CHURCHES

St Neot Bodmin

The  north aisle has a floor slab to Thomas Pomery gent died 21st Oct 1750 age 61

and in the south aisle a plain slate monument  to Richard Pomery of Tremardock buried 5th feb 1744 age 87 ,

his daughter Mary buried 19th March 1734 age 47 and his wife Elizabeth buried 22 June 1760 age 60

The church has some exceptionally beautiful medieval windows  some of which were donated by Harris, Callawy, Tubbe & Callawy, Borlaise, Martyn, Mutton.

There is also an armorial window although it does not apparently include Pomeroy

St Kew  St James the Great Church,  includes  memorials in the east end of nave with several C18 legers stones of fine quality;

 slate stone hung on south aisle to John Cavell, 1602 with arms of Cavell impaling Courtenay, Godolphin and Pomeroy

 There is a memorial in the tower to Mrs Melloney Pomory, who died 1799. She was the wife of  Reverend Joseph Pomery of St Kew.

Rev Joseph Pomery of Bodmin,  an interesting man  the  vicar of St Kew for some  60 Years, latterly one presumes with help & care of his daughter Mary. Son of  John  & Grace Pomery of Liskeard  born 1749.
He was married by licence to Melloney Scobell OTP of Penzance at Madron on  31 Dec 1778   she gave birth to 8 children in 6 years, 3 sets of twins, most of whom died as babies,  after which she was considered a chronic invalid. Melloney died   age 47 , at St Kew  buried  5 sept 1799 . 
Joseph  died age 88 buried 13 April 1837 at St Kew.  His daughter Mary lived only 7 months after him   and died age 53  buried 24 Nov 1837 at St Kew.  

The 15th-century parish church, in the village of St Kew, Churchtown, has important stained glass windows, Nikolaus Pevsner called the pulpit: "Uncommonly good, Elizabethan, with ornamental panels ... ". He notes the carved capitals, the wagon roof, the 15th century font, bench ends, a 15th-century cross-head and the Royal Arms, in stone.  According to Charles Henderson, writing in the Cornish Church Guide (1925), the tracery and stonework of some windows at St Kew may have been transferred here from Bodmin Parish Church.

Glass of particularly fine quality with C15 east window in north aisle almost complete with exception of 2 lower panels. Depicts the events of Holy week with arms of Henry V above with those of the Carminow, Kingdom and Beare families.
This window is reputed to have been referred to in accounts of the mayor and churchwardens of Bodmin, circa 1469, with entry 'It. y recevyd for a Wyndow of Seynt Kewa, xxjs vijd' (Polsu).

Newton Ferrers  had been rebuilt by the Ferrers family early in the 12th century and around 1260 they built a new church, Holy Cross. It was less than half the size of the present building and in 1342 was enlarged by the then rector, Henry de Ferrers. (Henry also extended the parsonage - Parsonage Farm - probably the oldest house in the village). Further extensive alterations took place in 1460 creating the church we can recognise today.

A rood screen was erected in 1520 only to be removed during the reformation. There was continual squabbling among the descendants of the Ferrers over who was entitled to appoint the rector of Holy Cross until finally the right was sold to the Yonges of Puslinch in 1729.

 From 1752 until 1940 the rectors were nearly all members of the Yonge family. The Yonges built the first Newton school in 1837, on church land close to the site of the present school.

Church page  with Parish records here

Plympton St Mary link to church here