St Winnow, Cornwall

Description
Winnow, St, a parish, with Bridgend village, in Cornwall, on the river Fowey, 2 1/2 miles SSE of Lostwithiel station on the G.W.R. Post town, Lostwithiel. Acreage, 6247; population, 1064. There is a parish council consisting of eleven members. Ethy and Lanwithan are chief residences. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Truro; net value, £235 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The church occupies a very beautiful position, and is a building of granite and stone in the Perpendicular style; it contains some interesting monuments, one being to Lieutenant Melville, who perished with Lieutenant Coghill while endeavouring to save the colours after the disaster of Isandlwana in 1879. There is a chapel of ease to the parish church. The Cornwall House of Mercy, situated in this parish, is a building of stone in the Gothic style, and has a beautiful private chapel dedicated to St Faith.