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Church of St Paul, Filleigh Devon - The name of the village derives from the name of a monk, Saint Fili, who founded a church here in Saxon times.
According the 1086 Domesday Survey "Baldwin the sheriff has 1 estate which is called Filleigh, which Osfrith held on the day that King Eadweard was alive and dead, and it paid 〈geld〉 for 4 virgates. 8 ploughs can plough these. Of it Baldwin has 1 virgate and 3 ploughs in demesne and the villans 2 virgates and 6 ploughs. There Baldwin has 9 villans and 6 bordars and 3 slaves and 3 swineherds, who pay 15 pigs, and 14 beasts and 10 pigs and 60 sheep and 10 acres of woodland and 7 acres of meadow and 30 acres of grazing-land; and it is worth 3 pounds a year and, when he received it, it was worth as much 40 shillings"
The manor was held in the 14c by a family which took its name from the manor, de Filleigh
On default of male heirs, the manor passed by marriage to the Denzell / Densyll family. .
In 1454 Sir Martin Fortescue 1472 second son of Sir John Fortescue 1485, Chief Justice, of Ebrington Manor Gloc. flic.kr/p/2dxAxJD married Elizabeth Densyll 1508 a daughter and co-heiress of Richard Densyll of Filleigh, and thereby the manor became a possession of the Fortescue family, together with substantial other Densyll manors including Weare Giffard, Buckland Filleigh, Combe and Tamerton. Elizabeth Denzell survived her first husband and remarried to Sir Richard de Pomeroy 1496 of Berry Pomeroy in 1473 flic.kr/p/ywRdcg
The old mediaeval church was demolished by Hugh Fortescue, Lord Clinton in c 1730.
The only surviving objects from the old church are two monumental brasses on the north wall of the nave which formerly adorned the now lost tomb-monument of Richard Fortescue 1570 flic.kr/p/iEdToj & his brother in law Sir Bernard Drake 1586 flic.kr/p/iFRa23
The present parish church was built in 1732 on a new site 1/2-mile west of the new Palladian mansion of Castle Hill which was then being built by Lord Clinton.
Originally Classical in style, It was re-modelled in 1876–1877 to the plans of Clark of Newmarket, (Gilbert Scott having been consulted) in 1864, this Victorian remodelling converted the church into the Norman style, with the addition of a south aisle, now the "Fortescue Chapel", and a new chancel in the form of an apse. There are several memorials to members of the Fortescue on the walls , furnishings and in stained glass..
It now consists of a west tower, nave, short transepts, south aisle and apsidal chancel.
The nave, north transept and chancel windows are all round-arched single lights with Norman style mouldings applied to the original Georgian openings, The gabled south porch has an external stair turret to the organ gallery on west side. It is topped with a large wheel window above doorway with fishscale patterning to the tympanum.
The north transept terminates in the Fortescue vault with embattled parapet, inscribed on the north side 'to memory of Hugh 3rd Earl Fortescue and of 4 generations of his ancestors',
The two stage tower was topped with a spire in late 19c.
Inside there are semi-circular headed arches in Norman style to tower and transepts, and to 2 bay south aisle arcade with scalloped capitals. The ceiled wagon roofs throughout have panels painted with foliated decoration, were painted by Lady Susan Fortescue c. 1880.
The chancel apse ceiling is panelled in leaf patterns of multicoloured stone, continued as mosaics behind the choir stalls, with inscription to George Damer, 7th son of Earl Fortescue, lost in HMS Wasp in the China seas 1887.
After the chancel had been added with an apse it needed new windows, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/3vQPT97tr8 which were dedicated to Georgiana, Countess Fortescue 1866, the wife of the 3rd Earl who also had a new font dedicated to her memory. (The original large 4 light east chancel window was moved to the south aisle during the 1876-7 restoration and filled with stained glass in memory of the first Earl Fortescue. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/603uVc6HTT)#
The most unforgettable monument is to one year old Diana Fortescue as she is being lead heavenward by 2 angels
Roger Cornfoot CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/6287852
BR Standard Class 4MT 4-6-0 75014 steams through the Devon countryside near Greenway Halt on the Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway during a Timeline Events photo charter.
Fresh from the paintshops, Devon General Leyland National 2809 (HTA 840N) starts out from Torquay Depot to operate on service 102 to Foxhole
68022 tow's 68027 which failed yesterday with apparently a dodgy windscreen wiper relay approaches Shaldon bridge running as the 0Z11 Plymouth to Crewe
Torquay is a seaside resort town on the English Channel in Devon, south west England. Known for beaches such as Babbacombe and cliffside Oddicombe, its coastline is nicknamed the English Riviera. Torquay Harbour near the town centre offers shops, cafes and a marina. Torre Abbey, a monastery founded in 1196, has art galleries and extensive gardens featuring plants from local writer Agatha Christie's novels.
Dartmouth is a town and civil parish in the English county of Devon. It is a tourist destination set on the western bank of the estuary of the River Dart, which is a long narrow tidal ria that runs inland as far as Totnes. It lies within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and South Hams district.
Dart Lifeboat Station was reopened in 2007, the first time that a lifeboat had been stationed in the town since 1896. It has initially been kept in a temporary building in Coronation Park.
In 2010, a fire seriously damaged numerous historical properties in Fairfax Place and Higher Street. Several were Tudor and Grade I or Grade II listed buildings.
The Port of Dartmouth Royal Regatta takes place annually over three days at the end of August. The event sees the traditional regatta boat races along with markets, fun fairs, community games, musical performances, air displays including the Red Arrows and fireworks. A Royal Navy guard ship is often present at the event. Other cultural events include beer festivals in February and July (the latter in Kingswear), a music festival and an art and craft weekend in June, a food festival in October and a Christmas candlelit event.
The Flavel Centre incorporates the public library and performance spaces, featuring films, live music and comedy and exhibitions.
Bayard's Cove has been used in several television productions, including The Onedin Line a popular BBC television drama series that ran from 1971 to 1980. Many of the scenes from the BBC's popular series Down to Earth, starring Ricky Tomlinson, were filmed at various locations around the town.
Notable tourist attractions include the Dartmouth Royal Naval College, Bayard's Cove Fort, Dartmouth Castle and the Dartmouth Steam Railway which terminates at Kingswear on the opposite bank of the river.
Boat cruises to nearby places along the coast (such as Torbay and Start Bay) and up the river (to Totnes, Dittisham and the Greenway Estate) are provided by several companies. The paddlesteamer PS Kingswear Castle returned to the town in 2013. The South West Coast Path National Trail passes through the town, and also through extensive National Trust coastal properties at Little Dartmouth and Brownstone (Kingswear). The Dart Valley Trail starts in Dartmouth, with routes either side of the River Dart as far as Dittisham, and continuing to Totnes via Cornworthy, Tuckenhay and Ashprington. The area has long been well regarded for yachting, and there are extensive marinas at Sandquay, Kingswear and Noss (approximately one mile north of Kingswear).
- Wikipedia
Parked inside Torquay depot having worked from Brixham on school service 959 was Devon General Leyland Olympian 1804 (A680 KDV), still only a few months old.
Church of St Andrew, Cullompton Devon
The earliest evidence of occupation here is from the Roman period: there was a fort on the hill above the town and occupation in the current town centre. "Columtune" was mentioned in Alfred the Great's will, which left it to his youngest son Æthelweard
The original (wooden) church is thought to have been dedicated to St Columba who preached to West Saxons in 549 AD. After 1066 it and its land was given to Battle Abbey by William the Conqueror and at the time of the 1086 Domesday Survey this manor was part of the royal manor of Silverton and not recorded separately. Before the conquest it was held by King Edward. In 1291 this manor was given to Buckland Abbey by Isabella Countess of Devon The manor contained 5 sub-manors called Upton, Weaver, Ash, Colebrook and Henland (now in the parish of Kentisbeare) and later passed to St Nicholas Priory in Exeter.
The church now consists of a chancel, nave, north and two inner & outer south aisles, a south-west porch, and a magnificent four stage tower built of local red sandstone, 100 feet high topped with 20 feet pinnacles 20 regarded as one of the finest in Devon On its west front are carved the arms of England, those of John Vesey, then Bishop of Exeter [elected 1519], a statue of King Edward VI [r. 1547-1553] or Edward the Martyr, a crucifix and an effigy of St. George; www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/03BJC1c089 It has a Polygonal stair turett to the north face.
The list of vicars dates from 1181 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Kp1Y5ycS98 and the registers from 1601.
The nave and north and south aisles were possibly built in the first half of the 15c. The outer south Lane aisle was begun in 1526 with building still in progress in 1552; The west tower was begun 1539 with building still in progress in 1545
There is a richly coloured rood screen of 13 bays in red, white, green & gold, retaining its cornices and groining. The panels originally contained paintings of saints, but these have been painted over. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/0J8E91w3X5 The rood beam still remains over the screen, but from its position must have served as a support to the top of the cross. The Calvary was removed from the loft either during the Protectorate [1653-1659], or by Government order of 1547; . This base of the Calvary / Golgotha also survives and is made of oak, carved to represent rocks with skulls, thigh-bones, and shoulder blades lying upon them; www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/5977A6Bvq8 there is no other instance in Devonshire of even so much as this remaining of the actual rood.
The Lane aisle, was built as a chantry chapel by a wealthy wood merchant John Lane, c1526 before he died in February 1528, and he is buried with his wife Thomasine near the altar, their surviving brass indents are now partly covered by pews. . www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/FS84151e8c The interior of the aisle is under a wonderful roof of fan tracery, finer than anything of its kind in a Devonshire church, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/vg807oQ34o The external stone of the aisle is ornamented with devices representing his merchants mark, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/219KZ58rVN four of his trading ships www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/f36WG00GU0 & his initials, Around it is an inscription stating that the aisle was erected in honour of God and the Blessed Virgin, and asking for prayers for the souls of John the founder, his wife and children... www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/8B08X92J7f Pedestals for lost statues are on the second stage under a third stage made up of now destroyed pinnacles.
There is a stone in the porch having an incised floriated cross with an inscription to John King, died October 9th 1458, and Joan his wife.
At the end of the nave is a Jacobean gallery with four oak pillars about 9 feet (3 m) tall. which dates from 1637 www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/ztdoP857ZP
When the church was restored in 1849 by Edward Ashworth , a number of frescos of early 15c date were discovered in the north wall of the north aisle, on the north wall over the rood loft, and on the arcades, but sadly although these were recorded at the time, they are no longer visible.
John P Reeves CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/7100244
A week at my holiday home in the south-west saw just one decent day, when I went over to Wembury in Devon to meet up with my friend Nick Udy. Unfortunately, by the time he arrived the sun had disappeared behind cloud and he missed the chance to capture some impressive skies.
Wembury is a popular surfing beach just to the east of Plymouth. This beautiful part of the coast belongs to the National Trust.
Entering Paignton Bus Station is Devon General Bristol VRT 1236 (LFJ 883W), one of the batch fitted with Gardner 6LXC engines. Working Service 103 to Roselands Estate
Church of St John the Evangelist, Countisbury Devon
The early manor belonged to the abbot and convent of Ford.
The nave was rebuilt on the site of a previous church in 1796 with the south porch following soon after. There was further remodeling / refurbishment in 19c .
In 1832 the old chancel and tower still survived. Rev. Walter Stevenson Halliday began his house at Glenthorne nearby in 1829, and carried out much work on the estate.
The tower south-east pinnacle base is inscribed: "RVD WS /HALLIDAY / 1836", south-west pinnacle inscribed: "RVD W S /H / 1836" and north-west pinnacle inscribed: "W R / BUILDR".
suggesting the top stage was added at that date.
Rev Walter Stevenson Halliday also financed the rebuilding of the chancel & vestry & north aisle additions in 1846
According to the Exmoor Review Rev Halliday at that time purchased the c1700 chancel screen www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/SL6HuUbBiN from Chittlehampton church and also probably the late 15c bench end with carved chained swan www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/34t4259D88
It now consists of a 3-bay nave with north aisle and south porch, chancel with lean-to north vestry, and unbuttressed 3 stage west tower.
On 1 April 2013 the parish was abolished and merged with Brendon to form "Brendon and Countisbury".
Scholars now believe the Iron Age promontory fort of Wind Hill on Countisbury Hill was the site of the Battle of Cynuit in 878.
Roger A Smith CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5325469
Church of St John the Baptist , East Down / Eastdown Devon
dating from the 13c, was first recorded in 1260 and was begun as the local manorial chapel
It was extensively remodelled in late 15c after it became a parish church by gift in 1469 when the south aisle was added.
Built in Perpendicular style, it now consists of a chancel with aisle, nave, south aisle, south porch and a low embattled tower.
The tower is the oldest part of the building, and is situated in the position of a north transept with access from nave by a 13c pointed arch. 13c fabric survives with lancets in the base and the chancel south wall between east end and termination of south aisle. There is also a blocked 13c opening on nave north wall. The tower bears a 'bullet' hole from a skirmish during the 17c Civil War and a small 1671 datestone on first stage of east wall may indicate repairs and alterations after this . It has 4 bells: the first three are dated respectively 1669, 1712, and 1830; the 3rd bears an indistinct legend in Lombardic characters:
The rood screen is of particular note, a fine example of late 15c / early 16c craftsmanship which was carefully restored in 1925.
Refenestration and major restoration / rebuilding occurred in 1886-7 on all but the tower at a cost of £1,500: The nave pews are also of this date. there are 180 sittings. .The parish register dates from the year 1538.
The nave and chancel south arcade has 5 continuous bays with perpendicular flat pointed arches supported on piers One capital is carved with figures, perhaps of a sporting scene, the rest are standard foliage. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/F3f8g347Q7
The heavily restored uncoiled waggon roofs to south aisle, nave and chancel incorporate reused timbers and have plain chamfered ribs.
The south aisle has a plain piscina and a squint at eastern end of arcade.
The marble font and font cover sits on richly carved late 16c columns www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/b5M8ey83qH
There is a badly damaged Royal arms on the west wall of tower.
Edward Pine 1663 'Sometimes Lieutenant-Colonel of Sir Hugh Pollard in the late unhappie warrs' looks down with wife Bridget Fry 1668 in the south chapel flic.kr/p/w4m6mB
At west end a table top tomb to Richard and Walter Hey died 1594 and 1629.
Within the churchyard is a rare example of a church house, dating from the same period as the church itself. www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/09w8q6Z2rY
© Copyright Maigheach-gheal CCL www.geograph.org.uk/photo/729092
Immaculada is an OOAK Commission piece for a lovely lady down under. It is the perfect blend of Spring Summer (which you've already seen) and Fall Winter (Santita) collections. So it should be familiarity and anticipation of the unknown at the same time...
Not for Sale.
Devon General: 929 (929 GTA) a Metro Cammell bodied Leyland Atlantean, painted in cream and maroon reversed fleet livery and captured here in Torquay operating on service 30 to Paignton.
© James E. Lowe.
Date: 9th October 1971.
Ref No. Scan00462/JL.
Immaculada is an OOAK Commission piece for a lovely lady down under. It is the perfect blend of Spring Summer (which you've already seen) and Fall Winter (Santita) collections. So it should be familiarity and anticipation of the unknown at the same time...
Not for Sale.
Church of St Nicholas, Dunkeswell Devon - the area was settled by the Saxons and a small community had grown up in the sheltered spot, certainly by 800AD. "Doduceswilla" is listed in the 1086 Doomesday Survey as having a population of at least 11 families of freemen and several slaves under their Lord. The population now is over 1600
The present church is at least the fourth on the site and was built between 1865 and 1869 funded by the Miss Simcoe of Wolford Lodge who together with their mother the widow of John Graves Simcoe, first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, also erected the nearby Dunkeswell Abbey chapel.in 1842 . .
It consists of a chancel, nave, north and south aisles, south porch and west tower
Since its completion in 1869, the major change has been the replacement of the original tower which had been considerably and dangerously weakened by the vibration of the engines of the Dunkeswell based US Navy Liberators and Catalinas of Fleet Air Wing 7, from 1943-45. The tower had to be demolished urgently in 1947, and was not to be rebuilt for another 7 years, the bells being restored to the tower.in 1959
The Norman font is carved with intriguing figures including an elephant which possibly dates it after 1255 the first time this animal was known in England
The registers date: baptisms, 1750; marriages, 1743; burials, 1740.
New modernisation includes a kitchen, outside WC & and a loop system
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Alexander Staplehill (mayor in 1633) made himself responsible for the erection of the gallery. Later were added the arms of the recorders, mediaeval lords of the manor and admirals of fleets in which Dartmouth men and ships served.
The gallery was made by local carpenters at a cost of £15
The fourth from the right is that of John Hawley II. The fifth from the left belongs to John Hawkins and the sixth is that of another naval hero, Sir Francis Drake. The gallery is said to be made with timbers from a Spanish ship captured in the Armada invasion of 1588,
- Church of St Saviour, Dartmouth Devon
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Lynmouth is a village in Devon, England, on the northern edge of Exmoor. The village straddles the confluence of the West Lyn and East Lyn rivers, in a gorge 700 feet (210 m) below Lynton, which was the only place to expand to once Lynmouth became as built-up as possible. Both villages are connected by the Lynton and Lynmouth Cliff Railway which works two cable-connected cars on gravity, using water tanks.
The two villages are a civil parish governed by Lynton and Lynmouth Town Council. The parish boundaries extend southwards from the coast and includes hamlets such as Barbrook and small moorland settlements such as East Ilkerton, West Ilkerton and Shallowford.
The South West Coast Path and Tarka Trail pass through, and the Two Moors Way runs from Ivybridge in South Devon to Lynmouth; the Samaritans Way South West runs from Bristol to Lynton and the Coleridge Way from Nether Stowey to Lynmouth.
Lynmouth was described by Thomas Gainsborough, who honeymooned there with his bride Margaret Burr, as "the most delightful place for a landscape painter this country can boast".