St Saviours, Dartmouth (2)

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The Nave from the west door

The church of St Saviour’s in Dartmouth dates back to the 14th century and contains many beautiful artefacts from its ancient history.

The font
The pulpit
Screen. 15th century, restored in the 16th century
Detail from the screen, 15th-century images of saints
Lady Chapel
Gallery, made from wood taken from Spanish ships captured from the Armada (1588).
Coat of Charles II, added to gallery in commemoration of the restoration of the monarchy (1660)
Thought to be an original medieval church door. It displays the lions of the royal house of Plantagenet which reigned from 1154 -1485. It is dated 1631, but this is generally thought to be a date of restoration.

 

 

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I am semi-retired after a career in medical sciences. I now work from home doing independent research and consultancy amongst other things. One advantage of this is that I do have time to indulge my interests including birdwatching, natural history, steam trains and history particularly ancient history.

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