St Nicholas Chapel St ives Cornwall

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St Nicholas is not only the patron saint of children, but also of sailors, and it is natural to assume that the latter is the reason for the dedication of this little chapel, standing as it does on the top of the Island, surrounded on three sides by the sea in this town where our ancestors have for centuries derived their livelihood from the sea.

Unfortunately, there is no record of it being built, but mention has been made that there was a stone chapel on the Island before St Ives Parish Church was built in 1434. It could be conjectured that a wooden structure was built at this place at the time when Irish missionaries made their pilgrimage to Rome in about the fifth century, but there is no evidence to support this.