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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
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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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]
Church of St Michael, Chagford Devon
The area has been inhabited since at least 2000 BC, but the town really grew in size and importance during medieval times, at first due to the wool trade and later as a centre of tin mining which was recognised in 1305 when it became one of 4 stannary towns where the metal was brought to be weighed, graded, and traded.
The church roof has carved wooden bosses, including one showing the Tinners' three rabbits symbol with 2 ears each yet only 3 ears between them. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/AZ892v44L4
The manor of Chagford belonged, in the 13c reign of Henry III., to Sir Hugh de Chagford. Simon de Wibbery succeeded the grandson of Sir Hugh and the Wibberys were here for seven generations after which it passed, by successive female heirs, to Gorges, Bonville, and Coplestones. Sir John Whyddon, one of the justices of the King's Bench, purchased it of the latter in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, his family holding it for several generations and many are buried in the church. Their family home was 16c Whiddon House, now the Three Crowns Hotel. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/22Wf80Ma7x In 1641 Mary Whiddon ,https://www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/8393JtkMBd was shot dead by a jealous former suiter while leaving the church on her wedding day. Modern brides still lay a flower on her tomb after signing the church register Mary's tragic death is said to have inspired RD Blackmore's fictional account of Lorna Doone, shot - but not killed - by Carver Doone through the church window on her wedding day.
On the north wall of the chancel is an elaborate tomb of Mary's great grandfather Sir John Whiddon 1575 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/p0HDGxw230 a judge of the King's Bench who broke with the tradition kept by the likes of Cardinal Wolsey and was the first judge to ride to Westminster Hall on a horse rather than the traditional donkey
The present church is a 15c rebuilding of one dedicated by Bishop Branscombe of Exeter in 1261.
It consists of a chancel, nave with three aisles and a crossing. The tower is 15c and has a surviving 13c window from the earlier church.
Above the south door is a painted royal coat of arms to "George llll" www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/9w8Wu45Dva with nearby a benefaction board of "Bonamus bread" to the poor every Good Friday www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/yDu948xNx8
Major renovation took place c 1888 by architect R Pearson, Later in the 20c Herbert Read of Exeter designed much of the handsome woodcarving in the nave, the oak pews, the pulpit and the great chancel screen that divides the nave from the chancel and sanctuary which was built in 1925-27 in memory of Noel Hayter-Hames
The Prince's manor is In this parish, which belongs to the duchy of Cornwall;
Picture with thanks - copyright t Derek Harper CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/716545
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
Devon House Heritage Site, one of Jamaica’s leading national monuments and a symbol of the cultural diversity, which makes this island a unique choice for thousands of visitors. This 127 year old site located in the heart of metropolis Kingston, Jamaica’s capital,
The statue of William, Prince of Orange, commemorates his landing in Brixham on 5th November 1688 at the head of a mercenary army. William of Orange was a prominent Dutch leader and Protestant, who had been encouraged to invade England and overthrow the Catholic King James II. In the event his coup, often referred to as 'The Glorious Revolution', was successful and largely bloodless; many Englishmen, not wishing to see the re-establishment of a Catholic royal dynasty in England, supported him and a number of prominent English noblemen defected to his side. The King chose not to fight and was allowed to escape into exile in France.
In 1689 the English parliament formally offered the crown jointly to William and his English wife Mary, the eldest daughter of the exiled King - the only time that a royal couple have ruled England as equals rather than the marital partner being a consort, and the last occasion on which an invader was crowned. William of Orange therefore also became King William III of England and William II of Scotland. After Mary's death in 1694 he ruled alone until his own death in 1702, when he was succeeded by Anne, Mary's sister (neither William nor Mary had heirs).
There is an inscription on the side in Dutch - 'Engelands vrijheid door oranje hersteld' - England's freedom restored by [the house of] Orange. Many of the mercenaries who came over with William were Dutch and several remained and settled in Brixham, marrying local women; Dutch surnames are still common in the town.
How on earth did that Next building get planning permission? It is completely out of place in Exeter's mostly immediate-post-war High Street and isn't an improvement on the Co-op building that had stood on that site before, although I expect that Next would disagree! Anyway the bus is Stagecoach Devon 16604 (R904 JDV) a 1998 Alexander bodied Volvo Olympian and one of three new to Devon General for service 373 which had been won on tender from North Devon Red Bus and were the first deckers bought new by DG for fourteen years, DG having recently been acquired by Stagecoach. No further new deckers arrived for another five years (plenty of second-hand ones, though), by which time Stagecoach was buying Dennises and the Olympian had been discontinued.
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.