St Wenn

St. Wenn is a village and parish in the Restormel district of mid-Cornwall, United Kingdom. The other principal villages are Rosenannon and Tregonetha. The parish church is dedicated to Saint Wenna.

Tregurtha Barton in this parish, was once the home of Michael Tregury, Archbishop of Dublin (Roman Catholic), who died in 1471. The last heir-male of the elder branch of this family died in the reign of Henry V. Later William Hals, who wrote the Parochial History of Cornwall, and resided here in the latter part of his life. [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=50653. Untitled Page ] ]

On the North-downs, called Carenza Wortha, (now called Rosenannan downs) there was formerly a chapel dedicated to St Mary Magdalen: it was destroyed in the English Civil War during the time of Charles I. ["History of Cornwall" by Thurstan Peters (page 387)]

t Wenn School

St. Wenn School is a small primary school in the village of St. Wenn.

ee also

*Wadebridge

External links

* [http://crocat.cornwall.gov.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Overview.tcl&dsqSearch=((text)='st%20wenn') Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for St Wenn]
* [http://www.st-wenn.cornwall.sch.uk St Wenn School]

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