[1] It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Truro, the archdeaconry of Cornwall and the deanery of Pydar.

[2] A church existed on the site before the Norman Conquest, dating from the time of St Carantoc in the 6th century.

[3] Domesday Book (1086) recorded Crantock as held by the Canons of St Carantoc's; they had already been in possession before 1066.

A collegiate church was founded on the site by Bishop William Briwere of Exeter in the mid 13th century.

To this collegiate church were appropriated the parishes of Crantock and St Columb Minor; in 1283 Bishop Peter Quinel united the prebends to make a vicarage.

However the old arrangement was restored by Bishop Stapeldon in 1309 and thenceforward the dean alone had cure of souls of both parishes, while the prebendaries were probably non-resident.

In 1312 the Pope gave the deanery to a Frenchman; the cure of souls however was entrusted to a perpetual vicar while the Dean was absent.

The endowment of the college was inadequate from the beginning but the economic effect of the Black Death made things worse.

Canons who were unwilling to reside could compound for non-residence by paying for the education of two clerks and two or three boys.

A legacy of £20 was left by Bishop Brantyngham to this end in 1393 but not long afterwards the tower collapsed upon the nave so that it was ruined.

the curates of Crantock and St Columb Minor, the mass chaplain and the college clerk.