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Step into this quintessential Cornish church, dedicated in 1259 to our own Celtic saint of St. Dominica, and step into a sense of peace and a slice of history.

At St Ewe village the road widens just a bit at the market cross and mounting steps, through the gate you'll see the camellia developed by Mr Tregunna of Caerhayes and named St Ewe.

The most complete example of a Decorated period church in Cornwall, St Mary’s was dedicated by Bishop Bronescombe in 1259, the church boasts the best 14th century tombs in Cornwall, Courtenays and Dawney.

The patron saint of Creed is first recorded as St Crite in the 10th century and may well have been a Cornish saint and possibly the daughter of either King Mark of Cornwall or an Irish king.

Despite over rigorous restoration in Victorian times, this village church has regained much charm after recent restoration programmes.

Visit the church with the tallest tower in Cornwall and see the highly decorative mosaic reredos and both of the well known Hawkins memorials, the marble one inside the church, and the ‘Cavalier’ tomb in the churchyard.

There is a peal of six bells, three of which are medieval, contained within the ancient tower which was repaired in 1970 when a new buttress was built.

An historic, riverside church with one of the oldest stained glass windows in Devon.