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I couldn’t stop singing and whistling the Beatles song ‘Eleanor Rigby’ the whole 30 minutes or so I spent photographing the church of St John the Baptist in Instow, Devon. An early morning shot showing the town of Appledore making the backdrop.
Entrance to the church of St Dionysius / St Disen, Bradninch Devon past village cottages
Picture with thanks - copyright Sarah Smith CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/899527
The church of St Peter , Cornworthy Devon stands at the head of the descending street, commanding the village below. Where, before the middle of the 13c, the Priory rose above the western end of the same street, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/7766rvY1n2
The church dates from the late 14c / early 15c and replaced an earlier building from which the 12c font survives. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/J617vb7zVH
It consists of a continuous nave and chancel, embattled west tower which has 6 bells cast in 1781 by , 5-bay north and south aisles, early 17c south porch at the west end of the south side of the south aisle; vestry formed in the east end of the north aisle which continues up to the east end of the chancel.
It consists of chancel, nave, north and south aisles, south porch, and embattled west tower with clock and six bells, all cast in 1781 by John Christopher Pennington.
According to the Exeter Faculty Books the church was entirely refitted in 1788 (Hoskins) but the box pews and replaced wooden window tracery appear to have been done along with a gallery in the c1835 restoration. White's Directory of 1878 states that "the church was recently cleaned and beautified throughout at a cost of upwards of £400", but it seems to have largely escaped Victorian restoration.
The internal walls of the church are plastered, the floors are quarry tiled and concrete paved. The nave, chancel and aisle roofs are ceiled hiding the early roof structures. The 5 -bay north and south granite & beer stone arcades are carved with foliage / grapes on the south side and flowers on the north. The piers have been mutilated to take the rood screen and pulpit. There is a piscina in the south wall of the chancel south chapel and hagioscopes at the east ends of the arcades in the chancel.
The 15c rood screen spans the full width of the church, the canopy is missing but it is otherwise largely intact and has some remains of colour with the pomegranates of Catherine of Aragon still visable
The early 18c octagonal pulpit from Ashprington church has a rebuilt stem but the fine sounding board, original to the church, has a dome with a gilded trumpeting angel finial. devonchurchland.co.uk/galleries/cornworthy-church-of-st-p...
It has its own brass candelabra and there is also a fine 18c brass candelabra over the nave. devonchurchland.co.uk/galleries/cornworthy-church-of-st-p...
There is an almost complete set of Georgian pews dating from 1788 with 19c graffiti inside.- At the west end of the pews there are 4 large round corner ports with fluted pinnacles which probably formerly supported the gallery which has been removed. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/sX9o4841HX Dado panelling on the aisle walls is continued in the recess under the windows as seats.
There is a large monument to Sir Thomas Harris 1610 & family which In 1788 was said to be " an obstruction" on the north side of the chancel and was moved to its present site on the south sadly the wrong way round. This resulted in a considerable amount of money and a great deal of skill in 2011 to repair the damage caused and place Sir Thomas, his lady & the two children in their correct positions. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/4H7S4i87pk
There is also a slate monument to Lucy Sperway who died in 1687 and another to Frances Newton d1744.
The registers date: baptisms, 1565; marriages, 1568; burials, 1562.
Picture with thanks - copyright Ian www.cornishchurches.com/Cornworthy%20Church%20Devon%20-%2...
hire boats on the pebble beach of ladram bay, devon. post rain, the light and colours were fantastic
Looking east down the 15c aisled nave to the chancel and south aisle chapel
The interior has plastered walls. The four bay north and south arcades with low monolithic granite octagonal piers, have crude uncarved octagonal capitals and double-chamfered two-centred arches. The arch-braced nave and aisle roofs appear to be 19c The late 19c / early 20c furnishings include:- painted wooden reredos and wainscoting in chancel, carved choir stall ends and carved octagonal pulpit.
- Church of St George the Martyr, Dean Prior, Devon
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From the top of the course for the Crediton Crunch 10k 2017
A rough join.
Hay, rapeseed, yellow, hills,
red earth, farm, pallet, wood.
#Palette.
Church of St Andrew, Cullompton Devon
The earliest evidence of occupation here is from the Roman period: there was a fort on the hill above the town and occupation in the current town centre. "Columtune" was mentioned in Alfred the Great's will, which left it to his youngest son Æthelweard
The original (wooden) church is thought to have been dedicated to St Columba who preached to West Saxons in 549 AD. After 1066 it and its land was given to Battle Abbey by William the Conqueror and at the time of the 1086 Domesday Survey this manor was part of the royal manor of Silverton and not recorded separately. Before the conquest it was held by King Edward. In 1291 this manor was given to Buckland Abbey by Isabella Countess of Devon The manor contained 5 sub-manors called Upton, Weaver, Ash, Colebrook and Henland (now in the parish of Kentisbeare) and later passed to St Nicholas Priory in Exeter.
The church now consists of a chancel, nave, north and two inner & outer south aisles, a south-west porch, and a magnificent four stage tower built of local red sandstone, 100 feet high topped with 20 feet pinnacles 20 regarded as one of the finest in Devon On its west front are carved the arms of England, those of John Vesey, then Bishop of Exeter [elected 1519], a statue of King Edward VI [r. 1547-1553] or Edward the Martyr, a crucifix and an effigy of St. George; www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/03BJC1c089 It has a Polygonal stair turett to the north face.
The list of vicars dates from 1181 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Kp1Y5ycS98 and the registers from 1601.
The nave and north and south aisles were possibly built in the first half of the 15c. The outer south Lane aisle was begun in 1526 with building still in progress in 1552; The west tower was begun 1539 with building still in progress in 1545
There is a richly coloured rood screen of 13 bays in red, white, green & gold, retaining its cornices and groining. The panels originally contained paintings of saints, but these have been painted over. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/0J8E91w3X5 The rood beam still remains over the screen, but from its position must have served as a support to the top of the cross. The Calvary was removed from the loft either during the Protectorate [1653-1659], or by Government order of 1547; . This base of the Calvary / Golgotha also survives and is made of oak, carved to represent rocks with skulls, thigh-bones, and shoulder blades lying upon them; www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/5977A6Bvq8 there is no other instance in Devonshire of even so much as this remaining of the actual rood.
The Lane aisle, was built as a chantry chapel by a wealthy wood merchant John Lane, c1526 before he died in February 1528, and he is buried with his wife Thomasine near the altar, their surviving brass indents are now partly covered by pews. . www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/FS84151e8c The interior of the aisle is under a wonderful roof of fan tracery, finer than anything of its kind in a Devonshire church, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/vg807oQ34o The external stone of the aisle is ornamented with devices representing his merchants mark, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/219KZ58rVN four of his trading ships www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/f36WG00GU0 & his initials, Around it is an inscription stating that the aisle was erected in honour of God and the Blessed Virgin, and asking for prayers for the souls of John the founder, his wife and children... www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/8B08X92J7f Pedestals for lost statues are on the second stage under a third stage made up of now destroyed pinnacles.
There is a stone in the porch having an incised floriated cross with an inscription to John King, died October 9th 1458, and Joan his wife.
At the end of the nave is a Jacobean gallery with four oak pillars about 9 feet (3 m) tall. which dates from 1637 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/ztdoP857ZP
When the church was restored in 1849 by Edward Ashworth , a number of frescos of early 15c date were discovered in the north wall of the north aisle, on the north wall over the rood loft, and on the arcades, but sadly although these were recorded at the time, they are no longer visible.
Michael Garlick CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6643777
Having just past Wheatridge Lane, Devon General Bristol VRT 581 (VOD 591S) works service 122 to Babbacombe and St.Marychurch in 1987.
Awaiting repairs at Torquay Depot is Devon General Bristol VRT 1236 (LFJ 883W). This was one of the final batch of VRT's for Devon and had a Gardner 6LXC engine
This is a friend of mine, Devon. not only does he skate, but he has plans to get behind the camera himself, the video camera.
Check out his show Dooley 101! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yonRjkJ4HfY
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It was raining, and I feared for my camera's life, haha.
End of the road for Devon General 1230 (LFJ 877W) This Bristol VRT had been involved in an accident and was later scrapped. Taken at Torquay Depot.
Church of St John the Baptist, Broadclyst Devon
According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the manor was burned down by Danish invaders in 1001
The manor was held by the Crown at the 1086 Domesday Survey, but was granted by Henry I. to the Novant family, from whom it passed to the Chudleigh, Arundell, Morice, and later the Aclands
The present church is mainly late 15c but retains some important 14c work. It is believed to have been erected during the episcopate of Edmund Stafford, 1395-1419, but the upper part of the tower was not completed until the reign of Henry VIll which has heraldic panels showing the arms of the king and the Chudleigh family at the top
It consists of a four stage west tower with 8 bells, nave and chancel with north and south aisles & south porch.
The nave is separated from the aisles by 6 arches on each side, the pillars having carved capitals, and the outer mouldings of the arches, which are studded with carving, spring from angels holding shields in the north aisle flic.kr/p/9yjYg7 and in the south aisle (with the exception of two at the east end) they spring from grotesque heads. flic.kr/p/9ygnJa The capitals have varied foliage designs. However one dated capital - 1576, ( 3rd south from west) - is markedly different from the others with masked faces, foliage and looped ropework.
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There is a priest's door and remains of a piscina in the chancel,
The north aisle east window is set in 14c stonework, the contemporary chancel sedilia also survives
Under an ornate carved canopy, flic.kr/p/xYcYNK lies the effigy of possibly Sir Roger de Nonant dc1330 flic.kr/p/xYdbVR whose family held the manor from the reign of Henry I. to that of Edward III (1100 - 1377)
In the north aisle chapel lies Sir John Ackland / Acland, with his 2 wives kneeling at each corner, on the tomb he built c 1613 before he died in 1620 flic.kr/p/xSBkiC
In the south aisle chapel is another large monument again built in the lifetime of the commemorated , Edward Drew 1598, Recorder of Exeter and London, sergeant-at-law, and his wife Bridget FitzWilliam flic.kr/p/xU8FPX
On the chancel north wall kneel Henry Burroughs 1605 & wife Elizabeth Reynell - flic.kr/p/xAZHwG Henry was the founder of Burrough's Almshouses in the village www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/8m9Dm4dAeB
The building was substantially restored in 1833-4 by Wills and again in 1882 by Edward Ashworth. (The castellated south porch dates to the 1834 restoration as are the roofs of the nave & chancel )
Stained glass placed in 1926 in the north aisle east window is to the memory of Ellen Acland who was killed in a road accident in 1924 aged 11 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/889UN10AYz - the thatched bus shelter was also erected to her memory by her parents www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/64K2t8Qt93
Copyright Elchulito Suavecito www.google.co.uk/search?q=broadclyst+church+devon+&so...
Awaiting the re-fitting of its engine, Devon General Sea Dog "Sir John Hawkins" 930 (930 GTA) is seen here towards the end of its days at Torquay Depot.
This is a convertible open top Metro Cammell bodioed Leyland Atlantean
A line up of new Devon General Iveco 59.12's with Mellor bodies in Exeter Coach Station before entering service on Service A.
Nearest the camera is 1014 (L943 CTT)
Church of St. James, Christow Devon consists of a chancel, nave, north and south aisles, south porch and west tower
According to the church website the origins go back to the 13c, with the present building dating largely from the 15c, with substantial repairs in the 17c and 19c'.
The three stage granite ashlar west tower is a Gothic Survival addition of 1630 and has a ring of eight bells. - John III and Christopher IV Pennington of Stoke Climsland, Cornwall cast six bells in 1785. Afterwards John Taylor & Co of Loughborough added a new treble and second bell in 1973
The rood screen is without groining is coloured and gilt, and the lower panels are painted in blue and red ornamented with gilt stars. The scroll moulding on the main mullions and around the arcade is of unusual design. Part of the screen, once across the south aisle, is now fitted as a tower screen.
The plaster Royal arms are preserved on the wall of the north aisle with the inscription:— Tho: Moore, Chr: Hoore Wardes. 1682. flic.kr/p/UzhPLE
The seats in the aisles are old with carved ends; the drum pulpit is late 19c with carved panels incorporating 16c blind tracery. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/b8tUM62WvC ]The 12c square Norman font thought to be carved out of hollowed stone capital www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/hT2X1BypU0
The east window in the chancel is in the memory of Edward, 4th Viscount Exmouth of Canonteign House nearby, who died October 31st 1899 during whose tenure as lord of the manor, the church was restored in 1862 to designs by the architect Edward Ashworth which included rebuilding the chancel, the porch, adding the vestry, reseating, and repairing and repainting the screen. His forbears earned their fame as Admirals in the Royal Navy at the time of Nelson and their monuments here include Admiral Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth ahttps://www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/XA5q85k790 nd his son the 2nd Viscount, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/MxE59XU975 both of whom died in 1833.
The window at the east end of the south aisle is in memory of members of the Woolcombe family.
Nathaniel Bussell, the parish clerk, is said to have been shot by the Roundheads on February 19th 1631, (a very early date for the Civil War !) and to have been buried in the porch where he fell, because he refused to deliver up the keys of the church for the building to be ransacked. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/muFD1P310h
The registers date: baptisms, 1557; marriages, 1555; burials, 1557.
Picture with thanks - copyright Ian www.cornishchurches.com/Christow%20Church%20Devon%20-%20S...
