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Parish Church of:
Breage
The church of St. Breage is an ancient building of stone
and granite, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of
chancel, nave, aisles separated from the nave by arcades of
seven arches, transepts, south porch and an embattled
western tower, surmounted by four pinnacles and containing a
clock and 2 bells, dated 1831 and 1771: in the north
transept are portions of the old carved oak roof, with
elaborate corbels and beams: the east windows of the chancel
and south aisle are memorials respectively to Caroline
Isabella Wilson, 1846-54, and Elizabeth Wilson, 1780-1866;
the west window of the same aisle commemorates the marriage
of T.R.H. the Prince and Princess of Wales, March 10th,
1863, and was erected by the parishioners: there are
monuments to the Coode family, 1671-94, and others of modern
date: Margaret (Blagge), wife of Sidney, first Earl of
Godolphin K.G. was buried here, September 27th, 1678: in the
south aisle are three helmets, two bearing the Godolphin
crest: there are 300 sittings: in the churchyard, near the
south entrance, stands the head of an ancient cross: the
church was thoroughly restored and re-seated with open
benches in 1891, at a cost of £4000. The register of baptism
dates from the year 1607; marriages and burials 1559.
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