The reason for the title is that we were commissioned to make a Church Micro for this and when we discovered that it is no longer a church we were so disappointed. We were approached by the owner Julie and had a lovely chat about the history of the church. We were amazed to hear that Julie's father had helped build the church.and that the house where she and her brother were born was within a stones throw of the church. The cake in the title is what we were given by Julie with tea. A really warm welcome . We were also surprised that she knows Flexburyites and his wife .
Treknow is mentioned as a manor (under the name of 'Tretdeno') in Domesday Book. Slate was quarried here from about 1305 to shortly before the Second World War: many of the quarries were on the coast and later others were opened in the Trebarwith valley to the south. One of the oldest is Lanterdan, recorded in 1464:Bagalow Quarry near Hole Beach was an enterprise of Edgar Jeffray (early 19th century). A small copper mine also operated in the latter years of the 18th century. The acidic local soil was manured with beach sand from nearby Trebarwith Strand: the trade in sand led to road improvements in the early 19th century (the Trebarwith Strand to Condolden "Sanding Road").
Some buildings in the village display a marked Arts and Crafts influence, probably as a result of the work of architect Detmar Blow who is known to have worked on the Old Post Office in Tintagel for four years from 1896.
Treknow has a village hall and one small hotel. The former small Chapel of the Holy Family (Church of England, built in 1929) has been redeveloped for private use.