St Breoke Churchyard in St Breock, Cornwall

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Coordinates: 50.51013, -4.85264
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St. Breock Church is located south of the small hamlet, which consist of a couple houses, named St. Breock. A Church of England, it is located in a wooden overgrown area with a stream running nearby. The church was dedicated in 1259 to St Briocus. Since the building had become in a state of disrepair, the church was extensively rebuilt in 1677. The church has an usually long nave for a parish church. Before the Reformation, the building was once owned by the Bishops of Exeter. The building contains a number of monuments dating from the 1598 in honor of the Tredeneck Family. John Tredeneck died in 1566 and was a Member of Parliament during Queen Elizabeth I's reign. Another monument dating 1598 in honor of the Prideaux-Brune family, which is associated with Prideaux Place since the 11th century. The tower has five bells. There is a large cemetery in the hilly churchyard with many old upright gravestones and more recent ones since this is an active cemetery.