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|name                   = St Thomas of Canterbury’s Church, Camelford
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|location               = [[Camelford]], [[Cornwall]]
|country                = [[England]]
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|consecrated date       = 6 August 1938
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|parish                 = Lanteglos by Camelford with Advent
|deanery                = Trigg Minor and Bodmin<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/2751/ |title=Camelford: St Thomas of Canterbury |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |website=A Church Near You |publisher=The Church of England|access-date=11 May 2019 }}</ref>
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|diocese                = [[Diocese of Truro|Truro]]
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'''St Thomas of Canterbury's Church, Camelford''' is a church in the [[Church of England]] Diocese of Truro in [[Camelford]], [[Cornwall]].<ref name=Pevsner>{{cite book |last1=Beacham |first1=Peter |last2=Pevsner |first2=Nikolaus |date=2014 |title=The Buildings of England. Cornwall |publisher=Yale University Press |page=142 |isbn=9780300126686 }}</ref> It is a chapel-of-ease in the parish of Lanteglos-by-Camelford.
==History==
The church was built between 1937 and 1938 to the designs of the architect Charles Nicholson. The Cowlard family of Launceston).<ref>[http://launcestonthen.co.uk/index.php/the-place/buildings-of-launceston/madford/ Madford]; Launceston Then!</ref> gave the medieval font. Pevsner describes it as <blockquote>A minor delight. It sits well on a slightly elevated site above the main road, its modest scale and use of local [[Delabole]] slate combining well with an understated Romanesque style...<ref name=Pevsner/></blockquote>
There was in medieval times a chapel of St Thomas in the town which probably fell into disuse after the Reformation (it is recorded in 1312).
==Parish status==
The church is in a joint benefice with:
*[[St Adwen's Church, Advent]]
*[[St Julitta's Church, Lanteglos-by-Camelford]]
==Stained glass==
The church has two good windows by famous designers:
*Chancel east window, 1938 by [[Martin Travers]]
*South Chapel east window, 1938 by [[Theodora Salusbury]]
==References==
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[[Category:Church of England church buildings in Cornwall|Camelford]]
[[Category:Churches completed in 1938]]
[[Category:Camelford]]