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Church of St Petroc

A Grade I Listed Building in Harford, Devon

  • Church of St Petroc, Harford

  • St Petroc: late c15 church with earlier west tower set in village at foot of Dartmoor

  • St Petroc: Perpendicular granite piers, Cornish type; ceiled wagon roof

  • St Petroc: monument to Thomas Williams of Stowford, Speaker of the House of Commons, d.1566

  • St Petroc: Thomas Williams of Stowford, d.1566

  • St Petroc: Thomas Williams of Stowford, d.1566; Speaker of the House of Commons

  • St Petroc: inscriptions from the monument to Thomas Williams of Stowford, d.1566

  • St Petroc: shield from the monument to Thomas Williams of Stowford, d.1566; sable three curlews' heads erased or

  • St Petroc: slab in the tower to Jane (Edgecumbe of Calstock), wife of Thomas Williams, d.1606, & Emlyn their daughter, d.1610

  • St Petroc: slab in the tower John Williams, d.1615, & wife Mary Drewe of Hayne, d.1620

  • St Petroc: memorial painted on copper to John Prideaux & wife Agnes, erected 1639 by their son John, Rector of Exeter College, Oxford & Bishop of Worcester (shown in red gown)

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Entry Name: Church of St Petroc

Listing Date: 23 March 1960

Last Amended: 2 February 1984

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1162617

English Heritage Legacy ID: 99183

ID on this website: 101162617

Location: Harford, South Hams, Devon, PL21

County: Devon

District: South Hams

Civil Parish: Harford

Traditional County: Devon

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Devon

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