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The graves of convicts in the burial ground next to Dartmoor Prison. The Church of St Michael & All Angels itself was built by French and American POWs in 1812-15. Few inmates of Dartmoor Prison in its early years could have survived the harsh conditions which included breaking granite in all weathers and frequent floggings. The church tower is known locally as the Water Tower because it is almost permanently rain-soaked and covered in mould.
Princetown, Devon, 01 January 2018.
her third reincarnation. fresh faced for the holidays. My Devon actually is just an extra head that i received, and now she's rocking a JS Body in Tan. Though both doll artists has a different interpretation of tan, Devon head being pikish and the body more on the yellow side, I adjusted the the skin tone of the head so it would blend in.
Buckfast Abbey forms part of an active Benedictine monastery at Buckfast, near Buckfastleigh, Devon, England. Buckfast first became home to an abbey in 1018. The first Benedictine abbey was followed by a Savignac (later Cistercian) abbey constructed on the site of the current abbey in 1134. The monastery was surrendered for dissolution in 1539, with the monastic buildings stripped and left as ruins, before being finally demolished. The former abbey site was used as a quarry, and later became home to a Gothic mansion house.
In 1882 the site was purchased by a group of French Benedictine monks, who refounded a monastery on the site, dedicated to Saint Mary. New monastic buildings and a temporary church were constructed incorporating the existing Gothic house. Buckfast was formally reinstated as an Abbey in 1902, and the first abbot of the new institution, Boniface Natter, was blessed in 1903. Work on a new abbey church, which was constructed mostly on the footprint of the former Cistercian abbey, started in 1907. The church was consecrated in 1932 but not completed until 1938. The abbey continues to operate as a Benedictine foundation today, and is a registered charity under English law. As of 2020, the abbey has 13 monks
I had a free day today and headed over Dartmoor to Burrator Reservoir, a great spot for some Autumn colour.
I hadn't reckoned on this though!
Graveyard cross stands by the church entrance, it has an old shaft and base
- Church of St Leonard, Halwell Devon
Alan Rosevear CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6072110
Once a stop on the Great Northern Railway, the small prairie town was founded in the early 1900's. Today, three grain elevators, a church, a few homes, and several old buildings and abandoned homes are all that remain of the old town. The post office closed in 1975.
Known as the Hi-Line, the Great Northern Railway built their railroad across the plains of northern Montana in the late 1800's. Every 8 or 10 miles or so, they built a siding and a station. Homesteaders, many arriving by rail, claimed land and built the towns around the stations that existed along the route. Most of the towns were founded in the early 1900's. The towns prospered into the 1920's, but for a number of reasons they began to decline in the 1930's. There were some ups and downs, but generally populations have declined since the 1960's. Today, some of the towns along the Hi-Line are essentially ghost towns with others heading in that direction.
Church of St. James, Swimbridge / Swymbridge Devon built on ‘holy ground where the saints of old worshipped untold centuries ago’., appears in the book England's Thousand Best Churches by Simon Jenkins and in Dr Todd Gray's Devon's Fifty Best Churches.
The west tower , probably 13c , has an added c1310 short patterned lead broach spire similar to those at Barnstaple and Braunton, (releaded 1892 by J Smyth), its medieval roof structure remaining intact.
The remainder - nave, north and south aisles, chancel, north and south chancel chapels, vestry with priests chamber above to the north side all.rebuilt in 15c & 16c .
There is a large clock face on west side of the tower, and a sundial dated 1755 towards west end of south side. flic.kr/p/a2AuCM There are six bells: Previously for several centuries there were four until 1753 when these were melted down and re-cast as five. A sixth was added in 1882.
All restored by J. L. Pearson in 1879-82.
The rood screen described by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as ‘glorious’., dates from 1420, and is one of the finest in the county, extending right across the church. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/DC9c9w16EL
The carving is magnificent; the design, while possessing distinctive features of its own, in some respects resembles the screens at Lapford and Hartland. It was restored c 1887 again by Pearson, when the paint was scraped off, the woodwork renewed and new carving, the work of Barnstaple men, inserted.
The nave roof to the west of the rood loft has diagonal ribs and cresting, and is painted blue with gilt stars. There are some curious bosses in the roof above the organ; flic.kr/p/a2AsA8 among them is St. Dunstan holding the Devil by the nose with a pair of pincers.
There is a hagioscope between the north aisle chapel and the chancel.
The registers date: baptisms, 1563; marriages, 1563; burials, 1562.
Derek Harper CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6151537
Rock Legends Cruise VI ~ February 15th-19th, 2018
Independence of the Seas ~ Royal Caribbean Line
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Independence_of_the_Seas
Fort Lauderdale - Cozumel - Fort Lauderdale
Twenty-two bands ~ Five Day Party ~ four stages
Concerts all day-and-night from 10AM to 3AM
*[Yes, it is... the late, great, Gregg Allman's son]
About Devon Allman(45) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon_Allman
*[Just off Cuba - Deck-Stage - Day 2 - 12:15 AM]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=drXtQzAaAlA (One Way Out )
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5kB2Q-AZfA (instrumental)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IGEHxOZWnc (Melissa)
*[Just off Mexico - Alhambra Theatre - Day 3 - 7:00 PM]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEnfmoC5DPQ (I'll Be There)
Devon's Dad Gregg Allman (same stage) 2 years ago
www.youtube.com/watch?v=j22UwvZdcO8 1/23/16
*[Just off Key West -Studio B Stage - Day 4 - 12:30 AM]
www.youtube.com/watch?v=T38sysv7S8M (One Way Out w/Hoey)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3_VGCqrQ2I (Heart in Memphis)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=564Fli2M2sg (Purple Rain w/Gales)
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Florida Jazz and Blues Jam - Boca Raton, Florida
Devon Allman Band w/Duane Betts - Jan 27th, 2017
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcuJ83KYANE
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2018 Bands: Sammy Hagar & The Circle ~ Bad Company
John Kay & Steppenwolf ~ Blue Oyster Cult ~ Uriah Heep
Elvin Bishop ~ Molly Hatchet ~ Vanilla Fudge ~ Quiet Riot
Rik Emmett & Resolution 9 ~ The Black Star Riders
The Artimus Pyle Band ~ Pat Travers Band ~ Zebra
Gary Hoey ~ Eric Gales ~ The Devon Allman Band
Two Wolf ~ Mike Zito ~ Andrew Hagar aka Drew Hagus
Brandon "Taz" Niederauer ~ The Damn Truth
*[We are booked on RLC VII Feb. 2019!! Different each
year! Signed so far: Roger Daltrey ~ Kansas ~ Buddy Guy
Dave Davies ~ Foghat ~ The Outlaws ~ Nazareth
Canned Heat ~ Martin Barre ~ The Artimus Pyle Band
Earl & The Agitators ~ 38 Special ~ More Artists TBA]
*[All proceeds from Rock Legends Cruises go to the Native
American Heritage Association, a non-profit organization
dedicated to fighting hunger and providing basic life necessities
to families living on Reservations in South Dakota, U.S.A.]
*If you'd like to check-out my last
year's 'Rock Legends Cruise V'
photo-album you can see it here:
Awaiting a rebuild at Torquay Depot, Devon General VRT 1234 (LFJ 881W) sustained accident damage whist meeting 1177 on the bends in Dawlish. 1177 didn't fare too well either..
Working route 122 between St Marychurch and Brixham, Devon General Bristol VRT 1188 (FDV 832V) is seen here about to turn right from Eugene Road into Paris Road at Preston, Paignton
Ilfracombe is a seaside resort and civil parish on the North Devon coast, England with a small harbour, surrounded by cliffs.
The parish stretches along the coast from the 'Coastguard Cottages' in Hele Bay toward the east and 4 miles along the Torrs to Lee Bay toward the west. The resort is hilly and the highest point within the parish boundary is at 'Hore Down Gate', 2 miles inland and 860 feet (270 m) above sea level.
The landmark of Hillsborough Hill dominates the harbour and is the site of an Iron Age fortified settlement. In the built environment, the architectural-award-winning Landmark Theatre is either loved or hated for its unusual double-conical design. The 13th century parish church, Trinity, and the St Nicholas's Chapel (a lighthouse) on Lantern Hill, have been joined by the Damien Hirst owned statue, Verity, as points of interest.
Church of St. James, Swimbridge / Swymbridge Devon from Hoods Hill. Built on ‘holy ground where the saints of old worshipped untold centuries ago’., it appears in the book England's Thousand Best Churches by Simon Jenkins and in Dr Todd Gray's Devon's Fifty Best Churches.
The west tower , probably 13c , has an added c1310 short patterned lead broach spire similar to those at Barnstaple and Braunton, (releaded 1892 by J Smyth), its medieval roof structure remaining intact.
The remainder - nave, north and south aisles, chancel, north and south chancel chapels, vestry with priests chamber above to the north side all.rebuilt in 15c & 16c .
There is a large clock face on west side of the tower, and a sundial dated 1755 towards west end of south side. flic.kr/p/a2AuCM There are six bells: Previously for several centuries there were four until 1753 when these were melted down and re-cast as five. A sixth was added in 1882.
All restored by J. L. Pearson in 1879-82.
The rood screen described by Sir Nikolaus Pevsner as ‘glorious’., dates from 1420, and is one of the finest in the county, extending right across the church. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/DC9c9w16EL
The carving is magnificent; the design, while possessing distinctive features of its own, in some respects resembles the screens at Lapford and Hartland. It was restored c 1887 again by Pearson, when the paint was scraped off, the woodwork renewed and new carving, the work of Barnstaple men, inserted.
The nave roof to the west of the rood loft has diagonal ribs and cresting, and is painted blue with gilt stars. There are some curious bosses in the roof above the organ; flic.kr/p/a2AsA8 among them is St. Dunstan holding the Devil by the nose with a pair of pincers.
There is a hagioscope between the north aisle chapel and the chancel.
The registers date: baptisms, 1563; marriages, 1563; burials, 1562.
Lewis Clarke CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6410626
Lynmouth is a village in Devon, England, on the northern edge of Exmoor. The village straddles the confluence of the West Lyn and East Lyn rivers, in a gorge 700 feet (210 m) below Lynton, which was the only place to expand to once Lynmouth became as built-up as possible. Both villages are connected by the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway which works two cable-connected cars on gravity, using water tanks.
The two villages are a civil parish governed by Lynton and Lynmouth Town Council. The parish boundaries extend southwards from the coast and includes hamlets such as Barbrook and small moorland settlements such as East Ilkerton, West Ilkerton and Shallowford.
The South West Coast Path and Tarka Trail pass through, and the Two Moors Way runs from Ivybridge in South Devon to Lynmouth; the Samaritans Way South West runs from Bristol to Lynton and the Coleridge Way from Nether Stowey to Lynmouth.
Lynmouth was described by Thomas Gainsborough, who honeymooned there with his bride Margaret Burr, as "the most delightful place for a landscape painter this country can boast".
On Devon: Tulabelle top, Tonner pants, FR16 coat, Ficon shoes; on Nimbus: Dollcis/Numina; on Ajuma: Tulabelle top, pants, coat and shoes. All wigs by Time of Doll...
Dennis Javelin Berkhof Excellence SIL 4465 came into the Stagecoach Devon fleet with the takeover of Cooks Coaches in 2009 and was despatched to Exeter for use as a driver trainer for a two year period. It had been new to Starline, Knutsford, as K200 SLT and was seen in its new role on 9th October, 2009.
Parked inside Torquay depot is Devon General 621 (UTO 837S), a former Northern General Bristol VRT/SL3/501 originally delivered to but not used by Trent.
Totnes is a market town and civil parish at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is about 22 miles southwest of Exeter and is the administrative centre of the South Hams District Council.
Totnes has a long recorded history, dating back to AD907 when its first castle was built; it was already an important market town by the 12th century. Indications of its former wealth and importance are given by the number of merchants' houses built in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Today, the town is a thriving centre for music, art, theatre and natural health. It has a sizeable alternative and "New Age" community, and is known as a place where one can live a bohemian lifestyle. Two electoral wards mention Totnes (Bridgetown and Town). Their combined populations at the 2011 census was 8,076.
Near Shaldon in Devon, England. Taken on a gloriously sunny day in May 2010, looking south, over the fields of rape seed oil plants, from The Beacon towards Torquay which can be seen in the very distance.
Church of St. Peter, Bratton Fleming Devon built of stone rubble with ashlar dressings
The earliest part of the present building is the 14c fabric to north chancel chapel.
The 1086 Domesday Survey says " Ordulf was the Saxon Lord of Bratton on the day when King Edward was ‘alive and dead’. & there were 6 manors, the oldest being probably Knightacott. After 1066 Bratton was the largest of lands given to Erchenbold le Flemynge (Archibald the Fleming) who probably first came to the parish c1068 making it his home . Hence, at some point, Bratton Fleming acquires its present complete name Afterwards (time unknown) the Normans built a castle
In 1213, William de Raleigh was the first recorded rector of a church here . He was an influential and wealthy man, becoing Treasurer of Exeter Cathedral, a Justice of the Kings Bench and Bishop of both Norwich and, eventually, Winchester , but he had a stormy and combative relationship with the king Henry lll. He was also the patron of Henry de Bracton d1268, the first person to seriously attempt to write down or codify the practice of English common law. De Bracton’s treatise ‘De Legibus et Consuetudinibus Angliae’ which was the principal text book on the laws of England for over 500 years.
The le Fleming family were Lords of Bratton Fleming for nearly 400 years until Thomas le Fleming (6th Baron Slane) died childless in 1471. On his death Bratton passed by marriage to the Dillon family of nearby Chimwell (Chumhill) and in 1599 the manor was sold for £9,900 to the Chichesters of Youlston
In 1667, after passing through many hands, the advowson or living of Bratton passed to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, in whose gift it remained until very recently.
In 1705 the college presented their first rector, Bartholomew Wortley, a Fellow of the college who had remained there until aged 55 he came here, staying until his death in 1749 aged 97.
One of his first duties was to supervise the rebuilding of the nave & aisle after the catastrophic collapse of the tower into the nave in 1699 . Wortley was a very wealthy man, his monument in the church is the finest there, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/H9r4Ae9HeN and he left much of his fortune to his old college. He also left the rectors of Bratton, in perpetuity: a magnificent library, fine church silver and a £15 annual payment. (The library has since been given back to Gonville and Caius College).
In 1818 William Gimingham, a former private chaplain to William Fredrick Duke of Gloucester, was appointed rector. After a relatively uneventful early incumbency Gimingham started to show those signs of the eccentricity. During hymn singing he would often leave the church and sit on a tombstone smoking his pipe and drinking gin and water – his dog, which usually accompanied him to church, would presumably leave its accustomed place under the altar to join him. Many villagers believed, and attested, that he possessed occult power particularly to command and identify thieves and wrongdoers. Sadly these powers do not appear to have prevented him being robbed by his own servants and he died in poverty in 1838 after the living was sequestrated. He is buried in front of the altar.
The rector from 1838, Humphrey Senhouse Pinder, and his wife Harriett (who died very young) were an energetic and hardworking couple. At that time the church and its various properties were dilapidated and Pinder raised a mortgage of £1,500 towards the estimated £2000 for repairs.
The chancel was rebuilt in 1853, followed by the nave and north aisle rebuilding c.1861 by J. Hayward. The building was refurbished with new pulpit etc, re-pewed and a west gallery installed
Also built was a new Rectory (now Bracken House). Pinder was also a prime mover in the establishment of the National School (now the village hall) in 1841.
The clock on the south side top stage of the tower dates to 1897 probably placed to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
Picture with thanks - copyright Robin Drayton CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3062989
Church of St Winifred, Branscombe Devon is exceptional for a small coastal villages and is one of the best churches in Devon, possibly because it was owned by the monks of Exeter Cathedral, and several bishops must have taken a personal interest in funding architectural improvements of the medieval period.
The dedication is unusual. Winifred was a fairly unknown 7c Welsh saint in the pre-Norman period. However she was the niece of St Bueno who , according to legend, preached at Branscombe
It is built on a levelled area that cannot be seen from the coast. This choice of location may have been for protection of the original Saxon church of c995 from Viking raiders. The church may have been placed on an earlier pre-Christian holy site as Saxon masonry survives in the base of the turret staircase. Records of vicars, however, only go back to the 13c.
The name Branscombe may have been derived from St Brannoc and records suggest that the church held the saints arm as a relic before it was taken to Milton Abbey in Dorset in AD 933 on the orders of King Athelstan.
The present building is late Norman dating from c1133 - 1150 and originally consisted of a small chancel, squat central tower and the eastern half of the nave.
In the 13c the church was enlarged by Walter de Branscombe, born at Edge in the parish, who became Bishop of Exeter (1258 - 1280), and was a renowned church builder. He added the transepts, thus making the church cruciform , lengthened the nave to its present dimension and also added the south porch.
The 14c saw the enlargement of the chancel. Its fine waggon roof still contains much of the original roof timber. its 14c piscina and sedilia on the south wall www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/1J6U310S13 were discovered in 1911 having been blocked up c 1550 when the church suffered much wanton damage. The shuttered openings under the windows were to allow sick and old parishioners to hear the ringing of the Sanctus bell at the elevation of the Host. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/ie11d08j2i
The east window is 15c and was inserted by Bishop Neville (1458 - 1464) whose arms are to be seen on the exterior hood moulding.
On the north nave wall in front of the west balcony is a mid 15c painting showing the devil is shown thrusting a spear through the bodies of a man and woman representing the condemnation of lust. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/66m30b573y The other 6 deadly sins were probably here also, but sadly no trace now remains.
c1580 - 1590, the Elizabethan west gallery www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/a4uYq6GGf3 was given to the church, possibly by the Wadham family of Edge. Access to it is by an exterior staircase. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/391T348J22
In the north transept is the monument of Joan Tregarthin 1583, mother of the founder of Wadham College, Oxford, and her two husbands, John Kellaway and John Wadham. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/81y53vq54x
The altar rails enclosing the altar on 4 sides are c 1665, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/3cY3a0W15s as is the light oak screen standing on the base of a stone one destroyed c 1550 at the entrance to the chancel www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/86j71yP2SL
There are 6 bells in the tower, the oldest dating from 1635.
The three decker pulpit was placed c 1790 . The adjacent box pews in the north transept have been preserved to show the seating that filled the church at that time. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/89DCc437F5
For many years the church was in a neglected and dilapidated state, but by the praiseworthy efforts vicar Rev. Arthur Steele King, it was "judiciously restored and renovated" at a cost of £3000 and was reopened by Archibald , Lord Bishop of Exeter on May 10th 1912 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/g3wr5Kz40D
In the churchyard a grave inscribed: "Here lieth the body of Joseph Braddick of this parish who died the 27th day of June 1673 in the 40th year of his age.
Strong and at labour suddenly he reels. Death came behind him and stroke up his heels. Such sudden stroke surviving mortals bid ye stand on your watch and to be always ready."
The registers date: baptisms, 1539; marriages, 1545; burials, 1578.
The Church is floodlit in memory of people whose families make a donation for a particular week.
The Friends of St Winifred’s is an independent charity which has over 200 members who have raised significant sums for the church fabric for nearly 20 years.
Picture with thanks - copyright Christine Matthews CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4181016