St Torney
Our church building is a real treat for the 'church crawler', beautifully sited, and full of interest.
About this building
For more information visit on this building visit www.explorechurches.org/church/st-torney-north-hill
Our church building is a real treat for the 'church crawler', beautifully sited, and full of interest.
For more information visit on this building visit www.explorechurches.org/church/st-torney-north-hill
Altarnon parish church is known as 'the cathedral of the moors'. St Nonna was the mother of St David and left her native Wales around the year 527. Nonna was one of many Celtic missionaries who passed through Cornwall on their way to Europe in the 6th and 7th centuries.
The church and village is named after St Neot. He died circa 877 and was buried in the church. Around 974 Earl Alfric stole the remains and removed most of them to Eynesbury (now called St Neots) in Huntingdonshire.
St Winwaloe church in Tremaine is one of the smallest parish churches in Cornwall, being just twelve feet wide and forty four feet long. The earliest parts of the church and its font are Norman. The church is simple and charming. It is in an elevated remote location in the beautiful Cornish countryside and surrounded by a graveyard full of wild flowers. The church draws people seeking peace and tranquility.