Egloshayle Church
St Breoke, St Conan & Egloshayle Church buildings and Churchyards
We are required to keep a record of worshippers so please ensure you have signed in at any service you attend. Face coverings are to be worn at all services. We follow government and church guidelines about social distancing. For some services when numbers are restricted it will be necessary to register beforehand, if this is a requirement it will mentioned in our weekly newsletter which you can view here. The Parish is now registered with NHS Test and Trace. If you have the COVID- 19 App, the QR Code for the parish can be found on the noticeboard in the Church porch.
Egloshayle Road, Wadebridge PL27 6AD
Dedicated to St Petroc, but known locally as Egloshayle Church, the name of the ancient village in which it is situated; it is largely medieval in construction. It is situated on the road which runs besides the river, facing across to the town of Wadebridge of which Egloshayle village has become part. The River Camel is still tidal here and Egloshayle means ‘church on the shore’. There are eight fine bells in the 82′ tower and the church has a strong bell-ringing tradition. In past centuries the church had strong connections with the Molesworth-St Aubyn family of Pencarrow.
The church is open daily from 10am – 4pm.
For an outline of the plans for the Egloshayle church heating system, please click this link.

Services
10:30AM weekly – See ‘What’s on’ page under ‘Services’ for full details. We will try and plan our services 6 weeks in advance but they will be subject to change if infection rates increase, if they do, we will follow the advice of the church and government. Communion for the foreseeable future will be in one kind only (Wafer/bread). The safety of all who attend will be our priority.
Church Bookings
We are unable to accept any new bookings for Egloshayle Church in 2021 & 2022 due to the essential building work to fix the heating system. If you would like to book a Wedding or Baptism, you may wish to consider St Breoke church as an alternative.
History
Early History
There is no written record of the foundation or dedication of Egloshayle Church. It is known to have existed at the time of Robert, Earl of Gloucester,
“Appropriations” were quite common in the 12th or 13th centuries. The patron, often a great Landowner as in the case of the Earl of Gloucester, would give the church, which he considered his property, to a religious house, which would take the income from it, appointing a priest to minister to it at a low figure, while the community kept the remainder of the rectorial tithes. The Bishops juggled in this way with the churches in their Sees.
Egloshayle was appropriated by Bishop Bronescombe in 1272 to the Canons of the Collegiate Church of Crediton but it was later exchanged for Lelant. It was again appropriated, this time by Bishop Quivil in 1284, when he gave the rectorial tithes to the recently instituted office of sub-dean of Exeter Cathedral. The first to benefit was Sir William de Bisunay, styled Senior Prebend of the Cathedral and Vicar of Eglos-
In 1876 the See of Truro was founded and Egloshayle became part of the new Diocese.