Editing Truro (section)

==Churches==
[[File:Truro Old Church.jpg|thumb|St Mary's Truro (early 19th-century engraving)]]
[[File:St George, Truro.jpg|thumb|St George's, Truro]]
[[File:St John's Church, Truro.jpg|thumb|upright|St John's Church]]
[[File:St Paul's Church, Truro - geograph.org.uk - 2009682.jpg|thumb|St Paul's Church, Truro]]
The old parish church of Truro was St Mary's, which was incorporated into the cathedral in the later 19th century. The building dates from 1518, with a later tower and spire dating from 1769.<ref name="lewis"/>

Parts of the town were in the parishes of [[Kenwyn]] and St Clement ([[St Clement, Cornwall|Moresk]]) until the mid 19th century, when other parishes were created. The lofty [[St George's Church, Truro|St George's church in Truro]], designed by Rev. William Haslam, vicar of [[Baldhu]], was built of Cornish granite in 1855. The parish of St George's Truro was formed from part of Kenwyn in 1846. In 1865 two more parishes were created: St John's from part of Kenwyn and St Paul's from part of St Clement.<ref>''Cornish Church Guide'' (1925) Truro: Blackford; pp. 210–211.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.trurochurches.org.uk/ |title=Parishes of St Paul, Truro, St Clement, St George, Truro, and St John, Truro (united benefice) |publisher=Truro Churches (official) |access-date=15 December 2009 |archive-date=14 April 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414151908/http://www.trurochurches.org.uk/ |url-status=live}}</ref> St George's contains a large wall painting behind the high altar, the work of Stephany Cooper in the 1920s. Her father, Canon Cooper, had been a missionary in [[Zanzibar]] and elsewhere. The theme of the mural is "Three Heavens": the first heaven has views of Zanzibar and its cathedral (a happy period in the life of the artist), the second views of the city of Truro including the cathedral, the railway viaduct and St George's Church (another happy period), and the third, above the others, separated from them by the River of Life (Christ is seen bridging the river and 17 saints including [[Saint Piran|St Piran]] and St Kenwyn are depicted).<ref>[[Joan Rendell]] (1982) ''Cornish Churches''. St Teath: Bossiney Books; pp. 38–39.</ref>

[[Charles William Hempel]] was organist of St Mary's Church for 40 years from 1804 and also taught music. In 1805 he composed and printed ''Psalms from the New Version for the use of the Congregation of St. Mary's'', and in 1812 ''Sacred Melodies'' for the same congregation. These melodies gained popularity.

The oldest church in Truro is at [[Kenwyn]], on the northern side. It dates from the 14th and 15th centuries, but was almost wholly rebuilt in 1820, having deteriorated to the point where it was deemed unsafe.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/2437/page/18032/view/ |title=History of the church. Retrieved 16 July 2020. |access-date=16 July 2020 |archive-date=16 July 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716091738/https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/2437/page/18032/view/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[St John the Evangelist's Church, Truro|St John's Church]] (dedicated to St John the Evangelist) was built in 1828 (architect P. Sambell) in the Classical style on a rectangular plan and with a gallery. Alterations were carried out in the 1890s.

[[St Paul's Church, Truro|St Paul's Church]] was built in 1848. The chancel was replaced in 1882–1884, the new chancel being the work of [[J. D. Sedding]]. The tower is "broad and strong" (Pevsner) and the exterior of the aisles are ornamented in Sedding's version of the Perpendicular style.<ref name="N. Pevsner, 1970, pp. 234–235">N. Pevsner, 1970. ''Cornwall''; 2nd ed. Penguin Books; pp. 234–235.</ref> In the parish of St Paul is the former [[Convent of the Epiphany]] (Anglican) at Alverton House, Tregolls Road, an early 19th-century house extended for the convent of the Community of the Epiphany and the chapel was built in 1910 by [[Edmund Harold Sedding|Edmund H. Sedding]].<ref name="N. Pevsner, 1970, pp. 234–235"/> The sisterhood was founded by the Bishop of Truro, [[George Howard Wilkinson]] in 1883 and closed in 2001 when two surviving nuns moved into care homes. The sisters had been involved in pastoral and educational work and care of the cathedral and St Paul's Church.<ref>''Cornish Church Guide''. Truro: Blackford; pp. 325–326.</ref> St Paul's Church, built with a tower on a river bed with poor foundations, has fallen into disrepair and is no longer used. Services are now held at the churches of St Clement, St George, and St John. St Paul and St Clement form a united benefice, as do St George and St John.

===Other denominations===
One Methodist place of worship remains in use, in Union Place – Truro Methodist Church – which has a broad granite front (1830, but since enlarged). There is a Quaker Meeting House in granite ({{Circa|1830}}) and numerous other churches, some meeting in their own modern buildings, e. g. St Piran's Roman Catholic church and All Saints, Highertown, and some in schools or halls. St Piran's, dedicated to Our Lady of the Portal and St Piran, was built on the site of a medieval chapel by [[Margaret Steuart Pollard]] in 1973, for which she received the [[Benemerenti Medal]] from the Pope.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Ferguson's Gang: The Remarkable Story of the National Trust Gangsters |last=Polly Bagnall & Sally Beck |publisher=Pavilion Books |year=2015 |isbn=978-1909881716 |page=10 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=psZ7oAEACAAJ |access-date=27 September 2020 |archive-date=24 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424215430/https://books.google.com/books?id=psZ7oAEACAAJ |url-status=live}}</ref> The Baptist church building occupies the site of the former Lake's pottery, one of the oldest in Cornwall.