Landewednack, St Winwallow
St Winwallow, the Parish Church of Landewednack, is about half a mile East of Lizard in Church Cove. It has the distiction of being the most southerly Church in mainland Britain. There is a little parking beside the Church.
As is the case with other nearby churches, this one is built with granite and the local serpentine which gives it a distinctive, variegated, appearance. The inside of the Church has a Cornish barrel roof and one of the original 3 bells that is cracked and no longer part of the peal. Ringing is from the ground floor.
2009-07-23 [ expand ]
I visited for the first time on Thursday 23rd July 2009 while on holiday with my wife walking the South West Coast Path. I couldn't ring in advance as getting a signal on my mobile was hit and miss (mostly miss) all week. Earlier in the week I had rung at Mullion and everything was very similar, the main difference being that the bells are a little lighter and there are no guides. I rang up bell #5, the heaviest, and during the evening I also rangs bells #3, #4 and the Tenor before ending by ringing down the Tenor. I was made very welcome and thoroughly enjoyed my ringing. All the bells rang very easily.
Having been caught out in Mullion we had opted to eat before ringing!
The Bells
The tower has a ring of 6 bells with a tenor weighing 8-1-19 in B♭. Dove's Guide includes details of the bells at St Winwallow and more information is provided by the Truro Diocesan Guild of Ringers.
The original three medieval bells are still in the Church, and were all dedicated to Saints: Anna, Nicholas and Mary Magdalene. The details of three medieval bells are not clear but there doesn't seem to be any disagreement that they were cast 500+ years ago.
Bell | Inscription | |||
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1 |
Dove's Guide to the bells at St Winwallow |
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2 | ||||
3 | ||||
4 | Sancta Anna Ora Pro Nobis | |||
5 | Sancta Nicholas Ora Pro Nobis | |||
Tenor | ||||
In church | Nomen Magdalene Gerit Campana Melodie |