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 CORNWALL to be the largest well-chapel in Cornwall. St. Clether was one of the tribe of Brychan, and reached Cornwall from Wales some time in the fifth century; he built his cell in this lovely spot by the river Inney. The late restoration is of a fifteen century building, whose stones may probably have been the very same as used by Clether. A full description of this well- chapel, by the Rev. Baring-Gould, will be found in the Cornish Magazine. In this parish is Basil, the seat of the Trevelyans. The parish church was rebuilt in 1865. Clownnce (close to Praze Station on the Helston line) is the seat of the old family of St. Aubyns. The house, surrounded with a wealth of trees not common in Cornwall, was rebuilt less than a century since ; it contains a fine collection of pictures. Colan (5 m. E. of Newquay) has a church of thirteenth century foundation, now chiefly Perp. Its dedication is supposed to be the same as the Welsh Llangollen and the Langolen of Brittany — namely, the seventh century St. Collen. Coldrenick (2 m. E. of Menheniot Station) is a seat of the Trelawny family, and the birth- place of Sir J. Trelawny, one of the " Seven Bishops ". St. Columb Major (about 3 m. N. of St. Columb Road Station) can boast of an unusually fine church. There has been some uncertainty about the dedication of the Cornish St. Columbs, because many persons have jumped to the con- 86