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Abbotsham,
St. Helen. Another view. SS
4246 2642. Both © Chris Kippin (2024).
Link.
Grade II* listed. A tomb in the churchyard is listed as
grade II. The Baptist
Chapel (1832) is labelled as Rehoboth on old maps. SS 4235
2646. © Chris Kippin (2024).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Abbotskerswell,
St. Mary.
SX 8560 6875. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. A
modern view,
© Chris Kippin
(2023).
Link.
Grade II* listed. The lych-gate and several tombstones etc., are
listed separately, for which see
here. Old O.S. maps also show Baptist
and Wesleyan Methodist Chapels. The Baptist
shows on Stoneman's Hill at SX 8571 6888. There was housing on the site
in 2009, when
Streetview passed by. The Wesleyan stood nearby, on Vicarage Road at
SX 8575 6885. It may survive in secular use, and was seen by
Streetview in
2009. O.S. maps
also show, about a mile to the E.N.E. of the village,
R.C. Chapel (SX 8628 6906), and
R.C. Church (SX 8644 6906), both
part of St. Augustine's Priory which was closed in the 1980's (Wikipedia).
The latter can be seen (distantly) on a
2022 Streetview,
but I haven't found a photo of the chapel.
Alfington, St. James and
St. Anne. Another view and the
interior. SY 1133 9802. All
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Aller Bridge, the
Chapel. It seems to be Anglican (website),
but older maps label it as Plymouth Brethren.
It pre-dates a map of 1889. SS 7063 0673.
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Alminstone Cross, the former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel of 1830.
Another view. SS 3468
2019.
Both
© Martin
Richter (2011).
Grade II listed.
Alphington, Exeter - see the
Exeter page.
Alswear, the former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel.
It post-dates a map of 1889. SS 7254 2212. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Alwington, St. Andrew. SS 4047
2316. © Chris Kippin (2024).
Link.
Grade I listed. For related churchyard features, see
here.
Appledore.
Arlington, St. James at
Arlington Court.
SS 6129 4048.
© Bill Henderson (2018).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Ash Thomas, the former St.
Thomas. Another view. ST 0046
1091. Both
© Chris Kippin
(2021). O.S. maps mark a Baptist Chapel
near the south end of the village, at ST 0034 1086. Almost hidden behind
hedges, the best view Streetview managed in 2009 can be seen
here. It post-dates
a map of 1873-88.
Ashburton,
St. Andrew. Previously in the "unidentified" section as a postcard with
no clues whatsoever. Thanks to Janet Gimber for identifying this church.
SX 7553 6975. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Another
old postcard view, this one
from Andrew Ross's Collection. A
modern view, the
interior and
pulpit, all
© Chris Kippin (2023).
Link.
Grade I listed. For other related listed features, see
here. Ashburton Arts Centre,
which stands close to St. Andrew, on West Street, is a former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. It's dated 1835.
This
source
has interior photos.
SX 7556 6981.
© Chris Kippin (2023).
Grade II listed. The former
Great Meeting Independent/Congregational Chapel on North Street. It
has a plaque supplying
dates of 1739-1986. O.S. maps show that the chapel is the building at
the far end of the courtyard. SX 7553 7001. Both © Chris Kippin (2023).
Grade II listed. St.
Lawrence stands on St. Lawrence Lane, and was originally a chantry
chapel, with the tower added later. A
plaque gives a very
brief history. SX 7571 6985. Both © Chris Kippin (2023).
Grade II* listed. Its boundary wall and gate piers share a
grade II listing. Our Lady
of Lourdes and St. Petroc (R.C.) on Eastern Road and Dolbeare Road.
Another view,
and a close up of the statue above the apse. SX 7600 7009.
All © Chris Kippin (2023).
Link.
Ashbury, St. Mary, redundant
since 1997. This
source dates it mostly to a re-build in 1871-3, with an older tower.
Another view, and the
pulpit. SX 5079 9796.
All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Grade II* listed.
Ashcombe, St. Nectan (or Nectanus),
and its interior. SX 9122
7955. Both © Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed. For the listed lych-gate and funerary stonework, see
here.
Ashford, St. Peter.
Another view and the
interior. SS 5335 3536. All ©
Chris Kippin (2023). Link.
Grade II* listed. Roughly ¼ of a mile to the W.N.W. at Horridge is a
former Chapel, labelled on a map of 1889 as
Baptist Chapel (General), seen by
Streetview in 2021.
It has a
grade II listing (which calls it Gospel Hall) dating it to
the 19th century. SS 5296 3547.
Ashill, St. Stephen.
Another view. ST 0891 1133.
Both © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II listed - dates it to 1882. The village also had two Baptist Chapels.
The earlier one shows on an O.S. map of 1889, surveyed in the previous year,
as Baptist
Chapel (General) at ST 0890 1123. It may
survive, at least in part, as a building on the site can be seen on a
Streetview from
2009. Recently visited by Chris, the
building has been absorbed
into a housing development.
Another view. Both © Chris Kippin (2022). What is presumably its successor shows on the 1904 (surveyed 1903)
map on Batts Park, at ST 0880 1126. It has certainly survived (it has a
name plate for Chapel Cottage), and was photographed by Chris on
his recent visit - 1,
2, both © Chris Kippin
(2022).
Ashprington, St. David. The
interior, and ornate
pulpit. SX 8186 5715. All
© Chris Kippin (2019).
Grade I listed. For related listed features see
here.
Ashreigny, St. James, and its
interior. SS 6287 1363.
Both © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Ashwater,
St Peter ad Vincula. SX 3868 9524.
© Chris Kippin
(2023).
Link.
Grade I listed. The
former Ebenezer Baptist Chapel
post-dates a map of 1883. SX 3853 9536.
© Chris Kippin
(2023).
Atherington, St. Mary.
SS 5912 2312.
© Martin Richter (2015).
Two more views - 1,
2, the
interior, and the
screen, all
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link1 (note limited opening times).
Link2 (many photos).
Grade I listed. The lych-gate, war memorial and numerous headstones
etc are also listed
here. The former
Baptist Church
stands on the main road south, at SS 5912 2300. Labelled as
Particular Baptist on a map of 1888, its
grade II listing dates it to circa 1840; Pevsner has 1833. It was
being offered for sale
here in an undated estate agents notice.
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Aveton Gifford, St. Andrew.
Interior view. SX 6960 4784.
Both © James Murray.
Link.
Grade II* listed. Two chapels are shown on a map of 1907. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, which stands on
Fore Street, has been converted, and was seen by
Streetview in
2011. SX 6933 4753. Almost across the road was a
Bible Christian Chapel (labelled as such on a map of 1886) on
Rock Hill at SX 6936 4750. In a
Streetview from
2009 the building in question is the one with the car beneath it.
Whether anything survives of the chapel is unclear. Also shown on the
1886 map, but not the 1907 map is a Baptist Chapel
(General) on Fore Street. A bungalow has been built on its
site (2016
Streetview). SX 6933 4748.
Avonwick,
St. James. Its dedication is dated
here
to 1878. SX 7126 5827.
© Chris Kippin (2019).
Link.
A map of 1887 shows a Plymouth Brethren Chapel
at the east end of the village at SX 7177 5835. One of 1906 labels it as
Chapel (Undenominational). It seems to have gone out of use by
1959 at the latest. Converted to residential use,
Streetview saw
it in 2021. I think the house-name reads Cheerful Chapel.
Awliscombe, St. Michael and All Angels. ST 1338 0183. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection.
Three modern views - 1,
2,
3, the
interior and
screen, all © Chris
Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed. For listed features in the churchyard, see
here.
Axminster.
Axmouth, St. Michael.
Another view, two interiors -
1,
2, the altar, and the
font. SY 2563 9103. All © Dennis Harper (2012).
Link.
Grade I listed. The churchyard war memorial is also listed, as
grade II. A former
Chapel stands on Chapel Street at SY 2594 9105. A map of 1889 labels
it as Chapel (Noncon.), which isn't very helpful, but most other
maps just have it as Chapel or Chap. We're rescued by a 25" map of 1942,
which tells us that at that time it was Baptist. It has a badly weathered
date-stone for (I think)
1861. Both © Chris Kippin (2022).
Aylesbeare, Blessed Virgin
Mary. Another view and the
interior. SY 0377 9195.
All © Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II* listed. For listed features in the churchyard, see
here. The former U.R.C.
(previously Congregational) stands right by the church lych-gate.
It certainly pre-dates a map of 1905, and
may be older than 1889, where there is a label for a Chapel (Plymouth
Brethren), though it's unclear which building is meant. SY 0381
9194. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Ayshford, the formerly private
Ayshford Chapel is now redundant and cared for by the Friends of
Friendless Churches.
ST 0483 1521.
© Heath Nickels (2016).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed.
Bampton, St.
Michael and All Angels. SS 9566 2224. © Chris Kippin (2023). Link.
Grade I listed. For the listed tombs, etc., see
here. A little way west of the village, O.S. maps mark
St. Luke's Chapel (Site of) at SS 9531 2240. It's mentioned
here as dating to
"before the 14th century". It stood somewhere behind
the hedge seen on the right in a
2009 Streetview. The former
Bible Christian Chapel, now
The Old Chapel. Despite not showing on any available large scale O.S. maps,
this source places
it on Mary Lane, and dates it to 1862-2005. The 1" map of 1960 does show
it, at SS 9577 2223. A converted
Baptist Chapel (2009 Streetview) stands on Luke Street at SS 9564 2230. Now
Chapel House, this
source dates it to a re-build of 1860, on the site of a chapel of circa
1690.
Barbrook, St.
Bartholomew (1875) on Deen Steep. SS 7142 4766. © Richard Roberts (2019).
Link. The former
Methodist Chapel (1870-1967,
originally Wesleyan) on
Chapel Hill is now in use as a Youth Centre. SS 7165 4768. © Richard Roberts (2019).
Grade II listed.
Barnstaple.
Barton, Torquay - see
Torquay.
Beacon, a former
chapel
(1859). The 25" 1903-4 map marks it as Baptist. ST 1809 0523. © Heath Nickels
(2017).
Beaford, St. George and All Saints.
Another view. SS 5521 1500.
Link.
Grade I listed. The
Methodist Church. Its
grade II listing dates it to 1838, and older maps label it as Bible
Christian. SS 5546 1492. All © Chris Kippin (2022).
In the hills east of the village, at the hamlet of Higher Up(pa)cott, is marked
on O.S. maps St. Clement's Chapel (Site of),
at SS 5635 1545. Its
Heritage Gateway entry is hesitant to confirm its reality.... If it ever
existed, and the Ordnance Survey have its position correct, then it would have
been in view in the field just beyond the pole seen in a
Streetview from 2010.
Beer, St. Michael.
SY 2295 8937.
© Graeme Harvey.
Link.
Grade II listed. A mortuary chapel of
St. Michael (dated 1866) stands in a graveyard about 400 metres away from the church
on Clapp's Lane at SY
2278 8929. © Heath Nickels (2016).
Grade II listed. Congregational Church.
SY 2291 8934. © Graeme Harvey. The organ
is unusual in a church, it being a Wurlitzer. © Heath Nickels (2016).
Link1. Link2.
Beesands, St. Andrew. Older maps
label it as a Church Mission Room - this
source (scroll down) says it was
dedicated to St. Andrew in 1951. The
date-stone is for 1883.
SX 8195 4045. Both © Andrew Ross.
Link.
Belmont, Exeter - see the
Exeter page.
Belstone, St. Mary the Virgin. SX 6193
9350. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. A
modern view, © Chris Kippin
(2021).
Interior view,
© Heath Nickels (2016).
Link.
Grade II* listed. Many of the headstones in the graveyard are listed
separately - they can be seen
here. The former Wesleyan Methodist
Chapel. It pre-dates the 1904-5 25" O.S. map, and at the time of Heath's
visit, it was in use as a tea-room. SX 6203 9356. © Heath Nickels (2016). The
former Zion Independent Chapel
(1841). The date-stone doesn't
show the date very distinctly, but a photo in more favourable light shows it
well - see
here. SX 6191 9357. © Heath Nickels (2016).
Berry Pomeroy, St. Mary.
Interior view. SX 8289 6101.
Both © John Hawkins.
Link.
Grade I listed. For the listed lych-gate and tombs, see
here.
Berrynarbor, St. Peter. Two
additional views - 1,
2. SS 5605 4670. All © Martin
Richter (2018).
Another view, © Chris Kippin
(2023).
This
website has photos of the early
font, and a photo of the interior is available
here. Link.
Grade II* listing, which mentions possible fabric of the 11th century. For
the listed features in the churchyard, see
here. The former Congregational
Chapel,
on Birdswell Lane, which has a date-stone for 1881. SS 5598 4671. © Chris
Kippin (2023).
Bickington (near Barnstaple), the
former Congregational Chapel, dated 1835. SS 5349
3247.
© Chris Kippin
(2024). The former St. Andrew,
stands to the north of Bickington Road. Chris has seen a reference to it as
having been built in the 1950's. SS 5343 3256. © Chris Kippin (2024). The oldest
available O.S. maps show a Chapel on the north side
of Bickington Road near its junction with Lower Cross Road. Long demolished, its
site was seen by
Streetview in 2023. I haven't been able to establish what it was. Can you
advise? SS 5375 3244.
Bickington (near Newton Abbot), St. Mary the Virgin. The
lych-gate is unusual.
SX 7997 7268. Both © Andrew Ross.
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed. For the listed lych-gate and headstones, etc., see
here. Old Methodist
Chapel (2024 Streetview) on Newhouse Hill is dated 1885. Old O.S. maps show
it to have been Wesleyan, and one of 1961 shows it to have still been active at
that time. SX 7998 7259.
Bickleigh, St. Mary. The
interior, and an example of the
carved bench-ends. SS 9423 0719. All
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Bicton, St. Mary.
Another view, and the interior.
SY 0731 8574. All © Alan Blacklock. Another
view,
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link. Grade
II* listed. For related listed features see
here. The remains of the old
church stand immediately to the west, at SY 0727 8575.
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Grade I listed.
Bideford.
Bigbury, St. Lawrence.
Another view and the
interior. SX 6678 4664. All © James
Murray.
Link.
Grade II* listed.
For related listed features see
here.
Bishop's Nympton, St. Mary the
Virgin. SS
7577 2373. © Peter Wenham.
Link.
Grade I listed. There is a
Methodist Church set back
from the road to the north of the church, at SS 7582 2391. It shows as Wesleyan
on a map of 1890. It is possibly former, as it doesn't appear to have an
on-line presence. Another view.
Both
© Chris Kippin (2022). The village also had a
Bible Christian Chapel, seen
by Streetview in 2010. It's called Trevett Memorial Bible Christian Chapel
here, where it's dated to 1892-1933. SS 7587 2373.
Grade II listed. Large scale O.S. maps mark Chapel
(Site of) at Parsonage Farm, a little way north-east of the village. It
isn't clear exactly where the site is supposed to be, but it's circa SS 763 240.
The site hasn't been seen by Streetview.
Bishop's Tawton, St. John the
Baptist. Another view. SS 5655
3011. Both
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed. A cross base in the churchyard is
listed as
grade II. A
Gospel Hall stands on
The Square. SS 5671 3004.
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link. Two chapels show on a map of 1888. The Baptist
Chapel seems to have gone by 1905. It isn't clear which building the
label is for, but it stood a short distance south of today's gospel hall, on
Village Street. It isn't obvious that anything of it survives, but its site is
likely to be seen here on the left, in a
Streetview from 2009. Also
on Village Street was a Bible Christian Chapel, at
SS 5674 2997. It stood where the cream coloured house is in this
Streetview from 2009, and
seems to have been active at least until 1962. Was it converted, or replaced?
Both this
site, and Google Maps show a Methodist Church at 5 Mount Pleasant. A 2010
Streetview shows the
property at that address as a bungalow, with no signage, and there doesn't seem
to be website for the church, so is this erroneous?
Belong School, on Old Exeter
Road, seems to have been a Methodist Church (and perhaps still is?).
SS 5641 3052.
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Bishopsteignton, St. John the Baptist. SX 9109 7350. © Andrew Ross.
Link.
Grade I listed. For the numerous related
listed features see
here. O.S. maps show immediately behind St. John
St. John the Baptist's Chapel (Remains of). Its
grade II listing just calls it the ruins of a medieval chapel, and its
Heritage Gateway
entry says the dedication is uncertain. A photo can be seen
here. A map of 1889
shows a Baptist Chapel (General) off Radway Street
at SX 9114 7393. It went out of use in the first half of the last century, but a
2021 Streetview shows
that it survives, converted, as Chapel Cottage. The
Methodist Church (2024
Streetview) is on Fore Street at SX 9086 7382. Its webpage is no longer
maintained, so it may have recently closed. Google Streetmap shows an entry for
Immanuel Evangelical Chapel
(2024 Streetview) at 33A Fore Street, and also says that it is "temporarily
closed". A map of 1890 shows a Meeting Room (Plymouth
Brethren) off the south side of Fore Street at SX 9091 7377. The building
has been demolished - its site lies behind the houses seen in a
Streetview from 2024.
The same map also shows a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
further east along Fore Street, at SX 9105 7375. Its site, now home to a public
loo (quite a rarity these days) was seen by
Streetview in 2024. A
little way to the N.E. of the town are the remains of St.
John's Chapel. It's included in the
grade II* listing for the ruins of the Bishop's Palace, at SX 9151 7435.
I've been unable to find a photo that is convincingly of the chapel rather than
the palace.
Link1.
Link2.
Bittaford, the Methodist Church.
It pre-dates a map of 1906, where it's labelled as Wesleyan. SX 6662 5701.
© Chris Kippin (2023).
Link,
where the present building is dated to 1914, on the site of its predecessor of
the 1850's. The map already mentioned shows, a little way to the N.E.,
Plymouth Borough Lunatic Asylum, with a Chapel
at SX 6680 5748. It was seen by
Streetview in 2022.
Later called Moorhaven Hospital, its
Wikipedia entry
dates the hospital to 1888.
Black Dog, the Methodist Church on
Hele Lane. A former school, it stands at SS 8062 0981.
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Black Torrington, St. Mary.
Interior view, and the
carved bench-ends. SS 4648
0571. All
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
The Methodist Church is
marked on older maps as Hope Chapel (Bible Christian). It pre-dates a map
of 1885. Another view.
SS 4661 0533.
Both
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Blackawton,
St. Michael on Main Street. Another view,
the interior,
pulpit and the
font. SX 8048 5096. All © Chris
Kippin (2019). Link.
Grade I listed. For the listed lych-gate, tombs, etc., see
here. The former Ebenezer
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Chapel Street is dated 1823. It was still
active into the latter half of the last century. SX 8073 5094. © Chris Kippin (2019).
Blackborough, the churchyard
(with font) of the demolished All Saints. An information board dates it to 1838
(or shortly after) until demolition in 1994. There's also an
illustration of the church. I'm
surprised at being unable to find an on-line photo. ST 0943 0927.
Both © Chris Kippin (2022).
Boasley Cross, Methodist
Church. It's marked on older maps as Bible Christian.
SX 5000 9362. © Chris Kippin (2023). It stands just a few yards north of an
earlier Bible Christian Chapel (within the churchyard), at SX 4999 9357. In this
2011 Streetview the
present church is at left - the earlier chapel stood close to the road at the
far end of the churchyard.
Bolham, the former Congregational
Chapel, which pre-dates a map of 1889.
Another view. SS 9515 1486. Both © Chris Kippin (2023).
Bolham Water, a former chapel.
Heath advises that it has a date-stone which reads "B.G. 1831". ST 1675 1225. ©
Heath Nickels (2016). Visible in the
2009 Streetview, but
evidently removed by the time of Heath's visit, is a board announcing the chapel
as "Blackdown Hills Mission, Bolham". On the 25" O.S. map of 1903-4 it's
labelled as Baptist Chapel.
Bondleigh, St. James the Apostle.
Interior view. SS 6511 0484.
Both © Chris Kippin
(2021). Link.
Grade I listed.
A cross in the churchyard and a headstone are listed separately - they can be
found
here. Gospel Hall (Plymouth
Brethren) at Bondleigh Bridge. It pre-dates a map of 1873-88, where it's labelled as Chapel
(Nonconformist), but on a map of 1905 it's shown as Plymouth Brethren
Chapel. SS 6586 0454. © Chris Kippin
(2021).
Bovey Tracey, St. Peter, St. Paul and St.
Thomas of Canterbury. Interior view. SX
8207 7861. Both © John Hawkins. Another view,
another of the interior,
screen,
tower screen, a
misericord, the elaborate
pulpit, and the adjoining
church room, all © Chris Kippin
(2022). Link.
Grade I listed. For listed features in the churchyard, see
here. Baptist Church on Hind Street. SX 8150 7854. © Graham French.
Another view, and the 1824
date-stone, both © Chris
Kippin (2022).
Link and
history page.
Grade II listed.
Methodist Church on Le Molay-Littry Way and Fore Street. SX 8153 7828. ©
Andrew Ross (2019). Another view,
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link, wherein it's dated to 1969. The former
Gospel Hall on Mary Street. SX 8165
7862. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Holy Spirit (R.C.) on Ashburton Road. SX
8124 7775. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link. The church is dated on the
history page to 1936;
there's an illustration of its predecessor, a tin tabernacle of 1904.
St. John the Evangelist on Ashburton
Road and Newton Road. The interior
and chancel roof. SX 8131 7777. All
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II* listed, wherein it's dated to 1851-3.
Bow, the Congregational Church (1898) on
Station Road. Another view. SS 7220
0163. Both © Chris
Kippin (2021). Link.
Grade II listed.
Gospel Hall on Junction Road. SS 7266
0175. © Chris
Kippin (2021). Link.
Bradfield, All Saints.
Another view, and the
date-stone, which dates the church
to 1874. ST 0534 0984. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II listed,
wherein it's dated to 1874.
A churchyard memorial is separately listed as
grade II. Large scale O.S. maps mark, a little way north-west of the church,
Chapel (Site of), at ST 0523 0998. The site
hasn't been seen by Streetview, and I haven't been able to find any further
information about it.
Bradninch, St. Disen (or St.
Dionysius). SS 9996 0413.
© Chris Kippin. Link.
Grade II listed. The Baptist Church
on Millway has a date-stone for 1832. ST 0001 0394.
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link. The
Gospel Hall on Peter Street. An
un-dated webpage says
it has closed. SS 9990 0402. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Chris glimpsed what appears to be a
former chapel on Parsonage Street. Neither he or I can find any on-line
reference to it, or find a map which shows it as a place of worship. Can you
confirm (or refute) that this is a former chapel? Circa
ST 0013 0419. © Chris Kippin (2021). A building on Fore Street sports a
date-stone which says " S. Disens Parish Room 1912". What seems to be the same
building is shown on a map of 1889 as Mission Hall,
so the parish room will have been built on the mission hall's site, or the date
refers to a renovation. It was seen by
Streetview in 2021. ST
0002 0413.
Bradworthy, St. John the Baptist. SS
3247 1398. © Graeme Harvey (2011). Two more views -
1,
2, the
interior,
pulpit and
font, all © Chris Kippin (2024).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade II* listed. The Methodist
Church is on North Road, at SS 3237 1410. It's labelled as Wesleyan on older
maps. © Chris Kippin (2024).
Link. Old maps also show a Bible Christian Chapel
set back from the south side of the street, at SS 3248 1402. It pre-dates a map
of 1884, and the building on the site today has the same footprint as the
chapel, but whether anything of the chapel survives isn't obvious from its
2023 Streetview - it's
the building behind the telegraph pole.
Brampford Speke, St. Peter.
Another view. SX 9275 9824. Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link. A guide to the church (pdf)
here.
Grade I listed. Part of the churchyard wall is
listed separately as
grade II. The Baptist Church
on Chapel Road has a
date-stone for 1894. SX 9264 9855. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Branscombe, St. Winifred.
Four more views - 1,
2,
3,
4. SY 1954 8847. All ©
Christopher Skottowe (1967). An
interior view, the
altar and
font, all from old postcards in
Christopher Skottowe's Collection. Three additional views -
1,
2,
3, and another of the
interior, all © John French
(2018).
Link.
Grade I listed. Numerous churchyard tombs are also listed
here. A short distance to the north-west, about half way to
Street, is a former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. SY
1920 8862. Pre-dating a map of 1906, it isn't present on one of 1889. It was
seen by Streetview in 2021.
It may be successor to an earlier Wesleyan chapel in Street itself,
present on the map of 1889, but not labelled on the 1906. It survives, and was
seen by Streetview in 2016.
It has a date-stone, but I can't see the details. However, it's dated
here to 1831. SY 1886 8882.
Bratton Clovelly, St. Mary the
Virgin. Another view, the
interior, the
pulpit and the fine
font. SX 4636 912. All
© Chris Kippin (2023).
Link.
The former Providence Bible
Christian Chapel on Chapel Road. It still shows as an active place of
worship on mid-20th century maps, by which time it was presumably Methodist.
Another view, and the
date-stone for 1859. SX
4629 9171. All © Chris Kippin (2023).
Bratton Fleming, St. Peter (CoE
and Methodist), and the interior.
SS 6431 3774.
Both © Chris Kippin (2023).
Link. Grade
II listed. The Baptist Church
on Beara Lane. It has a
date-stone for 1850. SS 6457 3782.
Both © Chris Kippin (2023).
Link. The former
Methodist Chapel (originally
Bible Christian) stands just a few yards uphill from the Baptist at SS 6462
3783. In the photo, the nearer building is the former school - the chapel is to
its right. It has a date-stone
for 1854. Both © Chris Kippin (2023). Older O.S.
maps show a Chapel, otherwise not
identified, at SS 6441 3772. Post-dating a map of 1889, it went out of use by
1962, and has since been demolished. The house on its site can be seen in a
Streetview from 2010.
Braunton, St. Brannock (2010
Streetview). SS 4892 3708. © Chris Kippin (2023).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Christ Church (Methodist and U.R.C.) on
Chaloners Road, and its interior.
This is the new building, dated 1986 (date-stone).
Its predecessor (U.R.C.) stands
adjacent and now serves as the church hall. SS 4882 3671. All © Chris
Kippin (2023).
Link.
South Street Church (evangelical) on
South Street. They also meet in Christ Church.
Another view. SS 4869 3609. Both ©
Chris Kippin (2023).
Link. Old O.S. maps mark a
Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel (2009 Streetview) on Hills View at SS 4896 3652. It
pre-dates a map of 1889. St. Brannoc (R.C.) stands
on Frog Lane at SS 4871 3737. Not seen by Streetview, photos (exterior and
interior) are available
here,
where it says it was opened in 1958. Its
page
on the diocesan website says that no services are held there at present. O.S.
maps mark St. Michael's Chapel (remains of) on
Chapel Hill at SS 4914 3732. A photo of it can be seen
here, where it's dated it to the 15th century.
Grade II listed. Also shown on O.S. maps is Chapel
(Site of) off Church Street at SS 4882 3714. I haven't been able to
discover any further details. In a
2019 Streetview, its site
lies behind the van.
Brayford, the former Baptist Church
of 1820 (plaque). The closure
date is not yet apparent. A photo of the chapel when it was
still active is available
here.
SS 6866 3473. Both © Martin Richter (2018).
Grade II listing, which says it is the oldest
Baptist Chapel in North Devon. Seven headstones share a
grade II listing. The
Methodist Church was built as Wesleyan, which opened in 1928. A rather wider
view can be had on Streetview,
here. Its smaller predecessor stands opposite - see Streetview
here. SS
6870 3475. © Martin Richter (2018).
Brendon, St. Brendon. The
interior, and
font. SS 7501 4773. All © Chris
Kippin (2023). Link.
Grade II listed. The former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel, which stands about ¾ of a mile east of the church, has been converted to commercial use. It pre-dates a map of 1888,
and was still in use in 1940, but had gone out of use before 1958. SS 7630 4775. ©
Martin Richter (2018).
Brent Tor, St. Michael de Rupe (of the
rocks), and its interior. SX 4708
8040. Both © Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed.
Bridestowe,
St. Bridget. The memorial tablet
to John Wrey. SX 5135 8943. Both © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
For listed churchyard tombs, headstones, etc., see
here. The
Methodist Church on Station Road.
Another view. SX 5134 8925. Both
© Chris Kippin (2022). The likely
predecessor
of the Methodist Church still stands on Launceston Road - labelled as
Bible Christian on a map of 1906 (the building
pre-dates a map of 1885). It's now The Ark Community Centre (and run by
the Methodist Church). SX 5132 8926. © Chris
Kippin (2023).
Bridford, St. Thomas à Becket. The
interior,
screen and
pulpit. SX 8160 8639. All ©
Chris Kippin (2022). Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed. For associated listed features,
see
here. The former Plymouth Brethren
Chapel. SX 8171 8644. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Bridfordmills, the former Plymouth
Brethren Chapel. SX 8347 8707. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Brixham.
Brixton, St. Mary. SX 5538 5219. ©
Peter Wood.
Link.
Grade II listed. The war memorial is also listed, as
grade II. A map of 1907 shows a Chapel at the
western end of the village, at SX 5508 5205. A map of 1913 labels it as a
U(nited) M(ethodist) Church. Now in secular use, it
was seen by Streetview
in 2022.
Broad Clyst, St. John the Baptist.
Another view, the
interior, two windows -
1,
2, and the
font. SX 9818 9728. All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed. Several tombs, a cross and stocks
are all listed separately, and can be seen
here. The Baptist Church at
Dog Village. Another view.
SX
9843 9644.
Link. Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Broadhembury, St. Andrew, Apostle
and Martyr. Another view, and the
interior. ST 1018 0470. All
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed. Two tombs in the churchyard are listed separately - they can
be found
here. A former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
stands a little way to the S.E. at ST 1033 0462. According to this
source its dates are 1887-1949.
Another view. Both © Chris Kippin
(2022).
Broadhempston, St. Peter and St.
Paul.
SX 8012 6628.
© Andrew Ross (2019). The
lych-gate to the churchyard is most unusual! © Chris Kippin (2019).
Link.
Grade I listed (includes some interior photos). The churchyard contains a
listed war memorial and listed tombs - see
here. The former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel is now in residential use. SX 8007 6630. © Chris Kippin
(2019).
Grade II listed. The former Baptist Chapel.
SX 8044 6624. © Chris Kippin (2019). Its
grade II listing, which calls it Salem, dates it to 1844.
Broadwoodkelly, All Hallows (or
All Saints). Another view, and
the interior. SS 6175 0586.
Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed. The grade II listing for a headstone and a tomb can be seen
here.
Broadwoodwidger, St. Nicholas.
The interior,
pulpit and
font. SX
4113 8918. All © Chris Kippin (2023).
Link.
Grade I listed. A number of items - cross, memorials etc. in the
churchyard are listed separately
here.
Brooking, St. Barnabas (1885). SX 7595
6064. © Chris Kippin (2019).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Brownston, the former St. John. This
source dates it to 1844. SX 6982 5269.
© Chris Kippin (2023). A
former Wesleyan Methodist
Chapel (2009 Streetview) stands a little way north of the church, at SX 6982
5275. This
source shows that it existed by 1867.
Brushford, St. Mary the Virgin (K). SS
6769 0767. © Brad Rogers (2010).
Link.
Grade II* listed. For related listed features see
here.
Buckerell, St. Mary and St. Giles.
Another view, the adjacent
Sunday School, the
interior,
box pews and
screen. ST 1232 0036. All ©
Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II* listed. The churchyard wall and gates are listed together as
grade II.
Buckfast, the Abbey, dedicated to
St. Mary. SX 7414 6739. From an old postcard in
Steve Bulman's Collection. This postcard
from Reg Dosell's Collection must pre-date the previous one - note the lack of
pinnacles on the tower. Another view,
© Christopher Skottowe (1946). A
modern view, © Andrew
Ross. Interior view, and the
High Altar, both from old postcards
in Christopher Skottowe's Collection.
Link, and the
history page.
Grade II* listed. For the many related listed buildings see
here. The Methodist Chapel,
labelled on older maps as Wesleyan. SX 7404 6741.
© Andrew Ross. Another view, and
the interior, both © James
Murray. Note that although the sign on the building says "Buckfast
Methodist Chapel", the sign in the ground just says "Buckfast Chapel", and
the church is used by Methodists and Anglicans.
Link,
where it's dated to 1881.
Buckfastleigh.
Buckhorn, the Methodist Church.
Older maps label it as Bible Christian, and it pre-dates a map of 1884. SX 3764
9943. © Chris Kippin (2023).
Buckland Brewer, St. Mary and St. Benedict. The
south doorway and the
interior. SS 4190 2091. All
© Chris Kippin (2024).
Link.
Grade II* listed. The war memorial by the churchyard gate is listed as
grade II. The
Methodist Church, which a map of 1886 labels as Providence Bible
Christian Chapel. SS 4191 2082. © Chris Kippin (2024). There is also a former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel in the village. Seen by
Streetview in 2009, it
stands on Ashton Cottage at SS 4189 2081. It pre-dates a map of 1905, and was
still in active use in the mid-20th century.
Buckland Filleigh, St. Mary and
Holy Trinity. Another view and
the interior. SS 4655 0915.
All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed. A tomb and two headstones in the
churchyard are listed separately - they can be found
here.
Buckland in the Moor, St. Peter. SX 7205
7314. Previously in the "Unknown" section, Colin MacDermott had asked for help
in identifying a church in a photo taken by his father in 1951. At the time he
was living in Swindon, but his work took him across the south-west of England.
Thanks to Phil Draper for the identification.
Another view, the
interior and the painted
rood screen doors, all
© Heath Nickels (2011 and 2020).
Link.
Grade II* listed. See
here for related listed features.
Buckland-tout-Saints, St. Peter. SX
7571 4608.
© Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Buck's Cross, St. Anne.
Another view,
interior view, and a fine display of
kneelers. SS 3493 2311. All © Martin
Richter (2011).
Link
dates it to 1862.
Bucks Mills, the former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel (1907). Another
view. SS 3575 2341. Both © Martin Richter (2011). This source mentions its
predecessor (there's a photo) which stood a little way further north, and says
it probably dated from the 1860's. SS 3562 2344. The house on its site was seen
by Streetview in 2023.
Budleigh Salterton.
Burlescombe, St. Mary.
Another view, and the
porch. ST 0760 1663. All ©
Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Burrington, Holy Trinity. SS 6377
1665. © Peter Wenham.
Link.
Grade I listed. One gravestone is also listed, as
grade II. There's also a
Methodist Church (2024 Streetview), shown on older maps as Bethesda Bible
Christian. It pre-dates a map of 1888. SS 6385 1674.
Link. Less
than ½ a mile to the N.W. of the village is a former
Plymouth Brethren Chapel, so named on a map of 1888. It's dated
here to 1846-1993.
SS 6338 1706.
Bursdon, the former St. Martin's Mission
Church. The evidence listed
here means it dates from later in the first half of the last century, or
soon thereafter. SS 2708 1922. © Chris Kippin (2024).
Bury Barton, the former chapel, now
in agricultural use. Its
grade I listing dates it to the 15th century, and speculates that it may be
the Chapel of St. James the Apostle, known to have been licensed in Lapford
parish in 1434. Another view, the
interior and
wagon roof, which the listing says
is original. SS 7325 0719. All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Butterleigh, St. Matthew.
Another view, and the
interior. SS 9748 0815. All ©
Chris Kippin (2021). Link.
Grade II* listed. A churchyard memorial cross is also listed, as
grade II. Older O.S. maps show a Baptist
Church a little way north of the village, at SS 9758 0834. It post-dates
a map of 1873-88. A larger building, but with the same footprint at its southern
end, now occupies the site. It was seen by
Streetview in 2009, and it
can be compared with an old photo available
here (scroll down), where it says the chapel burnt down. The end nearest the
camera was either incorporated into the re-build, or was built as a copy of the
old building.
Cadbury, St.
Michael and All Angels. Interior view,
and the carved wooden priest's stall.
SS 9109 0494. All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link. A guide to the church (pdf) is available
here.
Grade I listed. A cross, tombs etc. in the churchyard are listed separately
- they can be found
here.
Cadeleigh, St. Bartholomew.
Another view and the
interior. SS 9140 0791. All © Chris
Kippin (2021). Link.
Grade I listed. A tomb and a headstone are listed separately
here.
Calverleigh, St. Mary the Virgin.
Another view, the
interior, and the
screen. SS 9230 1429. All © Chris
Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed. A group of headstones also share a listing, as
grade II.
Chagford,
St. Michael the Archangel, well-hidden by trees, and its
tower. SX 7014 8751. Both © James Murray
(2010). An interior view, the
altar, and a
table tomb, all
© Heath Nickels (2019).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Several listed headstones and tombstones can be found
here.
Gospel Church on Southcombe Street. SX 7008 8767. ©
James Murray (2010). Another view,
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Holy Family (R.C.) on Lower Street.
SX 7009 8779. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
A former Chapel, dated 1867, stands
on Mill Street. Old maps label it as Wesleyan Methodist. SX 6999 8757. ©
Chris Kippin (2022). A map of 1886 shows a Plymouth
Brethren Chapel on The Square at circa SX 7010 8760. It's not exactly
clear which building the label is meant to apply to, but in this
Streetview from 2024, it
will be one of the buildings (or building on the site of the chapel) on the left
side of the street, perhaps the one with the black painted frontage. It seems to
have gone out of use in the first half of the last century.
Challacombe, Holy Trinity at Barton
Town. The interior and the
font. The
pulpit is unusual in being
accessed from a door in a wall. SS 6799
4062. All © Chris Kippin (2023).
Link.
Grade II* listed. The Methodist
Chapel was built as Bible Christian in 1868 (date-stone).
SS
6924 4082. Both ©
Chris Kippin (2023).
Chardstock, St. Andrew.
Another view, the
interior and the
font. ST 3090 0444. All ©
Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II* listed. Six chest tombs share a common listing, as
grade II.
Chawleigh,
St. James. SS 7120 1266. © Andrew Ross. Two further views -
1,
2, two interiors -
1,
2, the
altar, and the
font, all © Carole Sage (1960's).
Another view,
another of the
interior, and a close-up of the
screen, all © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed. The lych-gate is listed separately as
grade II. The former Methodist
Church on the road heading south of the village. It has a
date-stone for 1922, which names
it as Siloam. SS 7127 1230. © Chris
Kippin (2022). Shown on old maps further south on the same road is
Salem Chapel (Bible Christian) at SS 7137 1212. It
seems to have gone out of use in the middle of the last century. Whether
the house on the site
(2024 Streetview) is the converted chapel or a more recent building is unclear,
though I tend to the former. Jubilee Hall, which
stands just a few yards south of St. James, is a former Independent Chapel. Its
grade II listing dates it to "circa 1840-1850". SS 7119 1261.
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Cheldon, St. Mary. SS 7342 1340. ©
Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Chelston, Torquay - see
Torquay.
Cheriton Bishop,
St. Mary. SX 7733 9357. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed.
The churchyard also contains a grade II listed
chest tomb.
Cheriton Cross,
the former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. A
newspaper story from 2009 tells of its then impending sale, and also says
that it was 170 years old at that time. SX 7737 9298. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Cheriton Fitzpaine, St. Matthew.
Another view, the
porch, and the
interior. SS 8673 0618.
All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Some tombs in the churchyard are listed separately
here. The
Methodist Church (Bible
Christian on a map of 1873-88) stands on Fore Street, at SS 8694 0624. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link says it
was closed in 2024.
Chevithorne, St. Thomas.
Interior view, and a few of the
many memorials to the local
Heathcoat-Amory family.
SS 9742 1536. All
© Chris Kippin (2023). Link.
Grade II listed. A former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
stands a short distance away to the north-east, at SS 9758 1542. It was
seen by Streetview in 2022
when it was evidently undergoing (conversion?) works.
Chilla,
the former Bible Christian Chapel. It has a date-stone
for 1893, and was still active in the mid-20th century, by which time it was
presumably Methodist. SS 4434 0153. © Chris Kippin (2023).
This
source
(last updated in 2020) dates it to 1893, and implies an earlier chapel. This is
likely the one shown on a map of 1884 a little way to the north-east at SS 4465
0168. The house with the same footprint as the chapel can be seen on a
Streetview from 2023.
Chillaton, the former Bible Christian
Chapel. It pre-dates a map of 1884. How much of the chapel survives is unclear,
though the porch looks genuine, and the footprint of today's building is the
same as that of the chapel on large scale maps. SX 4354 8200.
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Chillington, the Methodist Church.
It's labelled on a map of 1906 as Ebenezer Chapel (Bible Christian). SX 7897 4279.
© Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Chittlehamholt, St. John the
Baptist (which sits less than half a mile S.S.W. of the hamlet), as seen by
Streetview in 2009. SS 6459 2042.
Link dates it to 1838.
Grade II listed.
The churchyard gate-piers and gates are also listed, as
grade II.
The former Plymouth Brethren
Chapel. It's also
grade II listed, and also dates from 1838. SS 6497 2089. © Chris
Kippin (2022).
Chittlehampton, St. Hieritha. Can
you identify the small church to its left? SS 6360 2559. From an old postcard in
Reg Dosell's collection. Thanks to Janet Gimber for advising that the "church"
next door is in fact the CoE primary school. Three modern views -
1,
2,
3, and the
interior, all © Chris
Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed. A churchyard cross, and numerous tombs and gravestones are
also listed,
here. The Methodist
Church on East Street. It has a date-stone for "Wesleyan Chapel 1858".
SS 6361 2548. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Chivelstone, St. Sylvester. The
interior, and the
screen. SX 7832 3875. All
© Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Christow, St. James the Apostle. The
interior, and the
screen. SX 8362 8504. All
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed. For other associated listed features, see
here. A Particular Baptist Chapel existed by
the time of the earliest available O.S. map (1888). The National Archives
references
documents pertaining to the chapel up to 1969. SX 8323 8556. Now The Old
Chapel, it was seen by
Streetview in 2022.
Chudleigh, St. Martin & St. Mary. SX
8672 7941. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. An un-posted
postcard, it provided no clues at all, and had languished in the
Unknown section for several years. Janet Gimber has identified it as Chudleigh
church, and a 2024
Streetview provides a modern view from a similar angle. Another
2024 Streetview. From Steve Bulman's
Collection.
Link.
Grade I listed.
For the numerous listed tombs and headstones see
here. The local Baptist congregation meets at
Chudleigh Primary School
(2008 Streetview) on Lawn Drive. SX 8677 7931.
Link. Its predecessor
may be what is shown on older O.S. maps as Brookfield
Baptist Chapel, a little way to the N.E. of the village at SX 8730 7990.
Aerial views suggest that it has survived, and it would seem to be the building
seen here on a
Streetview from 2024.
Chudleigh Knighton, St. Paul.
Another view, and a moving
CWWG memorial. SX 8455
7738. All © Andrew Ross (2018).
Link -
dates it to 1841-2.
Grade II listed. The churchyard gateway is a war memorial, and listed as
grade II. O.S. maps mark a place of worship near the S.W. edge of the
village at SX 8446 7722. A map of 1905 labels it as
Nonconformist Chapel, but I haven't been able to discover anything
further about it. It, or the house since built on its site, was seen by
Streetview in 2024.
Chulmleigh, St. Mary Magdalene. Two
more views - 1,
2, the
interior and
screen. SS 6868 1414. All
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed. The churchyard railings etc., are
grade II listed. The former
Methodist Church (1883) on Molton Street. It originated as a
Bible Christian Chapel, which still
stands to the rear, and has a date-stone for 1836.
SS 6868 1435. Both © Chris Kippin
(2022). Congregational Church on
East Street. Its
grade II* listing dates it to 1710, with later additions - however there is
a date-stone above the
entrance porch for 1633. SS 6891 1429. Both © Chris Kippin (2022). A former
Chapel stands on New Street at SS
6869 1422. Now called The Old Chapel House, its denomination is (so far)
unknown. Its
grade II listing dates it to the early 19th century. © Chris Kippin (2022).
The 1:50,000 O.S. map of 1960 (surveyed no later than 1958) shows a church on
the south side of the Leigh Road, at circa
SS 684 142. So far unidentified, lack of a large scale map showing it
prevents identification of the plot of land.
"Travelling" along Leigh Road on Streetview doesn't yield any likely candidates
for a surviving building. My appreciation to David Saunders for the following -
the church in question was Chulmleigh Gospel Hall
(Open Brethren). Dating from the 1920's, it was red brick with white brick
detailing, gable end facing the road, closed and demolished in the 1990's, and
replaced by the bungalow seen by
Streetview in 2009. SS 6855 1433. He also advises that they had previously
met in Rock Hill School. Now converted to residential use, this is on The
Square, at SS
6870 1419.
An old photo of it can be seen
here, and in a Streetview
from 2009.
Grade II listed.
David has also advised of a Roman Catholic Church
on South Molton Street, somewhere near Three Crossways, and which was still
active in the 1970's. This may have been
the place of worship shown on a 1" map of 1960, at SS 6872 1465. It will have
stood roughly where the car is in this
2010 Streetview.
Churchstow, St. Mary. The
interior.
SX 7125 4591.
Both
© Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade II* listed. The churchyard wall is also listed, as
grade II.
Churston Ferrers, St. Mary the
Virgin. Two additional views - 1,
2, three of the interior -
1,
2,
3, and the
font. This was Agatha
Christie's church, who paid for the
East window - apparently she
didn't like the old one! SX 9043 5642. All © Dennis Harper (2018).
Link.
Grade II* listed. For the listed churchyard walls and gate, and cross, see
here.
Clannaborough, St. Petrock, and its
interior. SS 7471 0253. Both
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed. A vault in the churchyard is
separately listed as
grade II.
Clapworthy, former church, now in
residential use. It must have closed prior to 1976, as a map of that date
doesn't label a place or worship. Older maps label it variously as a church or chapel (1957-8), Mission
Chapel (1905), and St. John's Church (1889). SS 6757 2409. © Martin Richter
(2011).
Clawton, St. Leonard.
SX 3485 9926. © Chris
Kippin (2023). Link.
Grade I listed. Several tombs, headstones, etc. have separate listings
here. The former Wesleyan Methodist
Chapel, and its date-stone for
1870. SX 3532 9918. Both © Chris Kippin (2023).
Grade II listed. This
source, quoting from
a directory of 1850, says that there was also a Bible Christian Chapel here, but
I haven't been able to locate it on available maps.
Clayhanger, St. Peter. The
interior, and an
example of the carved bench ends.
ST 0218 2299. All © Chris Kippin
(2023). Link.
Grade II* listed. A tomb and its railings are listed as
grade II. The former Methodist
Church now The Old Chapel). Older O.S. maps label it as Bible
Christian, and it has a date-stone for 1892.
Another view. ST 0208 2296. Both
© Chris Kippin (2023).
Clayhidon, St. Andrew. ST 1613 1560.
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed. For the numerous listed churchyard
monuments, see
here. A little over half a mile S.S.W. of the church is
Rosemary Lane Chapel.
ST 1582 1461. © Heath Nickels (2016).
Another view, and the inscribed stone which reads
"Blackdown Mission Room 1863". Both
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Clovelly, All Saints. From an old
postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A
modern view, and an interior view.
SS 3097 2514. Both © Nick Hopton.
Another view, © Martin Richter
(2011).
Link.
Grade I listed.
For the listed churchyard walls, and a monument, see
here. The church website includes St. Peter's Chapel,
which is in the village at SS 3175 2478. It can't be seen on Streetview, but
there's a photo
here. The Methodist Chapel (built as Wesleyan
in
1820). SS 3173 2476. © Martin Richter (2011).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Clyst Honiton, St. Michael & All
Angels. SX 9894 9352.
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II* listed. A listed cross, headstones, etc. can be seen
here.
Clyst Hydon, St. Andrew. ST 0355
0168. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed. A cross and chest tomb are listed
separately
here.
Clyst St. George, St. George. SX 9841
8892. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's collection.
Link.
Grade II listed. The lych-gate, churchyard walls and stocks are also listed
here.
Clyst St. Lawrence, St. Lawrence. SY
0267 9998. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed. A cross in the churchyard is also
listed, as
grade II.
Clyst St. Mary, St Mary.
Another view, and two of the interior
- 1,
2. SX 9789 9034. All
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II listed. Three tombs are also listed
here.
Cockington, St. George & St. Mary. SX
8908 6379. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A
modern view, ©
Andrew Ross (2019).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Cockwood, a chapel on Church Road
and Dawlish Warren Road, which has
links with Cofton (see below), and St. Mary in Dawlish. SX 9761 8068. © Andrew
Ross. In 2024 it seems to have
become an extension of the adjacent pub -
Streetview. A large
scale map of 1905 shows a Plymouth Brethren Chapel
on Vicarage Road at SX 9750 8049.
Pre-dating a map of 1889, the house on the site was seen by
Streetview in 2024.
Coffinswell, St. Bartholomew.
Another view. SX 8912 6843. Both ©
Andrew Ross (2019). Link.
Grade I listed. A churchyard cross is also listed, as
grade II.
Cofton, St. Mary, on Church Road. SX 9682
8030. © Andrew Ross.
Link.
Colaton Raleigh, St. John the
Baptist. Another view and the
interior. SY 0816 8717. All
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II* listed. Two headstones in the churchyard, and part of the boundary
walls and gates are listed separately - they can be seen
here. There's a former
Methodist Chapel (originally Wesleyan) on Chapel Lane at the western end of
the village, at SY 0721 8764. It's dated
here to 1894-1994. © Chris Kippin (2022). A little further west, near
Kingston, is a former Plymouth Brethren Chapel (so
labelled on a map of 1889). A building with the same footprint still stands on
the site (Streetview, 2021),
though whether anything of the old chapel survives isn't obvious. SY 0677 8779.
Coldridge, St. Matthew.
Interior view, the
rood screen, and a "bench
frontal" (see the appended listing) with a Latin inscription. SS 6985 0765.
All © Chris Kippin (2021). Long before Chris
had sent his photos in, I had received
scans of two different postcards of an interior (1,
2), from Judy Flynn and Brian Curtis,
within days of each other. I suspected immediately that they were of the same
church, but had no idea of where it might be. One postcard had the word
"Coleridge" printed on it, and it seems that this was the old spelling for what
is now Coldridge. Greg Mishevski and Simon Edwards obliged with the
identification, and confirmation that they were indeed of the same church. There
are some older references to the church dedication being St. Mary (Simon refers
to a 1919 Bligh Bond book).
Link.
An interesting video tour
with history.
Grade I listed.
The former Plymouth Brethren
Chapel (or the house built on its site) as seen by Streetview in 2010. SS
6972 0769.
Colebrooke, St. Andrew.
Another view, and the
interior. SS 7700 0002. All
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed. A number of headstones, vaults,
and other churchyard features are listed separately - they can be found
here.
The former Coombehead Chapel,
which stands in an isolated position about 2¼ miles to the SW of the village. An
1888 map labels it as Plymouth Brethren - it seems to have survived as a place
of worship into the mid-20th century, but I haven't been able to discover when
it closed. It has a
date-stone for 1840. SS 7383 9816. Both
© Chris Kippin (2022).
O.S. maps mark, at about half a mile to the W.N.W. of the village
Chapel (Site of). Its site is in the field to the
right of the white-painted house seen in a
Streetview from 2024.
It's mentioned
here, which isn't very informative, but it is the only mention of it I've
found. SS 7606 0032.
Coleford, the former Plymouth
Brethren Gospel Hall, and its porch.
It pre-dates a map of 1889. SS 7721 0105. Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Grade II listed.
Collaton St. Mary, St. Mary. SX 8642 6018.
From an old postcard (franked 1905) in Steve Bulman's Collection. A
modern view, © Paul E. Barnett
(2016), and another,
© Chris Kippin (2023).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade II* listed. The lych-gate and some churchyard memorials have separate
listings. They can be seen
here.
Columbjohn, St. John,
originally the chapel for the nearby manor house, now demolished. This
source says that it stands on the site of an earlier chapel. SX 9596 9993.
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Grade II listed - dates it to circa 1844.
Colyford, St. Michael. SY 2486 9245. ©
Julie Baker. Link - dates
it to 1888-9. Across the road from St. Michael is
Colyford Memorial Hall on Swan Hill
Road and Elmwood Gardens, the meeting place for a Christadelphian
congregation who had previously met in Seaton (for which see the
Seaton page).
SY 2491 9240. © Chris
Kippin (2023). Link. O.S.
maps show a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Old Manor
Gardens at SY
2514 9256.
Pre-dating a map of 1889, it was still active into the 1950's at least, but
has since been converted to residential use. This
source dates it to 1827. It was seen by
Streetview in 2009.
Colyton,
St. Andrew.
SY 2459 9409. From an old postcard
(franked 1904), in Steve Bulman's Collection.
A modern view, © Julie Baker.
Link.
Grade I listed. For related listed features see
here. The Methodist Church
on King Street, and its interior.
SY 2439 9403. Both © Heath Nickels (2016).
Link.
Grade II listed - dates it to 1814, originally as Congregational. The former Gospel
Hall on The Butts. SY 2434 9387. © Heath Nickels (2016). A map of 1889 shows
a Chap. (Cath. Apos.) on King Street, at SY 2445
9411. It evidently closed in the first half of the last century. It, or the
building which replaced it, was seen by
Streetview in 2022.
Another Chapel shown on the same 1889 map is
George's Chap. (Unitn), at SY 2453 9399, set back
from Church Street. It was seen (though not well) by
Streetview in 2022. Its
grade II listing dates it to circa 1746.
The cemetery on Sidmouth Road has a
Mortuary Chapel (2009
Streetview), labelled on O.S. maps as being for Nonconformists. SY 2417 9388.
Another surviving former
Chapel (2022 Streetview) stands on Rosemary Lane at SY 2471 9418. None of
the available on-line maps label it other than "Chapel", but fortunately it's
listed (grade
II), which dates it to 1838, and calling it
Wesleyan Centenary Chapel.
Combe Martin, St. Peter ad Vincula.
Another view, the
interior and
screen. SS 5863 4630. All ©
Chris Kippin (2023). Link.
Grade I listed. Numerous churchyard features are separately listed
here. The Methodist Church
on Castle Street. It may originally have been the Wesleyan Chapel mentioned
here. SS 5879 4629. © Chris Kippin (2023). The
Baptist Church on High
Street. It pre-dates a map of 1889, where it's labelled as Ebenezer Chapel
(Baptist). A 2009 Streetview
shows it unencumbered with scaffolding. SS 5845 4665. © Chris Kippin (2023).
Link. The same
1889 map shows a Church
nearer the coast at SS 5790 4713. On the next available large scale map (1904),
it's labelled as Church Room. What it was I haven't been able to
discover. It stood where the shop and adjacent parking area are now, as seen by
Streetview in 2019.
Combe Raleigh, St. Nicholas.
Another view, and the
interior. ST 1585 0233. All
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
For listed features in the churchyard, see
here.
Combeinteignhead, All Saints. SX 9018
7154. © Andrew Ross.
Link.
Combpyne, St. Mary the Virgin.
Another view, the
interior, and a
wall painting of a ship. SY 2901
9238. All © Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed.
Copplestone, the Methodist
Church. I can make out the date-stones on Streetview, which declare it to be
Ebenezer Bible Christian, of 1888. SS 7702 0264.
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link. The 25" O.S. map
of 1873-88 shows a Bible Christian Chapel directly
across the road from today's church. It's not obvious that anything of the Chapel survives in the building on
the site today. SS 7704 0266.
© Chris Kippin (2021). A little way south of
the village is Copplestone House, in the grounds of which O.S. maps mark
Chapel (Site of). Its site can't be seen on
Streetview. SS 7719 0198.
Cornwood, St. Michael and All Angels. SX
6043 5936. © Peter Wood.
Link.
Grade I listed.
Cornworthy, St. Peter (O).
Another view, the
interior,
screen, and
font. SX 8295 5555. All © Chris
Kippin (2019).
Link.
Grade I listed. The churchyard walls are also listed, as
grade II. The Methodist
Church (2018 Streetview) is on the main road through the village, a little
way west of the church at SX 8276 5559. Older maps label it as Wesleyan, and it
has a date-stone for 1896. What must be presumed to be its predecessor shows on
older maps on Alexandra Place at SX 8274 5557.
2011 Streetview. A
little way west of the village are the vestiges of
Cornworthy Priory. The main relic is the
gateway (2022
Streetview). SX 8218 5560.
Link.
Grade I listed. O.S. maps show just a little way south
Chapel (Remains of), at SX 8221 5555. Whether it was associated with the
priory is not known to me, and I've been unable to find any references to it. In
another 2022 Streetview
the gatehouse is seen at right, the chapel remains (if indeed that's what's they
are) are to the right of the gate in the hedge, with others perhaps hidden by
the vegetation.
Coryton, St. Andrew.
Another view and the
interior. SX 4570 8355. All
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II* listed. Some chest-tombs and headstones are listed separately -
they can be found
here.
Cotleigh, St. Michael
and All Angels.
Interior view and the
font. ST 2063 0221. All © Chris
Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II* listed. Two chest tombs in the churchyard are listed separately -
they can be seen
here. About ¾ of a mile to the S.S.W. is a former
Bible Christian Chapel, at ST 2017 0113.
It has a date-stone for 1890.
© Chris Kippin
(2023).
Countisbury, St. John the Evangelist,
and its interior. SS
7472 4976. Both © Chris Kippin (2023). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Cove, the converted former St. John the
Baptist.
Its
grade II listing, which dates it to 1854-5, described it as "recently
redundant" in 1991. Another view. SS 9576
1933. Both © Chris Kippin (2023).
Cowley, St. Antony. SX 9057 9568. ©
Chris Kippin (2021).
As of 2024, Google Streetview is labelling the chapel as "permanently closed".
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1867-8.
Creacombe, the former St. Michael and
All Angels.
Genuki says it was closed in 1997. SS 8181 1935. © Chris Kippin
(2022).
Crediton.
Crockernwell, Methodist Church.
Older maps label it as Trinity Chapel. SX 7542 9242. © Chris Kippin
(2021).
Link - says that the
chapel is now closed.
Crownhill, Plymouth - see
Plymouth.
Croyde, St. Mary Magdalene, on St. Mary's
Road. Originally a Mission Chapel, its
grade II listing dates it to 1874. SS 4469 3921. © Chris Emms (2011).
Another view, ©
Chris Kippin (2023).
Link. The
Baptist Church on Georgeham Road. SS
4509 3913. © Chris Kippin (2023).
Link. O.S. maps show
St. Helen's Chapel (Remains of) at SS 4436 3899.
Not visible on Streetview because of high hedging, some photos of it can be seen
here.
Grade II listed.
Cruwys Morchard, Holy Cross.
Another view, and the rotary
lych-gate. SS 8743 1216. All
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed.
The lych-gate, tombs etc., are listed separately - they can be seen
here.
Cullompton.
Culm Davy, Culm Davy Chapel (K).
Interior view. ST 1241 1505. Both ©
Heath Nickels (2016).
Link. Its
grade II listing dates it to the 15th century, with a major restoration in
the 19th.
Culmstock, All Saints. Near the top of
the tower can be seen a yew tree, known to be at least 200 years old. ST 1025
1354. © Andrew Ross. Another view,
two interiors - 1,
2, and the view through a
squint. The list of vicars
commences in "the late A. D. 1100's" with
Roger. All © Mike Berrell (2014).
Link.
Grade II* listed. The gates and railings are also listed, as
grade II. The Methodist Church.
ST 1010 1383. © Andrew Ross. Another
view. It was built as Wesleyan in 1888 (date-stone).
Both © Mike Berrell (2014). It has evidently closed, as it was being offered for
sale in 2021 (Streetview).
A 2022
news article about its closure has interior photos. A little way west of the
village on Silver Street is The Old Chapel, at ST 0983 1348. It shows on
old O.S. maps as Wesleyan. It's not indicated as a
place of worship on the 25" map of 1904, so had presumably gone out of use by
then - probably in 1888 or soon after when the new chapel opened. It was seen by
Streetview in 2021.
The former
Mission Hall. It pre-dates a map of 1904. ST 1014 1356. © Heath Nickels (2016).
Dalwood, St.
Peter. ST 2479 0054. © Julie Baker.
Link.
Grade I listed. The churchyard war memorial is also listed, as
grade II. The Methodist
Church stands about half a mile S.S.W. of the village, at SY 2463 9977.
Older maps label it as Bible Christian. © Heath Nickels (2018).
Link.
Dartington, St. Mary. Its
grade II* listing dates it to 1878-80. built in 1880. SX 7854 6266.
© Andrew Ross.
Link.
East of the village at Dartington Hall are the
remains of the former St.
Mary. SX 7977 6270. © Andrew Ross.
Grade I listed, which says it was demolished in circa 1878, with
some of the stone re-used in building the new church.. Related listed
features can be found
here.
Dartmouth.
Dawlish.
Dean Prior, St. George the Martyr. The
interior, and the C12
font. SX 7302 6354. All
© Chris Kippin (2019).
Link.
Grade I listed. Related listed features can be seen
here.
Denbury, St. Mary the Virgin. SX 8238 6886.
From an old postcard, Geoff Watt's Collection. A
modern view, © Andrew Ross (2018).
Link.
Grade I listed. For related listed features see
here. A former
Baptist Chapel (2014 Streetview) stands on North Street at SX 8227
6895. It pre-dates a map of 1887, where it's labelled as Baptist
Chapel (General). The latest available on-line map shows it as still
active in 1961.
Devonport, Plymouth - see
Plymouth.
Diptford, St. Mary.
Another view.
Interior view. SX 7274 5677. All ©
James Murray.
Link.
Grade I listed. Related listed features can be found
here.
Dittisham, St. George, on Riverside
Road. Interior view, and the
screen. SX 8611 5507. All
© Chris Kippin (2019).
Link.
Grade I listed. For the listed lych-gate, headstone, etc., see
here. A former Congregational Chapel
stands on The Level, at SX 8629 5482. Pre-dating a map of 1887, it shows
as still being active on a map of 1961, but was derelict by 2016 (Streetview).
It has since been restored and converted to residential use - see
here for photos.
Doccombe, the Chapel. According to
ACNY, it was converted
from a barn in the 1840's. It has a
bell dated 1818. SX 7759 8681. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Dodbrooke, St. Thomas a Becket (or
St. Thomas of Canterbury) on Church Street.
Another view, and the
interior. SX 7394 4452.
All
© Chris Kippin (2020).
Link. A very brief
grade I listing. The churchyard walls are also listed, as
grade II.
Doddiscombleigh, St. Michael. The
interior and a
window. SX 8576 8655. All
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed. For associated listed features,
see
here.
Dolton, St.
Edmund King and Martyr. Another view. SS
5701 1201. Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed. The
Baptist Church on Chapel Street. Its
date is given on the panel between the windows as 1876. An interior photo is
available here.
SS 5729 1225. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Dowland, St. Peter (K). SS 5680 1031. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed. For the listed headstone and cross see
here.
Down St. Mary, St. Mary the Virgin.
Another view, the revolving lych-gate,
interior and
screen. SS 7430 0446. All ©
Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed. A number of headstones and other
features are listed separately
here.
Drewsteighnton, Holy Trinity.
Another view and the
interior. SX 7364 9085. All © Chris Kippin (2022). Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed. For listed features associated
with the church, see
here. Older O.S. maps mark a
Chapel just to the west
of the church, at SX 7349 9082. Chris advises that it was a Gospel Hall. It appears to survive, converted, and is now used as a holiday let (The Old
Chapel). Another view. Both
© Chris Kippin (2023).
Dunchideock, St. Michael and All
Angels. Another view, the
interior,
screen and intricately carved
wooden pulpit. SX 8762 8767. All
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed. For listed tombs, etc., in the churchyard, see
here.
Dunkeswell, St. Nicholas. The
grade II listing dates it to an 1865-8 re-build, with the tower again
re-built in 1953 (which Chris advises was necessitated because it had been
weakened by activity at the nearby WWII airbase).
The
interior, two windows - 1,
2, the early
font and its carving of an
elephant, reputedly one of, if
not the, earliest depiction of an elephant in Britain. ST 1414 0780. All © Chris Kippin
(2022). Link.
The Methodist Church.
Older maps (it pre-dates one of 1888) label it as Wesleyan. ST
1406 0785. © Mike Berrell (2014).
Link. About a mile
and a half south of the village stands
Wolford Chapel. Two views of the interior -
1,
2. ST 1372 0524. All
© Heath Nickels (2016).
Link.
Grade II listed, which mentions that it's supposed to be built on the site
of an ancient church - Old Wulphere Church.
Dunkeswell Abbey, Holy Trinity.
The church was built in 1842 on the site of the church of Dunkeswell Abbey.
Another view, and two of the interior
- 1,
2. ST 1427 1073. All © Mike
Berrell (2014).
Link.
Grade II listed. O.S. maps mark, a little way to the west, a
place of worship at ST 1402 1080. Shown on
mid-20th century maps, there wasn't a building here at the beginning of
the century. The building on the site today is called Abbey Chapel
(Streetviews from
2009 and 2022),
and betrays no obvious sign of its time as a chapel (assuming it's a
conversion rather than a new build). So what was it?
Dunsford, St Mary. Two views of the
interior - 1,
2, and the fine
tomb of Sir Thomas Fulforde and his
wife. SX 8130 8920. All © Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed. For related listed features see
here. The former
Baptist Chapel
(1885) stands some distance to the south-west of the village. SX 8079 8856.
© Heath Nickels (2016). Another view,
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Dunstone, the Methodist Church,
which dates from 1833, originally as Wesleyan. Another view.
SX 7146 7577. Both © James Murray.
Link.
Dunterton, All Saints. Previously in the
"Unknown" section, Gerry Porter wanted this church in south-west England
identified. Taken in 1998, it has distinctive large pinnacles, and looked to me
to be in the Cornish tradition. Janet Gimber identified it, and to salve my
pride, explained that it was almost on the border with Cornwall! SX 3759
7930. © Gerry Porter.
Another view,
© Paul E. Barnett (2018).
Link.
Grade I listed. Several headstones and a tomb are also listed
here. Marked on O.S. maps about half a mile to the S.E. is a
Chapel (Site of) at SX 3817 7879. It's
probably the chapel mentioned
here,
quoting from a directory of 1850 - "In Chapel Field are the remains of a
chantry chapel, converted into a cow-house". If this identification is
correct, then it must have been demolished fairly soon afterwards, as
the earliest available map, of 1883, marks it as a site. Its site
hasn't
been seen by Streetview.
East Allington, St. Andrew.
Another view, the
interior, and the unusual
pulpit. SX 7697 4836.
All © Chris Kippin (2019).
Link.
Grade II* listed. Numerous tombs and headstones are also listed
here.
The former
Primitive Methodist Chapel on
Dartmouth Road. It pre-dates a map of 1886, and was still in active use in the
mid-20th century. SX 7692
4867.
© Chris Kippin (2019).
East Anstey, St. Michael. Another
view, and the interior. SS 8673
2653. All © Chris Kippin (2023). Link.
Grade II* listed.
A "twin headstone" is listed separately, as grade II,
here.
East Buckland, St. Michael.
Another view. SS 6773 3133. Both ©
Martin Richter (2016). Link.
Grade II listed, which says that the tower is C15, but is otherwise mostly
of a Victorian re-build. For the listed tombs and headstones see
here. A little way east of the village at Charles Bottom, is the site of a
Bible Christian Chapel. Pre-dating a map of 1889, it seems to have been closed
between 1950 and 1958. The building on the site today was seen by
Streetview in 2010. SS
6854 3131.
East Budleigh, All Saints.
Two interior view -
1,
2, and some of the fine carved
bench ends. SY 0662 8493. All ©
Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed.
For listed features in the churchyard, see
here. Salem Chapel (1719). A map
of 1888 labels it as labelled as Salem Chapel (Independent). Its
grade II* listing says it was built as Presbyterian. SY
0703 8506. © Heath Nickels (2015).
Link.
East Down, St. John the Baptist. The
altar, and a
window. There is another
building in the churchyard, which has
its own
grade II listing, and is described as
a Church Room or Sunday School. SS 6013 4180.
Link. Geograph
has many more photos. The
Grade II* listing mentions surviving fabric from the 13th century, and that
the church was re-modelled when the south aisle was added in the 15th. There's
also a
grade II listed churchyard monument. The former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
(1902), now in residential use. SS 6000 4140. There was an earlier chapel nearby,
shown on the 1886 O.S. 1:2500 map. It possibly survives, as seen on
Streetview
here. All © Martin Richter (2018).
East Ogwell, St. Bartholomew.
Another view. SX 8381 7005. Both © Jill Bennett.
Link.
Grade I listed. For related listed features see
here.
East Panson, the former Bible
Christian Chapel, which stands a bit less than ½ a mile south of the hamlet at
SX 3597 9184. Its
date-stone is for 1879. It was
still active as a place of worship (presumably Methodist) in 1961. This
source calls it St.
Giles on the Heath Methodist Church. Both © Chris Kippin (2023).
East Portlemouth, St. Winwaloe.
Another view, and the
interior. SX 7488 3836. All
© Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade II* listed. Other listed structures associated with the church can be
found
here. The
former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. It's
dated
here to circa 1931, with conversion in the late 1990's. If 1931 is accurate,
then it had a predecessor on the same site, as it shows on a map of 1886. SX
7482 3843.
© Chris Kippin (2020). A little way to the N.E., at SX
7521 3884, O.S. maps show Supposed site of Chapel.
A not very useful 2009
Streetview shows the lane it's supposed to have stood beside, to the left. I
haven't found anything about it.
East Prawle, the former Bible
Christian Chapel. It pre-dates a map of 1886, and is still marked as a place of
worship (presumably Methodist) on a map from the 1960's. A
2009 Streetview shows it
with a sign saying "Chivelstone Parish Community Hall 2000". SX 7805 3644.
© Chris Kippin (2020).
East Worlington, St. Mary. SS 7749
1372. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Easter Close Cross, the former Baptist
Chapel. It pre-dates a map of 1889, where it's labelled Baptist Chapel
(General), and shows as still active on one of 1960. SS 6162 4458. © Chris Kippin (2023).
Ebberl(e)y Hill, Ebberley
Lodge Methodist Church. It has a
date-stone for 1913, as
United Methodist. It stands on the site of a Bible Christian Chapel of 1839 (source).
Whether anything of the original building survives is unclear. SS 5697 1932.
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Eckworthy, the former General Baptist
Chapel which pre-dates a map of 1884. This
source, which calls it Zion, dates it to 1847. SS 4090 1775. © Martin Richter (2011).
Edginswell, the former Mission
Room (1878). SX 8879 6609.
© Paul E. Barnett (2018).
Eggesford Barton, All Saints. SS 6872
1113. This church is on Andrew's "must see" list, for anyone who is visiting
Devon. © Andrew Ross. Another view,
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed. A cross, tombs and headstones
are listed separately - they can be found
here.
Ermington, St. Peter and St. Paul. SX 6383
5322. © Peter Wood. An old postcard view,
from Reg Dosell's Collection.
Link.
Grade I listed. The lych-gate is also listed, as
grade II. There's also a former
Methodist Chapel (2023
Streetview) in the village, at SX 6372 5310. Older maps label it as Wesleyan -
it pre-dates one of 1886.
Escot, St. Philip and St. James - see Fairmile,
below.
Eworthy, the former Zion Bible
Christian Chapel, and its date-stone
for 1863. SX 4457 9501. Both © Chris Kippin
(2023).
Exbourne, St. Mary Blessed Virgin. Old maps label it as Holy Trinity.
Interior view. SS 6021
0192.
Link.
Grade II* listed. Two tombs in the churchyard are
listed separately - they can be seen
here. The former Bible Christian Chapel
on High Street. It pre-dates a map of 1887. SS
6023 0177. The Methodist Church is on Fore Street.
The church
website dates it to the 1930's. SS 6029 0209. All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Exeter.
Exminster.
Exmouth.
Exton, St. Andrew. The
interior.
SX 9841 8634. Both © Chris Kippin
(2022). Link. It
stands on the site of a predecessor which shows on older maps as Miss. Chap.
It pre-dates a map of 1906, and was damaged by flooding in 1960. A photo of the
damaged church can be seen
here. A painting of it hangs in the
present church. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Exwick, Exeter - see
Exeter.
Fairmile, St. Philip and St. James,
commonly referred to as Escot Church from the nearby Escot
Estate. Its
grade II listing dates it to 1840.
Another view. SY 0874 9742. Both © Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Farringdon, St. Petrock and
St. Barnabas. SY 0177 9121. © Chris
Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II* listed, which says it is a re-build of 1870 on a medieval
site. For the listed headstone and lych-gate, see
here.
Farway,
St. Michael and All Angels. SY 1724 9646. © Julie Baker.
Link.
Grade II* listed. For related
listed features see
here. The
Methodist Chapel stands about a mile S.E. of the village.
Interior view, and the
organ. Originally
Wesleyan, it post-dates a map of 1888. SY 1859 9531. All
© Heath Nickels (2016 and 2017).
Link.
Feniton, St. Andrew. The
interior,
screen, and a
window. SY 1086 9942. All © Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II* listed.
For the listed lych-gate, tombs etc., see
here. The former Baptist
Chapel on East View. Old maps show it as a Congregational Chapel
in 1889, and a Union Chapel (presumably Baptist Union) in 1905.
SY 0946 9944. © Heath Nickels (2017).
Fenny Bridges,
The Old Chapel, a former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, as seen by
Streetview in 2022. Its
grade II listing dates it to 1850. SY 1142 9855. O.S. maps mark,
just a short distance to the west, St. Ann's
Chapel (Site of) at SY 1134 9853. This
source says it was destroyed in a flood in 1752. In a
2022 Streetview,
its site is about two thirds of the way from the building at right to
the road, in the trees.
Filleigh, St. Paul. SS 6626
2804. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II* listed, wherein it's dated to 1732.
Numerous tombs and headstones are listed separately
here. At Castle Hill House, which stands about ½ a mile to the north
east, O.S. maps mark Church (Site of)
at SS 6707 2849. Its site hasn't been seen by Streetview, but in the
photo of the house
here the site of the church is at the extreme left.
Folly Gate, the former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (pre-1855). SX 5737 9789. © Chris Kippin (2021).
A Mission Room shows on the 25" O.S. map of
1892-1914, at SX 5746 9794. The plot it stood on is shown on a
Streetview from 2008
- the fenced area. It pre-dates a map of 1906, and seems to have gone
out of use in the mid-20th century.
Ford, the former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel. A date-stone
for 1897 refers to a "former chapel".
Genuki
mentions registers from 1807. SS 4076 2455. Both © Chris Kippin
(2024).
Forda, the former Baptist
Chapel. I've been unable to find any references to it on-line, other
than on old maps. It shows as Baptist Chapel (General) on a map
of 1885. SX 5322 9074. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Fremington, St. Peter.
Another view.
SS 5119 3256. Both © Chris Kippin (2024).
Link.
Grade II* listed. For the numerous listed tombs and headstones, see
here. The
Methodist Church is on
Old School Lane. It shows on older maps as Wesleyan, and it pre-dates
one of 1890. SS 5129 3230. © Chris
Kippin (2024).
Frithelstock, St. Mary and
St. Gregory. SS 4637 1955. © Martin Richter (2011).
Link.
Grade I listed. A length of wall is also listed, as
grade II. The ruins of
Frithelstock Augustinian Priory stand adjacent. SS 4639 1957. ©
Martin Richter (2011).
Link.
Grade I listed. The former
General Baptist Chapel
at Frithelstock Stone.
Another view. SS 4527 1861. Both © Martin Richter (2011). Former
Bible Christian Chapel (1852, or possibly 1862), also at
Frithelstock Stone.
Another view. SS 4531
1867. Both © Martin Richter (2011).
Galmpton, Holy
Trinity. It says here
that the church "is just over 150 years old", on an un-dated webpage.
Another view. SX 6866 4050. Both
© James Murray.
Link.
George Nympton, St. George.
Another view, and the porch.
SS 7003 2296. All © Martin Richter (2011). The
interior,
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
For related listed features see
here. The former
Providence Bible Christian Chapel,
which stands in the churchyard.
Another view. At some point before 1973 it had become a
Methodist Chapel, and it still shows as such on a 1974-6 map. Closure date not
certain. SS 7000 2295. All © Martin Richter (2011). The
date-stone,
© Chris Kippin (2022), is for 1862. Old maps show a
simple rectangular building - the date-stone is probably over the original front
door.
Georgeham, St. George. SS 4649 3989. ©
Chris Emms (2011). Another view, and
the interior, both © Chris
Kippin (2023). Link.
Grade I listed. The
Baptist Chapel on Chapel Street. It
has a foundation stone dated 1883. SS 4637 3974. Both © Chris Kippin
(2023).
Link.
Germansweek, St. German (or Germanus),
and the interior. SX 4389 9416.
Both © Chris Kippin (2023).
Link.
Grade II* listed. There are also separate listings for a headstone and a
tomb,
here. The former Baptist Chapel.
SX 4402 9437. © Chris Kippin (2023). A 1923 directory, quoted
here mentions a United Methodist Chapel in Germansweek. I haven't been able
to find it on any maps of the village, but it may have been what's listed
above as the Bible Christian Chapel in Eworthy.
Gidleigh, Holy Trinity. The
interior and
screen. SX 6706 8838. All ©
Chris Kippin (2022). Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed. Several headstones are
listed separately - they can be seen
here.
Gittisham, St. Michael and All Angels.
Two more views - 1,
2, the latter showing the entrances to
the ringing room (left) and the west gallery, and the
interior. SY 1337 9837. All © Chris Kippin
(2022). Link.
Grade I listed. For the several listed tombs and headstones, see
here.
Goldworthy, the former Bible
Christian Chapel.
It pre-dates a map of 1885, and appears to have been
re-built on the same site before 1905, the map of which shows the building on a
different alignment. It was still active in the mid-20th century, presumably as
Methodist. SS 3928 2276. © Chris Kippin (2024).
Great Torrington.
Grinacombe Moor, Broadwood
Methodist Church. Its date-stone
announces "1844 Re-built 1898". It will have originally been Bible Christian (source),
and older maps label it as Ebenezer. SX 4152 9132.
© Chris Kippin (2023).
Gulworthy, St. Paul.
Another view. SX 4478 7265.
Both ©
Paul E. Barnett (2018 &. 2022).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Haccombe, St.
Blaise. Interior view. SX 8980 7019.
Both © John Hawkins.
Link.
Grade I listed. The churchyard railings are also listed, as
grade II.
Halberton, St. Andrew. The
interior and
screen. ST 0056 1289. All © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed. For related listed features, see
here. O.S. maps mark
Chapel (Site of) in the churchyard, at ST 0054
1289. I've been unable to discover anything about it. Its site (the
graveyard to the left of the church) was seen by Streetview in 2021. The
Methodist Church on High Street
was originally Wesleyan.
The interior, and a
board recording "Mr Wesley"
(presumably John) preaching here in 1760. This wasn't in the present chapel
however, which is dated 1816. ST 0073 1301. All © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II listed.
A Bible Christian Chapel is shown on old O.S. maps
on High Street at ST 0096 1287. The house on the site can be seen in a
Streetview from 2021.
Whether anything survives from the chapel is unclear.
Halwell, St. Leonard.
Another view, and the
interior. SX 7774 5320. All
© Chris Kippin (2019).
Link.
Grade I listed.
For related listed features see
here.
Halwill Junction, the Baptist
Church. It post-dates a map of 1884.
Another view. SX 4444 9978.
Both © Chris Kippin (2023).
Link.
Harberton, St. Andrew.
Another view, the
interior, and the richly carved and
decorated screen. The
pulpit is attributed as C15 work
in the
grade I listing. SX 7784 5865. All © Chris Kippin (2019).
Link. For
the listed churchyard cross, lych-gate etc., see
here. Wesley House
(2009 Streetview) on Vicarage Ball and Fore Street is a former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. SX 7769 5852. It's shown
(but not labelled) on a map of 1887, and closed in 1967 (source).
Harbertonford, St. Peter. SX
7835 5621. All © Chris Kippin (2019).
Link.
Grade II listed. The churchyard war memorial is also listed as
grade II. Older O.S. maps also show three chapels in or near the village.
The former Primitive
Methodist Chapel (2021 Streetview) on Bow Road is dated 1900. SX 7847 5626.
Link. An Independent Chapel is shown at SX 7837
5612, off Woodcourt Road. It, or the house which replaced it, was seen by
Streetview in 2009.
Zion Hill Baptist Chapel is/was just south of the
village at SX 7845 5592. A map of 1887 labels it as Baptist Chapel
(Particular). Aerial views suggest that it has survived (or it has been
replaced by a building with the same footprint), but it hasn't been seen well
enough by Streetview to decide.
2008 Streetview.
Harford, St. Petrock, and its
interior. SX 6383 5948. Both
© Chris Kippin (2023).
Link.
Grade I listed. A churchyard cross is listed as
grade II.
Harpford, St. Gregory the Great. Older
large scale O.S. maps label it as St. Nicholas. SY 0908
9033. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Two modern views -
1,
2, and the interior, all
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II* listed. For the listed churchyard cross and tombs see
here.
Hartland.
Hatherleigh, St. John the Baptist.
Another view, and the interior.
SS 5411 0459.
All © Chris Kippin (2021). Link.
Grade I listed. A tomb in the churchyard is listed separately as
grade II. The Methodist Church
(1983) is on Bridge Street, on the site of its predecessor. This was originally
Bible Christian, and a photo of it is available
here. SS 5412 0430.
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
The former Baptist Church on High
Street has a date-stone for 1879.
Another view. SS 5420 0443. Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Hatherleigh Community Church is on Bowling Green Lane. SS 5400 0422. ©
Chris Kippin (2021).
Link. In 2024 Google Streetmaps is labelling this
building on Market
Street (2010 Streetview) as All Saints Church.
However I can find no other references to it being a church - can you confirm if
it is indeed one (or not)?
Hawkchurch, St. John the Baptist, and its
tower. ST 3431 0042. Both © Julie Baker.
Link.
Grade I listed. A map of 1888 shows a Congregational
Chapel at ST 3433 0032. A map of 1960 shows that it was still active at
that time, but it has since been demolished. Its
site was seen by
Streetview in 2023.
Heanton
Punchardon, St. Augustine. The
interior and chancel
screen. SS 5022 3558. All
© Chris Kippin (2023). Link.
Grade I listed.
For a listed gravestone, and two listed crosses, see
here.
Heath Cross - see Highfield, below.
Heavitree, Exeter - see
Exeter.
Hele, Torquay - see
Torquay.
Hemyock, St. Mary on Culmstock Road. Two
interior views - 1,
2 and the
squint. The list of rectors
commences in 1267. Another framed list
has Parish Clerks, and Sextons, or "Dogwhippers" as they were apparently known.
ST 1359 1327. All © Mike Berrell (2014).
Link.
Grade II* listed. For related listed features see
here.
Baptist Church (1865) on Fore Street. ST 1373 1327. © Mike Berrell (2014).
Facebook. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel (1838) on
High Street is
now in secular use. ST 1364 1318. © Mike Berrell (2014).
Grade II listed.
Hennock, St. Mary. The
interior, and painted
screen. SX 8302 8092. All
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed. For the listed lych-gate and
tombs, see
here. The village also has a former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel
(2024 Streetview), on Church Road, at SX 8305 8101. Pre-dating a map of 1888, it
shows as still active on a map of 1960. An
entry on Geograph dates
it to 1833 to about 1952, then becoming a Sunday School, and finally being
converted to residential use in the 1980's.
Herner, St. James - the private chapel of
the nearby hall. Another view. Its
grade II listing (which calls it St. John) dates it to circa 1870. SS 5859
2676. Both
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
High Bickington, St. Mary. The
interior, a
window, and carved
bench-ends. The choir stalls
have a lovely strip of carved
animals, and a text from the
Benedicite.
SS 5992 2052.
All
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed. Part of the churchyard wall is
grade II listed. The Zion
Methodist Church on Junket Street has a date-stone for 1834. A map of 1887
labels it as Bible Christian, and it's likely to be the same building as the
United Methodist Chapel mentioned
here,
referencing documents for the years 1918-1953.
Another view. SS 5996 2043.
Both
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link. A
Plymouth Brethren Chapel shows on a map of 1887 at
SS 6002 2057. It survives as a community shop, seen by
Streetview in 2024.
Higher Ashton, St. John the Baptist. The
interior and the
screen. Some screen paintings are in
excellent condition - 1,
2. SX 8561 8468. All © Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed. The lych-gate is
grade II listed.
Higher Prestacott, the former
Bible Christian Chapel.
It pre-dates a map of 1883, and was in active use
(probably as Methodist) until the mid-20th century at least. SX 3924 9585. ©
Chris Kippin (2023).
Highfield (aka Heath Cross), the
former Bible Christian Chapel. It pre-dates a map of 1888, and it may well be
the B.C. chapel mentioned
here (the Spreyton entry), where there is some dating information. It
appears to now be a garage, or in industrial use. SX 7007 9742.
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Highampton, Holy Cross.
Another view, the
interior, and the
font. SS 4895 0461. All
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Grade II* listed. As of 2024 Google Streetmaps is labelling it as
"permanently closed". Its
ACNY entry says it's closed for safety reasons.
Highweek - see
Newton Abbot.
Hittisleigh, St. Andrew, at
Hittisleigh Barton. Interior view.
SX 7336 9545. Both
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed. A former
Bible Christian Chapel stands to
the S.W. of Hittisleigh Cross, at SX 7302 9488.
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Hockworthy, St. Simon and St. Jude,
and its interior. ST 0398 1954.
Both © Chris Kippin (2023). Link.
Grade II* listed. A headstone is separately listed
as
grade II.
Holbeton, All Saints. SX 6130 5018. © Dave
Westrap.
Link.
Grade I listed. For the listed churchyard cross, and a tomb, see
here. The Old Chapel
(2023 Streetview) on Fore Street is a former Primitive
Methodist Chapel, and is dated 1904. It was still active up to the 1960's
at least. SX 6140 5008.
Holcombe (near Teignmouth), the difficult to photograph
St. George, on Holcombe Road. SX 9526 7495. © Andrew Ross. Link.
Holcombe Burnell, St. John the
Baptist. The interior. SX
8587 9160. Both
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II* listed. Some walls and a cross shaft share a
grade II listing.
Holcombe Rogus, All Saints.
Another view. ST 0565 1903. Both
© Chris Kippin (2023). Link.
Grade I listed. For other listed features
associated with the church, see
here. A converted Baptist
chapel (2021 Streetview) stands on Dun's Hill, Four Elms, at ST 0614 1908.
It pre-dates a map of 1888, where it's labelled as a General Baptist Chapel,
and was still shown as active on a map published in 1960.
Hollocombe, the former St. Michael and
All Angels, now residential. Another view.
SS 6328 1110.
A
news article provides dates of 1891-1978.
Both
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Hollocombe Chapel.
It's labelled on older maps as Independent. Evidently closed (it's now
used as a holiday let), I haven't been able to find its dates, but the National
Archives
references documents pertaining to the chapel for the years 1868-1955.
Another view. SS 6312 1109. Both
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Holne, St. Mary the Virgin.
Another view. SX 7058 6949. Both © James
Murray.
Link.
Grade I listed. For related listed features see
here.
Holsworthy, St. Peter and St. Paul,
showing lightning damage (probably from the strike in 1914 - which was mentioned
in the link, though
it wasn't working in 2024). SS
3437 0391. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. A
modern view, from
Streetview in 2024.
Link.
Grade II* listed. The churchyard war
memorial is also listed, as
grade II. The
Methodist Church on Bodmin Street. SS 3422 0371. ©
Graeme Harvey (2011).
Link.
Grade II listed, says it was United Methodist, and advises of a date of
1909-10, on the site of a predecessor of 1876 of a similar appearance with the
tower as an addition. However, this
source says that it is the 1876 chapel, with a later tower. A map of
1906 shows a Meth. Chap. (I think - it's
difficult to read), on a site between Chapel Street and Station Road, at SS 3434
0363. A map of 1884 seems to show the building, though it's not labelled, and it
seems to have gone out of use in the mid-20th century. It was seen (from Chapel
Street) by Streetview in
2024.
Honeychurch, St. Mary and St. James.
Another view and the
interior. SS 6291 0281. All
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link1.
Link2
(numerous photos).
Grade I listed.
Honiton.
Hope Cove,
St. Clement. SX 6759 3987. © James Murray.
Another view, from
Streetview in 2009. Link.
Horndon, the former Bible Christian
Chapel, which stands a little way N.E. of the village. It has a date-stone for
1904, and survived into the 1950's at least, by which time it was perhaps
Methodist. The National Archives, which calls it Zoar,
references documents pertaining to the chapel for the years 1903-65.
Another view. SX 5219 8021. Both
© Chris Kippin (2022). O.S. maps also show
St. Joseph's Chapel in the village itself, at SX
5206 8008. It was looking rather derelict when
Streetview made its only
visit in 2009. It was licensed for divine service in 1884 (source),
and was still active at least up to 1963 (source).
Horrabridge, St. John the Baptist. SX
5123 6967. From an old postcard in
Reg Dosell's Collection. A
modern view, from
Streetview in 2022.
Link.
Grade II* listed - dates it to 1893. For related listed features see
here. On the site of St. John, a map of 1885 shows St. John's Chapel
(Remains of), presumably a medieval chapel. The same map shows, a little way
to the north at SX 5124 6985, St. John's Church. It
survives, as the village hall, and was seen by
Streetview in 2024.
Older O.S. maps show a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on
Chapel Lane at SX 5122 6996. Pre-dating a map of 1884, it seems to have closed
in the mid-20th century, and was subsequently demolished. It site was seen by
Streetview in 2022. It
was presumably replaced by the present
Methodist Church (2024
Streetview) on Station Road, at SX 5126 6982. Its
grade II listing dates it to 1910.
Huccaby
(near Hexworthy), St. Raphael.
Interior view. Originally built as a
church and school, some of the old school desks are still in use as pews. A map
of 1887 labels it as St. Raphael's Mission Chapel. SX 6628 7204. According to
the church website, the
dedication is unique for an Anglican church in Britain. SX 6628 7304. Both © James Murray.
Link.
Huish, St. James the Less. SS 5337 1108. From an old
postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. A modern
view, the interior, and the
font, all
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed. The lych-gate and a cross base are also listed
here.
Huntsham, All Saints, and its
interior. ST 0014 2046. Both © Chris
Kippin (2023). Link.
Grade II* listed. For the listed lych-gate, headstones etc., see
here.
Huxham, St. Mary the Virgin. SX 9465 9781.
© Chris Kippin (2021). Link.
Grade II* listed says the medieval church was completely re-built in two
phases, in 1864 and 1871. A churchyard tomb chest is also listed, as
grade II.
Iddesleigh,
St. James. SS 5690 0822. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed. FOr the listed chest tomb and war memorial, see
here. The
Methodist Church stands a
little way north of the village at SS 5687 0847. Older maps show a Bible Christian chapel on the same site,
but a little closer to the junction, aligned north-south. The
church
website dates the present building to 1993, and a date-stone confirms this.
Recycled from the earlier building is a date-stone for 1890. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Ide, St. Ida. SX 8978 9033. From an old
postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. A modern
view, © Carole Sage (2010).
Link.
Grade II listed. For related listed features see
here. A map of 1890 shows a Mission Hall
(Congregational) on High Street at SX 9002 9054. Still active as Ide
Congregational Church, it was seen by
Streetview in 2022.
Link.
Ideford, St. Mary.
SX 8942 7740.
© Andrew Ross (2018).
Link.
Grade II listed.
For related listed
features see
here.
Ilfracombe.
Ilsington, St. Michael. Two additional
views - 1,
2, the latter showing the curious
lych-gate. SX 7854 7614. All © Andrew Ross.
Link.
Grade I listed. Numerous headstones, tombs, etc., are also listed
here. The former
Methodist Church stands about ½ a mile S.W. of the village, and was built as Wesleyan.
It has a date-stone for 1852.
Interior view. A
2011 Streetview. SX 7785
7579. Both
© Heath Nickels. It was
offered for sale in 2019.
Inner Hope, the Methodist Church,
which is labelled on older maps as Wesleyan. The
interior. This
source dates it to
1860. SX 6756 3955. Both
© Heath Nickels.
Link.
Instow, St. John the Baptist.
Another view. SS 4797 3099. Both
© Chris Kippin (2024).
Link.
Grade I listed. The lych-gate, numerous headstones, in the churchyard etc.,
are listed - for which see
here. The former Methodist Chapel
on Anstey Way, which was built as Wesleyan in 1838. It had closed no later than 2021
-
news item. SS 4734 3043. © Chris Kippin (2024).
Grade II listed. All Saints Chapel
and Community Centre on Down Road (Anglican). It's
Wikipedia
entry dates it to 1935-6, as a chapel of ease to St. John. SS 4738 3053. © Chris Kippin
(2024). Link.
Inwardleigh,
St. Petroc(k).
Another view. SX 5601 9945. Both ©
Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed. For listed tombs and headstones see
here.
Ipplepen, St. Andrew.
Interior view. SX 8341 6656. Both ©
John Hawkins. Link.
Grade I listed. For the listed lych-gate, tombs and headstones, see
here. The
Methodist Church (2009 Streetview) on Bridge Street. It's dated
here to 1855-6, and says it was successor to a Wesleyan Chapel of 1826,
"near the Square on a site still marked by a Gothic archway". I haven't been
able to locate this.
Link.
Ivybridge.
Jacobstowe, St. James
(O).
Another view. SS 5864 0160. Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed. Headstones and a tomb in the churchyard are listed
separately - they can be found
here.
Kenn, St. Andrew.
The interior,
chancel, and the screen -
1,
2, 3. SX 9220 8570. All ©
Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed. For the listed lych-gate, cross and tombs, see
here. A little way to the north of the church, O.S. maps mark
St. John's
Chapel (Site of), at SX 9217 8576. The building on the site today can just
be seen on a Streetview from
2021. Other than a reference
here to it having been a chantry chapel, I've been unable to discover
anything more about it.
Kennford, The
Church House, a former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, as seen by Streetview in 2021.
Old maps show that it dates to between 1889 and 1904, and it was still in active
use into the 1950's at least. SX 9157 8645. An earlier
Wesleyan Chapel (Zion) shows on a map of 1889 at the southern end of the
village, at SX 9154 8606.
The house on its site was seen by
Streetview in 2024.
Kennerleigh,
St. John the Baptist. The interior.
SS 8196 0745. Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Kentisbeare, St. Mary.
Another view, the
interior,
screen and
gallery. ST 0680 0811. All
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed. For listed churchyard monuments,
see
here.
Kentisbury, St. Thomas.
Another view, two of the interior -
1,
2, and the unusual
pulpit. SS
6228 4383. All © Chris Kippin (2023).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
For the numerous listed features in the churchyard, see
here. About ¾ of a mile to the N.W. at Easter Cross is a former
General Baptist Chapel
(2024 Streetview), at SS 6162 4458. Built before 1887, it was still in active
use at least into the late 1950's, but has since been converted to residential
use.
Kenton, All
Saints. SX 9579 8331. © Andrew Ross.
Link.
Grade I listed. For related listed features see
here. The 25" O.S. map of 1905 shows St. Ann's Chapel
(Site of) a short distance from All Saints. It's mentioned on
Genuki as surviving
(in residential use) at least up to the 1850's. It stood where one of the brick
houses are behind the cream-painted house at the centre of a
2024 Streetview. SX 9575
8327. There's also a former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel,
on Mamhead Road at SX 9578 8316. The National Archives website
references documents pertaining to the chapel for the years 1870-1991. It
was seen by Streetview
in 2024.
Kerswell, the former
Congregational Chapel
on Catkins.
ST 0792 0604. © Heath Nickels (2016).
Grade II listed - dates it to circa 1815, closed by 1987. A short
distance to the N.W. of the village is The Priory, which incorporates
remains of a Cluniac Priory. ST 0741 0641.
Wikipedia includes a
not very helpful photo. The two relevant listings can be seen
here.
Killerton, Chapel of the Holy
Evangelists. Its
grade I listing dates it to 1841-2. Two interior views -
1,
2. SS 9768 0034.
All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
For related listed features see
here.
Kilmington, St. Giles on Whitford
Road. SY 2731 9798.
© Paul E. Barnett (2018).
Link.
Grade II* listed. Beacon Baptist
Church
on The Green. SY 2736 9808.
© Paul E. Barnett (2018). Interior
view,
© Heath Nickels (2016).
Link.
Loughwood Meeting House is one of the
oldest surviving Baptist buildings in the country. It stands in an isolated
position about a mile from the village, and is known to have been established by
1653, though the date of the present building is possibly later than this.
Interior view. Both
© Heath Nickels (2017).
Wikipedia.
King's Nympton, St. James the
Apostle. Another view, the
interior,
chancel,
screen, and
box pews. SS 6822 1945.
All © Chris Kippin
(2022).
Link.
Grade I listed.
For listed features in the churchyard, see
here. The Methodist Church,
named and dated here
to 1862-3, with a major restoration in 1904. It's named on older maps as Bethel. It
also mentions the preceding and adjoining Bible Christian Chapel (dated
in the same source to 1832). It can be seen behind the Methodist Chapel in a
Streetview from 2010. SS
6857 1944. © Chris Kippin
(2022).
Kingsbridge.
Kingskerswell, St. Mary. SX
8761 6781.
© Andrew Ross (2020).
Link.
Grade II* listed. Several churchyard monuments are listed separately, and
these can be found
here. The ruins of the chapel
attached to Kingskerswell Manor House (also a ruin).
N.b. there is no public right
of access to the site.
SX 8755 6784. © Andrew
Ross (2020).
Grade II listed (for the whole site). The
U.R.C. on
Church Street was previously Congregational, and the 1904-6 O.S. map labels it as
"Union Chapel". It's probably the Zion Congregational Chapel mentioned
on Genuki. SX 8768 6735.
© Paul E. Barnett (2018). Interior
view,
© Heath Nickels.
Grade II listed. St.
Gregory (R.C.) on Cole's Lane, as seen by Streetview in 2011. SX 8796 6847.
Link.
Kingsteignton, St. Michael on
Church Street. Another view. SX
8718 7285. Both
© Andrew Ross (2018).
Link.
Grade II* listed. A good number of features in the churchyard are separately
listed, for which see
here. U.R.C. on Church
Street is labelled as Independent on older maps. It pre-dates a map of
1889. It's probably the Zion Congregational Chapel mentioned on
Genuki as
having been in existence by 1808. SX 8710 7298.
© Chris Kippin (2023).
Link. A former Methodist
Chapel (2022 Streetview) stands on Gestridge Road at SX 8694 7330. Older
maps label it as Wesleyan, and
it
also pre-dates the 1889 map.
Kingswear, St. Thomas of Canterbury.
Interior view. SX 8823 5102. Both ©
John Balaam (2016). Link.
Grade II listed. The lych-gate is also listed, as
grade II. There's also a former Methodist Chapel
(originally Wesleyan) on Wood Lane, at SX 8845 5117. Map evidence shows that it
was built no later than 1904, and was still in active use in the mid-20th
century. The National Archives
references
documents pertaining to the local Methodist Church for the years 1868-1975.
Knowle, St. Boniface.
Another view. SS 7831 0151. Both ©
Chris Kippin (2021). Link.
Grade II listed.
Knowstone, St. Peter. The
interior, an early
doorway. Some fragments of
wall painting survive. SS 8279 2307.
All © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
An interesting
news story about discoveries made during restoration.
Grade II* listed.
Lana, the former Zion Bible Christian
Chapel, a
little way N.E. of the village.
It has a date-stone for 1899, and shows as still active on a map of 1961 (by
which time it was presumably Methodist). SX 3405 9649. Both ©
Chris Kippin (2023).
A predecessor pre-dates a map of 1884. It stood in a
slightly different position - in this
Streetview from 2009 its
site is marked by the boundary wall, the chapel's long axis parallel with the
road.
Landcross,
Holy Trinity. An information board in the church says that there was formerly a
tower with six bells, but it was demolished in 1809 after being hit by lightning
earlier in the same year. It was replaced by the present bell-turret which has
one bell.
General Monck was baptised here.
Another view, and the interior.
SS 4625 2385. All © Martin Richter (2018).
Link.
Grade II* listing which says that the church is mainly of the 15th century,
with a Norman font. The former Landcross Methodist Chapel
stands less than half a mile to the N.N.W., across the river. It's dated 1854
(as Wesleyan), and was seen by
Streetview in 2018. SS
4608 2435.
Grade II listed.
Landkey, St. Paul. Two more views -
1, 2.
All © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Blakes
Hill Road, at SS 5956 3117. It pre-dates a map of 1888 - its
grade II listing dates it to 1868. This
source previously dated its
closure to 2008. The building just beyond it is marked on old maps as a school.
© Chris Kippin (2022). A short distance along the same
road is the former Jubilee Bible Christian Chapel,
now flats.
SS 5950 3120. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Landscove (near Ashburton), St. Matthew
(1849-51). SX 7745 6639. ©
Andrew Ross (2019).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade II* listed. The lych-gate is also listed, as
grade II. Wolston Chapel
(presumably now in residential use), was previously Wolston Green Methodist
Church, originally Wesleyan. The National Archives
reference documents pertaining to the church for 1855-2009. SX 7790 6603. ©
Andrew Ross (2019).
Langham Cross, the former Methodist
Church. It's marked on older maps as Bible Christian, and has a
date-stone for 1857. SS 5579 1117.
Both ©
Chris Kippin (2021).
Langtree,
All Saints. SS 4512 1557. © Martin Richter (2011).
Link.
Grade II* listed - says that the dedication is unknown.
For related listed features see
here. Langtree Methodist Church
on Fore Street is dated 1904, as Zion Bible Christian Chapel.
A 2024 Streetview provides
another view. SS 4503 1567. © Martin Richter (2011). It had an identically
named predecessor a little way further west at SS 4497 1567. It's date-stone
says "Rebuilt 1871". 2024
Streetview. Oddly, both Methodist chapels are shown as active on a map of
1960.
Lapford, St. Thomas of Canterbury.
Another view. SS
7315 0827. Link.
Grade I listed.
Congregational Church on Eastington
Lane. SS 7334 0849. Its
grade II listing dates it to circa 1850. The Congregational
Sunday School could easily be
mistaken for a church, particularly as it stands on a different site - on Main
Road and Eastington Lane. SS 7322 0838. All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Lapford Community Church meets in the
Victory Hall (SS 7320 0829) on Main
Road. The have an outreach programme based in
The Ark. Both © Chris
Kippin (2021).
The Church website
history
page advises that the congregation originally had their own church -
Lapford
Gospel Hall (latterly Main Road Chapel) - until the late 1990's. The
website includes a photo. It hasn't survived, and stood at
SS 7260 0815.
Lee, St, Matthew, and its
interior. The
church website calls it St. Matthew and St. Wardrede. SS 4858 4632. Both ©
Chris Kippin (2023). Grade
II listed. The boundary wall and gate-piers have their own
grade II listing.
The aforementioned church website also says that a medieval chapel dedicated to
St. Wardrede once stood where Chapel Cottage now stands. I can't find it
labelled on O.S. maps, but Google Maps show a Chapel Cottage west of the church
at SS 4820 4636. It was seen by
Streetview in 2019. Is this the correct site?
Link.
Lee Abbey, Retreat Centre. Part of the
building was converted into a chapel in 1951. SS 6980 4927. © Martin Richter
(2011).
Link
has an interior photo. Part of a nearby limekiln
was converted into the Beach Chapel
in 1984. SS 694 492.
Link
(interior view). History of both can be found
here and on
succeeding pages. © Martin Richter (2011).
Lee Mill, Congregational Church. It
pre-dates a map of 1886, where it's labelled as Independent Chapel. SX
5976 5570.
© Chris Kippin (2023).
Link.
Leigh Barton, the site of a
Chapel which lies under a later building, as seen by Streetview in 2009. SS 9120 1485.
Leusdon, St. John the Baptist.
Another view.
SX 7095 7320. Both
© Andrew Ross (2019). Link.
Grade II listed - dates it to 1863 as a chapel of ease to Widecombe. At
about half a mile to the S.W. is
Poundsgate Methodist Church
(2024 Streetview), labelled as Wesleyan on older maps - it pre-dates one of
1886. SX 7030 7272.
Link.
Lewtrenchard, St. Peter. Previously in the "Unknown" section,
Carol believed the photo to be of a St. Peter in S.W. England, with an eagle
lectern, a carved wooden pulpit, and paintings of Saints. Thanks to Phil
Draper for the ID. SX 4571 8612.
© Carol
Sage (2002).
Link1.
Link2.
Grade I listed. For related listed features see
here.
Liddaton, the remaining low walls of the
demolished Providence Bible Christian Chapel. The
date-stone for 1868 survives, built
into the surviving few courses of masonry. This
source
says it was closed in 1979 and demolished in the early 2000's. SX 4642 8283. Both
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Lifton, St. Mary the Virgin.
Another view. SX 3863 8501. Both from old postcards in Reg Dosell's
Collection.
This church had also been an entry on the
long-term unsolved page but its identity
has now been confirmed. Brad and Steph MacDonald inherited these large framed
photos (1,
2) from a relative who lived in North
Cornwall. They believe they are over 100 years old. Hannah Chandler has provided
the solution. Suspecting it was this Church, she contacted the owners of the
adjacent house, who confirmed that it was indeed St. Mary, and that the
differences in the old photo, and the church as it is today, are explained by
renovation works. Hannah also pointed me to its
Wikipedia entry which
has a modern photo.
Two modern views - 1,
2, the
interior and
font. All
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed. Several monuments in the churchyard are listed separately -
these can be found
here. Older O.S. maps show a Baptist Chapel on
the north side of Fore Street. Labelled as such on a large scale map of 1906, it
isn't shown on one of 1884. I think it stood where the grey building is
in a Streetview from 2022 -
whether any fabric from the chapel survives is unclear. SX 3864 8510.
Liftondown, the Methodist
Church. It pre-dates a map of 1883, as Wesleyan. SX 3664 8512.
© Paul E. Barnett (2017).
Link.
Littleborough, Littleborough
Chapel, dated 1907. It's currently a gospel hall. It was previously listed
here as Methodist.
Interior view. SS 8214 1055. Both
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Littleham (near Bideford), St.
Swithin. SS 4435 2350. © Chris Kippin (2024).
Link.
Grade I listed. Two monuments in the churchyard share a
grade II listing. The Methodist
Chapel is dated 1883, and older maps label it as Wesleyan. SS 4375 2329. ©
Chris Kippin (2024).
Littleham (near Exmouth), St. Margaret and St. Andrew.
SY 0291 8130. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A
modern view, © Graeme Harvey.
Link.
Grade II* listed. The lych-gate is also listed, as
grade II.
Littlehempston, St. John the
Baptist. SX 8124 6264. © Andrew Ross (2019).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Lobhillcross, the former Broadley
Chapel. It shows on older maps as Wesleyan
Methodist. SX 4623 8733. © Chris Kippin (2023).
Lower Loxhore, the Methodist
Church. Originally Wesleyan, it has a date-stone for 1840, and another recording
a re-build in 1925. SS 6139 3761. © Chris Kippin (2023).
Loxbeare, St. Michael and All Angels.
The interior and the
pulpit and tester. The dedication
might be relatively recent, as the
grade II* listing and large scale O.S. maps say that the dedication is
unknown. SS 9118 1612. All
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link. For related
listed features, see
here.
Loxhore, St. Michael
and All Angels, and one of its carved
roof angels. SS 6169 3876. Both © Chris Kippin (2023). Link.
Grade II* listed.
A tomb chest in the churchyard is also listed, as
grade II. A little way to the south west (about ¾ of a mile), at Lower
Loxhore, is a Methodist
Chapel (2024 Streetview), formerly Wesleyan. It has date-stones for "Wesley
Chapel 1840", and "Rebuilt 1925". SS 6139 3761.
Link.
Luffincott, St. James, now cared for
by the Churches Conservation Trust. The
interior, and the
font. SX 3324 9465. All
© Chris Kippin (2023).
Link.
Grade I listed. A headstone (grade
II) and a pair of memorials (grade
II) are listed separately.
Lundy Island, St. Helen. According to
Pevsner, its medieval predecessor, St. Elen, has left traces in the
burial ground. SS 1379 4395. ©
Dennis Harper (2011). Link.
Grade II listed - dates it to 1896. A photo of an earlier Tin Tabernacle
can be seen here - this may
possibly be the Mission Room shown on older O.S. maps at SS 1382 4406.
Luppitt, St. Mary the Virgin. ST 1690 0676. From an
old postcard in Andrew Ross's Collection. Another
old postcard view, this one from
Paul E. Barnett's Collection.
Two modern views - 1,
2, and the
interior, all
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed. There are a number of listed tombs and headstones, which can
be found
here.
Lustleigh, St. John the Baptist. SX 7850
8127. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Three modern views -
1,
2,
3, the former
vestry which stands in the churchyard,
and the font, all
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed.
For other listed features associated with the church, see
here. The Baptist Church stands
on a side road off Rudge Hill. SX 7841 8114.
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Gospel Hall.
SX 7853 8121.
© Heath Nickels. Another view,
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Luton, St. John the Evangelist, on Church
Road.
SX 9022 7702. © Andrew Ross (2018).
Link.
Grade II listing, which advises that this was built as a chapel-of-ease to
Bishopsteignton parish church. This
link gives a building date of 1865. Various tombs and churchyard walls
are also listed separately - these listings can be accessed from
here. More photos are available
here.
Lydacott, the former Bethesda Bible
Christian Chapel. It has a date-stone
for 1891, probably referring to the mentioned renovation rather than building.
Another view. SS 4863 0350. All
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Lydford, St. Petrock. The
interior,
screen, and a
carved bench-end. SX 5091 8474. Link.
Grade II* listed.
For the listed tombs and headstones see
here.
The former Bible Christian Chapel at
Lydford Junction. It shows as such on a map of 1906, but on the earlier map of
1883, it's labelled as Wesleyan. SX 5016 8296.
My United Methodists identifies another former
Chapel as Bible Christian. It stands
about 300 yards to the north-east of the church, at SX 5110 8491. A 1965 map
shows it as Methodist. All
© Chris Kippin (2022).
A short distance away is another former
Chapel (or
site of one) at SX 5114 8489. Labelled as Bible Christian on a map of 1884,
Chris advises that it currently has a sign for "Old Reading Room".
© Chris Kippin (2023).
Lympstone, Nativity of the Blessed
Virgin Mary. SX 9929 8427. © Andrew Ross.
Link.
Grade II* listed. A
grade II listed war memorial stands at the churchyard gate. The
Methodist Church on Underhill and
Chapel Road was built as
Primitive Methodist in 1873 - note the schoolroom of 1883 to its right, which is
now used as the chapel. SX 9889 8401. © Andrew Ross. The
interior,
© Heath Nickels (2016). The present
chapel (the former
schoolroom), and its interior,
both © Heath Nickels (2016). The
My Primitive Methodists entry dates the larger chapel to 1873, and the
smaller to 1883. The 1" O.S. map of 1960 shows a place of worship on Longmeadow
Road at SX 9957 8422.
Streetview, in 2010, saw the present house on the site with what appears to
be a shrine or similar, and a sign at the edge of the garden saying St.
Boniface Place. The shrine and sign had both gone by 2016. Was this a
catholic church?
Lynmouth, St. John the Baptist.
Interior view. SS 7245 4938. Both ©
Martin Richter (2011).
Link.
Grade II listed - wherein it's dated to 1869-70.
The 1" O.S. map of 1960 shows a place of worship at SX 7239 4938, a little way
west of St. John, and across the road. I haven't been able to discover anything
about it, but it would seem to have stood somewhere near the large building seen
here in a Streetview
from 2024. Can you give it a name?
Lynton, St. Mary the Virgin. SS 7207 4944.
Two further views - 1,
2.
All © Martin Richter (2011).
Link.
Grade II* listed. For related listed
features, see
here. Church of the Most Holy Saviour
(R.C.) on Lee Road, and the adjoined Convent of Poor
Clares. SS 7166 4937. Both © Martin Richter (2011).
Link.
The former Methodist Church on Lee
Road was originally Wesleyan,
and is dated to 1910 in its
grade II* listing. The Methodists now share the U.R.C.
SS 7184
4951. ©
Martin Richter (2011).
U.R.C. SS 718 494.
© Martin Richter (2011). Link.
Grade II listed. What is presumable the predecessor of the Methodist Church
already mentioned is a Wesleyan Chapel shown on a
map of 1889 at SS 7190 4929. Set well back from Lydiate Lane, it (or its site)
hasn't been seen by Streetview. The same map also shows a
Congregational Chapel (presumably the predecessor of the U.R.C.) on Sinai
Hill at SS 7198 4931. It survives as The Old Chapel, seen in a
Streetview from 2018.
Malborough, All
Saints.
Another view, and an
interior view. SX 7068 3982. All © James Murray.
Link.
Grade I listed. See
here for related listed features.
Baptist Church on Chapel Lane. SX 7085 3986. © James Murray.
Another view, © Sarah Perring.
Link. The
history page
dates it to 1815.
Mamhead, St. Thomas.
Another view. SX 9312 8081. Both
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II* listed. For listed tombs etc. in the churchyard, see
here.
Manaton, St. Winifred. The
interior, two of the screen -
1,
2, and a
window. SX 7494 8128. All ©
Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed. Other listed features associated
with the church can be seen
here.
Mariansleigh, St. Mary. SS 7441
2205. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II* listed. The
Church Room (a former schoolroom)
stands a few yards to the north, and is
grade II listed.
Marldon, St. John the Baptist.
SX 8662 6358. © Andrew Ross (2019). Link.
Grade I listed. The lych-gate is also listed, as
grade II. Compton Castle (to the north of the village) has a chapel, and it may
be visible at
the right (the 4-light window) in this
old postcard, from Paul E. Barnett's Collection.
SX 8654 6484.
Grade I listed.
A map of 1863 shows a
Congregational Chapel
(2024 Streetview) at SX 8655 6349. It seems to have been closed in the mid-20th
century, and was subsequently converted.
Martinhoe, St. Martin, on
Berry's Ground Lane. It is perhaps of Saxon foundation; the present building has
contradictory dating on the internet, 11th, 12th, or 13th century, with a
restoration in 1866-7.
Interior view. SS 6680 4866.
Both
© Richard Roberts (2019).
Link.
Grade II* listed. Quite a few headstones in the churchyard are also
listed
here.
Marwood, St. Michael and All Angels. The
tower, and an
interior view. SS 5440 3756. All ©
Lesley Baxendale. Another view and
interior, the
screen in the north aisle, and a
carved bench-end, all © Chris
Kippin (2023).
Link.
Grade I listed. The lych-gate and adjacent church room share a
grade II listing. To the south-east of the village stands the
Methodist Church, dated in its
grade II listing to 1872. It was originally Wesleyan. SS 5489 3718. A little
way to its north is The Old Chapel,
at SS 5488 3724. Marked on older maps as "Sun. Sch.", this is presumably the
predecessor of the present church. It has a small
graveyard. I can see a date
for (I think) 1820-something on the
2014 Streetview. This is
confirmed
here, where it's dated it to 1828-9. Surprisingly, it doesn't appear to be
listed.
Mary Tavy, St. Mary.
Another view. SX 5092 7875. Both © Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed.
For listed features in the churchyard, see
here. The Methodist Church on
the A386 and Chapel Lane (about ½ a mile N.W. of the St. Mary) was built as Wesleyan, in 1835. © Chris Kippin
(2022).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Marystow, St. Mary the Virgin. The
interior, and a fine
monument to Thomas Wyse (d. 1629).
SX 4347 8286. All © Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed.
For listed tombs and headstones, see
here.
Meavy, St. Peter.
Interior view. SX 5404 6722. Both © James Murray.
Link.
Grade I listed. Related listed features can be found
here.
Meeth, St. Michael and All Angels, and its
interior. SS 5480 0828. Both ©
Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Some headstones and a tomb are listed separately
here.
Meethe, the former Methodist Church
(or site of). Whether the present building retains anything of the old church is
unclear. It still shows as a place of worship on a map from 1950. Early O.S.
maps label it as Primitive Methodist in 1889 and Bible Christian in 1905. SS 6749 2298. © Martin
Richter (2011).
Link suggests it was originally a Toll House. It seems to have gone out of
use by 1960, when a new place of worship shows a little further south at SS 6753
2281. Now The Old Chapel, it was seen by
Streetview in 2009.
Merton, All Saints.
Another view, and the
interior. SS 5257 1203. © Chris
Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Just under a mile to the N.N.W. of the village is the site of a
demolished Bible Christian Chapel at SS 5200 1351.
Its site can be seen on a 2009
Streetview - the area to the right of the road, between the telephone pole
and the gate. It's dated
here to the 1850's to 1907, though it's still marked as Chapel on a
map of 1963-4. It had been demolished before the map of 1979 was published.
Meshaw, St. John the Baptist. The
interior, and the
memorial to John Courtnay of Molland.
SS 7586 1968. All ©
Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II listed.
The former Bible Christian Chapel
on Northdown Lane. It has a date-stone for 1889.
SS 7580 1969. ©
Chris Kippin (2022). This source,
quoting from a directory of 1850, says "on the Moor is a school and chapel
belonging to the Bible Christians, built in 1839". On the moor implies a
different chapel to the one already discussed, which is in the village. Another
chapel doesn't show on any available maps, but there is a school shown
south-east of the village at SS 7603 1956. Its appearance (2010
Streetview) suggests that it is at least a plausible candidate for the 1839
chapel.
Milton Abbot, St. Constantine. SX
4073 7928. © Paul E. Barnett
(2018). Link.
Grade I listed. Numerous tombs and headstones are also listed
here. The former
Methodist Church, built as Wesleyan. The
National
Archives references documents for the years 1835-1988. SX 4053 7935. © Paul E. Barnett
(2018).
Modbury, St. George. SX 6560 5155. © Peter
Wood. Another view and the
interior, both © James Murray. An
old postcard view, from Reg Dosell's Collection.
Link.
Grade I listed. For related listed features see
here. O.S. maps mark, immediately S.W. of the church,
Priory (Site of), at SX 6554 5152. A
garage (2023 Streetview)
now stands on the site as shown on the O.S. maps, though this
source says that the Priory's location is uncertain. A
Baptist Chapel (Particular) shows on a map of 1887 on Church Street at SX
6575 5160. It's dated 1791, and went out of use in the mid-20th century.
2017 Streetview.
Grade II listed. The gates and railings are also listed as
grade II. St. Monica
(R.C.) on Church Lane, as seen by Streetview in 2009. SX 6563 5160.
Link.
There's also a former Methodist Chapel (originally
Wesleyan) on New Road. 2023
Streetview. Its
grade II listing dates it to 1835, and it was still active at least into the
1960's. SX 6585 5148. This
source mentions its Wesleyan predecessor of circa 1781 somewhere on
Brownston Street, and an un-located Quaker Meeting House. Can you advise the
exact location of the building or site of either of these?
Molland, St. Mary. The
pulpit and tester. SS 8079
2839. Both
© Chris Kippin (2011).
Link.
Grade I listed. Numerous headstones and tombs are also listed
here. A place of worship is shown on a map of
1960 a little way east of the village at SS 8106 2833. The caption of a photo on
Geograph says it was
Methodist. 2024 Streetview.
Monkleigh, St. George.
Another view, the
interior, and
carvings on the screen doors. SS
4576 2072. All © Chris Kippin (2024).
Link.
Grade I listed. A number of churchyard monuments are also listed - see
here. The village also used to have a Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel, on the A388 at SS 4543 2074. Pre-dating a map of 1887,
it was still active at least into the mid-20th century. Part of it possibly
survived as the old wall seen in a
Streetview from 2009 -
note the ghost of an entrance porch and the windows.
Monkokehampton, All Saints. The
lych-gate has evidently been
refurbished fairly recently - compare with the photo on its
grade II listing. SS 5810 0551.
Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
The former Methodist
Church, originally Bible Christian.
Genuki quotes
a directory which dates it to 1897. SS 5824 0524.
© Chris Kippin (2021). O.S. maps show, a little
way N.W. of the village, Chapel (Site of), at SS
5786 0563 (1906 map) or SS 5789 0560 (1886 map). Neither site has been seen by
Streetview. I haven't been able to discover anything about it.
Monkton, St. Mary Magdalene.
ST 1874
0311. © Bill Henderson.
Grade II* listed.
Morchard Bishop, St. Mary.
Another view, the
interior and
screen. SS 7731 0748. All
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed. A number of tombs and headstones in the churchyard are
listed separately - they can be found
here.
Emmanuel Methodist Church stands on Fore Street, at SS
7681 0772. A map of 1905
labels it as Bible Christian. The date-stone on the building to the left reads
"Emmanuel Chapel 1846". © Chris Kippin
(2021).
Link.
Grade II listed.
There was also at one time a Congregational Chapel,
which pre-dated a map from 1889, and it seems to have closed in the middle of
the last century. Satellite views suggest it hasn't survived. In a
2024 Streetview the
chapel would have stood to the right of the alleyway at the far end. SS 7692
0751.
Morebath, St. George (O). SS 9542
2505.
© Chris Kippin (2011).
Link.
Grade II* listed. For related listed features see
here.
Moreleigh, All Saints.
Another view and the
interior,
pulpit and
lectern. SX 7612 5258.
All © Chris Kippin (2019).
Link.
Grade I listed. Listed churchyard tombs can be seen
here. The village also has a former
Congregational Chapel
(2022 Streetview), at SX 7670 5285. It pre-dates a map of 1887, and shows as
still active on a map of 1959, but not on one from two years later.
Moretonhampstead, St. Andrew.
SX 7553 8609. From
an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection.
Two modern views - 1,
2, the
interior, and a
window, all
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed. Some graveyard monuments are
listed separately, and can be found
here. Community Church,
on Fore Street, © Heath Nickels (2016).
Another view,
© Chris Kippin (2022).
The church notice board says that services are also held at the Sports Centre on
North Bovey Road, seen here
by Streetview in 2021. Link. The former
Unitarian Church (1802) on
Cross Street, and
its interior. The church
is now used as a workshop. SX 7553 8599. Both © Heath Nickels (2016).
Grade II listed. The burial ground gates and railings etc., are also listed,
as
grade II. The former
Methodist Church on Cross Street was originally Wesleyan. The
grade II listing provides dates of 1817-1976.
SX 7543 8604. © Heath Nickels
(2016). Old O.S.
maps show a Congregational Chapel on Station Road
at SX 7541 8593. It's presumably The Tabernacle Independent Chapel
mentioned
here as dating from the mid-17th century. On its site today is
The Old Chapel (2024
Streetview). The same source also mentions Bethlehem
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Lime Street, dating from 1817. The only
place of worship shown on Lime Street on available on-line maps is at SX 7541
8612, which the 1905 25" map labels as Unitn. Chap. The Unitarian Chapel
on Cross Street, already mentioned, also shows on the same map, and two
Unitarian Chapels in the same area would be unusual). Whether Bethlehem and this
second Unitarian Chapel were the same building is so far unknown. It stood at
the far end of the walled plot of land seen in a
Streetview from 2024.
Mortehoe, St. Mary. SS 4569 4519. From an
old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. Two modern views -
1,
2, and two of the interior - 1,
2, all ©
Chris Kippin (2023).
Link.
Grade I listing, which mentions a comprehensive restoration of 1860. For the
lych-gate and war memorial, separately listed, see
here. The former Methodist Chapel
on The Esplanade at SS 4565 4508. It's
labelled as Wesleyan on a map of 1904, and it post-dates a map of 1889. © Chris
Kippin (2023). The last mentioned map shows an earlier
Wesleyan Chapel at SS 4567 4521. This must surely be the chapel mentioned
here (where there is an illustration), dated to no later than 1878.
Muddiford, U.R.C., "the chapel in
the valley". Built in 1840,
this was originally Congregational. Two further views -
1,
2. SS 5627 3825. All
© Martin Richter (2018).
Another view, © Chris
Kippin (2023).
Link. Older O.S. maps show a Mission Church
north of the village at SS 5612 3862. Pre-dating a map of 1889, it doesn't seem
to have been active beyond the mid-20th century. Is the
wooden building (2019
Streetview) there today the church, or its replacement?
Murchington, the former Mission
Church. It post-dates a map of 1886.
Another view. The projection at the left is a minimalist bell-cote. SX 6879
8830. Both © Chris Kippin (2022).
Musbury, St. Michael.
The
Drake monument. SY 2756 9457. Both ©
Julie Baker.
Link.
Grade I listed.
The war memorial is listed as
grade II. The
former Evangelical Chapel on Whitford
Road.
It's dated
here to 1859-2011. SY 2711 9482.
© Heath Nickels (2016). Ashe House stands a little less than a mile N.N.E. of
the village. Adjacent to it is marked on O.S. maps
Chapel. Its
grade II listing tentatively dates it to the 14th century. There is
apparently no public access, and it can't be seen on Streetview. I haven't been
able to find a photo. SY 2772 9597.
Mutley, Plymouth - see
Plymouth.
Netherexe,
St. John the Baptist (C), which sits in a field near the River Exe. SX 9313 9983. ©
Chris Kippin (2021). Link. A good history
here
(pdf). Its
grade I listing says that the dedication is unknown. A monument in the
churchyard is
grade II listed.
Newbuildings, Beacon Cross Church, a
former school. Its usage as a church seems to be relatively recent, as it isn't
marked as a place of worship on a map dated 1973-90. SS 7977 0333. ©
Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Newton Abbot.
Newton Ferrers,
Holy Cross. SX 5502 4815. © Dave Westrap.
Another view, two interior views -
1,
2, and the
Chapel of the Beatitudes (or Lady Chapel), all © James Murray (2010), who
advises that the cross came from Oberammergau, though the circumstances are
apparently unknown.
Link.
Grade I listed. Two tombs in the churchyard share a
grade II listing.
Newton Poppleford, St. Luke.
Its
grade II* listing dates it largely to 1875, with the tower from
the 15th century. SY 0857
8971. © Andrew Johnston. Link.
The site of the demolished
Methodist Chapel (originally Wesleyan), on High
Street. The National Archives
references
documents pertaining to the church for the years 1907-98, but it was evidently
built before 1907 as it appears on a map of 1906, revised in 1903. SY 0834 8970.
© Chris Kippin (2022).
The village also had a Christian Brethren Chapel
further west on High Street at SY 0807 8958. Its
site, seen by Streetview in
2009, now lies beneath a driveway. A map of 1889 shows a
Chapel (Ply. Breth.) a little way east of St. Luke at circa SY 0866 8976.
Unfortunately the map isn't clear which building the label is intended to apply
to, but had it survived it would have been seen in this
2022 Streetview.
Newton St. Cyres, St. Cyr (or Cyriac) & St.
Julitta. SX 8793 9799. From an old postcard (franked 1905) in Steve Bulman's
Collection. A modern view,
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed. One churchyard tomb is listed as
grade II. The Old
Methodist Church (2024 Streetview) is less than ¾ of a mile north of St.
Cyr, at SX 8824 9903. It's marked on a map of 1889 as Bible Christian. And about
¼ of a mile N.E. of the B.C. Chapel, at Inner Norton, is marked
Chapel (Remains of). A later map has it as Chapel
(Site of). It stood a little closer to the camera than the large barn seen in a
Streetview from 2024. I
haven't discovered any information about it. SX 8868 9925.
Newtown, Exeter - see the
Exeter page.
Nomansland (or No Man's Land),
the Congregational Church. It has a date-stone, but it's defaced or eroded into unreadability. SS 8398 1380. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
The 6" O.S. map of 1906 show another Congregational Chapel a bit further east,
at SS 8426 1376. It seems to have survived as the extreme right hand (easterly)
end of the terrace seen by
Streetview in 2021.
North Bovey, St. John the Baptist. The
interior, and richly carved
pulpit. SX 7393 8383. All © Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed.
For listed tombs and headstones, see
here. The former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel.
It pre-dates a map of 1886, and seems to have gone out of use by the mid-20th
century.
SX 7405 8391. © Heath Nickels (2017).
North Brentor, Christ Church.
Interior view. SX 4823 8139. Both
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II listed.
The former Bible Christian
Chapel, as seen by Streetview in 2009. This
source says it dates from 1847 (though
its
grade II listing dates it to 1841),
and was later known as Providence Methodist Church.
SX 4805 8138. The building at the right of the chapel, with the tall chimney, is
the former Sunday School, seen here
from the other side (© Chris Kippin (2022)).
It now sports a sign, The Chapel, so it may have succeeded the older
chapel at some point.
North Huish, St. Mary, which is now cared
for by the Churches Conservation Trust.
Another view, and the interior.
SX 7113 5655. All
© Chris Kippin (2019).
Link.
Grade I listed. For related listed features see
here.
North Molton, All Saints. The
gate. SS 7366 2996. Both © Martin
Richter (2011).
Link.
Grade I listing, which mentions that the top of the tower was altered in the
first half of the last century. Numerous tombs etc., are also listed
here.
Methodist Church on East Street. Originally Wesleyan, it was built as a replacement for an earlier
chapel of 1836 on the same site, it was opened in 1891.
Two additional views - 1,
2. SS 7377 2982. All © Martin
Richter (2018). Link.
Grade II listed.
North Tawton, St. Peter.
Another view. SS 6645 0173.
Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed. A cross in the churchyard is
separately listed as
grade II. The former Congregational
Church off North Street. Google maps still has a pin here for Lakeway United
Church, but Chris's photo clearly shows the building as being for sale. This
source says it was closed in
July of 2021. SS 6634 0181. © Chris Kippin (2021). The former
Methodist Church on Barton Street. A 1905 map labels it as Bible Christian.
SS 6640 0157. © Chris Kippin (2021).
North Street Chapel. This
source says it was previously a Gospel Hall. SS 6645 0197. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Northam, St. Margaret. SS 4487 2910. © Graeme Harvey (2011).
Link.
Grade I listed. Former chapel on
North Street. Janet
Gimber advises that this was Congregational. SS 4494 2915. © Graeme Harvey (2011).
The Methodist Church
(2024 Streetview) is on Cross Street. It's dated 1878, as Wesleyan. SS 4504
2905. Link.
Northleigh, St. Giles. SY 1958 9587. ©
Julie Baker.
Link.
Grade II* listed. There are also two listings for churchyard tombs
here.
Northlew, St. Thomas à Becket, or St.
Thomas of Canterbury. SX 5050 9917. From an old postcard in Reg Dosell's
Collection. Two modern views - 1,
2, and the
clock, all
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed. For related listed features see
here. The Methodist
Church on Crowden Road was previously Hebron Bible Christian Chapel, as the
date-stone for 1858 shows (it
also mentions an earlier chapel on the same site of 1815).
Another view. This
source has interior views. SX 5038 9916. All
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Further west along Crowden Road is a former
Bible
Christian Chapel, so labelled on a map of 1906, though it's
date-stone for 1890 declares
itself to be a Bible Christian Schoolroom. SX 5028 9924. Both © Chris Kippin
(2021). Another former Chapel survives on Station Road. A
map from the mid-1880's has a label for a Wesleyan Chapel, probably this
building. It's now a Post Office (at least it was in 2011 when it was seen by
Streetview). SX 5037 9910.
Noss Mayo, St. Peter (aka Revelstoke church,
after Lord Revelstoke, who built the present church). SX 5500 4775. © Dave
Westrap. Two further views - 1,
2. In the latter photo can also be seen the church at Newton Ferrers. See
also Stoke Beach (below). Both © James Murray (2010).
Link.
Grade II* listed - dates it to 1882.
For the listed lych-gate and churchyard gates see
here. St. Peter was successor to the now ruinous St. Peter the Poor
Fisherman, a mile S.S.E. south of the village at SX 5639 4644. Not seen by
Streetview, some photos can be seen
here on an illustrated guide.
Wikipedia entry.
Grade I listed. Four tomb chests share a
grade II listing. The former Methodist Church
on Creekside Road was originally Wesleyan. The
National
Archive references records from 1872 to 2004. SX 5484 4758. © Heath Nickels.
Nymet Rowland, St. Bartholomew. Two
interior views - 1,
2, (note the propped up arch), and the
font, SS 7111 0821. All
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Nymet Tracey (near Bow), St.
Bartholomew. Another view and the
interior. SS 7275 0066. All ©
Chris Kippin (2021). Link.
Grade I listed. For the listed war memorial, and numerous listed headstones
see
here.
Oakford,
St. Peter.
SS 9103 2127. © Chris Emms
(2011).
Link.
Grade II listed. For related listed features see
here.
Offwell, St. Mary the Virgin.
Another view. SY 1948 9957. Both
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed. For other listed features associated with the church, see
here.
Okehampton.
Oldridge, St. Thomas, and its
interior. SX 8283 9621. Both
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1844, but possibly retaining some
masonry from its late 18th century predecessor.
Oldways End,
the former Methodist chapel, shown on older maps as Wesleyan. Pre-dating a map
of 1889, this photo,
showing the church board still in good condition, suggests it was still active, or at least only recently closed, in 2008.
Another view. SS 8693 2489. Both ©
Chris Kippin (2023).
Oreston,
Plymouth - see Plymouth.
Otterton, St. Michael.
Another view. SY 0799 8517. Both ©
Graeme Harvey.
Link.
Grade II* listed. Numerous tombs and headstones are also listed
here.
Chapel House on The Green was
built as Wesleyan, opening in 1894, and it was closed in the 1960's.
SY 0800 8529. © Heath
Nickels (2016).
Link. A map of 1889 shows a Plymouth Brethren Chapel
behind other buildings on Fore Street. It's dated
here to 1838, and seems to have gone out of use in the first half of
the last century. Aerial views suggest it hasn't survived. It stood
immediately behind the houses seen in a
2022 Streetview.
SY 0824 8531.
Ottery St. Mary.
Paignton.
Parkham, St. James. The fine
south doorway, the
interior and the
font. SS 3890 2151. All
© Chris Kippin (2024).
Link.
Grade II* listed. The Methodist
Church is on Chapel Road, and was originally Wesleyan. Older maps show that
the part of the church nearest to the camera was the Sunday School, with the
church behind. SS 3888 2158.
Link.
Parracombe,
St. Petrock at Churchtown (no longer in use; now in the care of the Churches Conservation
Trust, and kept unlocked). It's labelled as St. Peter on older O.S. maps. SS 6747 4495. From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's
Collection. A modern view, and
the
sun-dial, both © Martin Richter (2011).
Interior view, © Lesley Baxendale.
Link.
Grade I listed. Numerous tombs and headstones in the churchyard are also
listed
here.
Christ Church (O). Another view.
SS 6693 4485. Both © Martin Richter (2011).
Interior view, © Lesley Baxendale.
Link.
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1878.
Wesleyan House, a former Methodist
Chapel, is dated 1839 as Wesleyan. SS 6674
4477. © Martin Richter (2011). A former Plymouth Brethren
Chapel survives (converted, or replaced on the same site, now Woodcote)
at Bodley Cross, at SS 6695 4497. It was seen by
Streetview in 2024, and
it pre-dates a map of 1888.
Link.
Pathfinder Village, St. John the
Evangelist. Chris advises that, according to Wikipedia, Pathfinder mobile home
village is the only one in the UK whose name is recorded by the Ordnance Survey.
SX 8425 9320. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Payhembury, St. Mary the Virgin. The
interior,
screen and
detail. ST 0887 0179. All ©
Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed. For listed features in the churchyard, see
here.
Peter Tavy, St. Peter. The
interior and the former
screen. SX 5131 7777. All
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed. Several items in the churchyard are listed separately - they
can be found
here. The Methodist Church is
labelled on older maps as Wesleyan - it pre-dates one of 1884. SX 5147 7761.
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Petrockstowe, St. Petroc(k).
Another view, and the
interior. SS 5132 0916.
All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Grade II* listed.
Some headstones and a war memorial are listed separately
here. As of 2024, Google Streetmaps is labelling the church as
permanently closed", and the link is to Petrockstowe Community Church, which was
the Methodist Church.
The Methodist Church
on Rectory Rise has a date-stone for 1933.
SS 5128 0944. © Chris Kippin (2021).
As already mentioned, this has since become Petrockstowe Community Church
(a Methodist and Anglican L.E.P.).
Link.
A little way south of the village stands or stood a
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, at SS 5128 0886. Whether anything of the
chapel survives in the building
on the site today is unclear. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Petton, St. Petrock. Its
grade II listing dates it to a re-build of a medieval chapel in 1848. ST
0076 2445. © Chris Kippin (2023). Link.
The churchyard gate is also listed, as
grade II. The Methodist Church has a
date-stone, declaring itself to have originally been Bible Christian, of 1901.
ST 0077 2475. © Chris Kippin (2023).
Link.
The 1:25,000 O.S. map of 1951 shows a place of worship just east of Petton
Cross, at ST 0059 2474. The shed, which may have been the church, was
visible on a Streetview from
2009. Later Streetviews show only the roofline. I haven't been able to discover
what this was, though it is reminiscent of several Gospel Halls on this website.
Can you advise?
Peverell, Plymouth - see
Plymouth.
Pinhoe - see Exeter.
Pludd, the former Wesleyan Methodist
Chapel. It's dated in its door surround
to 1889. SS 4936 4610. Both © Chris Kippin (2023).
Plymouth.
Plympton, Plymouth - see
Plymouth.
Plymstock, St. Mary and All Saints. SX
5172 5301. © Peter Wood.
Link.
Grade II* listed. Two tombs in the churchyard are also listed
here. St. Margaret Mary
(R.C.) on Quarry Park Road, as seen by Streetview in 2023. The adjacent church
hall was the original chapel
(2009 Streetview), dated here to
1933 - it also dates the later church to 1961. SX 5106 5315.
Link.
Plymstock United Church
(2023 Streetview) on Plymstock Road. SX 5073 5331.
Link.
Plymstock Chapel
(Evangelical) on Church Road, as seen by Streetview in 2022. SX 5149 5338.
Link.
Plymtree, St. John the Baptist.
Another view, the
interior and
screen and
detail. ST 0518 0291. All ©
Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed. For other listed features in the churchyard, see
here.
The U.R.C. at Norman's Green is
marked on older maps as Congregational.
Another view.
ST 0559 0359. Both
© Heath Nickels, the first photo dating from 2017.
A more recent view, with less
vegetation, © Chris Kippin (2022).
Grade II listed (wherein it's dated to 1850); the churchyard walls and gateway are separately listed,
also as
grade II.
Poltimore, St. Mary the Virgin.
SX 9660 9683. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed. Several tombs and a cross are listed separately. They can be
found
here.
Posbury,
St. Luke’s Proprietary Chapel. Another view,
and its interior. SX 8132 9766. All
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Poughill, St. Michael and All Angels.
Interior view, and some
box pews. SS 8567 0846.
Grade I listed. Two chest tombs in the churchyard
are listed separately as
grade II. The former Congregational
Church stands a little way north of the hamlet at SS 8537 0885. It pre-dates
a map of 1873-88, and is dated
here to 1863. Interior view
(taken through a window, with permission). All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Poundsgate, Methodist Church. SX
7031 7271. © James Murray.
Interior view,
© Heath Nickels.
Link.
Powderham, St. Clement Bishop and
Martyr. SX 782 844. © Andrew Ross.
Prescott, Baptist Church. ST 091
143. © Andrew Ross.
Princetown, St. Michael and All Angels,
now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. SX 5868 7371. © Alan
Blacklock. A distant view, from an
old postcard in Christopher Skottowe's Collection.
Link, wherein it's dated to 1812-14.
The One at the
Back Methodist Anglican Ecumenical Partnership (United Church) on Two
Bridges Road and Tor Royal Lane. On older maps it's labelled as Wesleyan
Methodist. SX 5912 7350. © Alan Blacklock.
Another view, © James Murray (2010).
Link.
Puddington, St. Thomas à
Becket. SS 8335 1066. Link.
Grade II* listed. A chest tomb and railings are also listed, as
grade II. A little way north of the hamlet stands the former
Tristram Congregational Chapel.
It has a date-stone for 1854. SS 8324 1077.
All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Rackenford, All Saints. Large scale O.S. maps label it as Holy Trinity
Church. The tower, and the
interior. SS 8508 1821. All
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Rattery, Blessed Virgin Mary. The
interior. SX 740 615. Both
© Chris Kippin (2019).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Rewe,
St. Mary the Virgin. SX 9456 0922. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link. A pdf guide, with interior photos, is available
here
(pdf).
Grade I listed. Other listed features associated with the church can be
found
here.
Rexon Cross, the former Bible
Christian Chapel. It has a date-stone for 1860 and still shows as a place of
worship on mid-20th century maps, by which time it was presumably Methodist. SX
4132 8855. © Chris Kippin (2023).
Link,
which says it was closed in 2013.
Ringmore, St.
Nicholas. SX 924 722. © Andrew Ross.
Roborough, St. Peter.
Another view, and the
interior. SS 5769 1711. All
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Rockbeare, St. Mary. The
lych-gate. SY 0203 9526. Both
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Romansleigh, St. Rumon, and
its interior. SS 7272 2059. Both
© Chris Kippin (2022). It's dated in its
grade
II listing to 1868, with the tower added in 1887,
but Pevsner says a re-build in 1868.
Link.
Rose Ash, St. Peter.
Another view, the
interior, the fine
screen, and a carved bench-end.
SS 7875 2169. All © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Rousdon, the redundant St. Pancras (now a
holiday let). Its
grade II* listing dates it to circa
1870, "replacing the former parish church".
I haven't been able to establish if it was on the same or a different site.
Another view. SY 2937 9050. Both © Chris
Kippin (2022).
St. Anne's Chapel,
the Old Chapel, now a private residence. SX 663 471. © James Murray.
St. Budeaux, Plymouth - see
Plymouth.
St. Giles on the Heath, St. Giles.
Another view,
the interior,
font and carved
bench ends. SX 3537 9076. All © Chris
Kippin (2023). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Numerous, tombs, headstones etc., are listed separately
here.
St. Marychurch,
Torquay - see Torquay.
St. Thomas, Exeter - see the
Exeter page.
Saint Hill, Baptist Chapel.
Interior view. It pre-dates the
1903-4 25" O.S. map. ST 0912 0818. Both
© Heath Nickels (2016). Link.
Salcombe, Holy Trinity. SX 739 392. ©
James Murray. The tower,
© Chris Kippin (2019).
Link.
Grade II* listed. Our Lady Star of
the Sea (R.C., 1959) on Devon Road.
SX
739 389. ©
Chris Kippin (2020).
Link. The former Baptist Church.
SX 740 389. ©
Chris Kippin (2020).
Salcombe Regis, St. Mary and St.
Peter. SY 1483 8883. © Christopher Skottowe (1967). Four more from Christopher's
Collection, believed to be pre-1908 -
1, 2,
interior and
font.
Another view, and the
interior, both © Chris
Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Sampford Courtenay, St. Andrew.
Another view, and the
interior. SS 6324 0126.
Link.
Grade I listed. Various tombs, a cross, etc. are
listed separately - they can be seen
here. The former Methodist
Church, shown on older maps as Bible Christian. SS 6318 0127. It pre-dates a
map of 1888. Interior photos are available on an
estate agent's notice. All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Sampford Peverell, St. John the
Baptist, and its interior. ST
0298 1427. Both © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed. The
Methodist
Church on Higher Town. Old maps mark it as Wesleyan. According to their
website,
this is "the oldest Methodist Chapel in continuous use for worship in Devon",
and is dated
here to 1802. ST
0277 1429.
© Heath
Nickels (2016).
Another
view, © Chris Kippin (2022). The
former Bible Christian Meeting House
on Higher Town.
Circa ST 0268 1426. © Heath
Nickels (2016).
Sandford, St. Swithin (or Swithun). SS
8286 0252.
Grade I listed.
A cross, tombs, etc., are listed separately
here. The former Congregational
Church. Another view. SS 8283
0250.
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1848.
All
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Satterleigh, St. Peter, is cared for
by the Churches Conservation Trust.
Another view,
interior view. The
Lord's Prayer is painted on the
chancel arch. SS 667 226. All © Martin Richter (2011).
Link.
Saunton, St. Anne. SS 4572 3770. ©
Chris Kippin (2023). Link.
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1898.
Seaton.
Shaldon.
Sheepstor, St. Leonard. The leftmost
tomb within the railings contains James Brooke, the "White Rajah of Sarawak".
More about him, and the church, on this
link. SX
559 676. © James Murray.
Sheepwash, St. Lawrence.
Interior view. SS 4870 0633.
Link.
Grade II* listed. The
Baptist Church on East Street (the
chapel parallel to the road, Sunday School nearer to the camera). The chapel has
a date-stone for 1826, restored
1881, and the school has one for 1914.
Another view. SS 4887 0636. The
Methodist Church is on South Street, and was originally Bible Christian. Its
date-stone is for 1865. SS 4861
0626. Link.
The village hall, immediately south
of the church, is marked on older maps as Forester's Hall, and looks a bit "chapelly".
Despite the adjoining property being called Chapel Cottage, there seems to be no
evidence that the village hall was ever a chapel. But perhaps you know
differently? All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Sheldon, St. James the Greater on Shoots
Lane. Two interiors - 1,
2. ST 1200 0861. All © Mike Berrell
(2014). Another view, © Chris
Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II listed. Two headstones are separately listed
here. A Plymouth Brethren Chapel is shown on
old O.S. maps a little way north of the village, at ST 1205 0888. It pre-dates a
map of 1888, and still shows as active on one of 1961, by which time it was
presumably Methodist. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Sherford, St. Martin. SX 7790 4425. The
tower, the
interior, and the
screen. All
© Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Shillingford, the former
Baptist Chapel. Carved into the
door surround is the date
1888. SS 9799 2383. © Chris Kippin (2023).
Shillingford St. George, St.
George.
Another view. SX 9038 8780.
Both © Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II* listed (includes interior photos). The churchyard cross is listed
as
grade II.
Shirwell, St. Peter. The
interior and chancel
screen.
Here lies
Sir Francis
Chichester.
SS 5978 3743. All © Chris Kippin (2023). Link.
Grade I listed. The former
Methodist Chapel at Shirwell Cross.
It post-dates a map of 1905. Another
view. SS 5905 3693. Both © Chris Kippin (2023).
Shobrooke, St. Swithin. SS 8629 0111.
From an old postcard (franked 1905) in Steve Bulman's Collection. Two more views
- 1,
2, the
interior. A building which has in
the past been used as a Sunday School and Mortuary Chapel stands at the churchyard
entrance. Known as the Sexton's House,
it's now used as a gardener's store, and is listed at
grade II. All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Shute, St. Michael.
Another view. SY 252 974. Both © Julie
Baker.
Link.
Sidbury, St. Giles and St. Peter, and two
carved figures - 1,
2. SY 1396 9175. All ©
Christopher Skottowe (1968). Three more views - 1,
2, 3,
and two of the interior - 1,
2, all © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed. The former
Congregational Chapel on Chapel Street. According to this
news item, its dates are 1820-1999. SY 1378 9158. © Heath
Nickels (2016).
Sidford - see
Sidmouth.
Sidmouth.
Silverton, St. Mary the Virgin.
Interior view, and the early
bequest plaques on the gallery. A
medieval carved ceiling has recently
been discovered during renovation work. SS 9567 0279.
Grade I listed. A preaching cross, tombs, etc.,
are listed separately
here. Very close to the church, O.S. maps mark the site of
St. Mary's Chapel. SS 9571 0282. I've been
unable to discover anything further about this vanished chapel, and Streetview
hasn't seen the site. The Methodist
Church is on Fore Street. O.S. maps date it to between 1949 and 1960, though
it looks older. SS 9565 0313. Link.
Another view.
Evangelical Church on School Road.
SS 9582 0287.
Link.
All
© Chris Kippin (2021). Older O.S. maps also
show a Chapel on Parsonage Lane at SS 9574
0320. Pre-dating a map of 1889, it's otherwise unidentified on any of the maps I
have access to. Can you identify it? Housing now stands on the site, as seen by
Streetview in 2009.
Simonsburrow, the converted former
chapel (or the building on its site, The Old Chapel). Older maps label it
as Mission Room. ST 1455 1596.
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Smallridge,
All Saints. The porch, and a
close-up of the
clock. ST 305 011. All © Howard
Richter (2011). The East window, ©
Martin Richter (2014). The former
Methodist Chapel. The sign on the building says "Smallridge Methodist
Church, 1813 till 2002. Built 1796". ST 302 009. © Howard Richter (2011).
Smeatharpe, Newhouse Baptist
Church. The building dates from 1859, though the congregation was founded in
1652. ST 197 099. © Sheila Tucker.
Link.
Sourton, St. Thomas à Becket (or St.
Thomas of Canterbury). Another view. SX
5358 9030. Both © Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II* listed. Several churchyard headstones are also listed - see
here.
South Brent, St. Petroc (St. Patrick on
some old maps).
SX 6962 6025. © Chris Kippin (2023).
Link.
Grade I listed. Some features in the churchyard (tombs, lych-gate, etc.) are
listed separately, and they can be found
here. The Methodist Church, on
Church Street. It shows on older maps as Wesleyan. This
source says that there was a Wesleyan presence here by 1867, though whether
it was at this chapel is unclear. SX 6974 6018. © Chris Kippin (2023). The
former Congregational Chapel, on
Plymouth Road is now in secular use. It pre-dates a map of 1887, and still shows
as active at least up to the mid-20th century. SX 6983 6002. © Chris Kippin
(2023).
Link. St. Dunstan (R.C.)
on New Park, as seen by Streetview in 2009. SX 6962 6016.
Link.
South Milton, All Saints.
Interior view.
SX 6980 4290.
Both © James Murray. Another exterior
and interior view, and the fabulous
font, which the
grade I listing says is 12th century, all
© Chris Kippin (2020).
The former
Wesleyan Chapel, now a private
residence. © James Murray.
South Molton.
South Pool, St. Nicholas and St. Cyriac.
The interior,
screen, a
window of St. Cyriac, and the
font. SX 7763 4038. All
© Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade I listed.
South Tawton,
St. Andrew. Two additional views -
1,
2, the interior, and a detail
from the screen. SX 6531 9448. All ©
Chris Kippin (2021).
Grade I listed. Numerous tombs and headstones, listed separately, can be
found
here.
South Zeal, St. Mary.
Interior view. SX 6508 9358.
News item about the church clock.
Grade II* listed. The former
Methodist Church. According to this
Estate Agent's notice, it dates from 1866. The former
Wesleyan Methodist Church. All
© Heath
Nickels (2016).
Southleigh, St. Lawrence.
Another view. SY 204 934. Both © Julie Baker.
Sowton, St. Michael & All Angels, and a
carved capital. SX 9759 9251. Both
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed. For listed features in the churchyard, seen
here.
Sparkwell, All Saints, and its
interior. SX 5790 5779. Both
© Chris Kippin (2023).
Link.
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1858-9.
Spreyton, St. Michael.
Interior view, and the
font. SX 6974 9672. All
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II listed. Numerous headstones and tombs are
listed separately
here.
Starcross, St. Paul. SX 976 815. ©
Andrew Ross.
Staverton, St. Paul de Leon.
Another view, the
interior and
rood screen. SX 793 639. All
© Chris Kippin (2019).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Stibb Cross, Bible Christian Chapel
(1896). Another view, SS 427 149. Both ©
Martin Richter (2011).
Sticklepath, St. Mary, and its
interior. The church website
dates it to 1875, replacing a thatched chapel of 1146. SX 6398 9408. Both
© Chris Kippin (2021). The former
Methodist Church (1816) on
Rhododendron Avenue. A
1904-5 O.S. map marks it as Wesleyan. SX 6405 9408. © Heath Nickels (2016).
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1816. A
more recent view shows it
without scaffolding, and in need of some TLC. Its apparent lack of a current
website may indicate that it has been closed. The
date-stone.
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Stockland, St. Michael and All Angels.
Another view, the
rotating gate, and the
interior. ST 2446 0452. All
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed. A bit less than a mile to the S.W. at Millhayes is/was a
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel.
Whether anything of the chapel survives is not apparent. The National
Archives
references documents pertaining to the chapel for the years 1909-1964,
though old maps show that it existed by 1889. ST 2338 0363.
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Stockleigh English, St.
Mary the Virgin. Interior view.
SS 8501 0633. Both
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Stockleigh Pomeroy, St.
Mary the Virgin. Interior view,
carved bench-ends, and the
pulpit. SS 8766 0356. All
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Stoke - see the Hartland
page.
Stoke Beach, St. Peter the Poor
Fisherman. Now partly ruinous, this was the original church for Revelstoke
Parish. It fell into disuse when the church at Noss Mayo was built in the 19th
century. Now cared for by the Churches Conservation Trust.
Another view. SX 5639 4644. Both © Jennifer Murray (2010).
Another view, and the
font, both
© Heath Nickels.
Link.
Grade I listed.
Stoke Canon, St. Mary Magdalene. The
interior and the
font. SX 9396 9802. All
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Another view of the font, © Christopher Skottowe (1967).
Link.
A pdf guide to the church is available
here.
Grade I listed.
A tomb chest of 1789 in the churchyard is separately listed as
grade II.
Christian Fellowship on High
Street was built before 1903, and is labelled on a large scale O.S. map of
1903-5 as Ebenezer Hall. SX 9383 9787.
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Stoke Fleming, St. Peter on Church
Road. Another view, and the
interior. SX 861 483.
Both © Chris Kippin (2019).
Grade II* listed.
Stoke Gabriel, St. Mary and St.
Gabriel. Another
view. SX 8491 5713. Both ©
Chris Kippin (2023). Link. Grade
I listed. The Baptist
Church on Chapel Court. Another
view. SX 8472 5755. Both © Andrew Ross. Link.
Stoke Rivers, St. Bartholomew. Another view, the
interior, and carved wooden
pulpit. SS 6334
3547. All © Chris Kippin (2023). Link.
Grade I listed. There is a separate
grade II listing for the churchyard gatepiers. A former
Baptist Chapel stands at SS 6330
3540. It has a
date-stone for 1856. Both © Chris Kippin (2023).
Grade II listed.
Stokeinteignhead, St. Andrew.
SX 9156 7044. © Andrew Ross (2020).
Link.
Grade II* listed. Several churchyard monuments have their own listings -
they can be found from
here.
Stokenham,
St. Michael and All Angels, SX 8084 4283.
© Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Stonehouse, Plymouth - see
Plymouth.
Stoodleigh, St. Margaret.
Another view, and the
interior. SS 9226 1883.
All © Chris Kippin (2023). Link.
Grade II* listed. For listed features in the
churchyard, see
here.
Street - see Branscombe.
Stowford, St. John the Baptist. The
interior,
chancel roof, and
font. The church has some good wood
carving - bench ends and
pulpit. SX 4326 8702.
All © Chris Kippin (2023).
Link.
Grade I listed. Numerous items in the churchyard have separate listings, for
which see
here.
Strete, St. Michael (1836). SX 840 470.
Link.
Grade II listed. Baptist Church.
SX 841 468.
Both © Chris Kippin (2019).
Sutcombe, St. Andrew.
Another view, the
sun-dial,
interior,
pulpit,
carved pews and a
bench-end. SS 3469 1166. All ©
Chris Kippin (2024).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Two chest-tombs are also listed
here. At Sutcombe Mill are a former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, and a former
Bible Christian Chapel. The
Wesleyan is at SS 3504 1131, and has a
date-stone for 1887. The
Bible Christian is at SS 3465
1111, and has a rather fine
date-stone for 1868. All © Chris
Kippin (2024).
Swimbridge, St. James the Apostle. SS
6210 2999. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed. A war memorial and the lych-gate
are separately listed
here. The former Wesleyan
Methodist Chapel. Old maps show that it was built between 1889 and 1904. SS
6217 2989. © Chris Kippin (2022). A former
Baptist Chapel stands set back from Blakes Hill
Road, at SS 6193 3007. It shows as Particular Baptist on a map of 1889,
and was seen by Streetview
in 2010. Its
grade II listing dates it to 1837.
Sydenham Damerel, St. Mary. SX
409 759. Link.
Grade II* listed. Methodist
Church. SX 414 762.
Link. Both
© Paul E. Barnett (2018).
Taddiport, Chapel
of St. Mary Magdalen. SS 487 186. © Graeme Harvey (2011).
Link.
Talaton, St. James the Great. The
interior,
screen and
font. SY 0675 9974. All ©
Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed. For listed features in the churchyard, see
here.
Tavistock.
Tedburn St. Mary, St. Mary the
Virgin. SX 8062 9447. © Paul E. Barnett (2015).
Link.
Grade II* listed. The Methodist
Church is on School Lane. It may be successor to a Free United Methodist
Chapel shown on older maps close by. It may be the building seen
here on a Streetview from
2014, which seems to be on the same site as the U.M. chapel, though it's called
The Old Schoolroom. SX 8164 9410. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link. Cemetery Chapel.
Another view. SX 8167 9420.
Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Teigngrace, St. Peter and St. Paul.
Another view. SX 849 739. Both ©
Andrew Ross (2018).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Teignmouth.
Templeton, St. Margaret. The covered
lych-gate, and the church
interior. SS 8876 1401. All
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II listed. Just over half a mile away,
across the River Dart at Templeton Bridge, is a former
Bible Christian Chapel - now Chapel House.
Streetview saw it in 2009.
According to this
source, it
was registered in 1860, and available O.S. maps show that it was still active
into the later 1950's, at least. SS 8783 1446.
Tetcott, Holy Cross. The
interior,
pulpit and
font. SX 3321 9651. All
© Chris Kippin (2023).
Link.
Grade I listed. A headstone and tomb are listed separately, as
grade II and
grade II respectively.
Thelbridge, St. David, and its
interior. SS 7875 1216. Both
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Thornehillhead, Thornhillhead
Methodist Church. Note that the place-name spelling is as the OS map, and the
church spelling as the church notice board. SS 413 165. © Martin Richter (2011).
Thorverton, St. Thomas of Canterbury.
SS 924 021.
© Chris Kippin.
Link.
A pdf guide can be found
here.
Grade I listed. Baptist Church.
SS 9237 0201. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Grade II listed, where it's dated to 1833-4.
Throwleigh, St. Mary the Virgin. SO
757 219. © Peter Wood.
Thrushelton, St George, and its
interior. SX 4474 8760. Both
© Chris Kippin (2023).
Link.
Grade I listed. Numerous features in the churchyard have separate listings
here.
Thurlestone, All Saints. SX 673 428.
From an old postcard in Steve Bulman's Collection. A
modern view, interior view
(the main aisle), and the side aisle.
All © James Murray.
Tigley, St. Barnabas - see Brooking, above.
Tillislow, the former Ebenezer
Free Chapel (United Methodist). It has a date-stone for 1862. See this
source,
which may be saying that the chapel was originally Wesleyan. SX 3870
9285.
© Chris Kippin (2023).
Tinhay, the site of
Providence Bible Christian Chapel, as seen by Streetview in 2022. The chapel
pre-dates a map of 1884, and is dated
here to circa 1840, where there is a photo of it, as United Methodist. SX
3940 8514.
Tipton St. John, St. John, and its
interior. SY 0879 9185. Both
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II listed.
Tiverton.
Topsham.
Torbryan, Holy
Trinity. Interior view, the
screen and
pulpit. SX819668. All © Chris
Kippin.
Link.
Grade I listed.
Torcross, Torcross Chapel
(Congregational). SX 820 422.
© Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Torquay.
Torre, Torquay, Devon - see
Torquay.
Totnes.
Trentishoe, St. Peter on Trentishoe
Lane - a C15 church restored in mid-Victorian times.
Interior view. SS 646 486. Both
© Richard Roberts (2019).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Trusham, St. Michael the Archangel. The
interior, and
font. SX 8559 8217. All © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II* listed. A tomb in the churchyard is listed as
grade II.
Turnchapel, Plymouth - see
Plymouth.
Uffculme, St. Mary the Virgin.
ST 0686 1271. © Chris
Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II* listed.
The churchyard gates are listed as
grade II. Crossways Chapel
(U.R.C.) on Commercial Road pre-dates a map of 1888. Immediately across
the road stands the former Sunday
School, dated 1891 (date-stone)
ST 0628 1251. All © Chris Kippin (2022). A
Baptist Church stands on Chapel Hill at ST
0673 1281. Its
grade II listing dates it to 1809, with enlargement in 1884.
© Chris Kippin
(2022).
Link.
Spiceland Meeting House (Quaker) stands about a mile and a
quarter north-east of the village.
ST 0832 1406.
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Ugborough, St. Peter.
Another view, the
interior, the two fonts -
1,
2,
painted screen, wooden
sedilia, and
pulpit. SX 6775 5572. All
© Chris Kippin
(2023). Link.
Grade I listed. A converted
Chapel
(2023 Streetview) stands on Lutterburn Street at SX 6781 5587. Marked as
Independent on older O.S. maps, it's mentioned
here as Congregational, where it says it was converted in the
1980's.
Umberleigh,
The Church of The Good Shepherd. It was a chapel-of-ease built in 1874
for railway workers.
Another
view. SS 6105 2397. © Martin Richter
(2015). Another view,
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Umberleigh Christian
Fellowship on the A377. © Chris Kippin (2022). SS 6074 2367.
Link.
Upham,
the Methodist Chapel. Map evidence
indicates that it was built before 1905, as Bible Christian. SS 8827
0826. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Uplowman, St. Peter.
Another view and the
interior. ST 0134 1550. All
© Chris Kippin (2023). Link.
Grade II* listed. For listed tombs in the churchyard, see
here.
Uplyme, St. Peter & St. Paul on
Pound Lane. A 14th century church restored in 1867.
Interior view. SY 324 935.
Both
© Richard Roberts (2016). Link.
Grade II* listed.
Upottery,
St. Mary the Virgin.
ST 2020 0755. From an old
postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Two
modern views - 1,
2, and the
interior, all
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II* listed. Numerous tombs etc. in the churchyard are listed
separately, for which see
here.
Upton Hellions, St. Mary
the Virgin, and its
interior. SS 8422 0330. Both
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Upton Pyne, Church of Our Lady
(Anglican). Another view, and
the interior. SX 9102
9771. All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Church guide (pdf).
Grade I listed. The war memorial in the churchyard is
grade II listed.
Venn Ottery,
St. Gregory the Great.
SY 0787 9117. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Interior view,
© Heath
Nickels (2018).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Virginstow, St. Bridget, and
the interior. SX 3770
9269. Both
© Chris Kippin (2023).
Link.
Grade II listed,
which says there was a
"complete rebuilding of 1851".
Warkleigh,
St. John the Evangelist. Two interior views -
1,
2, and the tower
screen, originally the chancel
screen. All © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
For listed features in the churchyard, see
here.
Washfield, St. Mary the Virgin.
Interior view, and the
screen. SS 9354 1541. A little way
to the south-east is a curious feature, a
stone turret built into a wall, and
modelled on a church. A tablet next to it announces that it was built for the
Millenium, but this is misleading, as it's
grade II listing dates it to "circa 1840's". Perhaps the tablet records a
restoration? All © Chris Kippin (2023). Link.
Grade II* listed. For related listed features, see
here.
Washford Pyne,
St. Peter. Interior view. SS
8123 1183. Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed.
Way Village, the former Congregational
Chapel. It pre-dates a map of 1873-88. SS 8853 1031.
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Waytown, the former Bible Christian
Chapel. Now in residential use, it pre-dates a map of 1873-88. SX 5467 9801.
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Weare Giffard,
Holy Trinity. Previously (and for a long time) in the "Unknown" section. Roger
Hopkins found a box of Victorian negatives, and the only clue to the whereabouts
of the photos was one negative labelled "Moortown Church". Despite his searches
through the numerous Moortown's in Britain and Ireland, he'd been unable to
identify the church, and despite much effort by other keen church detectives,
its identity remained undiscovered for a long time. My appreciation to Greg
Mishevski, who finally solved the mystery. SS 467 221.
Link.
Welcombe, St. Nectan. The
interior,
pulpit and
font. SS 2281 1843. All
© Chris Kippin (2024).
Link.
Grade II* listed. For related listed features, see
here.
Wembworthy, St. Michael and All
Angels. Interior view. SS 6628
0988. Link.
Grade II* listed.
Wembworthy Chapel appears to be
Independent, advises Chris. The first map to show it (1873-88) labels it as
Independent too, though it was later Congregational. SS 6642 0991. All
© Chris Kippin (2021).
West Alvington, All Saints. SX 2339
4388.
© Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade I listed.
West Anstey, St. Petroc.
Another view, and an
interior view. SS 852 274. All ©
Martin Richter (2011).
Link.
West Buckland, St. Peter. SS 657 313.
© Martin Richter (2016).
Grade II* listed, according to which there is some C15 fabric in the tower,
but the building is mostly of the re-build of 1860-3. There are a few more
photos on Geograph.
West Charleton, St. Mary, on Church
Lane. Interior view. SX 7501
4263. Both
© Chris Kippin (2020).
Link.
Grade I listed.
West Down (N.W. of Barnstaple), St.
Calixtus, which earlier maps label as Holy Trinity. Its
grade I listing (dated 1985) calls it
"Church of Holy Trinity (formerly listed .... Parish Church of St Calixtus)", so
it now seems to have reverted to its earlier dedication. The
interior, a
monument and the
font. SS 5165 4203. All © Chris
Kippin (2023). Link.
West Down
(S.W. of Crediton), Evangelical Chapel, which older
maps label as Plymouth Brethren. The
church website
dates it to 1886. SX 7705 9534. ©
Chris Kippin (2021).
West Hill, St. Michael.
Another view, and the
interior. SY 0702 9422. All
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1845-6. A
Congregational Chapel is marked on older O.S. maps at SY 0738 9407. It
would have stood just to the right of the house seen centrally in a
Streetview from 2011.
West Ogwell, Church (no dedication).
Pevsner was clearly impressed by this church, preserving a Georgian interior
undisturbed by the Victorian "improvers". © Andrew Ross (2018).
Link.
Grade I listed.
West Putford, St Stephen. The
interior and
font. SS 3590 1566. All
© Chris Kippin (2024).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Old maps show a Bible
Christian Chapel (2021 Streetview) at SS 3615 1588. Pre-dating a map of
1884, it was still active at least into the mid-20th century, presumably as
Methodist. Its
grade II listing dates it to 1849.
West
Worlington, St. Mary. The lych-gate is (unusually) built into a row of
housing - 1,
2.
Interior view, the Lady Chapel
screen, a carved
capital, and a carved
bench end. SS 7699 1348. All
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade II listed.
Westleigh (near Barnstaple), St. Peter.
SS 4726 2864. From
an old postcard in Reg Dosell's Collection. Two modern views -
1,
2, and the enclosed
lych-gate, all
© Chris Kippin (2024).
Link.
Grade I listed. Of available maps, only one of 1888 shows a
Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, though it doesn't show
very clearly which building is intended. A directory, quoted on
Genuki, dates it
to 1841, although, from the dates of the registers, there must have been an
earlier chapel or chapels. Fortunately, a Streetview from 2023 shows a building
called The Old Chapel,
which gives it a grid ref. of SJ 4716 2864.
Westleigh (near Burlescombe), U.R.C.
It looked rather different
when the Streetview van went past in 2009. ST 0614 1693.
© Heath Nickels (2016).
Weston (near Honiton), Chapel, of
unknown affiliation. ST 1414 0044. © Heath
Nickels (2017). Another view,
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Westwood, the former St. Paul. SY 0171
9896. © Chris Kippin (2021).
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1874.
Whiddon Down, Methodist Church.
SX 6905 9249. Link.
The former Bible Christian Chapel.
SX 6909 9248. Both © Heath Nickels (2017).
Whimple, St. Mary. SY 044 972. © Andrew
Ross.
Whipton, Exeter - see the
Exeter page.
Whitchurch, St. Andrew, and its
interior. SX 4930 7270. Link.
Grade I listed. The war memorial in the churchyard is listed as
grade II. The
Methodist Church on Whitchurch
Road has a date-stone for 1861. Older maps label it as Bible Christian. SX 4910
7243. All © Chris Kippin (2022). O.S. maps mark
Priory Remains of Chantry Chapel at SX 4888
7300. Its
grade II listing describes a 19th century house, with the attached entrance
tower "probably C14, said to be part of a Collegiate Chantry".
Streetview saw it in 2015.
Whitestone, St. Katherine (or
Catherine) of Alexandria. Another view.
SX 8687 9435. Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Whitford, St. Mary at Cross - dated
here
to 1908. SY 2606 9580. © Chris Kippin (2022).
Link. The former
Methodist
Chapel, converted to residential use. The earliest available map (1889)
labels it as Bible Christian.
Another view. The
National
Archive references documents from 1859 - 1980. SY 2593 9576. Both © Heath
Nickels (2016). O.S. maps also mark Chapel (Site of)
at the southern end of the village at SY 2615 9549. It's
site now lies just behind
the low wall this side of the farm building - seen by Streetview in 2021.
Whitleigh, Plymouth - see
Plymouth.
Widecombe-in-the-Moor, St. Pancras.
Another view, an
interior view, and
side-altar. SX 719 768. All ©
James Murray.
And an old postcard view, from Reg
Dosell's Collection.
Two additional views - 1,
2, both ©
Bill Henderson (2018).
Link.
Widworthy, St. Cuthbert.
Another view, the
interior, and the
very fine Marwood monument.
There's a headstone to
Tom Kremer and his wife
Allison in the churchyard. SY 2142 9929. All
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link1.
Link2.
Grade II* listed. For listed tombs and headstones, see
here.
Wiggaton, St. Edward the Confessor.
Its
grade II listing dates it to 1893.
SY 1006 9365.
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Willand, St. Mary.
Another view and the
interior. ST 0370 1043. All
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed.
Culm Valley Methodist Church
stands on Gables Road, at ST 0332 1095. Old maps show it to have been Wesleyan.
Not present on a map of 1889, it had been built by 1904.
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Winkleigh, All Saints. The
screen. SS 6328
0806.
Both
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade I listed. The
Methodist Church is on
Castle Street, and is marked on older maps as Bible Christian. It has a
date-stone for 1883. SS 6312 0804.
Both
© Chris Kippin (2021).
The
church website
history page mentions an earlier (un-located) chapel of 1830. The village also has
a former Wesleyan Methodist Chapel,
on Exeter Road at SS 6318 0798. It has a date-stone for 1854 or 1864.
Both
© Chris Kippin (2021).
Witheridge, St. John the Baptist.
Another view, and the
interior. SS 8033 1457.
Link.
Grade I listed. For other listed features in
the churchyard, see
here. The Methodist Church on
West Street. Its date-stone, which declares it to have originally been Bible
Christian, is for 1859. The adjacent Sunday School also has a date-stone, for
1903. SS 8042 1446.
Link.
Grade II listed. The former
Independent/Congregational Chapel on Fore Street. Its
date-stone is for 1839. SS
8060 1429.
Link.
All
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Withleigh, St. Catherine, and its
interior. The
church
website dates it to 1847, on the site of a medieval predecessor. SS 9089
1265. Both
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Grade II listed.
Withycombe Raleigh - see the
Exmouth page.
Wolborough, Newton Abbot - see
Newton Abbot.
Wonford, Exeter - see the
Exeter page.
Woodbury, Christ Church (1851) on
Parsonage Way. SY 0120 8734. © Heath
Nickels (2020). Link.
St. Swithun on Church Stile
Lane, its tower and
interior, and
screen. SY 0094 8719. All
© Chris Kippin (2022).
Link.
Grade I listed. For other listed features associated with the church, see
here. Older O.S. maps mark a place of worship off Broadway at SY 0094 8693.
The only available map to label it beyond Chapel is the 25" of 1888,
where it's shown as Plymouth Brethren. It was still
active into the 1930's at least. Aerial views show that a
building with the same footprint survives - the low
white-painted extension behind the house, but whether anything survives of the chapel isn't apparent.
© Chris Kippin (2023).
Woodbury Salterton, Holy
Trinity, and its interior. SY
0125 8906. Both
© Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade II listed, wherein it's dated to 1844.
Woodland, St. John the Baptist.
Another view. SX 791 687. Both © Andrew
Ross (2019). Link.
Grade I listed.
Woolacombe, St. Sabinus. SS 4619 4382.
Its
grade II* listing dates it to 1910, but it had a
predecessor just a few yards away to the N.E., now the site of the church car
park and adjacent roadway, seen in a
Streetview from 2015. Maps
show it to have been built between 1889 and 1905. © Chris Kippin (2023). Link.
Calvary Chapel on Beach Road.
It has a date-stone for 1893, and old maps show it to have originally been Bible
Christian. SS 4595 4380. © Chris Kippin (2023).
Link.
Woolfardisworthy (aka Woolsery),
near Bideford, All Hallows.
Another view, showing the porch, and the
tower,
interior view, and the
font. SS 332 211. All ©
Martin Richter (2011).
Link.
Woolfardisworthy (near
Exeter), St. Mary. Interior
view. SS 8276 0860. Both © Chris Kippin (2021).
Link.
Grade II* listed. A tomb in the churchyard is listed separately as
grade II.
Yarcombe, St. John the Baptist.
Another view and the
interior. ST 2455 0820. All ©
Chris Kippin (2022). Link.
Grade I listed. Numerous tombs and headstones have separate listings - they
can be found
here. A Baptist Chapel
stands a short distance to the S.E., at Four Elms.
Another view, and the
date-stone - unusual in giving
the exact date (20th August 1829). ST 2499
0793. All © Chris Kippin (2022).
Grade II listed.
Yealmpton, St.
Bartholomew. SX 577 517.
Link1.
Link2. Community Methodist Church.
SX 580 514.
Link1.
Link2.
Both © Dave Westrap.
Yelverton, St. Paul. SX 520 677. ©
James Murray. Another view, two
interior views - 1,
2, and the
font, all © Steve Bulman (2010).
Holy Cross (R.C.). SX 524 680. ©
James Murray. Rock Methodist Church.
SX 520 679. © James Murray. Another
view. © Steve Bulman (2010).
Yeoford, Holy Trinity.
Another view, and the
interior. SX 7824 9850. The former
Gospel Hall, which has a date-stone
for 1901. It has received planning permission for conversion to residential use.
SX 7820 9886. All © Chris Kippin (2021).
Zeal
Monachorum, St. Peter, and its
interior. SS 7199 0402.
Link.
Grade II* listed. A number of headstones, crosses etc. are listed
separately
here. A former
Congregational Chapel
stands towards the south-west corner of the village, at SS 7184 0397. It
pre-dates a map of 1873-88. All © Chris Kippin (2021).
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