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Parish Church of:
Colan
The church of St. Colan, is an ancient building of stone, in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, stated in an inquisition of the Bishops of Lincoln and Winchester to have been erected by Walter Branscombe, bishop of Exeter, about 1250, and by him assigned to the Augustine Canons of his College of Glasney, near Penryn: it consists of chancel, nave of five bays, north aisle, south transept, south porch and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, containing 3 bells; in the south wall of the chancel is a large slab, formerly on the floor, with brasses to John Cosowarth, of Cosowarth esq. receiver-general of the Duchy of Cornwall, ob. 20 Dec 1575; these include effigies of himself in armour, his wife Dorothy (Lock), seven sons and one daughter, two shields of arms and a marginal inscription; in the wall of the north aisle is a slab of slate with another brass to ffrancis Bluett, ob. 20 May, 1572, and Elizabeth (Colon), his wife, with effigies of both
standing on either side of an impaled shield of arms, and below these figures of 13 sons and nine daughters; the verge of the slab bears and incised inscription , and below the brass is an admonition as from the deceased; there are other memorials to the Rev. John Gurney, a former vicar of this parish, d.1790, and to James Magor Cardell, d. 1864: the rood stairs remain in the south wall, and some portions of the screen, well carved, still exist, the tower was rebuilt and the bells re hung in 1879, at a cost of £490, and the church was thoroughly restored in 1884, when it was re-seated and re floored, the chancel re paved and a very elaborate brass lectern placed: at the same time the east window was filled with stained glass as a memorial to the Rev. John Creser, for 34 years vicar of this parish, and other windows inserted in the north aisle to members of the Creser family; in the south aisle is one to John and Elizabeth Rouse, of Trebudannon, and one in the tower
to the Rev. Matthew Nixon Brougham M.A. vicar 1872-81; there are sittings for 176 persons. The register dates from the year 1665.
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