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St George, Monkleigh, Devon

Location
(50°57′57″N, 4°11′50″W)
Monkleigh
SS 458 208
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Devon
now Devon
medieval Exeter
now Exeter
medieval St George
now St George
  • Hazel Gardiner
8 June 2001

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Feature Sets
Description

This essentially Perpendicular church has a chancel with a small vestry on the NE, a nave with S porch and S aisle, a N transept and W tower. It was restored in 1862-3 (Historic England listing:1305679). The font is the only 12thc. feature.

History

The Domesday Book records that Monkleigh was held by Ordwulf (of Tehidy) before the Conquest. By 1086 it was held by Alfred (the butler) and the tenant-in-chief was Count Robert of Mortain.

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Bibliography

N. Pevsner and B. Cherry, The Buildings of England: Devon, 2nd ed., London, 1989, 573.

C. and F. Thorn (eds) Domesday Book: Devon, Chichester, 1985, 15, 9.

F. Arnold-Forster, Studies in Church Dedications: or, England's patron saints, London, 1899, 204.