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Week St Mary ((コーンウォール語:Gwig Sen Maria)) is a civil parish and village in northeast Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is situated south of Bude close to the River Tamar and the border between Cornwall and Devon in the Hundred of Stratton. The parish population at the 2011 census is 657〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Parish population 2015 )〕 Week St Mary has a 14th–15th century parish church dedicated to St Mary the Virgin and the tower contains a ring of six bells.〔(Week St. Mary Village Community Web Site )〕〔Pevsner, N. (1970) ''Cornwall'', 2nd ed. Penguin Books〕 The parish is in the diocese of Truro. ==History== The manor of Week was recorded in the Domesday Book (1086) as having one hide of land and land for eight ploughs. It was one of twenty-eight manors held by Richard from Robert, Count of Mortain. There were three ploughs, four serfs, six villeins and ten smallholders. There was 2 acres of woodland and one square league of pasture. There were forty sheep and twenty-five other beasts. The value of the manor was £1-10 s.〔Thorn, C. et al., ed. (1979) ''Cornwall'' Chichester: Phillimore; entry 5,3,18〕 Parts of the college founded here by Thomasine Bonaventure in 1506 have been converted into a farmhouse. It is now owned by the Landmark Trust. The building of the college was overseen by John Dinham of Wortham who remodelled his own house Wortham Manor at about the same time. As well as being a school the college was also a chantry and the schoolmaster was required to pray for the souls of the foundress's husbands. The chantry led to it being dissolved in 1548 though in 1546 it was said to be "a great comfort to all the country there".〔''The Landmark Trust Handbook''; 19th ed. Shottesbrooke: the Landmark Trust; p. 36〕 The 14th–15th century church was hit by lightning in 1878 throwing one of the basement stones of the pinnicle from the tower. The stones at the base of the tower are now separated by gaps of to . The church tower had been hit by lightning on two previous occasions. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Week St Mary」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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