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{{Short description|Village in Cornwall, England}}
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'''St Clether''' is a [[civil parishes in England|civil parish]] and village in [[Cornwall]], England, United Kingdom. The village is situated on the east flank of [[Bodmin Moor]] approximately {{convert|8|mi|km|spell=in}} west of [[Launceston, Cornwall|Launceston]] in the valley of the [[River Inny, Cornwall|River Inny]].<ref>Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 201 ''Plymouth & Launceston'' {{ISBN|978-0-319-23146-3}}</ref> The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 156.

The original Norman church of St Clederus was, apart from the tower, rebuilt in 1865. The tower is built of granite and is of late medieval date; the font is Norman and very plain.<ref>Pevsner, N. (1970) ''Cornwall''; 2nd ed., revised by E. Radcliffe. Penguin; p. 165</ref>

West of St Clether parish church is a [[holy well]] and associated chapel, said to be one of Cornwall's best preserved. The church and holy well are dedicated to Saint Cleder (or Clederus), one of the twenty-four children of Saint [[Brychan]], a [[Welsh people|Welsh]] [[saint]] and King of [[Brycheiniog]] in the 5th century.

Arthur Langdon (1896) records five stone crosses in the parish of which four are at the old manor house of Basill Barton.<ref>Langdon, A. G. (1896) ''Old Cornish Crosses''. Truro: Joseph Pollard; pp. 157-160, 170</ref>

==Gallery==
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File:St Clether Holy Well - geograph.org.uk - 1029808.jpg|St Clether Holy Well
File:St Clether Chapel and Holy Well - geograph.org.uk - 1029799.jpg|St Clether Chapel and Holy Well
File:Basill Manor near St Clether - geograph.org.uk - 936135.jpg|Basill Manor
File:St Clederus church, St Clether (geograph 3234448).jpg|St Clederus church, St Clether
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==References==
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==Further reading==
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* [[John MacLean (historian)|Maclean, John]] (1872–79) ''The Parochial and Family History of the Deanery of Trigg Minor''. 3 vols. London: Nichols & Son

==External links==
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* [http://crocat.cornwall.gov.uk/dserve/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Overview.tcl&dsqSearch=((text)='st%20clether') Cornwall Record Office Online Catalogue for St Clether]

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[[Category:Civil parishes in Cornwall]]
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