English Heritage sites near Marhamchurch Parish
PENHALLAM MANOR
4 miles from Marhamchurch Parish
The low and grass-covered but complete ground-plan of a moated 13th-century manor house, in a delightful woodland setting.
LAUNCESTON CASTLE
13 miles from Marhamchurch Parish
Launceston Castle dominates the surrounding landscape. Begun soon after the Norman Conquest, unusual in that during rebuilding one tower was constructed with the remains of the older.
TINTAGEL CASTLE
14 miles from Marhamchurch Parish
Tintagel Castle is a magical day with its wonderful location, set high on the rugged North Cornwall coast. It offers dramatic views, fascinating ruins and a stunning beach café.
HURLERS STONE CIRCLES
20 miles from Marhamchurch Parish
Three fine late Neolithic or early Bronze Age stone circles arranged in a line, a grouping unique in England.
LYDFORD CASTLE AND SAXON TOWN
21 miles from Marhamchurch Parish
Beautifully sited on the fringe of Dartmoor, Lydford boasts three defensive features. Near the centre is a 13th-century tower on a mound, built as a prison.
KING DONIERT'S STONE
21 miles from Marhamchurch Parish
Two richly carved pieces of a 9th century 'Celtic' cross, with an inscription commemorating Dumgarth, British King of Dumnonia, who drowned in c. AD 875.
Churches in Marhamchurch Parish
Marhamchurch: St Marwenne
Marhamchurch
Plymouth
(01288) 341670
Welcome to the parish church of Marhamchurch: St Marwenne in the Anglican Diocese of Truro and county of Cornwall England.
The traveller motoring into Western Cornwall along the Atlantic Highway will see, shortly after leaving Bude, a village a mile or so away to the left of the road. Over the high banked hedges he will catch glimpses of a grassy valley below which there flows a little river: and on the further side a hill-top crowned by a church tower rising amid trees, with houses and cottages clustered around it. This is Marhamchurch - "Marwenne's Church": the church of our village.
Our patron saint appears in the story of our village at the end of the fifth century. S. Marwenne is thought to have established her hermitage on the site where the War Memorial now stands, thus initiating the first ecclesiastical settlement in the village to which she gave her name. For more that fourteen and a half centuries a succession of churches has stood on the hill top ; and the present church, itself is five centuries old.
Pubs in Marhamchurch Parish
Bay View Inn
Marine Drive, Widemouth Bay, Widemouth Bay, EX23 0AW
(01288) 361273
bayviewinn.co.uk
Buller's Arms Hotel
Helebridge Road, Marhamchurch, EX23 0HB
(01288) 361277
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