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Parish Church of:
Camborne
The church of St. Martin is an ancient
building of granite, in the later Perpendicular style,
consisting of chancel, nave of seven bays, aisles, south
transept, south porch and an embattled western tower with
pinnacles containing 8 bells, of which the tenor and another
were added in 1882: there are several fine monuments to the
Pendarves family from 1655 to 1853, and various others of
modern date: in the south aisle is a magnificent heraldric
window, placed as a memorial to E.W. Wynne Pendarves esq,
M.P. by his widow, Tryphena, in 1864: and there are three
other stained windows: the reredoes of Sienna marble was
erected in 1761, at the cost of Samuel Percival esq. : near
the porch is an ancient cross, and below the communion table
is an ancient stone altar slab, inscribed, "Leviut jusit hic
altare pro anima sua": it was formerly built into the
exterior wall of the transept, but in 1862 was removed to
its present position: the church was restored in 1862, at a
cost of £1,500: and a new south aisle added in 1879, at a
total cost of £4,000: there are 750 sittings. The register
dates from the year 1538.
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