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Dead & Buried by Hugh Meller
Historian Hugh Meller’s book ‘Devon Dead & Buried’ is about notable and notable and notorious people who have been buried in Devon’s burial grounds.
Combpyne Rousdon Church of St Mary Basics
A real gem is Combpyne Rousdon Church; hardly altered at all since the 13th century, the tower added or repaired a bit later.
Combpyne Rousdon Church of St Mary Gallery
A real gem is Combpyne Rousdon Church; hardly altered at all since the 13th century, the tower added or repaired a bit later.
Discovering a beautiful altar backscreen
Nicholas Riall writes about the discovery and restoration of a long lost sixteenth century masterpiece in Devon
An Artist’s Perspective: Bovey Tracey Church of St Peter, St Paul and St Thomas of Canterbury
One thing that amazed me was the way that people who had been going to the church for years and years didn’t seem to notice all the details that I ran around and spotted during my first few weeks.
The ‘Green Man’ in Medieval England
Stephen Miller writes about the history and meaning of the Green Man carvings from the Medieval age in churches around England
Devon Historic Churches Trust
The Devon Historic Churches Trust, protecting our churches caring for their art, helping them change for twenty-first communities
Pelican in her Piety
A Pelican in Her Piety is the image of a pelican feeding her chicks with her own blood by piercing her chest with her beak.