Chevithorne Devon
Church of St Thomas, Chevithorne Devon built as a chapel in 1843 by Benjamin Ferrey, during the incumbency of Rev. William Rayer.
It stands with only a couple of cottages nearby, built of red local stone with dry slate roofs
It consists of a chancel with north vestry and nave with south porch. The west end is surmounted by a turret with one bell.
For a thousand years Chevithorne was part of the large parish of St Peter’s in Tiverton, It was part of "the Tidcombe Portion", with its own dedicated priest.
In the 1840s the priest of this ‘Portion’ was William Rayer, whose father shortly before his son's appointment, had bought the right to appoint the rector and collect the tithes
This chapel that Rev William Rayer built cost c £1000, £300 of which was donated by him.
Inside there are wall memorials to the local Heathcote-Amorys - parents & 2 sons who lived at Knightshayes Court and are buried in the family plot in the graveyard .
Their farmer ancestor from Nottingham, who made his fortune by , aged 25, inventing a lace making machine , in 1816 moved his factory to nearby Tiverton, and bought the estate. Another of the family is thought to have used his influence to allow Chevithorne to become a parish in its own right by Act of Parliament in 1889,.
The last of their line Derick, 1st & last Viscount Amory of Tiverton died in 1981 after which their estate was given to the National Trust.
Picture with thanks - copyright www.achurchnearyou.com/church/8840/
Chevithorne Devon
Church of St Thomas, Chevithorne Devon built as a chapel in 1843 by Benjamin Ferrey, during the incumbency of Rev. William Rayer.
It stands with only a couple of cottages nearby, built of red local stone with dry slate roofs
It consists of a chancel with north vestry and nave with south porch. The west end is surmounted by a turret with one bell.
For a thousand years Chevithorne was part of the large parish of St Peter’s in Tiverton, It was part of "the Tidcombe Portion", with its own dedicated priest.
In the 1840s the priest of this ‘Portion’ was William Rayer, whose father shortly before his son's appointment, had bought the right to appoint the rector and collect the tithes
This chapel that Rev William Rayer built cost c £1000, £300 of which was donated by him.
Inside there are wall memorials to the local Heathcote-Amorys - parents & 2 sons who lived at Knightshayes Court and are buried in the family plot in the graveyard .
Their farmer ancestor from Nottingham, who made his fortune by , aged 25, inventing a lace making machine , in 1816 moved his factory to nearby Tiverton, and bought the estate. Another of the family is thought to have used his influence to allow Chevithorne to become a parish in its own right by Act of Parliament in 1889,.
The last of their line Derick, 1st & last Viscount Amory of Tiverton died in 1981 after which their estate was given to the National Trust.
Picture with thanks - copyright www.achurchnearyou.com/church/8840/