Marhamchurch

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Marhamchurch in North Cornwall

Marhamchurch is a quiet and quaint village of thatched cob cottages that can be found one and a half miles inland from the coastal resort town of Bude, just off the A39 Atlantic Highway.

 Near the end of the fifth century the Celtic Saint Marwen founded a hermitage as a monastic settlement and gave her name to the village. The 14th Century church of St Marwenna, with its magnificent old oak door and 'sanctuary knocker', can be found here. Saint Marwenne could be either one of the 24 children sired by King Broccan or she could be St Merwenn, the 10th century abbess of Romsey in Hampshire

National School 1873

The first village school was in a stone building by the Lych Gate of St Marwenne's Church, known has the "Church House". With regards its origins, no records have been found and nothing remains of this building now because in 1872, permission was given by the Charity Commissioners of the day, to take down the walls of the "Church House" and for these stones to be used in a new school building on a site opposite the church. Marhamchurch National School was opened in 1873 and the first recorded head teacher was a Mr Lidgely, who remained at the school until 1896. The local school is no longer located here.

The Bray Institute

 The Bray Institute is centrally located at the top of Pinch Hill. The institute is a well loved and much used building that seconds as the village hall.

The view below is inland from the graveyard at Marhamchurch.

Below are examples of some of the cob and thatched cottages that are in abundance in this neck of the woods. In fact Marhamchurch is so full of architectural heritage that is well worth visiting.

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