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Church of St Giles

A Grade II Listed Building in St. Giles in the Wood, Devon

  • St Giles: from the south-east; entirely Victorian except tower

  • St Giles: Victorian nave

  • St Giles: lower half of Alyanora Pollard, daughter of John Copleston, 1430

  • St Giles: Margaret Rolle, wife of John Rolle of Stevenston, 1592; Elizabethan costume

  • St Giles: lower half & inscription to Alyanora Pollard, daughter of John Copleston, 1430

  • St Giles: Margaret (nee Ford of Ashburton), d.1592, wife of John Rolle of Stevenston, d.1570, Elizabethan costume

  • St Giles: inscription to John Rolle of Stevenstone, d.1570, below the figure of his wife Margaret Ford

  • St Giles: male children from the Elizabethan Risdon-Ford brass; named as Henrye, Richard, Valentyne, Alexander, George, Joachwye, Robert & John

  • St Giles: female children from the Elizabethan Risdon-Ford brass; named as Margerye & Honor

  • St Giles: memorial to Joanna (Pollard of Langley), d.1610, first married to Michael Barry then William Risdon

  • St Giles: memorial to Margaret, d.1636, daughter of Tristram Risdon (the antiquary)

  • St Giles: Thomas Chafe, d.1648, brother of Pascoe Chafe, wife of Tristram Risdon, the antiquary

  • St Giles: inscription from the monument to Thomas Chafe, d.1648, & wife Margaret (Burgoyne)

  • St Giles: memorial to Mary (Isack), wife of William Risdon, d.1701, son of Tristram

  • St Giles: memorial to Henry Hole, d.1745

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Entry Name: Church of St Giles

Listing Date: 4 October 1960

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1104983

English Heritage Legacy ID: 91837

ID on this website: 101104983

Location: St Giles's Church, St Giles in the Wood, Torridge, Devon, EX38

County: Devon

District: Torridge

Civil Parish: St. Giles in the Wood

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

Church of England Parish: St Giles in the Wood St Giles

Church of England Diocese: Exeter

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