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Parish Church of:
Antony
The church of St James is a building of stone, erected in the early parts of
the 15th century, with arcades of Perpendicular date, and consists of chancel,
nave, aisles, north and south porches and an embattled western tower of two
stages, containing a clock and 6 bells, in the centre of the chancel floor is a
bras with effigy under a rich cusped and crocketed canopy and an inscription to
Margery Arundell, the presumed foundress of the church, and daughter of Sir
Warin L'Erchedekne kt. ob. 26th October, 1420; there are also many monuments to
the family of Carew, 1555-1835, including one to Richard Carew, author of a
"Survey of Cornwall", ob. 6 November, 1620; and to that of Wolsdon, 1608-56,
with several of later date, the east window, erected in 1847, is a memorial to
the Right Hon, Reginald Pole-Carew PC, d. 3rd January 1835, to his wife, the
Hon. Anne (Lyttelton), d. 10th April 1833, and to his son, the Rev. Gerlad Pole-Carew,
a former vicar, d. 14th March 1845, there are also nine others chiefly memorials
; the church affords 200 sittings. The register of baptisms, dates from the year
1678, marriages 1569; burials 1677.
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