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Parish Church of:
Germoe
The church of St. Germoe is an ancient building of stone in the Perpendicular style, with portions of Transition, Norman and Early English date, and consists of chancel, nave of five bays, north aisle and tow side chantries, south porch and an embattled western tower with crocketed pinnacles, containing 3 bells, all dated 1753; the font, of native elvan, is curious from its misshapen form and rude sculptures; the bowl of another font also remains; there are no inscriptions in the church; the church plate bears the date 1732, and was presented by Francis, second Earl of Godolphin, who then occupied Godolphin manor in the adjoining parish, and died in 1766; there are 150 sittings; in the north-east corner of the churchyard is a stone seat, called the chair of St. Germoe, or throne of King Germocus, and said to have been erected by the Millyton family of Pengersick; the structure measures, internally, about 6 feet by 3 feet, and the front consists of two pointed
arches, each 6 feet in height, on three circular columns; at the back is a seat divided into three compartments, the centre one inclosing the head of a figure in granite, surmounted by a Saxon crown; the church was thoroughly restored and re-seated with open benches in 1892 at a cost of £2,000. The register dates from the year 1682.
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