Editing Tintagel (section)

===Churches and chapels===
[[File:Tintagel moon (2759996142).jpg|thumb|upright|left|[[St Materiana's Church, Tintagel|St Materiana's]] in 2008]]

[[St Materiana's Church, Tintagel|The Church of St Materiana (Tintagel Parish Church)]] has been [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] since the English Reformation. It was originally built in Norman times.{{sfn|Sedding|1909|pp=382–8}}{{sfn|Henderson|1925|pp=203–6}} Writing in 1951, [[Nikolaus Pevsner]] was uncertain about the dating and suggests that the Norman work has some Saxon features while the tower may be 13th or 15th century in date.<ref name="Pevsner">{{cite book|last=Pevsner|first=Nikolaus|author-link=Nikolaus Pevsner|title=Cornwall|series=[[The Buildings of England]]|volume=1|year=1951|publisher=Penguin Books Ltd|location=Harmondsworth|pages=200–201}}</ref> It stands on the cliffs between Trevena and Tintagel Castle and is listed [[Grade I]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tintagelweb.co.uk/|title=Tintagel-King Arthur Country|access-date=20 October 2016}}</ref> The first church on the site was probably in the 6th century, founded as a daughter church of [[Forrabury and Minster parish churches#Minster Church|Minster]]: these are the only churches dedicated to [[Saint Materiana|St Materiana]] though she is usually identified with Madryn, Princess of [[Gwent (county)|Gwent]].{{sfn|Canner|1982|pp=5–6}} The existing church may be late 11th or early 12th century: the tower is some three centuries later and the most significant change since then was the [[Victorian restoration|restoration]] in 1870 by [[James Piers St Aubyn]]. An area of the churchyard was excavated in 1990–91 by the Cornwall Archaeological Unit.<ref>Nowakowski, Jacqueline A.; [[Charles Thomas (historian)|Thomas, Charles]] (1990) ''Excavations at Tintagel Parish Churchyard ... interim report''. Truro: Cornwall Archaeological Unit.</ref><ref>Nowakowski, Jacqueline A.; Thomas, Charles (1992) ''Grave News From Tintagel: an Account of a Second Season of Archaeological Excavations at Tintagel Churchyard ...'' Truro: Cornwall Archaeological Unit.</ref> There are modern stained glass windows, three modern copies of Old Master paintings, and a Roman milestone (described above under ''Antiquities''). The parish war memorial stands at the western end of the churchyard and a modern churchyard cross (c. 1910) near the south entrance.

There was a Norman [[castle chapel|chapel]] of St [[Julitta (Cornwall)|Julitta]] at the castle, now in ruins, which was excavated in Ralegh Radford's excavations. It is a simple rectangular building and the chancel is of a later date than the nave.

In the Middle Ages, there was also a chapel of St [[Saint Denis of Paris|Denys]] at Trevena: the annual fair was therefore celebrated in the week of his feast day (19 October).<ref>Canner, A. C. (1982) ''The Parish of Tintagel''. Camelford: A. C. Canner; p. 27</ref> From 1925 until 2008 part of the Vicarage outbuildings were also in use as a chapel (the Fontevrault Chapel). The name commemorates the abbey in France which held the patronage of Tintagel during the Middle Ages (the commune is now known as [[Fontevraud-l'Abbaye]]), founded by [[Robert of Arbrissel]].

[[File:The Methodist Church, Tintagel - geograph.org.uk - 1384238.jpg|thumb|Trevena's Methodist Church in 2009]]

The Methodist Church has chapels at Trevena and Bossiney. Formerly there were more chapels of various [[Methodism|Methodist]] sects (Wesleyans, Bible Christians), including at [[Trenale]] and [[Trewarmett]]: the Methodist Cemetery is at Trewarmett. Wesleyan Methodism in Tintagel began in 1807 at Trenale and over the next sixty years gained many adherents though divided among a number of sects (Wesleyan Methodist, Methodist Association, Bible Christian): chapels were built at Trevena in 1838 and Bossiney in 1860. In the 1830s and 1840s, the Camelford Wesleyan Methodist circuit, which included Tintagel, underwent a secession by more than half the members to the [[Wesleyan Association|Wesleyan Methodist Association]].<ref>[[Thomas Shaw (Methodist minister)|Shaw, Thomas]] (1967) ''A History of Cornish Methodism''; chap, 5. Truro: Bradford Barton.</ref> The various Methodist churches were united again by the agreements of 1907 and 1932. Mary Toms, a [[Bible Christian Church|Bible Christian]] from Tintagel, evangelised parts of the [[Isle of Wight]].<ref>Bible Christians were also strong in the Isle of Wight amongst farm labourers, largely due to the inspirational teachings of Mary Toms of Tintagel, Cornwall. The vicar of [[Brighstone]] [[Samuel Wilberforce]] urged that their influence be countered by having their adherents sacked from their jobs and turned out from their cottages, resulting in them sometimes meeting in a chalk pit. There are several chapels in rural areas of the Island which have the title "Bible Christian Chapel" over the doorway (e.g. [[Apse Heath]], [[Arreton]]).</ref>

[[St Paul's Church, Tintagel]] has a thirty-thousand piece mosaic of the saint within its walls. Since January 2008, when the church celebrated its 40th anniversary, a modern-day version of [[Leonardo da Vinci]]'s ''[[The Last Supper (Leonardo)|The Last Supper]]'' by local artist Nicholas St John Rosse has hung above the main altar in the church. It has made international headlines due to its use of modern clothing and local people as the apostles.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/7174067.stm |title=National News Item from BBC | date=6 January 2008 | access-date=6 January 2010 |work=BBC News}}</ref> People from many other countries also come to Tintagel to view the names of their babies who have been lost due to miscarriage, stillbirth or other cause. The names are recorded in the [[Miscarriage & Infant Loss Memorial Book]] which is kept at the church.

At Trethevy is the Anglican [[St Piran's Chapel, Trethevy|St Piran's Chapel]]. Another Anglican chapel (the church of the Holy Family) is at Treknow.