St Erme
| St Erme | |
| Cornwall | |
|---|---|
 St Erme Church | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SW842503 |
| Location: | 50°18’50"N, 5°1’55"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 1,363 |
| Post town: | Truro |
| Postcode: | TR4 |
| Dialling code: | 01872 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Cornwall |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Truro and Falmouth |
St Erme is a village in Cornwall, in a wider parish with a population of approximately 1200, recorded as 1,363 at 2011 census. The parish also encompasses Trispen, a smaller village.
Trispen has a Post Office contained within s convenience store, and a pub called the Clock and Key.
Parish Church of St Hermes
St Hermes' Church, St Erme was rebuilt in 1819-20 by John Foulston (apart from the tower which is mediæval). The font is Norman and there is a brass of 1596 to R. Trencreek and family.[1] According to Charles Henderson "The long incumbencies of two wealthy and scholarly rectors in the 18th century reduced the fabric of the church to such a ruinous condition that it had to be rebuilt in 1820, when a new plan was unhappily chosen. Efforts were made to reconcile this with older work in 1908."[2]
Cornelius Cardew (d. 1831) served as curate and as rector of the parish altogether for 60 years and his portrait is in the church.[3]
Historic estates
- Killigrew in the parish of St Erme was the earliest recorded seat of the Killigrew family of Arwenack[4] which founded the town of Falmouth and of which several members served as Governor of Pendennis Castle.
Sport
Football: Trispen FC (with two football teams) founded in 1986
Outside links
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about St Erme) |
References
- ↑ Pevsner, N. (1970) Cornwall, 2nd ed. Penguin Books; p. 171
- ↑ Cornish Church Guide (1925); pp. 91-92
- ↑ Mee, Arthur: The King's England: Cornwall (Hodder & Stoughton)
- p 212
- ↑ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of Cornwall: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1530, 1573 & 1620; with additions by J.L. Vivian, Exeter, 1887, pedigree of Killigrew, p.267[1]