Talk:St Buryan's Church

St Buryan Church name
Cornish churches are normally referred to as 'St Saintsname Church' or as 'the church of 'St Saintsname' (especially when the town/village is of the same name), not as 'St Saintsname's Church DuncanHill 21:35, 4 August 2006 (UTC)
 * "The church of St Buryan" is surely nonstandard. perhaps "Church of St. Buryan". &mdash;ptk✰fgs 17:20, 6 August 2006 (UTC)


 * I would be happy with that. I spoke to the vicar at the church yesterday about the name, and she said that it is generally referred to as the Church of St. Buryan, not St Buryan's church.  i don't have a problem with dropping the 'the' Mammal4 11:24, 7 August 2006 (UTC)

straw dogs
Does this church feature in shots for the film straw dogs? tali 29/0806

REPLY: See main St Buryan website.

===Vernon White (talk)  18:25, 26 October 2006 (UTC)

William Brewer, Bishop of Exeter
Biographical info at Exeter Cathedral website

There's also an Oxford Dictionary of National Biography article

Frank Barlow, ‘Brewer, William (d. 1244)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/50339 accessed 26 Oct 2006 doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/50339 available online FREE to members of Cornwall County Library.

===Vernon White (talk)  18:25, 26 October 2006 (UTC)