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North Petherwin

Village in Cornwall, England

Summary

Village in Cornwall, England

Field	Value
country	England
map_type	Cornwall
static_image_name	NorthPetherwinChurchCornwallUk.jpg
static_image_caption	North Petherwin parish church
coordinates
official_name	North Petherwin
civil_parish	North Petherwin
population	655
population_ref	(Civil Parish, 1991)
unitary_england	Cornwall
lieutenancy_england	Cornwall
region	South West England
constituency_westminster	North Cornwall
post_town	LAUNCESTON
postcode_district	PL15
postcode_area	PL
dial_code	01566
os_grid_reference	SX282896

North Petherwin is a civil parish and village in the ceremonial county of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The village is situated 5 mi northwest of Launceston on a ridge above the River Ottery valley.

North Petherwin is a rural parish within the historic boundaries of Devon, responsibility for its administration having been transferred to Cornwall by the abolition of Broadwoodwidger Rural District by the Local Government Commission for England in 1966. Historically, the Dukes of Bedford have been major land owners in the parish. As well as the church town, settlements include Hellescott, Brazacott, and Maxworthy. The hamlets of Petherwin Gate and Daws are close to the village.

==Attractions== The parish was previously home to the Tamar Otter and Wildlife Centre, but this has now closed permanently and been replaced with a café and nature trail.

Parish church

The parish church is dedicated to St Paternus (see also South Petherwin) and is unusually grand for a small village church. It was described in White's Devonshire Directory of 1850 as: ... an ancient structure, with a tower and five bells... (containing)... memorials of the Yeo and other families. The north aisle is Norman and the south Perpendicular and many of the windows, including those of the clerestory, are 13th century in style. There is some old woodwork including a communion rail dated 1685.

The tower now houses six bells, hung for full circle ringing in the English style. They are rung from the ground floor where the ringers are really part of the church as, unusually, the tower has not been screened off. In the North aisle, within the vestry, stands a fine two manual organ. The organ was extensively overhauled at the turn of this century and its thirteen speaking stops provide reliable accompaniment to services and concerts.

Education

The village has a school, North Petherwin Primary School, dating back to 1878. The school is coeducational and has been expanded in recent years.

References

Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 190 ''Bude & Clovelly'' {{ISBN. 978-0-319-23145-6
Ordnance Survey ''One-inch Map of England & Wales; Bodmin and Launceston, sheet186''. 1946
"Home".
[http://genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk/DEV/NorthPetherwin/ GENUKI website; North Petherwin]; retrieved April 2010
[http://www.north-petherwin.cornwall.sch.uk/ North Petherwin school website]. Retrieved April 2010

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