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More shots from Devon's senior shoot. I'm so excited to do 4873824578 more senior shoots this year. :)
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Nikon D90
18-105mm VR
Strobist: SB-900 w/ shoot through umbrella, camera left, triggered wirelessly
St Mary's, Kentisbeare, Devon
Grade I listed building.
Parish church.
Tower and chancel late C14 or early C15; the nave possibly
incorporates earlier work; south aisle added by John Whityng (died 1529); C19 vestry.
Materials: a great variety of different stone: Beer stone and a rare cinnamon-coloured red sandstone quarried near Cullompton are used to form a chequer pattern on the north side of the tower; otherwise mostly coursed or random rubble sandstone with some volcanic trap and Beer stone; C19 work in limestone, the vestry of flint.
Dry slate roofs.
Plan: West tower, nave, west porch, chancel, south aisle to both nave and chancel; vestry added at west end of south aisle.
Exterior: tall battlemented tower of 2 stages with plinth; the north side is the show front with battlemented polygonal stair turret and set-back buttresses decorated in a chequer pattern. 2-light belfry openings,
Perpendicular 3-light window and contemporary west doorway.
North side: the nave wall is the only part of the church that lacks a plinth, and the masonry is also laid differently. It is possibly earlier. 2 late C15 or early C16 3-light Perpendicular windows to nave.
C15 porch with wagon roof, with canopied niches above both inner and outer doorways, that to the former the more elaborate of the two.
Chancel with smaller Perpendicular windows then nave, much renewed.
South side with a good set of early C16 windows, that to the south aisle east, almost intact, the others restored.
Stair turret to rood loft and aisle roof.
Pretty late C19 vestry with its roof aligned north-south.
Interior: no chancel arch; 5 bay arcade. Crisp, high-quality foliated capitals - those to the west piers are of coarse workmanship and wavy mouldings to piers.
The pier flanking the Whityng chapel (south of the chancel) is adorned with his coat of arms and the symbols of his trade. Tower arch with panelled intrados.
Ceiled wagon roof throughout, all medieval, except above the Whytyng chapel which is C19.
South aisle embellished with shield-bearing angles at wall plate level.
Screen: 10-bay rood screen is one of the finest in the country, with flamboyant elements, and a great variety of design and detailing (each bay is different).
Bligh Bond considered it to be the prototype of the 'Exe
Valley' class of screens. It displays the arms of John Whityng.
Parclose, of 4 bays, to a different design, and less well preserved.
Font: hexagonal, stone, and probably C15.
Piscina: Whityng chapel, early C16. C16 panelling to east wall of Whytyng chapel, believed to have been brought here from Bradfield House.
C17 bellringing chamber floor.
Fine gallery (west end) dated 1632, with cornice and rail presumably added in the late C18 or early C19 when the gallery was re-seated.
Pulpit, apparently once dated 1736, and signed by Isaac Bonifant.
C18 charity boards. C19 nave benches and chancel stalls. Reredos of 1881.
Monuments: the most noteworthy are (in chronological order):
(1) Tomb chest of John Whityng in the Whityng chapel. Beer stone with polyplant slab. Brasses largely missing but illustrated in Hamilton Rogers, Sepulchral Effigies of Devonshire
(2) Tomb chest of Lady Buildford, pl. died 1558, also in the Whityng chapel. The memorial inscription brass set into the C16 panelling along the east wall.
(3) 2 wall monuments that commemorate charities (a) of William Evelyn, died 1671, north wall of nave and (b) Edmund Crosse (not dated, but C17), both stone with
architrave.
(4) Wall monument to Rev. J.W. Scott, died 1820, chancel south wall. A good cosmopolitan piece (not signed) commemorating Sir Walter Scott's nephew; Scott
penned the inscription which is placed on a scroll hanging over an obliquely-set sarcophagus, the whole revealed by a life-sized naked child. All marble.
Glass: medieval fragments in south aisle, east window. East window, and possibly the others in the chancel, by Clayton and Bell, 1882.
I took these photographs at ARM WARS 2011 at the Trafford Centre Manchester England were Devon Larratt retained his super weight championship of the world
One of the few surviving Devon General Omnibus & Touring Co bus garage is the one at Moretonhampstead.
After it closed it was used as a car repair garage for many years, ceasing earlier this year.
The building has since been converted to a motor museum and was opened to the public on June 29th 2013.
Church of St Andrew, Clyst Hydon, East Devon built c1470 , at that time dedicated to St Mary. An ancient cross stands near the south door.
The village is one of many with Clyst in their names which border onto the River Clyst as it travels towards the Exe estuary near Topsham ( “Clyst” is thought to be the Celtic word for a clear stream)
All renovated between 1885 - 86 with new north aisle added, chancel arch and east window rebuilt .
It now consists of an aisled nave , chancel , south porch and two stage west tower with set-back buttresses, north semi-hexagonal stair turret and embattled parapet with corner pinnacles.
The south porch is left of centre. again with set back-buttresses and an embattled parapet , its outer arch includes a carved angel holding armorial bearings at the apex. The roof is a Beerstone fan vault , its central carved boss carved with a Tudor Rose.
Outside the break between nave and chancel (or aisle and south chapel) is marked by a projecting semi- octagonal parapeted rood stair turret rises above the aisle parapet. Alongside to right is a small priest's doorway.
Inside the nave, north and south aisles, chancel and tower have ceiled wagon roofs with moulded ribs and purlins and carved oak painted bosses, possibly 15c except the north aisle and tower roofs which are 19c. The steps to the now lost Rood can still be seen .. The walls are plastered and the floor has stone flags including some 18c grave slabs. Most of the furniture and fittings are 19c .
The altar is flanked by Gothic style boards painted with the text of the Lords Prayer. The 19c oak altar rail is on wrought iron standards. The plain pine lectern is probably 20c
The Oak pulpit with octagonal drum in Gothic style was also placed in 19c and interestingly can only be entered through the squire's / Huish family) pew. The nave and aisles have oak box pews, the best made (or remade) with fielded panelling. There are 19c wrought iron lamp brackets.
The Beerstone font is also probably 19c, however its lid is 17c. (what happened to all the original furnishings !!! )
The chancel contains a good group of marble mural memorials mostly in memory of members of the Huish family. The south aisle has painted Commandment boards.
John P Reeves CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7049997
Devon general bought several secondhand Ford Transits in the late 80's.
Seen here at Exmouth Parade is Carlyle converted 572 (C422 AHT), which came from Bristol (7422).
Looking north across the c 1540 north aisle rood screen & its conecting stairs. It has 5 ribs supporting the rood loft, the only complete pre-Reformation rood loft remaining in Devon. after an Elizabethan order of 1561 to demolish them.
The carving on the west side of the screen is rich with vegetation, fruit, putti, male and female heads, green men, and beasts. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/yp0b0qb96w The east side is considerably plainer.
Figures hold shields, their painted heraldry now completely lost www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/z1n31s4Qpp
The painted panels of the rood loft originally faced outwards and may have been decorated with religious figures. During the reign of Elizabeth I, however, any religious paintings were replaced with heraldic devices. Early 20c photographs show the painted panels facing outwards to the congregation , however, they have since been turned inwards in an attempt to conserve them. One panel has the arms of Basset quartered with Beaumont and Willington. Another, now faded, was decorated with the Royal arms, while a third has the the incription, "God save the Church, our Queen Elizabeth and Realm, and grant us pleace and truth in Christ. Amen."
The screen and loft were carved between 1544 and 1547, at a cost of at least £14 7s 5d. Work on the screen was started by John Parrys of Northlew, but was completed by Roger Down and John Hill of Chittlehampton. The final amount must have been more than the original estimate for the work, and the villagers refused to pay more than £10 resulting in the woodcarvers having to take a lawsuit to the Court of Chancery
- Church of St Mary, Atherington Devon
Picture with thanks - copyright Michael Garlick CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6900281
Colour multiview postcard showing the village of Beer in east Devon, England, on Lyme Bay.
Postcard shows views of Beach Hill, Beer Head and the beach.
Church of All Saints, Dunterton Devon stands in a remote location and has early to mid 14c origins with reset tracery and piscina surviving. There is also the remains of the lower rood loft stairs projection reset c1330s and there are earlier 13c remains in the south doorway.
The area has been occupied since the Iron Age.
The parish was first mentioned in the 1086 Domesday survey, when it was recorded that Baldwin held the manor of "Dondritona"with a Ralf de Bruora holding it on his behalf. Ralf had 2 ferlings, 2 ploughs in desmene, and the villeins 3 ploughs and a half. Ralf had 4 villeins, 8 borders, 6 serfs, 11 head of cattle, 33 swine, 100 sheep, 30 goats, 160 acres woodland, 1 acre meadow, and 40 of pasture. This was worth 40 shillings, and was worth about 20 shillings when Baldwin received it.’
The manor’s owners changed many times over the centuries eventually ending with the Kelly family in whose ownership it remained until the late 19c when they part with some land to the Duke of Bedford's estate giving the latter access to the Tamar. .
The first mention of the church appears in the Taxation of 1288. It was a chantry chapel to Tavistock Priory until 1460 the year the tower was added, and it became a parish church.
The south porch followed later in the 15c.
It comprises of a chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch and a truly dominant three stage west tower.
It was known locally as the "Plague Church" as at the time of the Black Death in c 1349 when the rector Adam de Leghe died, and most of the inhabitants also perished in the houses surrounding it, several surviving children were found seeking sanctuary inside. The church at that time was very poor, according to notes by the Archdeacon of Totnes during a Visitation in 1343.
Rev. John Mather (1413 – 1434), had a license for a chapel to St. Constantine in Dunterton which fell into ruin and was used as a "cow house" until it disappeared, the field still being known as Chapel Meadow
In 1736, Rev. Francis Mather left six pounds annually, for the poor of the parish, but by 1828 this was lost and later cancelled in 1911 .
The east wall of the chancel was possibly partly rebuilt in 1774, this date being scratched on the masonry.
In the late 1700’s, there was a thief by the name of Nicholas Mason who although of a good family, lived in a cave in Dunterton Wood. He entered people’s houses by climbing on the roof and descending via the wide chimneys, forcing owners to install iron spikes in them. One day, when Squire Kelly was out with his hounds, they picked up Nicky’s scent and made straight for his cave, where he was caught with much loot. He was taken to Exeter Assizes, tried, and hanged.
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The Cary Visitation of 1821, when William Royse was rector, records the churchyard as slovenly, and a new pulpit cushion was needed.
There is an interesting entry in the Baptism’s Register for 3rd Feb 1828. A girl was presented for Christening by a mother claiming to be called Alford, in fact her name was Bolt and she was the wife of a transported convict (presumably Australia).
1854 saw the Induction of Rev. Woolcombe as rector who was responsible for reroofing the church.
The church was renovated & reseated in 1891 at a cost of £150, with a Mr. Burt of Launceston carrying out the work.
There was a risk of closure in 2023 after which the 'Friends o All Saints' group was formed
View from Abbey Park, the then new Princess Theatre is prominent right of centre. One of the Devon General Leyland Atlantean open-top buses is on the Torbay Road.
Two stalwarts of bus operation in the south-west are seen in retirement at Bovey Tracey.
Leyland Titan VFJ995 has a 57 seat Weymann body and was one of five new to the City of Exeter Corporation in May '58 which received fleet numbers 60-4.
In April 1970, following the BET takeover of the municipal undertaking, all five passed to Devon General, where they became nos.260-4.
Also bodied by Weymann, NTT661 is one of nineteen 8ft wide AEC Regent IIIs new to Devon General in 1952 and seats 56. After 13 years with Devon General it ran for Edmunds of Ebbw Vale before passing into preservation.