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Monument erected c1630 by Sir Simon Leach 1567-1637 & 2nd wife Katherine Turberville - His children kneel below except for his heir Walter who kneels behind opposite his wife Sarah Napier - From Sir Simon Leach's will it appears he erected this monument in memory of his second wife Katherine who had predeceased him. He appointed one of his sons, Nicholas, and A.Y. . . to be his executors. The will was proved on April 8th 1637, and in 1651 administration was granted to his grandson, Simon Leach.
Children of his 1st and 2nd marriages kneel below - his heir Walter kneels above - Monument erected c1630 by Sir Simon Leach 1567-1637 after the death of his 2nd wife Katherine Turberville - His children kneel below except for his heir Walter who kneels behind opposite his wife Sarah Napier
"Here lye the bodyes of Sr. Simon Leach Knight, Son of Symon Leach of Credition Blacksmith And of ye lady Catherine Leach his wife, Daughter of Nicholas Turbeville of Credition, Esq Whose true affection in Religious wedlock caused there desire to make there bed together in the dust".
"Bowed down by the fate of my wife I am going to her tomb, her partner in life, in death I will be her comrade"."L'o a third generation follows yet second was he to non distinguished for his discretion distinguished also for his talent."
Simon was the son of Walter Leach a blacksmith of Crediton by Elizabeth daughter of John Rowe of Crediton
He was Sheriff of Devon in 1625 and knighted at Ford Abbey, Axminster the same year - he died "deeply regretted June 29th AD 1660"
He m1 Elizabeth, daughter of Walter Burrough of Exeter
Children
1. "Sir Walter Leach 1636 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/K985G4 Soldier Son and Heir of Simon Leach Soldier.predeceased him" "Stay dear Father my sands have run now quickly in order that I may be able to be the bearer of your prayers." He m Sarah www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/5h4t70 daughter of Sir Robert Napier, 1st Bart of Luton Hoo by Mary daughter of John Robinson. Their son Simon became heir to his grandfather.
2. Simon died young
He m2 Katherine daughter of Nicholas Turberville of Crediton
Children - 3 sons and 4 daughters
1. NIcholas of Newton St Petrock m Grace daughter of Roger Mallock and Anne daughter of Simon Snow of Exeter
2. George m1 Margaret .... m2 Bevill Prideaux
3. Simon dsp 1637
1. Katherine 1666 m1 Thomas Giffard of Halsbury m2 Robert Burrington of West Sandford
2. Elizabeth m John Cowling rector of Cadeleigh
3. Rebecah m John Davie
4. Anne m John Martin of Middle Temple
Sir Simon was succeeded by his grandson "Simon Leach son and heir of Walter Leach a zealous supporter of King Charles ii. when in exile, died deeply regretted June 25th A.D. 1660".
Simon then aged 5 later m Bridget daughter of Sir Bevil Grenville of Kilkhampton www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/aYr6Na en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bevil_Grenville#mediaviewer/File:Be... killed whilst commanding the royalist side at the battler of Lansdowne in 1643. He died aged 28, leaving 2 children, his heir "Sir Simon Leach Knight of the Bath son of Simon Leach Esq.1708" and a daughter, Bridget Berners 1708 at Wiggenhill St Mary flic.kr/p/21Jf8Fs - His widow Bridget Grenville www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/1K5d5K m2 Sir Thomas Higgons,
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- Church of St Bartholomew, Cadeleigh Devon
Returning to Newton Abbot from Chudleigh on route 183 is a rather grubby Bristol LH of Devon General.
7ft 6in wide Plaxton bodied 3321 (AFJ 741T) travels along Kingsteignton Road, Newton Abbot.
Church of St Mary & Holy Trinity, Buckland Filleigh in Devon lies at the end of narrow lanes, and is sited within the grounds of the manor house
It consists of a nave, chancel, north aisle, three stage west tower and south porch.
Almost completely rebuilt in the 14c - the north aisle and south porch were added in late 15c & early 16c . It replaced a Norman church from which the south doorway survives
Old carved bench ends have emblems of the Passion, the Keys of St Peter and a coat of arms . The pulpit also appears to be made up of old carved bench ends. The simple late medieval octagonal font is of Caen stone.
Substantially restored & refurbished in 1876 & 1887 for Thomas Fortescue, Lord Clermont & Chichester Fortescue, Lord Carlingford
Late 19c / early 20c the lean to vestry was built against the north side of the tower
Mentioned as " Bocheland" in the 1086 Domesday Survey, the manor was the 13th of the 99 holdings of Geoffrey de Montbray, Bishop of Coutances. His tenant was Drogo, who held several other manors from him. Previously It had been held by the Saxon Wulfeva.
The manor became the inheritance of the de Filleigh family of Filleigh North Devon, - On default of their male heirs, it went by marriage to the Denzell family of St Mawgan Cornwall.
In 1454 Sir Martin Fortescue 1472, second son of Chief Justice Sir John Fortescue 1479 married the Denzell heiress Elizabeth
Mid 18c it went by marriage to the Spooners - then back to the Fortescues on default of a Spooner male heir - John Fortescue died unmarried in 1776 and it then went by the marriage of his sister Rebecca to the Ingletts who took the name Fortescue,
Derek Harper CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3137925
Grimspound, Devon 2011
Grimspound is a late Bronze Age settlement, situated on Dartmoor in Devon, England. It consists of a set of 24 hut circles surrounded by a low stone wall. The name was first recorded by the Reverend Richard Polwhele in 1797; it was probably derived from the Anglo-Saxon god of war, Grim (more commonly known as Woden, or Odin).
In 1893 an archaeological dig was carried out by the Dartmoor Exploration Committee, which recorded many details of Grimspound as well as, controversially, making a reconstruction of the site.
Contents
1History
1.1Early descriptions
1.2Excavation
2Location
3Description
3.1The hut circles
3.2Other objects
4References
5External links
History
The site was first settled in about 1300 BC. The 24 hut circles are surrounded by a massive granite perimeter wall, which may have stood at 1.7 metres in places. The roundhouses, with an average diameter of 3.4 metres, were each built of a double ring of granite slabs with a rubble infill, a technique still used in dry-stone walling. Hut 3 has a surviving porchway, with the two jamb stones still upright, although the lintel has fallen.
There is evidence of human activity: artefacts include pottery, scrapers and pot boilers. Organic remains such as wood and textiles have not survived owing to the acid nature of the soil.
Early descriptions
The name Grimspound was first recorded by the Reverend Polwhele in his History of Devon of 1797. He called it "The seat of judicature" for the River Dart area, and also surmised that it was "one of the principal temples of the Druids. Other ideas about Grimspound include supposed uses as an Iron Age fort, an encampment for tin miners and even a Phoenician settlement.[1]
Grimspound was first mapped by A. C. Shillibear in 1829. An 1855 plan by Nick Whitely shows hut circles outlying the perimeter wall, unrecorded elsewhere.
Excavation
In 1893 the Dartmoor Exploration Committee began a dig at the site.[2] The dig, one of whose members was the Reverend Sabine Baring-Gould, reconstructed some of the site, a move criticised by some of the Committee at the time and also by later researchers, including R. Hansford Worth.[3]
Location
Grimspound is located in the valley between Hameldown Tor and Hookney Tor, at 450 metres above sea level. The nearest village, Widecombe-in-the-Moor, is a few miles to the south.
Description
Eastern end of Grimspound
Grimspound's outer wall
The site is enclosed by a stone wall, interrupted by a large, paved entrance facing south, uphill towards Hameldown. The wall would have been substantial – in some places its ruins are more than 15 feet (4.5 m) in thickness. However, the site is of limited value from a defensive point of view, so the assumption is that the wall was to keep livestock in, and predators out. It is possible that it was topped by a hedge or fence.[4] On the northern edge of the site is the start of the West Webburn, which was the main water source for the settlement.
Grimspound's southern entrance
The entrance is described as "the most imposing of all" by Jeremy Butler.[5] It is a paved and stepped corridor 5.5 metres long and almost 2 metres wide, with megaliths and other large stones forming the sides. Butler states that it was not designed to exclude livestock.
Excavations at other sites on Dartmoor have shown that such walls were probably built by small teams of men working simultaneously on a section each, as shown by differences in building style; some evidence of this is visible here.[3] However, these may simply be due to the reconstruction work by the 1894 excavation (see below).
The hut circles
One of Grimspound's hut circles
Twenty-four stone hut circles have been officially recorded here, although there are probably remains of more within the enclosure, which has an area of over 16,000 square metres (four acres). Many of these hut circles feature L-shaped porches. The doorways are paved with naturally flat stones, and all face both downhill and away from the prevailing wind.
The 1894 excavation reported that the huts nearest the entrance (save for Hut 12) were devoid of signs of human habitation, and were therefore used for livestock or storage, as was hut 2 at the opposite side of the compound.
The huts range between 9 and 15 feet (2.7–4.5 metres) in diameter, with walls about 3 feet (1 metre) thick, made of upright granite slabs packed with an infill of rubble and possibly peat. Excavations at sites such as Holne Moor have shown that such huts had an interior plank lining.[6]
The hearth was variously located at the centre of the hut, or opposite the door. Ash from the hearths was found to be from oak and willow twigs. A lack of log remains and the presence of peat ash shows that by the time of Grimspound's occupation, the local forests had been replaced by enough peat buildup for it to be cut for fuel. Cooking holes contained granite pot boilers, pieces of stone heated in the fire and dropped into pots of water sunk into the ground (the pottery of the time not being fireproof).[7]
One of Grimspound's hut circles
To the right of each hut entrance is a raised, level area, which the Committee called a "dais" and which was probably the sleeping area.
Four of the huts (3, 7, 17 and 18) contain raised or upright stones, described as "anvil" stones, the purpose of which is unknown.[8]
Unlike many similar sites on Dartmoor, there is no obviously larger hut that can be identified as a headman's dwelling, although the Committee did suggest that a pillar outside Hut 19 could have meant that the headman lived there.[9]
Other objects
The acidic soil of Dartmoor has destroyed nearly all organic material; it is therefore difficult to tell what Grimspound must have been like during its occupation. A flint arrowhead found nearby, and the lack of querns for grinding cereals, hint at some dependency on goods from outside the area (flint is not local to Dartmoor). The Exploration Committee also declared that the clay used in pottery fragments did not come from a local source.[10]
Last year Devon and I shot my most popular and arguably best photoshoot ever. The two pictures I posted of the 2009 yoga shoot are my two most popular photo's on flickr. This year we decided to have another go at it. Luckily the day before we shot this my new Canon 5d MKII body came in. I love it!
I've also tried to start a blog. I hate the design layouts they give you on Blogger and I'm trying to fix it, but give it some time to start looking good. You can find the rest of the pictures from this shoot on there.
You can also check out Devon's website at
Combeinteignhead is a village in Teignbridge, South Devon, England. It lies within the civil parish of Haccombe with Combe, between Newton Abbot and Shaldon, about half a mile (1 km) inland from the estuary of the River Teign.
Despite its locale closeness to the river, the name Combeinteignhead is not derived from it. In the Domesday Book the district contained thirteen manors which totalled an area of ten hides and the whole area was known as the "Ten Hide". This was later corrupted to Teignhead through the influence of the river name. The name of the nearby village of Stokeinteignhead has a similar derivation.
The village has two historic pubs: the Wild Goose Inn, originally called the Country House Inn, a 17th-century tavern in the centre of the village, and the Coombe Cellars Inn, right on the estuary of the River Teign. Coombe Cellars was an early base for the local fishing industry and was also used by smugglers.
Devon Row in downtown St. John's, Newfoundland. Built somewhere between 1850-1880, it's stone and brick construction helped it survive the Great Fire of 1892 that destroyed much of the city.
The building exhibits several early Second Empire design features, such as the mansard roof, hooded dormer windows on the top floor and bay windows below.
Took the dogs for a walk in the Devon countryside. So sunny to think it was the last day of November ...
Devon Energy Center is a 50-story corporate skyscraper in downtown Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and is tied as the 39th tallest building in the United States. Construction began October 6, 2009, and was completed in October 2012.[4] The tower is located next to the historic Colcord Hotel, which Devon currently owns, on Sheridan Avenue between Hudson and Robinson Avenues.
The office tower, a six-story rotunda and a six-story podium structure comprise more than 1,800,000 square feet (170,000 m2) and was initially estimated to cost $750 million;[4] however, the first formal appraisal of the tower and complex came in at only $707.9 million.[5] It serves as the northern anchor of Oklahoma City's aggressive Core to Shore downtown redevelopment project.[
Parked inside Newton Road depot at Torquay on a Sunday is Devon general 1806 (A682 KDV), an ECW bodied Leyland Olympian. At this time these buses were generally used on the X80 route between Torquay and Plymouth.
Now preserved by the Thames Valley & Great Western Omnibus Trust in its original Royal Blue livery, Devon General 3547 (FDV 803V) is seen here at Newton Abbot Bus Station wearing w version of NBC DP livery. A Plaxton Supreme bodied Leyland Leopard which have operated service X80
In 1989, Devon General's final four mark one Leyland Nationals were snapped up by United and in June I saw most of them in their new Teesside home. 2854 (MOD 851P) became 3622 and is seen here in Stockton.
Looking a little down at heel, but with newly repainted wheels though is Devon General 2407 (PDV 407M), a Plaxton bodied Bristol RELH.
This coach was later transferred to South Midland
Taken at Newton Road depot,Torquay.
Abbaye cistercienne fondée par Amicia, comtesse de Devon en 1273 après la mort de son époux Baldwin et de son fils.
Après la dissolution des monastères ordonnée par Henry VIII en 1539, elle fut vendu à Sir Richard Grenville.
Elle a été ensuite la propriété de Francis Drake qui s'y installe en 1582. Le dernier descendant de Drake à y habiter l'a quittée et l'a léguée au National Trust.