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CORNWALL supposed to be Kenwyn, but it is not quite certain ; wc meet a similar name at Keynsham in Somerset. The church, combined Dec. and Perp., was restored in 1878; the well will be found about half a mile to the E. Overgrowing it are an elm and an ash ; tra- dition speaks of a single tree bearing branches of oak, elm, ash and withy. Kilkhaiupton (6 m. N. of Bude) is famous for its beautiful church (Perp.), with finely preserved Norm, doorway. Varied memories of the Grenvilles, of Cruel Coppinger, of R. S. Hawker, and of the Harvey who wrote Medi- tations among tkc Tonibs^ linger about this parish. It was fitting that in this church, said to have been built by a Grenville, should be buried Sir Bevil Grenville, the victor of Stamford Hill, brought hither from his death at Lans- down ; but the monument to his memory is hardly worthy so true a hero. Curiously enough, Murray's handbook speaks of this monument as sixteenth century, which is manifestly absurd. As so often the case in this most interesting corner of Cornwall, the bench-ends are very noteworthy ; so also the font and the graceful pillars of the arcade. Stowe, which for six centuries was the seat of the Grenvilles, was destroyed in 1 720; it was at one time the finest building in the W. of England, covering more than 3 acres. The first Grenville of English history was a cousin of the Conqueror ; the two most famous bearers of the name were Sir Richard, hero 144