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Buried in the Dunes — St. Enodoc Church, Cornwall

Buried in the Dunes — St. Enodoc Church, Cornwall

Those of you watching the television series, Poldark, will appreciate the still wild landscape and hidden treasures scattered around the Cornish Coast. It was the favorite spot Sir John Betjeman, Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom from 1972 until his death in 1984. One of his favorite places in Cornwall was a tiny church that he wrote a poem about entitled “Sunday Afternoon Service in St. Enodoc Church.” He is buried in the churchyard. But this tiny, enigmatic gem of a church,…

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