St Nonna's Church, Altarnun a tombchest and headstone. St Nonna's Church, Altarnun The Church of St Nonna also known as the "Cathedral of the Moor" is the second largest church on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, located in the village of Altarnun (meaning: "altar of Nonn"). The dedication is to Saint Non or Nonna, who was the mother of St David. The church is mentioned in Daphne du Maurier's "Jamaica Inn"; it is the church in which the evil vicar of Altarnun depicts himself in a painting as a wolf while the members of his congregation have the heads of sheep. The church is an active
Daphne du Maurier against Universal Studios. Du Maurier married Major (later Lieutenant-General) Frederick "Boy" Browning in 1932. They had three children: Biographers have noted that du Maurier's marriage was at times somewhat chilly and that she could be aloof and distant to her children, especially the girls, when immersed in her writing. Her husband died in 1965 and soon after Daphne moved to Kilmarth, near Par, Cornwall, which became the setting for "The House on the Strand". Du Maurier has often been painted as a frostily private recluse who rarely mixed in society or gave interviews. An exception to this came after the