Higher Ashton Devon
The door of the 15c porch bears the marks of bullets, possibly fired by some of Sir Thomas Fairfax’s troops when Place Barton, the home of the royalist Chudleighs near the church, was taken by Parliamentary forces in 1646. Possibly greater effort was made , as James Chudleigh after starting as a keen Parliamentary officer changed sides later - his father Sir George Chudleigh also a Parliamentary man when the Civil War broke out, resigned his comission and went over to the King, garrisoning the manor house.
- Church of St John the Baptist, Higher Ashton Devon
Picture with thanks - copyright Michael Garlick CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7231328
Higher Ashton Devon
The door of the 15c porch bears the marks of bullets, possibly fired by some of Sir Thomas Fairfax’s troops when Place Barton, the home of the royalist Chudleighs near the church, was taken by Parliamentary forces in 1646. Possibly greater effort was made , as James Chudleigh after starting as a keen Parliamentary officer changed sides later - his father Sir George Chudleigh also a Parliamentary man when the Civil War broke out, resigned his comission and went over to the King, garrisoning the manor house.
- Church of St John the Baptist, Higher Ashton Devon
Picture with thanks - copyright Michael Garlick CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7231328