Benchmark - St James - Jacobstow, Cornwall
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N 50° 44.046 W 004° 33.296
30U E 390271 N 5621408
Cut benchmark on the south west corner, west face, of St James' church tower, Jacobstow.
Waymark Code: WMZCKN
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/20/2018
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Cut benchmark on the south west corner, west face, of St James' church tower, Jacobstow.
|
Square |
Easting |
Northing |
Mark type |
Description |
Height |
Order |
Datum |
Verified year |
Metres above ground |
|
SX |
1981 |
9583 |
CUT MARK |
SW ANG TWR ST JAMESS CH E SIDE RD |
107.003 |
3 |
'N' |
1951 |
1.800 |
"Jacobstow Parish Church is dedicated to St James and there is evidence of a former Saxon church on the same site. The present church is of the 15th century with a nave and chancel and north and south aisles. The three-stage battlemented granite tower houses a ring of six bells and is the second highest in Cornwall. The font is Norman of the Altarnun type and the altar is an Elizabethan communion table. An ancient altar stone is in the south aisle chapel. This was the main altar stone up to about 1550 in the reign of Edward VI when the Church of England was becoming more Protestant and an act required that all altar stones should be removed. This one then became a footbridge over the nearby stream but it was found and moved back to the churchyard as a seat in the 1800s and subsequently installed in the south aisle chapel in 1972. The nails that form the cross on the base of the altar are 15th century and were saved from roof restoration work in 1970.
The six church bells were cast locally in 1769 in the grounds of the old Jacobstow Rectory and of these the tenor bell alone weighs 6cwt 26lbs. The bells were refurbished in 1970 and the ropes (which are 65ft long) were replaced around 1986."
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