St Breward

"ST. BREWARD, (or Simonward) a parish in the hundred of Trigg, in the county of Cornwall, 6 miles to the N. of Bodmin, its post town. The lofty hills, called Rough Tor (or Rowtor) and Brown Willy, which command a view over an extensive district in the N.W. part of the county, and as far as the English and Bristol Channels, are in this parish Brown Willy has an elevation of 1,370 feet, and is said to be the highest ground in Cornwall. Granite and slate are abundant. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Exeter, of the value of £335, in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The church, an ancient building, partly in the Norman style, is said to have been founded by William Brewer, Bishop of Exeter, about the middle of the 13th century, and is dedicated to St. Bruard. There are a logan stone and some stone circles on Rough Tor.