South Devon and south Cornwall, with a full description of Dartmoor and the Isles of Scilly . ht centuries. Where the old Cornish 9th-century seewas is not certain, but it was called Dinnurrin, which might havebeen Dingerein (King Gereins town, see p. 249), now St. Gerrans,near Porthscatho, or even St. Germans, for the indistinctness ofthe old MSS. letters makes it difficult to decide between Germanusand Gerein. Attempts were made to re-establish the see in 1847,1859, and 1863 by petition to both Houses of Convocation. In1876 Lady Rolle gave (then anonymously) £40,000 to found acathedral, and
South Devon and south Cornwall, with a full description of Dartmoor and the Isles of Scilly . ht centuries. Where the old Cornish 9th-century seewas is not certain, but it was called Dinnurrin, which might havebeen Dingerein (King Gereins town, see p. 249), now St. Gerrans,near Porthscatho, or even St. Germans, for the indistinctness ofthe old MSS. letters makes it difficult to decide between Germanusand Gerein. Attempts were made to re-establish the see in 1847,1859, and 1863 by petition to both Houses of Convocation. In1876 Lady Rolle gave (then anonymously) £40,000 to found acathedral, and this, together with the loyal help of Devon andCornwall folk, brought about the founding of the new bishopric onDec. 15, 1876, to which Dr. Edward White Benson was appointedand consecrated on April 25, 1877, in St. Pauls Cathedral, beingenthroned in St. Marys Church, Truro, on May 1st the same year,Truro being made a city by letters patent on August 17, 1877. InApril, 1878, a county meeting was held at which £15,000 was sub-scribed, and the advowson of the rectory of St. Marys, together. TRURO CATHEDRAL 235 with £4,000 collected by its parishioners for their own church, weregenerously thrown in ; £10,000 was spent on the site and purchase*of adjacent property, and the scheme was afloat. The foundation-stones were laid in 1880 by Edward, Prince of Wales (Duke of Corn-wall), one in the nave and another in the choir, with full masonicand church ceremony. The consecration took place also in thepresence of the Prince on November 3, 1887, and the foundation-stones of the west end and its towers were laid on May 20, 1897,the towers being opened in 1910. The internal fittings were pro-vided from a fund of over £15,000 raised in a few months by thewomen of Cornwall. Truro Cathedral. Hours of Principal Services.—Sundays, , 8 ; (Choral), 10 ;Mattins, with Sermon, 11 ; Evensong, (Choir); with Sermon, (Nave). Weekdays : Mattins (plain),
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