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 CORNWALL difFerently given in the past as Pogwelle, Pocheweil and Pugeham. The manor be- longed to Cleave Abbey in Somerset. The dedication of the church to St. Olaf proves it to be a Teutonic foundation, not Celtic ; and the restorers mistook one of the frescoes to be a representation of the Norw-egian Icing. Both the frescoes, however, represent St. Chris- topher ; they are very similar to the Christopher at Breage. The church, with its beautiful Perp. tower, is very pleasantly situated ; and the interior is enriched with exquisite bench-ends. There are more of these fine East Cornwall bench-ends at the neighbouring church of Poiindstock (4^ m. S. of Bude), which, being thoroughly Saxon in name, it is not surprising to find also Saxon in dedication (St. Neot). The manor was mentioned in Domesday under the name of Ponpestock. Probus {2^ m. S.W. of Grampound Road Station) is a large parish, whose church is one of the glories of Cornwall. It bears a double dedication to SS. Probus and Grace, their names sounding very much like pious abstractions; they seem, however, to have been sufficiently real to leave skulls behind them. These skulls were found in the N. wall of the sanctuary, during restoration fifty years since ; they are now placed in a fitting reliquary. There is another dedication to Probus in Dorset ; still, his personality remains as thin as water. The tower of this church, built in the reign of Elizabeth at the very ebb of Gothic archi-