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CORNWALL transept ; but the monument that it contains is supposed to be the effigies of Sir Edward Courtenay and wife, she being heiress of the D'Aunays. In spite of restorations the church retains much that is ancient and interesting ; notice should be given to its sedilia, its benches, and its hagioscope. Siniouward. (See St. Brcward.) Slaughter Bridge. (See Camelford.) SouthiU. (See Callington.) Stamford Hill. (See Stratton.) iSY. StepJicn' s-i)i -B rannel (about 4 m. W. of Burngullow Station) is a great china-clay district, the church itself being built of china- stone. The earthwork known as Resugga Castle is in this parish. There are also signs of more recent decayed prosperity. Stithians (about 4 m. N.W. of Penryn) sounds a little like a corruption of St. Gwy- thians, but it is not safe to presume on fancied derivations. The church has a very attractive Perp. tower ; it appertained to the Oxford Cistercian monastery of Rewley, founded by Edmund of Cornwall. Stoke Cliiuslaud (3^ m. N. of Callington) is a parish including a number of villages on the borders of Devon, to which it is joined by the Horse Bridge. The church, consecrated in 1324, is Dec, with later additions. There is a Norm, doorway, perhaps of an earlier building ; also a peal of eight bells. The register dates from 1538. Stratton ( i i m. E. of Bude Station) is so named 232