Denbury Devon
The higher steeper pitch of the former nave roof can be seen here
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Denbury Devon
In the reign of Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), the manor belonged to a Saxon named Aeldred who became a priest and later a monk at Winchester. In 1032 on being elected Abbot of Tavistock, he gave the manor to the abbey. +++ In 1046 the Bishop of Crediton and Worcester died and Aeldred succeeded him in Worcester. . In 1056 he became Bishop of Hereford . In 1058 Aeldred he became the first bishop to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem . He became Archbishop of York in 1060 and as the Archbishop of Canterbury was exiled in 1066, he was called upon to crown William the Conqueror at Westminster.
The first mention of a church here was during the reign of Pope Nicholas IV, when in 1291 it was reported as ‘finished’. However, it was not until 27th August 1318 that the present building was consecrated by Bishop Stapleden of Exeter.
The font from the earlier building survives www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/JMR371c5mD
(+++ After the mid 16c dissolution of Tavistock Abbey it was granted to the Russell family who held it until 1836)
Unusually little has been altered though It was repaired c 1845 and a new vestry added, the chancel was restored in 1866, and the whole church repaired in 1912, by William Weir.
Cruciform in design, It consists of an aisleless nave, chancel, north and south transepts, two stage west tower, south porch and vestry at east side of north transept.
The 62 feet high tower now contains 5 bells, one more than in the inventory of Edward VI in 1553. "Denbery iiij belles in the tower their" One of these bells is mediaeval and as the heaviest bell is now used only for tolling at funerals. It is inscribed "Voce mea viva depello cuncta nociva." ( With my living voice I drive away all harmful things) The Tenor bell, on which the clock strikes the hour, was cast in the reign of George IV (1829). Later in the reign of Queen Victoria the treble bell was cast (1846) and the fifth bell was added in 1907 paid for by public subscription. .
The registers are almost complete from 1557.
Denbury Devon
The higher steeper pitch of the former nave roof can be seen here
Church of St Mary the Virgin, Denbury Devon
In the reign of Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), the manor belonged to a Saxon named Aeldred who became a priest and later a monk at Winchester. In 1032 on being elected Abbot of Tavistock, he gave the manor to the abbey. +++ In 1046 the Bishop of Crediton and Worcester died and Aeldred succeeded him in Worcester. . In 1056 he became Bishop of Hereford . In 1058 Aeldred he became the first bishop to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem . He became Archbishop of York in 1060 and as the Archbishop of Canterbury was exiled in 1066, he was called upon to crown William the Conqueror at Westminster.
The first mention of a church here was during the reign of Pope Nicholas IV, when in 1291 it was reported as ‘finished’. However, it was not until 27th August 1318 that the present building was consecrated by Bishop Stapleden of Exeter.
The font from the earlier building survives www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/JMR371c5mD
(+++ After the mid 16c dissolution of Tavistock Abbey it was granted to the Russell family who held it until 1836)
Unusually little has been altered though It was repaired c 1845 and a new vestry added, the chancel was restored in 1866, and the whole church repaired in 1912, by William Weir.
Cruciform in design, It consists of an aisleless nave, chancel, north and south transepts, two stage west tower, south porch and vestry at east side of north transept.
The 62 feet high tower now contains 5 bells, one more than in the inventory of Edward VI in 1553. "Denbery iiij belles in the tower their" One of these bells is mediaeval and as the heaviest bell is now used only for tolling at funerals. It is inscribed "Voce mea viva depello cuncta nociva." ( With my living voice I drive away all harmful things) The Tenor bell, on which the clock strikes the hour, was cast in the reign of George IV (1829). Later in the reign of Queen Victoria the treble bell was cast (1846) and the fifth bell was added in 1907 paid for by public subscription. .
The registers are almost complete from 1557.