St Mawgan in Meneage

Probably established on the site of an earlier monastery, St Mawgan in Meneage is mentioned in the 1085 Exeter Domesday Book. The church has an original carved wagon roof in the north aisle and the stone effigies of Sir Roger and Lady Johanna Carminowe. Standing above Mawgan Creek for more than 700 years the church has provided a place of comfort, refuge and entertainment for the community through all the great events and upheavals that have taken place during that time.

It existed when Richard III was killed at Bosworth; it was there when Michael Joseph An Gof started his march to London from St Keverne to protest against taxes; it survived the changes made by Henry VIII when he established the Church of England; it witnessed the troops galloping past to the rout at Gear Bridge during the Civil War; it looked on as The Old

Rectory was built in 1803 when the Napoleonic Wars were raging.

More recently it has seen the changes in transport, from horses and traps to motor buses and tractors passing the door to the helicopters and planes flying overhead to and from RNAS Culdrose.

And yet it remains a sanctuary of peace and calm in a busy world, an ancient house of prayer remote from many of the problems of our world today.

It has witnessed all the great events of life: thousands of babies have been baptised in the font, thousands of couples have celebrated their betrothals and marriages within its ancient walls, and the graveyard provides the last resting place of generations of parishioners. It has also been the setting for feasts and fun as it is today when teddy bears can be seen parachuting from the church tower at the summer fete, and the biennial daffodil festival in February brightens the old stone walls with displays of thousands of daffodils.