Cornwall Parishes]] | ||
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== Parish History == | == Parish History == | ||
MINSTER (St. Metherian), a parish, in the union of Camelford, hundred of Lesnewth, E. division of Cornwall, 3¼ miles (E. N. E.) from Bossiney. The Wesleyans have a place of worship. | MINSTER (St. Metherian), a '''parish''', in the union of Camelford, hundred of Lesnewth, E. division of Cornwall, 3¼ miles (E. N. E.) from Bossiney. The Wesleyans have a place of worship. <ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51153#s19 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''](1848), pp. 321-325. Date accessed: 18 March 2013.</ref> | ||
Minster St Materiana is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall. Other places in the parish include: Boscastle. <br>Boscastle is the principal settlement in the parish of [[Forrabury, Cornwall]] and Minster. It is 14 miles (23 kilometres) south of Bude and 5 miles (8 kilometres) north-east of Tintagel. Forrabury parish church, dedicated to St Symphorian, is in Boscastle at OS Grid Ref SX095908. | <br> Minster St Materiana is an Ancient Parish in the county of Cornwall. Other places in the parish include: Boscastle. <br>Boscastle is the principal settlement in the parish of [[Forrabury, Cornwall]] and Minster. It is 14 miles (23 kilometres) south of Bude and 5 miles (8 kilometres) north-east of Tintagel. Forrabury parish church, dedicated to St Symphorian, is in Boscastle at OS Grid Ref SX095908. | ||
However, the mother church of Boscastle is dedicated to St Materiana and nestles among the trees of Minster Wood in the valley of the River Valency half-a-mile east of Boscastle at OS Grid Ref SX110904. The original Forrabury / Minster boundary crossed the river so the harbour end of the village was in Forrabury and the upriver area in Minster. The churches were established some time earlier than the settlement at Boscastle (in Norman times when a castle was built there). The Celtic name of Minster was Talkarn but it was renamed Minster in Anglo-Saxon times because of a monastery on the site. Until the Reformation St Materiana's tomb was preserved in the church. (Another spelling of her name sometimes used is 'Mertheriana' but the usual Latin form is Materiana.) For many years the Anglican parishes of Forrabury and Minster have been in the charge of a Rector who is responsible for a group of adjoining parishes as well as these. Minster Church was damaged by the flood of August 2004 and in the following year archaeological work was done at the church to obtain a clearer idea of the history of the building.<br> | However, the mother church of Boscastle is dedicated to St Materiana and nestles among the trees of Minster Wood in the valley of the River Valency half-a-mile east of Boscastle at OS Grid Ref SX110904. The original Forrabury / Minster boundary crossed the river so the harbour end of the village was in Forrabury and the upriver area in Minster. The churches were established some time earlier than the settlement at Boscastle (in Norman times when a castle was built there). The Celtic name of Minster was Talkarn but it was renamed Minster in Anglo-Saxon times because of a monastery on the site. Until the Reformation St Materiana's tomb was preserved in the church. (Another spelling of her name sometimes used is 'Mertheriana' but the usual Latin form is Materiana.) For many years the Anglican parishes of Forrabury and Minster have been in the charge of a Rector who is responsible for a group of adjoining parishes as well as these. Minster Church was damaged by the flood of August 2004 and in the following year archaeological work was done at the church to obtain a clearer idea of the history of the building.<br> | ||
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