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Forrabury And Minster

Minster Church and Joan Wytte's Grave

Forrabury And Minster

Minster Church and Joan Wytte's Grave

Highlight • Historical Site

Minster Church and Joan Wytte's Grave

Name: Minster Church and Joan Wytte's Grave
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Location: Forrabury And Minster, South West England, England, United Kingdom

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2. Penally Point – Pentargon Cliff and Waterfall loop from Lesnewth

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3. Rocky Valley – Boscastle Harbour loop from Boscastle

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Natalie

October 11, 2023

Tucked away in the trees is Minster (or Boscastle) Church. It is home to one of the largest roosts of greater horseshoe bats in the country.
Nestled even further in the woodlands the final resting place of Joan Wytte, a local woman known as the Fighting Fairy Woman of Bodmin who was unjustly thought to be a witch. She died in Bodmin Jail in 1813 and her skeleton eventually became an exhibit of the nearby Witchcraft Museum, cruelly hung on the wall. The new owners wanted to give her a proper burial so she was laid to rest here in 1998, just outside the consecrated grounds of the church, who would not allow her to be buried within it.

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Location: Forrabury And Minster, South West England, England, United Kingdom

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Minster Church and Joan Wytte's Grave

1. Willapark Lookout, Minster Woods & Valency Valley loop from Boscastle — Cornwall

2. Penally Point – Pentargon Cliff and Waterfall loop from Lesnewth

3. Rocky Valley – Boscastle Harbour loop from Boscastle

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