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The old grammar school in Fore Street, Chudleigh Devon now a private house, stands in Fore Street just to the south of the church;
"John Pynsent of Lincolnes Inne esq, boren in this p(ar)ish hath erected this for a free schoole & indowed it with thitie poundes pannum for ever 1668"
His coat of arms are a chevron between three stars.
John Pynsent born in Chudleigh, married Mary Clifford and became a wealthy civil servant at Westminster. He never forgot his roots, and in 1666 he expressed his intent to erect a school here for the free education of the children of the parish. He negotiated with Lord Clifford and the leading parishioners of the time to acquire 'part of the sporting place adjacent to the church yard amounting to one acre'. The ground was walled off for a garden, orchard and playground. The school was duly built to accommodate 20 boys, together with the schoolmaster's house. This would appear to be the whole front of the house as it stands today with the school room to the left and the master's house to the right.
Due to delays caused by the executors in administering his will, the house was not completed until the early 1680s and the charity not formally established until a decree in Chancery was issued in 1682.
His plans were for a free school for all the parishioners and inhabitants of Chudleigh for ever, without payment of any sum of money to the schoolmaster for the teaching of children. The schoolmaster was to be " of good name, manners and teaching and conformable to the doctrine and discipline of the Church of England'.
Sadly he died in 1668 at his estate in Croydon, Surrey before the school was completed and his wishes were never fully implemented. He was buried in St John the Baptist Church, Croydon and a large memorial erected which was lost in a serious fire in the 1930s.
By his will he also left to 5 poor boys yearly, £3 a piece for five years towards buying them books and clothes. However there appears to have been no endowment funds for this to continue.
Each of the schoolmasters were to take Holy Orders. They were appointed for life and were paid £30 per annum The remainder of their income was drawn from the pupils fees. Out of the total income, the Master was responsible for the running costs of the school together with the repair of the buildings.
In early 20c many of the small endowed grammar schools either closed or were incorporated into the state system. At the close of 1912 only five pupils remained and the decision was made to close the school on 31 July 1913. The scholarship boys were sent to Newton Abbot Secondary School and their fees and maintenance paid. The property was sold to Mr Mackay (one of the teachers) for £700. It was sold below the market value 'as some slight reward for all the years of his teaching life at a meagre salary'. The school became the home of the Mackay family thereafter until c1925
Later it became the home of Major Fleetwood Hugo Pellew and his wife Violet (nee Du Pre) After their deaths in 1961 and 1964 it was run as a boarding house / B & B
chudleighhistorygroup.uk/articles/pynsents_school.html
Picture with thanks - copyright Maigheach-gheal CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/929706 & www.geograph.org.uk/photo/929703
Dartmouth is a town and civil parish in the English county of Devon. It is a tourist destination set on the western bank of the estuary of the River Dart, which is a long narrow tidal ria that runs inland as far as Totnes. It lies within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and South Hams district.
Dart Lifeboat Station was reopened in 2007, the first time that a lifeboat had been stationed in the town since 1896. It has initially been kept in a temporary building in Coronation Park.
In 2010, a fire seriously damaged numerous historical properties in Fairfax Place and Higher Street. Several were Tudor and Grade I or Grade II listed buildings.
The Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta takes place annually over three days at the end of August. The event sees the traditional regatta boat races along with markets, fun fairs, community games, musical performances, air displays including the Red Arrows and fireworks. A Royal Navy guard ship is often present at the event. Other cultural events include beer festivals in February and July (the latter in Kingswear), a music festival and an art and craft weekend in June, a food festival in October and a Christmas candlelit event.
The Flavel Centre incorporates the public library and performance spaces, featuring films, live music and comedy and exhibitions.
Bayard's Cove has been used in several television productions, including The Onedin Line a popular BBC television drama series that ran from 1971 to 1980. Many of the scenes from the BBC's popular series Down to Earth, starring Ricky Tomlinson, were filmed at various locations around the town.
Notable tourist attractions include the Dartmouth Royal Naval College, Bayard's Cove Fort, Dartmouth Castle and the Dartmouth Steam Railway which terminates at Kingswear on the opposite bank of the river.
Boat cruises to nearby places along the coast (such as Torbay and Start Bay) and up the river (to Totnes, Dittisham and the Greenway Estate) are provided by several companies. The paddlesteamer PS Kingswear Castle returned to the town in 2013. The South West Coast Path National Trail passes through the town, and also through extensive National Trust coastal properties at Little Dartmouth and Brownstone (Kingswear). The Dart Valley Trail starts in Dartmouth, with routes either side of the River Dart as far as Dittisham, and continuing to Totnes via Cornworthy, Tuckenhay and Ashprington. The area has long been well regarded for yachting, and there are extensive marinas at Sandquay, Kingswear and Noss (approximately one mile north of Kingswear).
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Looking through the lantern arch to the church of St Thomas Chevithorne Devon
Picture with thanks - copyright Derek Harper CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1395839
One of several Western National Bristol RE's transferred to Devon General to "see off" the remaining AEC Reliances, 2719 (MUO 323F) is parked inside Newton Road depot, Torquay after operating duplicates on Service 120.
It is unusual to have retained its original T shaped blind display as most were converted to the more common side by side layout.
Church of St John the Baptist, Colaton Raleigh Devon
The village is said to be named as the “tun” or farm, of an Old English chieftain “Ceola”. The word “Raleigh” was added when it came into the ownership of the Raleigh family in the 13c.
The 1086 Domesday survey records 14 ploughs, extensive pastures, meadows & woodland with a mill which was retained for himself by King William
Parts of the church survive from an earlier late 12c / early 13c building from which survive the north arcade and font. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Qem71RHtV0
The two stage tower is late 15c / early 16c, Perpendicular in style. The semi-hexagonal stair turret projects from the south-east corner and rises higher than the main tower with its own embattled parapet. There are 6 bells, all still regularly rung
The rest of the nave, shallow north and south aisles, and chancel were rebuilt in 1875 in Early Decorated style by R M Fulford with internal sgraffito plasterwork decoration by Vickery of Barnstaple to Fulford's design. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/YGYtSM62Em Also built was a south transeptal chapel, a north aisle chapel, and finally a vestry south of the west tower.
The tower of roughly-coursed dressed blocks of brownish-red local sandstone with Beerstone detail; the rest is similar stone but neater and snecked with limestone detail quarried from nearby Ladram Bay;
The slate roof is basically blue-grey but includes panels of scallop-shaped purple-coloured slate over the chancel and red ridge tiles are alternatively plain and crested. In the external corner of south transept chapel and chancel is a three-sided projection containing a corridor which could be a rood stair turret and contains a small twin lancet window with trefoil heads. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Hi1xEX8cm4
As a driver I cheered when this bus passed to Western National for the 1983 split. Unfortunately, it came back.
Never a good bus, Devon General Bristol VRT 557 (ATA 557L) is parked, minus blinds, at Torquay depot, awaitibng collection by its new owners East Yorkshire.
To be fair the others of the batch weren't bad buses.
A quick photo stop at Windy Corner.
Devon General Warship class convertible open top Bristol VRT 939 (VDV 139S) was running empty from Torquay Depot to Brixham.
Renown carries unibus advertising for Tele-pages
Dartmouth is a town and civil parish in the English county of Devon. It is a tourist destination set on the western bank of the estuary of the River Dart, which is a long narrow tidal ria that runs inland as far as Totnes. It lies within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and South Hams district.
Dart Lifeboat Station was reopened in 2007, the first time that a lifeboat had been stationed in the town since 1896. It has initially been kept in a temporary building in Coronation Park.
In 2010, a fire seriously damaged numerous historical properties in Fairfax Place and Higher Street. Several were Tudor and Grade I or Grade II listed buildings.
The Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta takes place annually over three days at the end of August. The event sees the traditional regatta boat races along with markets, fun fairs, community games, musical performances, air displays including the Red Arrows and fireworks. A Royal Navy guard ship is often present at the event. Other cultural events include beer festivals in February and July (the latter in Kingswear), a music festival and an art and craft weekend in June, a food festival in October and a Christmas candlelit event.
The Flavel Centre incorporates the public library and performance spaces, featuring films, live music and comedy and exhibitions.
Bayard's Cove has been used in several television productions, including The Onedin Line a popular BBC television drama series that ran from 1971 to 1980. Many of the scenes from the BBC's popular series Down to Earth, starring Ricky Tomlinson, were filmed at various locations around the town.
Notable tourist attractions include the Dartmouth Royal Naval College, Bayard's Cove Fort, Dartmouth Castle and the Dartmouth Steam Railway which terminates at Kingswear on the opposite bank of the river.
Boat cruises to nearby places along the coast (such as Torbay and Start Bay) and up the river (to Totnes, Dittisham and the Greenway Estate) are provided by several companies. The paddlesteamer PS Kingswear Castle returned to the town in 2013. The South West Coast Path National Trail passes through the town, and also through extensive National Trust coastal properties at Little Dartmouth and Brownstone (Kingswear). The Dart Valley Trail starts in Dartmouth, with routes either side of the River Dart as far as Dittisham, and continuing to Totnes via Cornworthy, Tuckenhay and Ashprington. The area has long been well regarded for yachting, and there are extensive marinas at Sandquay, Kingswear and Noss (approximately one mile north of Kingswear).
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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 Leonard, Clawton Devon built on the site of an earlier church which was rebuilt in 14c possibly with transepts, before the north and south aisles and west tower were added
It now consists of a continuous nave & chancel, north and south aisles separated from the nave by four arches on each side, south porch, and three stage west tower having 5 bells, with a south facing stair turret.
The oldest parts are the surviving 12c chancel with its Norman windows on the north side, and the 12c font. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/U96015yB73 which stands next to late medieval tiles decorated with swans, lions & fleur de lis www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/7TY6V2ZU20
The tower and aisles were added later in the 14c, the chapel in the north aisle being dedicated to St. Katherine. Followed by some late 15c / early 16c fenestration and roofs.
In the chancel is a priest's door which got narrower through time www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/w005ft16fW
The roof has carved bosses and wall plate. The pillars of the westernmost bays of the north and south aisles differ in style from the others, being clustered columns instead of octagonal, and they are constructed of a different kind of stone.
The rood staircase and doorway remain, the staircase is on the north side is in the thickness of the aisle wall. A hagioscope between the south aisle and the chancel must have post-dated the roof loft stairs which still exist in a fragmentary form. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/xrr9SD07zy
There are some remains of the rood screen preserved in the belfry
On the north wall of the tower is a large undated plaster Royal Coat of Arms of King Charles www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/7zDPEE6310
The porch has bosses and carved wall plates.
On the north wall of the aisle is a large monument with recumbent figure of Christopher Osmond 1631 who died a little over 5 months after the death of hi only son another Christopher who kneels at his feet www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/cv5PdD33Jo
All restored and refurbished c 1860
In the vestry are remains of an old churchyard cross.
A small c1490 brass of a man is fixed to one of the choir stalls, his provenance is unknown as he was bought in junk shop by a former rector in the early mid 20c www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Xn592G02Aq#
The registers date: baptisms, 1694; marriages, 1697; burials, 1693.
Picture with thanks - copyright Derek Harper CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4873497
Taken inside Torquay depot during its first summer season in the South, Devon General Bristol VRT 617 (UTO 832S) is still painted in the yellow ivery from when t was 3341 in Northern fleet.These Leyland engined VRT's were much loved by the DG drivers.
Church of St George, Dittisham Devon is sited at the heart of the village close to the main junction of lanes where the lane arriving from the main road splits to go either to the foot ferry or onward towards Cornworthy.
Together with the village it is built on a steeply sloping site and comprises of an aisled nave, chancel, south porch, vestry & western tower which is a landmark for boat traffic and was undoubtedly used as a navigational aid. The stone walls keep in the raised graveyard at the Lower Street end.
In 1086 Domesday times Dittisham was held by Baldwin the Sheriff and supported 12 ploughs as well possessing pasture and woodland with a lengthy list of livestock held.
It is assumed that there was an earlier Saxon building though no trace of it now remains. (In the year 755 Devon was conquered by the Saxons and a Saxon Chief settled on the banks of the River Dart. This settlement was part of the manor given by Edward the Confessor to Leofric, Bishop of Exeter, who is certain to have made sure there was a church in the settlement).
This church was replaced by a Norman one consisting of only a chancel and nave; the line of this roof can still be seen on the east wall of the tower. The list of rectors begins in 1224
In 1328 Bishop Grandisson of Exeter ordered an enquiry into the neglect of duties and of the church, which was now a ruin, by the rector, Sir Richard de Inkpenne who died soon afterwards.
The church was later restored and reconstructed between 1328 and 1333 by the next rector, Sir Richard de Gormersale and dedicated to St George by Bishop Grandisson on 4th October 1333. The bottom stage of the tower was built & the chancel enlarged and the side aisles added in late 14c / early 15c. when a two story porch was built on to the south wall with a priest’s chamber above which has a window into the church over the south door. The top stage of the west tower was also rebuilt about this time with a polygonal stair turret in the west angle. What is now the vestry on the north side of the chancel in the angle with the north aisle appears to be later than the chancel but possibly earlier than the north aisle.
Above the south door is the Royal Coat of Arms of Charles ll, granted at the time of his 1660 Restoration in gratitude to the people for their loyalty. The 12c font is Norman standing on a modern stone shaft and base. It is a solid, red sandstone bowl thought to have been buried to save it from destruction at that time, however the font cover is modern and was given by the children of the parish in 1928. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/S418yn95VL
The beautiful carved and painted stone wineglass pulpit dates from the 15c. The figures carved on it are thought to be of the saints, including St. John the Baptist.
The chancel screen is also 15c www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/9SW0D6894N – the groining and canopy were beautifully restored in 1954-55 by workmen in Exeter. The painted figures were damaged by Cromwell’s men who also burnt down the rectory destroying all the books and early church registers.
The windows in the north aisle were inserted c1846, they are a memorial to two former rectors, John Hutchings (1768 to 1802) and his son, Robert Sparke Hutchings (1805 to 1827). The windows in the South Aisle are of pressed glass which is now not made. The small, richly coloured window in the north side chapel may consist of remains from the original East Window.
On the outside of the west window can be seen the heads of Elizabeth ll & her son then Prince Charles
In 1830 it was noted that remains of the rood loft had been destroyed in 1810 when the church was repaired. Also in the early 19c there was said to be a gallery under the tower arch. In 1828 the pinnacles of the tower were removed and replaced with new pinnacles in about 1846 when the church was restored and the aisle windows were replaced under the direction of Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin. The church was restored again in 1883 and again in 1924-5.
The tower clock was presented in 1879. The five bells were cast in 1802 by Thomas Mears of London (bells were reported in 1553).
Glenn Bennett www.google.co.uk/search?q=dittisham+church+devon&sca_...
Church of St Matthew. Cheriton Fitzpaine Devon dates from about the 14c dedicated to All Souls, later to St Mary until at least 1893
The village name comes from the old English cirice+tun meaning "village with a church" In the 1086 Domesday Survey ts is Cerintona & later Chiriton Pagan in 1256 being held at that time by Roger, son of Pagan in 1256. Later Fitzpaine was added when Fitzpaynes were lord of the manor
The present church consists of a 14c nave and chancel, 15c aisles, two storey porch and two stage tower with a clock by Smiths of Derby, and 6 bells, dated 1770, 1767, 1727 and 1665, the latter being cast by John Pennington of Exeter
Most of the tower is roughcast and has been so since 1706 according to the churchwarden's account. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/azxH71Ti3W It has original volcanic two-light belfry windows with cinquefoil heads except the west side which has round heads. Also on the west side is an original Beer stone arched doorway below a three-light Perpendicular window with replacement Beer stone tracery under an arched hoodmould. On the south side a projecting demi-hexagonal stair turret finishes below belfry level with a pyramidal roof.
The two storey porch with low-pitch stepped gable and embattled side parapets. has a small and ornate Beer stone niche with a statue of St Matthew a gift in 1885 from Rev. George Dowty. On the gable a very large lead sundial with iron arm, apparently erected in 1720 and remodelled in 1741.
The nave and chancel with full length aisles and eastern chapels under 16c parallel wagon roofs which have carved bosses, those in the chancel and nave are gilt, devonchurchland.co.uk/galleries/cheriton-fitzpaine-church... Also very high quality 15c ceiled wagon roof with moulded ribs enriched with four-leaf decoration and carved oak bosses in north aisle and chapel.devonchurchland.co.uk/galleries/cheriton-fitzpaine-church... - however the bosses were removed from the south aisle roof
On the capitals in the chancel are angels bearing shields devonchurchland.co.uk/galleries/cheriton-fitzpaine-church...https://devonchurchland.co.uk/galleries/cheriton-fitzpaine-church-of-st-matthew-gallery/#gallery/2647f29f5cf88a567dc880a54c49ebd8/3259 devonchurchland.co.uk/galleries/cheriton-fitzpaine-church...
Over south door painted arms of Charles II dated 1665 was naively restored in 1971.
There are two 16c / 17c oak chests, one crudely inscribed RM 1611.
All restored between 1883-5 by James Crocker of Exeter when the nave & aisles roofs were renewed , galleries removed, the stone reredos enlarged,, pulpit reconstructed, Maws encaustic tiles to the chancel & other furnishings including stained glass , altar rail & pews which reused 18c oak
The registers date: baptisms, 1660; marriages, 1663; burials, 1662.
Picture with thanks - copyright Jan Kingshott www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2664075/st.-matthew%27s-church
Devon Sproule, @ The Big Session Festival, De Monfort Hall ,Leicester (June 14th 2008) © Ollie Millington.
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Loads from this weekend will be uploaded soon...
You can read my review of the weekend here : www.noizemakesenemies.co.uk/2008/06/big-session-festival-...
Church of All Saints, Lower Brixham Devon in a busy fishing village, was built by subscription, as a chapel of ease c 1819 - 20 and later constituted a perpetual curacy.
It was enlarged in 1824 after the arrival of Rev Henry Francis Lyte +++ later to be the author of the hymn "Abide with me", who attracted large crowds. The result described by his grandson was "a hideous barn-like building."
(Lyte joined the schools committee, and two months later he became its chairman. Also in 1824, Lyte established the first Sunday school in the Torbay area and created a Sailors' Sunday School. Although religious instruction was given there, the primary object of both was educating children and seamen for whom other schooling was virtually impossible. Each year Lyte organised an Annual Treat for the 800–1000 Sunday school children, which included a short religious service followed by tea and sports in the field.
He visited the fishermen in their homes and on board their ships in harbour, supplying every vessel with a Bible, and compiling songs and a manual of devotions for use at sea.
He added to his clerical income by taking resident pupils into his home, including the blind brother of Lord Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, later British prime minister.
This original church was later rebuilt between 1884-1906, possibly incorporating parts of the former structure.
Nave orientated NW-SE with 1885 east and 1892 west aisles by G Somers Clarke. Chancel with east and west chapels; additional west aisle, probably the former Lady Chapel 1900 - 06 with three stage tower at south end by J T Micklethwaite.
The nave was re-roofed in 1898.
The small entrance-porch is reached from Church Street by a long flight of stone steps. The main entrance is by a pointed-arched doorway in the tower, below 3 empty niches ;
The nave has arcade of 5 pointed arches each side; 4 similar arches opening into Lady Chapel. Chancel has 3-sided north end; chancel arch with coloured marble shafts. Cranked arched from east aisle to chancel-chapel and from chancel to both chapels; these are supported by elaborately carved corbels, those to the west chapel (which contains the organ) taking the form of angels with musical instruments. Boarded waggon-roof, with bosses, to nave. Pitched beamed roofs to aisles, that to the Lady Chapel with bosses. Open roofs with arch-braced trusses to chancel and east chancel chapel.
There are 2 fonts, one, probably early 19c from the original church, of black marble in east aisle; & a pink marble font at south end of nave, with inscription recording baptism in 1884.
The beautiful painted reredos in chancel of 1938 is by Stanley N Babb. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/K3x1z61sh4
( +++ In 1817 Lyte became a curate in Marazion, Cornwall, and there met and married Anne Maxwell, daughter of a well-known Scottish-Irish family. She was 31, seven years older than her husband and a "keen Methodist." Furthermore, she "could not match her husband's good looks and personal charm." Nevertheless, the marriage was happy and successful. Anne eventually made Lyte's situation more comfortable by contributing her family fortune, and she was an excellent manager of the house and finances. They had two daughters and three sons, one of whom was the chemist and photographer Farnham Maxwell-Lyte. A grandson was the well known historian Sir Henry Churchill Maxwell-Lyte.
From 1820 to 1822 the Lytes lived in Sway, Hampshire. Itself only five miles (8 km) from the sea, the house in Sway was the only one the couple shared during their marriage that was neither on a river or by the sea. At Sway Lyte lost a month-old daughter and wrote his first book, later published as Tales In Verse Illustrative of the Several Petitions of the Lord's Prayer (1826). In 1822 the Lytes moved to Dittisham, Devon, on the River Dart and then, after Lyte had regained some measure of health, to the small parish of Charleton
In poor health throughout his life, Lyte suffered various respiratory illnesses and often visited continental Europe in attempts to check their progress. In 1835 Lyte sought appointment as the vicar of Crediton but was rejected because of his increasingly debilitating asthma and bronchitis. In 1839, when only 46, Lyte wrote a poem entitled "Declining Days." Lyte also grew discouraged when numbers of his congregation (including in 1846, nearly his entire choir) left him for Dissenter congregations, especially the Plymouth Brethren, after Lyte expressed High Church sympathies and leaned towards the Oxford Movement.
By the 1840s, Lyte was spending much of his time in the warmer climates of France and Italy, making written suggestions about the conduct of his family's financial affairs after his death. When his daughter was married to his senior curate, Lyte did not perform the ceremony. Lyte complained of weakness and incessant coughing spasms, and he mentions medical treatments of blistering, bleeding, calomel, tartar emetic, and "large doses" of Prussic acid.[ ! ! )
Lyte spent the summer of 1847 at Berry Head then, after one final sermon to his congregation on the subject of the Holy Communion, he left again for Italy. He died on 20 November 1847 at the age of 54, in the city of Nice, at that time in the Kingdom of Sardinia, where he was buried. flic.kr/p/fgANsG His last words were "Peace! Joy! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Francis_Lyte )
Working Exeter City route A to Thornpark Rise is Devon General Ford Transit 761 (C761 FFJ). Painted in the Green & Gold livery, 761 is seen in Cheeke Street outside the now demolished Devon General Head Office.
Church of St Mary, Clyst St Mary Devon , one of quite a few villages by the River Clyst
It was recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as 'Bishop's Cliste' and is known for its late 12c bridge along the main route between Exeter and London which although rebuilt in 1310, is still the oldest bridge in Devon
It is probable that the earliest church of St Mary was Saxon, and that it was rebuilt in Norman times - possibly 13c with 15c extensions ; the transepts were added in 1818 & lengthened in 1870 & further extensions in 1840 . Its somewhat remote situation from the village is probably due to its originally having been built as a private chapel for the lord of the manor
and lies in the park of Winslade House.
Of cruciform design with west tower, unusually the church's main axis is, since the 1895 - 6 reordering, north to south and the main altar is at the north end, the former transepts (with crossing) function as nave and chancel; & the former nave and chancel now act as transepts. The tower is encased within the width of the (former) nave which was probably widened at that time.
A clock is set in the north wall. There is also a north-east lean to vestry entered by the north porch.
Inside are ceiled wagon roofs to the present nave and chancel and a boarded wagon roof to old chancel. There is a stone arch to the former chancel & a wooden arch (1895-6) to the present chancel. Three 1870s windows are by Lavers, Barraud and Westlake,
A passage in Arthur Mee's Kings England series says
On Whit Sunday 1549 the first Prayer Book in English was put into use in the churches - not long after 10,000 men from the West Country were marching on Exeter demanding the restoration of the old Mass and the new book suppressed. The rebels overtook Walter Raleigh's father of the same name and "were in such a choler, and so fell in rages with him that if he had not shifted himself into the chapel there and had been rescued by certain mariners of Exmouth with him, he had been in great danger of his life" - the rebels camped on Clyst Heath, fortified the bridge over the river, but were eventually defeated by Italian soldiers under Lord Russell. Clyst t Mary was set on fire, the villagers butchered and Sir William Winslade hanged as a rebel in a lane nearby
Picture with thanks - copyright Rod Allday CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5996078
I am also enjoying experimenting with photoshop and reprocessing pics from older sessions. It really gives me the ability to see my photos with a new set of eyes. From my shoot with Devon.
Devon is also a UGA student and Georgette who I've had the pleasure of working with on multiple occasions in the past year. I've said it before and will say it again, but Devon is an absolute natural when it comes to posing and she really makes my job a breeze when we are out on a shoot.
Church of the Holy Trinity, Drewsteignton Devon
The village is mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Survey as Taintone beside the Teign. In the 13c it was called Teyngton Drue, after a local landowner named Drogo, or Drewe and the family lived at nearby Castle Drogo built for them in the 19c, now managed by the National Trust
The present building dates from the 15c but stands on the site of a much earlier one. It consists of chancel, nave, north and south aisles, south porch, and three stage west tower with Internal stair turret in south-west corner, holding 5 bells.
The north and south aisles are not full length, the former was added early 15c, the latter in late 15c - early 16c with contemporary two-storey porch;
The chancel was rebuilt with a new vestry in the angle of the north aisle. during the restoration of the church in 1863/4.
The Norman font pedestal now supports an 18c bowl after the roof fell in and smashed the original www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/iCb0hWK55F
Inside is displayed the "The Ringers Articles" banning swearing or hat wearing etc and fining all who brokd the rules www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/9iUa6359V7
The holy water stoup has been preserved and is now used in the vestry as a piscina.
The pulpit is Jacobean c 1603-1625
There are signs of rood loft door, but the screen has been entirely removed.
The registers date: baptisms, 1557; marriages, 1599; burials, 1599.
In the churchyard is a memorial to Julius Drewe of Castle Drogo. The memorial was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens
Julian Stone www.google.co.uk/search?q=drewsteignton+church+devon+uk&a...
I love this scene. Mature trees left in the middle of fields, the majestic sweep of the hillside in Devon's distinctive red clay with the maize in the foreground adding texture.
Lynton is a small town on the Exmoor coast in Devon, England standing on top of the cliffs above the picturesque harbour village of Lynmouth, to which it is connected by the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway. Lynton was once the terminus for the narrow-gauge Lynton & Barnstaple Railway, which served both towns.
The two communities are governed at local level by Lynton and Lynmouth Town Council.
In Lynton is the Parish Church of St Mary, which stands overlooking the sea, surrounded by shops and hotels. The tower is mainly 13th century but the church itself has been enlarged and altered — most notably in 1741, when the nave was rebuilt, and later in Victorian times.
Many of the town's buildings were constructed in the latter part of the 19th century and the early 20th century. The town hall was given to the town by Sir George Newnes, Bart., a major benefactor of the town; it was opened on 15 August 1900. He also gave the town the Congregational church on Lee Road.
Church of St Matthew, Coldridge Devon stands overlooking the village green on land inhabited from Stone age times
It was named Colrige in the 1086 Domesday Survey, which referred to the manufacture of charcoal here
Some late 12c / early 13c fabric survives in nave and chancel from an earlier building which was dedicated to St Mary. (It was not until 1857 that references were made to the new St Matthew dedication, changed for reasons which remain unknown).
The first incumbent is recorded in 1270
The rest of the present church is 15c / early 16c however In Victorian times the building fell into disrepair and in 1877 work commenced with the restoration of the chancel followed by the rest in 1897. Many original features were thankfully retained.
It consists of nave and chancel under a continuous roof. North and south aisles with eastern chapels - The south aisle Barton Chapel & the later north Evans Chapel now used as the vestry with the organ hiding it from the chancel. The priest's door into the chancel reminds us of a time when the authorities owned the chancel whilst the parishioners were responsible for the nave & aisles.
The 15c two stage west tower has 6 bells - there were 3 in 1553, however the earliest bell now is of 1726 date. The metal clock was placed as a memorial to those who gave their lives in WW! . www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/9cC5MA0t20 On the north side is a semi-octagonal stair turret with tiny slit windows and topped by its own embattled higher parapet . On the west side of the tower is 15c granite 2-centred arched doorway below a 19c three light window. The south side includes an original small light to the ringing floor.
The 15c south porch pre 1855 had a flat roof until the present one gable was added. All in Perpendicular style
The windows are all late 15c granite, 3-lights, arch-headed with Perpendicular tracery but all of different in sizes.
There is an apparently 19c chimney shaft to right of porch, now redundant.
Of particular interest is a very fine medieval rood screen, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/b5b80YAmat claimed to be one of the best unrestored & unpainted screens in the Country, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/90BK5Sw978 and also a pulpit with fine carving. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/t46Ekn3KT5 Medieval bench ends are to be found in the church as well as Barnstaple floor tiles. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/chV596L5V0 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Y9w2Kb34d1
One of the south aisle bench ends is carved with the head of John the Baptist on a platter www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Y46YM274s6
The splendid, ancient parclose screen in the chancel is of Breton design. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/e1QC61sY07
The oak lectern is late 19c / early 20c but the front includes a panel of oak carved in the same style as the pulpit and screen. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/5r06Q8oJ2c
On the reverse of the coving in the Barton Chapel one carving shows the upside down head of a Tudor lady with an enormous tongue ! www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/13P63P53x9
The granite font is late 12c / early 13c on a late 19c stone base. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/904qx34813
There are references to Sir John Evans who died in 1514 whose effigy lies on his tomb in the north Evans chapel which he built.. flic.kr/p/eCxq1Z His shield bears the legend 'John Evas' (sic). (underneath carved upside down is a word "King" (?)
A capital between the chancel and his chapel is inscribed "Pray for Johhanes Evans" www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/1L57qjr7t4 Also surviving is his prayer desk with the words “Pray for John Evans, Parker of Coldridge, maker of this work in the third year of the reign of King Henry the Eighth” Amongst the fittings, the screen and pulpit are thought to have been placed here by him. He was park keeper of the deer park of Thomas Grey, Marquess of Dorset , son of Elizabeth Woodville & half brother to the princes in the tower. His effigy faces a window of c 1511 showing the eldest prince King Edward V, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/8ttXcJL0Q3 also placed by him.
At the moment there is much talk of John Evans being in fact this king who now is said to have disappeared from the tower and was sheltered by his half brother . People point to the EV of Evans being for Edward V, and that there is not evidence of why and how he was given the prestigious employment in the park & control over the manor . Others say he was probably born in Wales and came into England with Henry Tudor and perhaps fought for him at the Battle of Bosworth and as a loyal servant was rewarded. .....
The ancient communion vessels were stolen in 1867 by a local scrap dealer. A reward of £12 was offered. Two years later the dismembered silver was discovered when it was offered for sale in Exeter
The registers date from 1556.
Picture with thanks - copyright David Smith CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4222709
Church of St George the Martyr, Dean Prior, Devon was first recorded by the Bishop in 1186 as part of the possession of the Priory of Plympton. The first known priest, Gervase of Crediton, was ordained in 1261. Of his church, however, only the late 13c / early 14c west Tower and font remain.
The remainder was rebuilt in 15c on the site of the Norman church, followed by 17c alterations and heavily restored in late 19c when the south porch was built.
The two stage tower has a central polygonal stair-turret on the south side, with bell openings and an embattled parapet.
The 12c red sandstone Norman font is intricately carved with frieze crosses, Saltire and two elongated dragons. The font cover, much restored, dates from 17c . www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/pRT0h47m28
The poet Robert Herrick 1591 - 1674 was vicar here from 1629-1647 when he was evicted during the Cromwellian period, returning after the Restoration of the monarchy in 1662 to the end of his life. In those days the parish population was about 400 people - now the population has reduced to approx 160.
Robert Herrick composed the epitaph to his patron Sir Edward Giles 1637, lord of the manor, and his wife Mary Northcote who kneel with their son on the south nave wall. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/7hxf22E34r
The great yew tree in the churchyard was planted in 1780.
The lych gate was built last century www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/28v4i8082n and replaced the church house and almshouses.
The village surrounding the church, once included a school, and many cottages, flic.kr/p/2q4KVHB these were all pulled down to build the new A38 Devon Expressway, between Exeter and Plymouth. . leaving the church lying directly to the left of the main road, flic.kr/p/2q4KEhR
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 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/E1u57FT4Co The late 19c / early 20c furnishings include:- painted wooden reredos and wainscoting in chancel, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/8aVTN26byc carved choir stall ends and octagonal pulpit.
Herrick is buried in an unmarked grave in the churchyard but is now remembered with a wall memorial and glass in the east chancel window
Ruth Sharville CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/4201414
I was working near Tavistock yesterday, and as I was about to start packing stuff into the car I spotted this beautiful winter sunset on Dartmoor.
15c South porch heavily rebuilt. Round-headed arch with hood mould supported on piers with capitals carved with hunting scene to left and leaf and shield decorations to right inscribed IS DS 1692
- Church of St John the Baptist , East Down / Eastdown Devon
© Copyright Maigheach-gheal CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/729384
Church of St Mary, Brixton Devon
In 1086, the year of the Domesday Survey Brixton and its surrounding area was under the parochial charge of the priests of St. Mary & St. Paul at Plympton, a preconquest Saxon Chapel and College, which had a Dean or Provost and other priests and was a Royal foundation. At that time, It is likely that Mass would have been said in the village around a granite cross, or, possibly a domestic chapel of the Norman family of de Britrickstone, from whom the village derives its name. (. This manor was successively held by the Reynald, Hareston, Silverlock, and Wood families; the latter of whom lived for many generations in the old mansion, which was built in the reign of Henry VII., and was partly destroyed by fire in the last century).
In 1121 Plympton ceased to be a college and William, Bishop of Exeter, established an Augustinian Priory in its stead. This Priory was the Mother Church of Brixton, and the spiritual needs of the village the responsibility of the Prior, and through him, his visiting priests. As a dependent chapelry Brixton probably, then, justified a small building thought to have been on the site of the present chancel .
The present building dates from the second half of the 15c It is perpendicular in style and typical of many similar West Country churches which were rebuilt or enlarged about that time. However it was not advanced to the full position of a Parochial Church with burial rights, until 18th April 1477, so before this the villagers were obliged to carry their dead to Plympton for burial.
Sadly dilapidations, the interior "glaring with whitewash" , .and subsequent restorations in 1887 and 1894, the latter by Charles King of Plymouth, have destroyed many early features of great beauty and interest, including woodwork & glass. - 16c stained armorial glass, mediaeval roof bosses, bench ends and the rood screen.
There are 2 chapels - : the Hareston to the north east & the Spriddleston to the south east - associated, with the Wood and Fortescue families who owned these Domesday Manors for very many generations. Spriddleston no longer exists, but Hareston still survives
An original squint from the north east chapel with a view to the chancel altar still remains, the one from the south east is a modern insertion.
There is a late 15c window in the modern vestry which originally came from the Fortescue manor of Spriddlestone.
Many of the memorials are to members of the Lane family of Cofflett (Cofflete), within the parish. The Rev Richard Lane 1868 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/yS53p55633 was Vicar for 60 years wrote a scholarly history of the district which is still preserved in the parish records.
In the Hareston chapel there are memorials to the 17c & 18c Wood family
There are 5 bells all dated 1737. inscribed: "When you ring us sweetly sing'.; 'Prosperity to the Church of England'.; 'Unto the Church the living call. Unto the grave I summon all.'; 'We were all cast at Gloucester by Abel Rudhall.'; & 'Robert Avent - Church Warden'
A 6th (treble) bell was added in 1934 - they are all rung regularly.
The registers date from 1668 - sadly previous ones were probably destroyed when the church is thought to have been used by the victorious Roundhead forces as a stable after the battle of Modbury in 1642,
The church now has a flexible community space at the west end for use of the congregation and the wider community. Recent projects have been the installation of an accessible toilet and kitchenette. "The lighting was the latest phase of works to provide a building for the 21st century, the old lighting system was past its sell by date and certainly in need of replacement. Latest generation LED units now make the church appear much more vibrant and the greater level of switching and dimming flexibility allows the right amount of light to be provided for what ever the occasion may be".
The original churchyard has been extended many times. Beyond the eastern extremity of the churchyard is the Park which is part of the Brixton Feoffee Trust dating from 1483. In addition is a row of trees first planted in 1677 by Edward Fortescue of Spriddlestone, to be felled for the relief of the poor.
The benefice is endowed with a farm at Modbury, purchased with £400 left by Elize Hele in 1658. The parish had 3 tenements, occupied rent free by poor people; and 10 cottages with gardens bought in 1594 and 1596. The clear yearly income, c £30 was distributed in clothing among the poor at Christmas.
www.brixtondevon.co.uk/history_gallery.php
Hans Goeckner www.google.co.uk/search?q=brixton+church+devon&source...
In the Blue & Silver livery, Devon General 768 (C227 XRU) waits in the High Street for a trip to Rifford Road on Service S.
A Robih Hood converted Ford Transit which looked like the rest of the blue fleet, this one was unusual in that it was diverted from Hampshire Bus before entering service.
A rear view of Devon General Ford Transit 767 (C767 FFJ). This Carlyle conversion was numerically the highest in the Green and Gold unit fleet.
I bet the VW Beetle alongside would be worth a lot today!
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Bampton Devon consisting of a west tower, nave, chancel, 5-bay north aisle, north-east vestry & south porch, stands surrounded by 500 year old yew trees in a unique circular churchyard , which could indicate a pre-Christian site.
The town is situated on a ford in the river that is crossed by north-south and east-west routes and the packhorse way to Exeter. There is evidence of Roman and Saxon remains and it is mentioned in the Doomsday Book.
Of the first wooden Norman Castle built in 1067, the motte is still evident. It is probably on the site of an earlier Saxon mound, burned down along with the town in 1136 during a siege by King Stephen A stone castle replaced it c 1250, but by 1550 it had been abandoned & according to local legend, it fell down in 1607
A Norman stone church built at the same time probably replaced a wooden Saxon one.
The earliest part of the present church is the 13c tower with a north-east projecting stair turret & 14c west window, which has a clock with musical chimes flic.kr/p/oFJjhq and 6 bells:
The roof was raised and the church rebuilt in the 14c with the north aisle added c1450, new chancel arch, rood screen, 2-centred tower arch, with 15c wagon roofs to nave and aisle with moulded ribs and carved bosses with Bourchier emblems & a greenman flic.kr/p/9yfYRj . This was paid for by the Bourchier lords of the manor who had 3 generations buried under table tombs in the chancel starting with William Bourchier 1470 & wife Thomasine Hankford 1453; son Fulk Bourchier, 2nd Baron Fitzwarin 1479, and grandson John Bourchier 1st Earl of Bath 1539.
(The Swan Inn nearby was also built at this time to give refreshment and accommodation to the masons working on the church www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/7NrdjLq46r )
Sadly all that is left of their tombs are the sides & ends stuck onto the chancel walls www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/c8Veg88YT1
Some ancient stained glass placed by John 2nd Earl of Bath in 1540 survives as a memorial to the fallen of the Great War. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/jfM87M5458
On the side of the church is a sundial dated 1558 – one of the oldest in the country. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/8j8213p03x
By 1870 the building was in a dilapidated condition, and a series of restorations 1872-98 took place with new windows and Perkins HPHW heating system heating pipes - The 1913 organ now hides the burial crypt
The chancel had a 18c pedimented timber reredos in the Roman style which originally incorporated an oil painting, now in the tower. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/655jqQN261
The 15c octagonal font survives, but possibly has been partly recut. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/ur3q8nX497
There is a wall tablet in the chancel to John Tristram 1732 with a cartouche surround. flic.kr/p/9yd2nx
A memorial plaque fixed to the external wall of the tower in memory of the clerk's son has the unusual inscription :
"Bless my eyes...., Here he lies
In a sad pickle, killed by Icicle, In the year 1776". www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/71kwdE9g78
Originally a wool town, Bampton became an important leather-work area, having 4 master cordwainers at one time. The tanneries, of course, made Bampton a very smelly place! But this all came to an abrupt end in 1884 when the railway arrived and cattle could be distributed to other areas of the country.
Quarrying now became the major industry , the stone used mainly for building roads and railways, until 1963 when the railway closed.
Now in its 760th year, Bampton has the oldest running fair in the country starting when the town was granted a charter by Henry lll in 1258. Known then as St Luke’s Fair for selling wool & sheep, it has always been held on the last Thursday in October..
Picture with thanks - copyright Victoria Binning www.google.co.uk/search?q=bampton+st+michael+church+font+...