St Minver

The parish of St Minver is bounded on the north by Trebetherick and the sea, on the east by Endellion and St Kew, and on the south and west by the river Camel and Padstow Harbour. It is situated in the deanery of Trigg Minor, and the Hundred of Trigg.

The parish is named after St Menwreda, the patron saint of the church first mentioned in 1269, and the sister of St Nectanus, St Tetha, and several others, all of whom were believed to be some of the 24 children of King Broccan. Good church for Brass Rubbing.

The pleasant village is dominated by the tall spire of the church, clearly visible from Wesdale. The parish is nominally divided into the Highlands and Lowlands; the parish mother church being situated in the former, and the two chapels-of-ease called St Enodoc and St Michael's, were in the latter.

A town is said once to have stood between St Michael's Church and St Enodoc. In 1778, in consequence of the shifting sands, a chapel and cemetery were discovered at Rock, and many slate coffins and human bones, were exposed. Spoons, utensils, rings and other ornaments were found, together with a quantity of English coins of various reigns, especially from Henry I to Elizabeth I.