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Just delivered to Brixham from the paintshop at Torquay is this Devon General Leyland National 2863 (VOD 603S).
Painted with a unibus advert for Brixham Garage, it is waiting to be changed over with the National working route 117.
Church of St. Thomas à Becket. Dodbrooke Devon,
The village of Dodbrooke could have derived its name from a Saxon thane called Dodda. Under Saxon law, no man could hold this office unless there was a place of worship on his land. This did not need to be a church: it was sometimes a wayside cross round which Christians gathered. The base of Dodbrooke's ancient wayside cross still exists, forming the base of the war memorial on the right of the church gateway.
If there was a Saxon church on this site, no trace of it remains.
The present building ,constructed of rubble stone with ashlar dressings under slate roofs, was built in the 15c, replacing an earlier Norman church.
There is reason to believe that this earlier church dedicated to Thomas A Becket, martyred in 1170, was built by one of his murderers William de Tracy, who owned land stretching from about a mile up the Totnes road to a little south of where the present church stands. Certainly the surviving Norman font is of this date www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/z53601S7GB
The present church is Perpendicular in style, and consists of a chancel, nave, north and south aisles, and embattled west tower with six bells. The 14c tower was once topped by a spire, but this was removed in 1785.
The nave and south aisle date from c 1450 although the pillars and window tracery are simpler than some elsewhere because of the hardness of the granite from which they are carved. Each pillar in the southern arcade is a monolith and is said to have been brought from Hay Tor on Dartmoor.
The capitals of the pillars in the chancel are more ornate than those in the nave, and may be later, but their remarkable decoration reminds us that splendour increases as one approaches the altar. One of these capitals shows the Lacy Knot, the token of Bishop Lacy of Exeter who died in 1455, and thus gives a clue to the date of this part of the church. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/6115qKSk69
The north aisle was once owned & maintained by the Champernownes of Dartington who were Lords of the Manor for many years. In the 17c the family allowed the aisle to fall into disrepair and eventually it had to be pulled down. The rest of the building was however well restored .
in 1886 / 1887 the people of Dodbrooke seized the opportunity to rebuild the north aisle and luckily for them, the church of South Huish, near Malborough, had fallen into disuse and ruin and its pillars and arches were brought here to form the northern arcade. Although it fits in well, one can see that this arcade is different from that in the south. At about the same time the west window was brought from South Pool. The chancel was also rebuilt The ceiling of the south aisle was taken down at the same time, exposing the oak roof, which has some fine carving and bosses.
The 15c porch probably replaced one from the earlier church. The inner doorway is earlier, and may be that of the original. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/6DggxL9Xac
The late 15c / early 16c rood screen survives though partly destroyed in 16c , the central portion having been restored in 1897 by Harry Hems with the addition of a finely carved oak cornice, and a cross between angels over the central doorway. At the same time the north aisle portion was added. The cornice was copied from that in Combe-in-Teignhead church, and the angels from two on the reredos of St. Alban's Cathedral On the shields on the screens are recorded the names of all the incumbents of the parish from 1327 to modern times. . The groining is gone. There are paintings of saints on the lower panels, these have been repainted, but some of them are copies of the old. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/s6wp1873wt
An organ was built in 1874 at a cost of £210, defrayed by subscription, &c.
A window in the aisle is filled with stained glass, representing the Adoration of the Magi, in memory of two members of the Pearse family; the north-west window is in memory of the Harris and Phillipps families.
The registers date: baptisms, 1725; marriages, 1727; burials,
1727.
The poor have £265. a year from Sir J. Acland's charity, and 20s. left by John Peter, out of the tithes of Cornworthy. The parish lands vested in 1640, for the reparation of the church, &c., comprise twelve tenements.
Picture by kind permission - copyright Tim Jenkinson flic.kr/p/pEKVrb
Church of St Andrew, Halberton Devon is located near the centre of the village which derives its name from a Saxon chief Haligbeort and ‘tun’, a farm settlement. It was once important enough to be a Hundred, an administrative division of a shire. which included the parishes of Halberton, Sampford Peverell and Willand, as well as parts of Uplowman and Burlescombe. Many of the farms date back to Doomsday or shortly after and Halberton is still largely a farming community. The village is divided into 2 parts, Higher Town and Lower Town, separated by the mill stream and pond which is fed by warm springs and never freezes. The Great Western railway once had a branch line running through Halberton to Tiverton, but this has now gone.
c1160 William FitzRobert gave the Saxon church and land to the monks of the order of St Augustine in Bristol
In 1259 a vicarage was endowed and a vicar appointed, separating the monks from the clergy
The all battlemented present church dating from the 14c is thought to have been constructed on the site of this earlier Saxon building from which the 1180 Norman font survives . There is much external carving devonchurchland.co.uk/galleries/halberton-church-of-st-an... devonchurchland.co.uk/galleries/halberton-church-of-st-an... devonchurchland.co.uk/galleries/halberton-church-of-st-an... In the same year the monks Priory college of St Judes was built in the High Street .
The church now comprises a two stage west tower with stair turret, nave, north and south aisles, north vestry set transeptally, chancel and sanctuary and retains its 1429 screen www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/0ux36b3050 & 1420 pulpit www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/00Hu39501U
In 1539 the last 2 monks left the priory following Henry VIII’s dissolution of the monasteries. Their land which passed to Bristol Cathedral became known as Halberton Dean (now ‘Lower Town’) and the Priory House in the High Street became a dwelling with new sandstone chimney stack www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/11zojy0N1W
In 1553 there were 5 bells in the tower - there are now 6 - the latest dated 1841 is by Thomas Meers Founders
In 1576 there is mention of an organ (the present one was dedicated in 1929) & the first tower clock was placed in 1589 (replaced later by 3 large clocks to the south, west, and east, one dated 1861 ).
During the Civil War 1642 - 1651 soldiers camped in the churchyard and unnamed soldiers are buried here as is the Roundhead Commander Colonel John Were who died in 1658
Alterations continued in the 15c and the two storey vestry was added in 16c
The church was extensively restored and partially rebuilt in 1847-8 by John Hayward when the churchyard was enclosed. The chancel was restored in 1887. Restorations followed in 1893, 1899 & 1904
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Newly repainted Devon General 938 (VDV 138S), a warship class convertible open top VRT "Warspite" is seen at Torquay Depot prior to leaving for one of the Western National Laira depot open days.
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, 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
Julia&Keld www.findagrave.com/cemetery/2368069/st-george-the-martyr-...
Church of St John the Baptist, Hawkchurch Devon built mostly of local Greensand chert rubble with later Victorian dressings of ginger-coloured shelly limestone with dark brown streaks, quarried at Ham Hill in Somerset.
The original name of the village was 'Hafoc’schurch' /
"Avekchurche" indicating the presence of a building in Saxon times which sadly does not survive.
The first recorded rector is 1295 when the church belonged to Cerne Abbey in the hundred of Whitchurch
The earliest visible component when the building comprised a nave & chancel only is the two centred chancel arch sitting on 12c responds, one with plainer scalloped cushion capital (south), www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/224714Ns66 the other with interlacing and fighting dragons at the base. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/L6y6kXJ1Z6
In the mid 12c the north aisle & arcade was added. The rebuilding of the south side with an aisle and arcade in the early English style came later c 1200
The 12c north arcade has wide double chamfered round arches, short round piers and square scalloped capitals. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/p9xe23sfKq The c1200 south arcade is much more ornate with fine leaf capitals with small figures. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/N9F774tN25 The eastern respond of the aisle has a more religious theme www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/5p374tTj80
The four stage tower was rebuilt in early 16c . It has a polygonal stair turret on the north side www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Q0992T403z
The major reconstruction of the church in 1859-62 involved the rebuilding of the choir and external walls of the aisles - The insertion of a taller clerestory in the nave allowed in more light and a new hammerbeam roofs were placed retaining the original external corbels which were reset www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/h6991vJV7H . The south porch was rebuilt, its south doorway still retains its early 13c shafts with leaf capitals www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/72Xf7D26u9 - all overseen by architect John Hicks of Dorchester & financed by the Rev. Edward Cay Adams who made sure all of the Norman work was saved. The writer Thomas Hardy was an apprentice here at this time.
In 1963 the east end of the south aisle was furnished and equipped "as a Lady Chapel in memory of the Briscoe family, descendants of the Revs Edward Cay Adams, priest, rector 1853 - 1873 & son William Pigott Cay Adams, priest, rector 1873 - 1878
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872ATA was Devon General's first Leyland Atlantean, and is seen here at it's first public event since restoration by Stagecoach Devon.
Pilot boat leaving Teignmouth to guide a cargo ship in, shot from the balcony of our holiday home, Sandpiper on Horse Lane, Shaldon.
Seen at the 2012 Torbay Running Day is Mercedes 709\Marshall M245UTM, one of a batch of buses bought to replace ford transits on Exeter City services. It is the last Devon General vehicle to be disposed of by Stagecoach, spending it's latter years as a staff shuttle bus.
Part of the gatehouse ruins of the castle
The castle plan is typical of small late medieval castles: a rectangular site with high round corner towers and central interval towers, connected by a high curtain wall; all topped with crenellations. Most buildings were of chert, a local flint stone. The exterior was rendered and lime-washed white.
The castle was in use from 1380 until the 1660s. According to local tradition, Hemyock Castle was slighted – ie. partly demolished – soon after the restoration of King Charles II, because during the civil war, it had been held for Parliament against his father King Charles I.
Today, substantial fragments remain of the massive gate house, several towers, walls, and part of the moat. The manor house is a private house. Several of the historic surrounding buildings have been converted into comfortable cottages which are available on long lets.
Originally, this was possibly a Roman, a Romano-British farm, or a Roman stronghold. But there has not yet been a proper excavation. Much has yet to be discovered. As so often, there are legends of secret passages and buried treasure.
General Simcoe suggested that the ground plan of the site was similar to that of Roman strongholds (He mentioned the citadel at Cairo). He believed that it may have been built to protect Roman iron smelting at the nearby iron pits. Scoria and cinders from iron smelting are found on the site.
Most likely, the site first had a wooden stockade and probably a wooden defensive tower. It may also have had a ditch or moat. Later, the wooden tower was replaced by a stone tower. Subsequently, a hall was added on the north side of the tower, probably with other outbuildings. In 1380, the site was "crenellated" – converted into a castle.
During the 1100s the Norman Hidon family built a fortified manor house. Later, the Dynhams (originally from Brittany) married into the family.
On 5th November 1380, King Richard II granted Sir William and Lady Asthorpe (née Dynham) licence to crenellate their fortified manor house.
The plan of the castle has similarities with Bodiam Castle, built some 5 years later in Sussex.
Two towers at the front, about 13 metres (40 feet) high, protected the entrance gate house. The portcullis and the drawbridge over the moat were operated from here.
The curtain walls, about 7 metres (20 feet) high, were pierced by putlog holes through which wooden beams projected to support the roofed wooden fighting galleries (hourds). From the safety of these, defenders could fire arrows and missiles, or pour noxious liquids onto any attackers who crossed the moat.
By the 1600s, Hemyock castle and most of Hemyock belonged to Sir John Popham, flic.kr/p/ueyEnv who as Lord Chief Justice, sentenced Sir Walter Raleigh, Mary Queen of Scots, and Guy Fawkes to death. (The original licence to crenellate Hemyock Castle had been granted on 5th November 1380!) According to local legend, Sir John is reputed to have been rewarded for his controversial life by being thrown from his horse into Popham's Pit, a deep local bog, dying horribly, and descending to Hell.
During the Civil War (mid 1600s) the castle was still owned by the Popham family. It was garrisoned for Parliament, used as a strong point, as a base for collecting the taxes to pay Parliamentary forces, and to imprison Royalists. Eventually, after a short brutal siege in 1643/4, it was captured by the Royalists. 200 prisoners were released. Three of the garrison were hanged immediately, and the remainder marched off to prison in Exeter. Not long afterwards, it was recaptured and held for Parliament until the Restoration in 1660, when King Charles II ordered that it be slighted – ie. partly demolished – to destroy its military value.
From then, the manor house became a farm, and the castle was used as a stone quarry for local buildings. General John Graves Simcoe bought Hemyock Castle in the 1790s following his distinguished career in the New World. One of his first acts as the first Lt. Governor of Upper Canada (Ontario) had been to abolish slavery in that province, subsequently allowing some 40,000 slaves escaping America to gain their freedom in Canada. At Hemyock, he had visions of restoring the Castle to its former glory. But he died prematurely, before being able to do this, so the remains of Hemyock Castle date mostly from the original 1380 castle.
The house was sold in the early 1970s, without the farm land and in serious need of repair. Work continues to discover the history, and to stabilise the castle remains.
www.hemyockcastle.uk/history.html
Don Cload CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1491334
People have been asking me a lot how well does Devon pose and the answer is superbly. Thanks to her double jointed knees and elbows, she can even sit in seiza. I have wired her legs so she can hold a pose better and stand unsupported. She could stand without a stand before too, but the knees had some side movement and I am so use to wired BJDs that I wanted to wire her too.
Plymouth is a port city and unitary authority in South West England. It is located on the south coast of Devon, approximately 36 miles (58 km) south-west of Exeter and 193 miles (311 km) south-west of London. It is bordered by Cornwall to the west and south-west.
Plymouth's early history extends to the Bronze Age when a first settlement emerged at Mount Batten. This settlement continued as a trading post for the Roman Empire, until it was surpassed by the more prosperous village of Sutton founded in the ninth century, now called Plymouth. In 1620, the Pilgrim Fathers departed Plymouth for the New World and established Plymouth Colony, the second English settlement in what is now the United States of America. During the English Civil War, the town was held by the Parliamentarians and was besieged between 1642 and 1646.
Throughout the Industrial Revolution, Plymouth grew as a commercial shipping port, handling imports and passengers from the Americas, and exporting local minerals (tin, copper, lime, china clay and arsenic). The neighbouring town of Devonport became strategically important to the Royal Navy for its shipyards and dockyards. In 1914, three neighbouring independent towns, viz. the county borough of Plymouth, the County Borough of Devonport, and the urban district of East Stonehouse were merged, becoming the County Borough of Plymouth. In 1928, it achieved city status. During World War II, due to the city's naval importance, the German military targeted and partially destroyed the city by bombing, an act known as the Plymouth Blitz. After the war, the city centre was completely rebuilt. Subsequent expansion led to the incorporation of Plympton, Plymstock, and other outlying suburbs, in 1967.
The city is home to 262,100 (mid-2019 est.) people, making it the 30th-most populous built-up area in the United Kingdom and the second-largest city in the South West, after Bristol. It is governed locally by Plymouth City Council and is represented nationally by two MPs. Plymouth's economy remains strongly influenced by shipbuilding and seafaring but has tended toward a service economy since the 1990s. It has ferry links to Brittany (Roscoff and St Malo) and to Spain (Santander). It has the largest operational naval base in Western Europe, HMNB Devonport, and is home to the University of Plymouth. Plymouth is categorized as a Small-Port City using the Southampton System for port-city classification.
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Former Devon General 1978 built Bristol VR VDV123S (584) is seen at the Red Funnel terminal in Southampton, waiting for it's passage over to Cowes to participate in the Isle of Wight Classic Buses Beer & Walks Weekend, where it could be found operating on route T Newport Quay to Alum Bay/Yarmouth.
11th October 2019
Not required for Sunday Service.
Parked in Torquay depot is Devon General 618 (UTO 834S), new to Northern General as their 3343 with a Leyland 501 engine. It had been Gardnerised (it that a word?) by the time the photo was taken.
Alexander Dennis Enviro 200 - ADL Enviro 200 B38F
New to this Operator during July-2008 .
139 is heading for Beacon Park and Ham , working on Route 35A.
Royal Parade , Plymouth , Devon .
Tuesday morning 19th-October-2021