Mortehoe

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view of church exterior - south porch

Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 November 2007 by Stephen McKay [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/609367] [accessed 19 December 2011]

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view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: engraving on a drawing by Allen T. Hussell, in Hussell (1910)

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17804MOR

Church/Chapel: Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene

Church Location: Mortehoe Station Road, Mortehoe, Devon EX34 7DU

Country Name: England

Location: Devon, South West

Directions to Site: Located near Woolacombe and Lee Bay, on the N coast of Devon

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Exeter

Date: ca. 1170?

Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Late Norman

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Hussell (1910) writes of this church: "There are no known records of the structure previous to 1308 [...] but there is tradition to the effect that a church was erected at Mortehoe in 1170 [...] An examination of the church shows that a Norman structure, probably a chapel, formerly occupied a portion of the site of the present church; for there are traces still left which bear this out, chief of this is an undoubtedly Norman archway in the north wall of the nave, leading into the tower [...] the Norman building was not demolished, but altered, and considerably enlarged [...] The font is [...] modern". The British Listed Buildings [www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-98455-church-of-st-mary-magdalene-mortehoe] [accessed 19 December 2011] reports: "Octagonal bowl to font on shaft with lipped capital and square base.", probably referred to the later font. [NB: we have no information on the original font here].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 416130 5670897

REFERENCES

Hussell, Allen T., North Devon Churches: Studies of some of the ancient buildings, Barnstaple: Printed at the 'Herald' Press, 1910