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THE CHURCHES OF CORNWALL 215 fragments of a fine brass cross to memory of Roger Trewythynnyk, one of the King's justices, c. 1410; also a brass inscribed to Walter Borlas, 1601. (Registers, 1664.) South Hill. — This church, the mother-church of Callington, re-dedicated to St. Sampson in 1333, consists of chancel, nave of 4 bays, N. transept, S. aisle, and W. tower; it was restored in 1871. Norm, font an excellent example of Bodmin _ type. N. transept shows good Dec. work, doubt- ' : less of 1333; there is a squint to high altar. r * Chancel, with its double ogee-headed founders' recesses, sedilia, and piscina, is also Dec. S. aisle £ was added in 15th cent., but E. respond bears evidence of a Dec. S. transept. Two lower stages of fine tower are Dec, and top stage, with the 12 Apostles below parapets, Perp. In nave is an incised slab to memory of John Manaton, 1507,^' and wife ; at the angles are coats of arms marked £ ' respectively Trecarrol, Manaton, Kendon,and Bicton. (Registers, 1538.) St. Stephen- in -Brannel. — Church re-dedicated in 1261, consists of chancel, nave of 4 bays, aisles, S. porch, and W. tower of local porcelain stone. Font is a good example of Norm, font of Bodmin type. S. doorway is Norm., but rebuilt and altered at later date. A N. aisle was added c. 1425 to nave, and chancel with arcade of 8 arches; tower, with good octagonal crocketed pinnacles, is of same date. S. aisle is later; S. chapel is a post- Reformation