St Wynwallow's Church, Landewednack, is the parish church

Parish church

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 of Landewednack

Landewednack

Landewednack is a civil parish and a hamlet in Cornwall, United Kingdom. The hamlet is situated approximately ten miles south of Helston.Landewednack is the most southerly parish on the British mainland...

 parish in Cornwall

Cornwall

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, United Kingdom

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. It is the most southerly church in mainland Britain and is situated approximately ten miles (16 km) south of Helston

Helston

Helston is a town and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated at the northern end of the Lizard Peninsula approximately 12 miles east of Penzance and nine miles southwest of Falmouth. Helston is the most southerly town in the UK and is around further south than...

.

The church is dedicated to St Winwaloe and is Church of England

Church of England

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. It was founded about 600 AD and the oldest part of the current building is the twelfth century Norman

Norman architecture

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 doorway. . The church was restored in the thirteenth century when the porch was added and the fifteenth century with a new window in the tower. It is now a Grade I listed building.

St Wynwallow's Church is part of a group of parishes comprising:

• St Grada & Holy Cross Church, Grade
• St Wynwallow's Church, Landewednack
• St Rumon's Church, Ruan Minor
  Grade-Ruan
  Grade–Ruan is a civil parish on the Lizard peninsula in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom approximately ten miles south of Falmouth....
  
  
• St Mary's Church, Cadgwith
  Cadgwith
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Bells and organ

The bells were cast around 1550. One of these survives and is on display in the church. Another survives in the ring of six in the tower, with four dating from 1937-38.

The pipe organ

Pipe organ

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was installed in a newly constructed organ chamber in 1861 but was replaced in 1993 by an electronic organ.