Forrabury and Minster parish churches

50°40′59″N 4°40′34″W / 50.683°N 4.676°W / 50.683; -4.676

St Materiana's Church, Minster / St Symphorian's Church, Forrabury
St Merteriana's Church (Minster)
Map
DenominationChurch of England
ChurchmanshipBroad Church
History
DedicationSaint Materiana / Saint Symphorian
Administration
ProvinceCanterbury
DioceseTruro
ArchdeaconryBodmin
DeaneryTrigg Minor
ParishForrabury and Minster
Clergy
RectorRector of Boscastle group of churches
Listed Building – Grade I
Official nameChurch of St Materiana
Designated17 December 1962
Reference no.1327752
Listed Building – Grade II*
Official nameChurch of St Symphorian
Designated17 December 1962
Reference no.1143467

The civil parishes to which the Forrabury and Minster parish churches belong were united in 1919 to form Forrabury and Minster parish, within Cornwall, England, UK. The main settlement in the parish is Boscastle. The two rectories had been united in 1800.[1]

The original Forrabury / Minster boundary crossed the river so the harbour end of the village was in Forrabury and the upriver area in Minster. The churches were established some time earlier than the settlement at Boscastle (in Norman times when a castle was built there).

  1. ^ The Cornish Church Guide. Truro: Blackford; p. 86