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Dartmouth, Devon.September 2003.
Based in Dartmouth, exploring the area by car and on foot. Visiting the river Dart, Dartmouth Castle, Kingswear, Kingswear Castle, Bentham beach, Burgh island, Dartmoor, Dartmeet, Buckland, Harberton, Ashburton, Buckfastleigh, Buckfastleigh butterfly farm, Buckfastleigh otter sanctuary, South Devon Railway, South Devon Railway museum, Stoke Gabriel, Berry Pomeroy castle, Coleton Fishacre, Tavistock, Lydford, Kingsbridge, Staverton.
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Devon's Give For Good kickoff was held Sept. 6 on the ground floor of the Devon Tower parking garage. Working in 30-minute shifts, more than 230 Devon employees packed 2,832 bags of nutritious food for the Backpack Program. Thank you, Devon employees!
Devon's Give For Good kickoff was held Sept. 6 on the ground floor of the Devon Tower parking garage. Working in 30-minute shifts, more than 230 Devon employees packed 2,832 bags of nutritious food for the Backpack Program. Thank you, Devon employees!
A whitewashed stone effigy of c 1500 (Pevsner) has been rammed under an arch on an earlier tomb chest on the east wall of the south chancel chapel. To make room, the legs have gone and the torso hollowed out. The chest has carved weepers in ecclesiastical dress.
He is thought to be William Shilston www.flickr.com/photos/52219527@N00/4537298071/ He is said to have been a notorious cattle thief who was killed in a field near his home at Upcott, now a farmhouse.
He wears plate armour with a robe or cloak over, the salade , his vizor raised, the breast plate is pouited and ribbed.
William was possibly the son of William Shilston by Constance heiress daughter of Thomas Wraye of Wrey
He m Alice heiress daughter of James Upcott, grand daughter of John Upcott by Elizabeth heiress daughter and heiress of John Culley
Children
1. Elizabeth m Sir John Whiddon dc1576 of Chagford (Parents of William husband of Eleanor daughter of Arthur Bassett www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/d8q699301H & Francis husband of Margaret daughter of Thomas Carew at Haccombe flic.kr/p/xLb9R4 )
Broadwoodwidger church Devon
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... as seen from the driving seat of Froggie, on a wet and cold June morning (of which we're getting a lot this year).
Church of St Mary, Dartington, Devon
There was an earlier church here sited nearer the Hall which was replaced by a 14c building of which only the tower now survives. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/W782JS1eLh After restoring this latter building in c 1850, architect J L Pearson, 28 years afterwards, rebuilt the present church in Perpendicular style on a new site reusing some of its material after its demolition in 1873
Pearson re-used the window traceries from the old church for the chapels and sanctuary wherever he could and designed windows to match in the nave aisles and lower stage of the tower,
The reused external material included the vaulting of the 14c south porch, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Vb5G63xu28 parts of its doorway with its sanctuary knocker, the south doorway and door, the old granite battlements, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/R39EB9o2JB tracery in the south corridor of the chancel and the window in the east end of the south aisle; possibly also the doorways to the rood stairs;
The reused internal furnishings include the 15c / 13c (?) font with its plain octagonal granite bowl, bevelled beneath and supported on an octagonal stem decorated with trefoiled arches, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/H1z7155F5K the much restored octagonal carved wooden wine glass pulpit which 'records of accounts imply… was under construction in 1499' www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/7m6M0752bQ , and the 15c screen (unfortunately incomplete and much restored in 1913 by Hems of Exeter.) www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Z530h3A424 The carved oak seats, some old and some like the fine open roof, dating from the 1850 restoration, were used in the new church. The old oak had long ago been repaired with deal, and then painted over with oak graining, but so well toned that visitors often fail to discover the difference.
Pearson also built the new tower, which contains 6 bells cast in 1880, and the 1893 clock is a memorial of the late rector, Rev Richard Champernowne d1890 who bore the largest share of the expense of moving the church.
The present church consists of a nave, north and south aisles and chancel under one roof; west tower; south porch with chamber over and vestry on the north side of the chancel in the angle with the north aisle
The registers date: baptisms, 1542; marriages, 1538; burials, 1539.
(Dartington was anciently the seat of a barony, which, at the time of the 1086 Domesday survey, belonged to William de Falesia but shortly afterwards came to Robert son of Martin de Tours, Lord of Camois in Wales, probably by marriage, This family of Fitz Martin / Martyn, continued to possess and live here for 6 generations . Upon the death of William Lord Martin, the estate devolved to James Lord Audley, whose father had married one of Martin's co-heiress sisters . Upon the death of Nicholas Lord Audley, it passed, in default of issue male, to the Crown In 1385, King Richard II. granted it with other manors to Robert de Vere aand afterwards to his half-brother, John Holland Duke of Exeter, who lived here, and is said to have built most of the present mansion with its great medieval hall. After the death of Henry Duke of Exeter, who married one of the sisters of King Edward IV., it again went to the Crown. Margaret Countess of Richmond mother of Henry Vll, had a grant of it for life in 1487. Some time afterward it was purchased by Ailworth, who is thought to have exchanged it with Sir Arthur Champernowne 1578 flic.kr/p/pSLKmw , a younger son of Sir Philip Champernowne, of Modbury, for the site of the abbey of Polesloe, near Exeter. Sir Arthur Champernowne possessed and lived here , and it continued to be the seat of this branch of the family till the death of Rawlin Champernowne in 1774, when, pursuant to a remainder in the will of Arthur Champernowne who died in 1766, it devolved to his nephew Arthur Harington)
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With a peculiar appearance imparted to it by its formation in three continuous cascades this waterfall christened "Devon Falls" pours down to the valley beneath not a long distance away from its brother the "St. Clairs".
Dancing for climate action in the heart of Devon.
Today 24th October is the global Day of Climate Action co-ordinated by
350.org, involving a 181 countries and 5200 actions worldwide. Devon put on
at least 12 events, one of the most colourful and well attended took place
in the beautiful surroundings of the Teign Valley.
Children from three local primary schools (Hennock, Dunsford and
Doddiscomsleigh) dressed in pink, red and orange T-shirts danced on a lush
green parish field ending up in a 350 formation. It was a simple dance
executed with the commitment and verve adult dancers would have been proud
of. Impressively, the children understood that the importance of the 350
lies in the necessity of bringing carbon levels in the atmosphere down from
390 to 350 parts per million.
Ann Daniels, Devon Polar explorer, who opened the event, updated the
audience with the latest findings from the Catlin Arctic Survey. She said
that the Arctic Sea would lose its summer ice in ten years and we would all
witness the changes.
She addressed the children directly, telling them they were the future.
“People are more important than leaders, there are more of us and what we do
can make a real difference. When I see people coming together for an event
like this, I feel optimistic.”
The dance theme was continued by Kalash ATS, a troupe of vividly adorned
belly dancers who performed in front of a beautiful 350 banner made by the
children of Doddiscombsleigh School. The afternoon finished with a rip
roaring performance by Jackie Juno, comedienne and poet from Bovey Tracey.
This was the first major event put on by Greener Teign, a climate action
group formed in July.
Devon.
Club House & Waiting Room.
Opened 1923. One of the first private aerodromes in UK.
Pre WW2: Teignmouth Air Trophy Races; Sir Alan Cobham's Air Circus; Visits by HRH Prince of Wales; GWR Air Services - Cardiff - Haldon - Plymouth.
WW2: Commissioned HMS Heron ll (satellite of HMS Heron, RNAS Yeovilton).
Post WW2: Not used, reverted to heathland. Currently managed by National Trust.
www.royalnavyresearcharchive.org.uk/FAA-Bases/Haldon.htm#...
The story is told that a young farm worker from Rowbrook Farm by the Dart Valley heard a voice calling repeatedly across the river crying “Jan Coo”. He and other labourers heard the shouts and went to investigate on several occasions, but, except for once, the voice never responded when they shouted back. One dark night however came the call “Jan Coo” again and the boy set off down the valley to cross the river and search for the source of the voice. He never returned to the farm that night and no body was ever found, hence it was believed that the pixies had stolen him away.
Photo © Rob Wildwood, author of Magical Places of Britain, a photographic guide to the folklore of Britain's natural sacred sites - www.themagicalplaces.com
Church of St Peter and St Paul, Broadhempston Devon
Existing from at least the 13c, (the first recorded vicar was in 1266) , It was considerable rebuilt except for the chancel & tower, in the early 15c. There are piscinas indicating the positions of altars in the aisles.
It consists of a continuous nave & chancel, north and south aisles, south porch, and an embattled two stage tower containing 6 bells, five of which were cast in the churchyard by John Christopher and William Pennington in 1781; the sixth was added in 1887 as a memorial of the 60th Jubilee of Queen Victoria www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/tge234029j
The c1530 oak rood screen at one time painted in various colours and probably with now vanished saints, was restored in 1902 / 03 at a cost of £500 by Herbert Reed, when the cornice and coving were completely renewed. and also probably at that time topped with new Rood figures . www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/997z3A0vek There are north and south parclose screens.
Between 1876 - 1879 the church was re-seated by J Chudleigh, the west gallery was removed followed by the 13c chancel which still retains its original stonework being thoroughly restored and re-roofed,
In 1896 the nave & aisles were restored by Sedding at a cost of £1,1000 when the barrel ceiling in the nave appears to have been replaced and the aisle barrel ceilings restored re-using most of the original moulded ribs and carved bosses which still retain some of their old colour. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/ND0879mk9s. Another restoration took place in 1903 which included a new pulpit
The 15c octagonal Beer stone font is carved with emblems of its dedicatory saints Peter & Paul (keys & sword) www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/da0a259695
The only old glass remaining, an armorial shield of lord of the manor John Rowe who died in 1544, is a in the west window of the south aisle www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/hQ1U42x504
The registers date: baptisms, 1681; marriages, 1678; burials, 1678.
The Devon Air Ambulance landed in Cliff Field Gardens this morning. Luckily it wasn't needed.
The 2011 Seaton Devon Air Ambulance week last year raised £6,000 for DAAT. This year the 2012 Seaton Devon Air Ambulance Week runs from 30th July to the 5th August raising money for the DAAT to keep this essential service flying..
Once a stop on the Great Northern Railway, the small prairie town was founded in the early 1900's. Today, three grain elevators, a church, a few homes, and several old buildings and abandoned homes are all that remain of the old town. The post office closed in 1975.
Known as the Hi-Line, the Great Northern Railway built their railroad across the plains of northern Montana in the late 1800's. Every 8 or 10 miles or so, they built a siding and a station. Homesteaders, many arriving by rail, claimed land and built the towns around the stations that existed along the route. Most of the towns were founded in the early 1900's. The towns prospered into the 1920's, but for a number of reasons they began to decline in the 1930's. There were some ups and downs, but generally populations have declined since the 1960's. Today, some of the towns along the Hi-Line are essentially ghost towns with others heading in that direction.