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Parish Church of:
Nectan, St
St Nightons (Nectan's) chapel of ease, 2 1/2 miles north-east from the Parish church of St Winnow, is an ancient building of stone, consisting of chancel, nave and aisles, and at the south-west corner is one stage of an old and substantial butteresed tower with a bell cot, containing one bell: the upper stages were destroyed during the Civil war in 1644, and the bells, 6 in number, are said to have been melted down to furnish war material: one pinnacle was removed years ago to Boconnoc, and another serves as a gate post on the steps to the entrance to the churchyard: there are 250 sittings.
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