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Faith FeaturesYou are in: Cornwall > Faith > Faith Features > Trevenson at 200  Trevenson at 200A Church in West Cornwall is about to start its bicentennial celebrations. This year Trevenson Church in Pool turns 200 years old and to celebrate its birthday is hosting a series of celebratory events in the parish throughout the summer. Trevenson church in Pool has been open to worshippers for quite some time now and this month the church begins the celebrations of its bicentenary. To find out what the church has planned for the bicentenary BBC Cornwall's James Miners travelled to the old building in the parish of Illogan and spoke to Reverend Sharon Clifton about the celebrations. Help playing audio/video  Inside Trevenson Church The church was first opened In 1809 by Dr Pelham, the Bishop of Exeter, who had spent the previous night at Tehidy House, also present at the opening was the church's land provider Lord de Dunstanville. At the time of the opening Napoleon was causing problems for Wellington in Europe and Trevithick and Murdock were Cornish household names. Since then the church has had a tower attached to it and the community around it has grown in its thousands. The church was built to support the growing population in the area which before the church was built was just over 2000, however a few years after its opening the population of the parish stood at 4078. The then 'chapel-of-ease' was built on the west field of Treloweth Wartha Farm. This field and 20 acres of the surrounding land was purchased from the Lord Falmouth by Lord de Dunstanville of Tehidy Park, who financed the building of the chapel, gifting it to the parish together with the rent of the remaining land at a staggering forty-two pounds per year. On his visit to the church James Miners spoke to church Verger Margaret Martin who has been involved with Trevenson Church for 82 years. Help playing audio/video The church is organising a whole range of events as part of its celebration. The 2009 festivities include a blessing by the bishop, performances by Lanner Town Band and Carn Brea Morris Men, a flower festival and a united parish service with all three of the parish churches.  Sharon and Margret from Trevenson Church The church is also appealing for peoples memories and pictures of the church from over the years for an exhibition to go with the celebrations. If you have anything you want to submit you can email; mike@saint-illogan.org.uk or by dropping them into the Robartes Terrace rectory in Illogan. Sharon and Margaret also gave James a tour around the 200 year old church on his visit to Pool; you can listen to the tour by clicking on the link below. Help playing audio/video You can also see pictures from the tour of the church by visiting our Trevenson gallery using the below link. The calendar of events for the Trevenson Bicentenary is as follows: July4th - 7th Flower Festival 4th Cream Teas in the churchyard, with Lanner Town 5th Birthday Service and dedication of the new windows by 18th Summer Fete, 11am-3.30pm August1st Choir Event, 6.30pm. 16th United Parish Sunday Service with augmented choir. September12th Talk by a local historian, Joe Thomas. 7.30pm. 14th - 27th Harvest of Industry, working with Pool Business & 25th Concert by Cantabile, 7.30pm. 27th Harvest Festival, 11.00am, followed by Bring & Share If you'd like to know more about Trevenson Church Pool, in the parish of Illogan you can visit the church website by using the link below. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites last updated: 05/07/2009 at 14:54 SEE ALSOYou are in: Cornwall > Faith > Faith Features > Trevenson at 200 
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