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Churches of #Devon: #EbenezerChapel, otherwise #BudleighSalterton Baptist Church, was built in July-5 December 1844, with a Sunday school added 1848.

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The History Files: Churches of Devon
January 17, 2026 at 8:00 PM
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Churches of #Devon: #AllSaints Church in #Exmouth was built mainly in the #DecoratedStyle, with #Bath stone dressings, chancel, south chapel, 4-bay nave, & organ chamber.

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The History Files: Churches of Devon
August 3, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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Churches of #Devon: #StJohn the Evangelist in #WithycombeRaleigh was erected between 1862-1864 by #EdwardAshworth, opened in 1865 for the village's growing population.

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The History Files: Churches of Devon
November 22, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Churches of #Devon: #StAnthony Roman Catholic Church is the result of #Catholicism returning to #OtteryStMary in 1927, with this church being built in 1935.

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The History Files: Churches of Devon
July 16, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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Churches of #Devon: the Church of #StJohn the Baptist, #ColetonRaleigh, was built after #WilliamtheBrewer acquired some land here from #HenryI at the end of the 1100s.

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The History Files: Churches of Devon
March 4, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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Churches of #Devon: Originally Glenorchy Independent Chapel in #Exmouth, founded in 1780 after a visit by #ViscountessGlenorchy, it was rebuilt in 1866.

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The History Files: Churches of Devon
August 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Churches of #Devon: #StLuke Church, #NewtonPoppleford, began in 1331 as a #medievalchantry chapel on the site at which 'an ancient chapel stood', probably #Saxon / #Norman.

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The History Files: Churches of Devon
May 14, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Churches of #Devon: #StMichael & All Angels in #Otterton is all that's left of Otterton Priory, dating mainly from 1870 to replace the old priory chapel.

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The History Files: Churches of Devon
January 31, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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June 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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June 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Churches of #Devon: #StGregory, #VennOttery, has a complicated structural history with the red stone tower being its oldest surviving section, potentially #Anglo-Saxon.

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The History Files: Churches of Devon
June 11, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Churches of #Devon: #StPhilip & #StJames originally was a chapel in the parish of #OtteryStMary, erected in 1838 by #SirJKennaway of the nearby #EscotHouse.

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The History Files: Churches of Devon
August 25, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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Churches of #Devon: #OtteryStMary Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was built in 1829, the town's Methodist church in 1932 but closing before 2025.

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The History Files: Churches of Devon
June 30, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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Churches of #Devon: #StFrancis of Assisi, #MiddleWoolbrook, #Sidmouth, is shown already in place on the 1892-1914 OS map, despite a given 1930s founding date.

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The History Files: Churches of Devon
April 4, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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#Churches of Devon: the Church of the Blessed #VirginMary, #Aylesbeare in East #Devon, dates to the 1200s, with one Gregory being the first recorded incumbent.

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The History Files: Churches of Devon
May 24, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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#Churches of #Devon: the Nativity of the #BlessedVirgin Mary Parish Church of #Lympstone in Devon became reality through Reginald Albermarle in the 1200s.

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The History Files: Churches of Devon
June 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Churches of #Devon: #StGregory the Great, #Harpford, could stand on the site of a wooden #Saxon construction, which was replaced by a small, simple stone #Norman church.

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The History Files: Churches of Devon
May 5, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Churches of #Devon: the Church of #StPeter, #Sidford, was built in 1865 as a chapel-of-ease, the largest building town, one of two #Anglican #churches in the parish of Sidbury.

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The History Files: Churches of Devon
April 16, 2026 at 6:52 PM
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Churches of #Devon: Tower St Methodist Church in 1897 replaced the first of the #Methodists in #Exmouth, which had replaced meetings in random houses and shops around town.

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The History Files: Churches of Devon
August 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Churches of #Devon: #StGiles & #StNicholas Church #Sidmouth is the latest building here, dating to the late 1100s, with a #Perpendicular tower added in the 1400s.

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The History Files: Churches of Devon
March 19, 2026 at 7:59 PM
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Churches of #Devon: #Brixington Community Church was founded as a #Baptist church when this post-war estate was laid out, but it took years to fund the build.

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The History Files: Churches of Devon
July 6, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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Churches of Devon: #HolyTrinity Church, #Exmouth, is the third such building for people here, with the first having been demolished in 1779 and the second in 1823.

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The History Files: Churches of Devon
November 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM