History
St Dilpe and the Celtic Foundation of Landulph Church
Tracing the origins of our church and parish takes us on a journey through fifteen centuries of history.
Landulph Church is dedicated to two saints: St Leonard and St Dilpe. St Dilpe is of Celtic origin and gives his or her name to our parish: Lan–Dulph, meaning the sacred enclosure of Dilpe. But who was St Dilpe?
History of 1914/18 War Memorial Clock
The School clock is elderly and in need of restoration.
At the end of the First World War, a parish memorial committee discussed a suitable Memorial to those who had served. A granite stone was suggested, but at the time plans were in hand to build a new school. Mrs. Olive Prideaux (Pauline Rutherford’s grandmother), a teacher at the old school, suggested a clock at the new school would be a fitting Memorial.
The general consensus was this was a good idea, and the building plans were altered to incorporate a clock tower and a chamber for the weights between the two classrooms. The school was opened on 19th November 1923; this can be seen on the inscription below the clock today.
