St Luke, Tideford, Cornwall

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Site Location

Tideford

Boundaries

pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Cornwall
now Cornwall

Diocese

medieval Exeter
now Truro

Dedication

now St Luke

Type of building/monument

Parish church

Report authors

Richard Jewell

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Feature Sets

Furnishings

Description

The church is 19thc, architect George Wightwick. The font is 12thc.

History

The font comes from the chapel of St Luke near Bolventor in Bodmin Moor, which was a chapel established by the priories of Montacute and Launceston before 1340.

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Bibliography

N.Pevsner, The Buildings of England: Cornwall, Harmondsworth 1951, 219.