Thank you. Useful links. to find the Devon maps. Sadly Sticklepath does not appear on either map despite having an early Chantry chapel, with evidence suggesting the need for 2 priests before this date. Speculation suggests the little cob church was set back from the road and pigsties etc in front of it prevented the map makers spotting it! The vicars of Sampford Courtenay tended to forget it too except twice per year when they came the 5 miles to collect their tithes! Dissolution of the chantries under Edward VI meant they lost the priest in 1549, and I am not sure when they were re-established. Perhaps that was the reason. A drawing exists, showing it before it was burnt down and re-built in its modern form in 1875, now a Heritage Centre. http://library-cat.swheritage.org.uk/archive/p-d48309-DA144017
Sad to hear Sticklepath does not appear. Though it does raise some interesting questions over what was included (and not) generally as well as reasons for Sticklepath's specific omission. That speculation sounds very reasonable and makes you think how many people would have similarly missed the cob church! Do you have a sense of population/ number of households around that time? The Church has an excellent memory when it comes to money. What a lovely picture and wonderful thing to have for posterity.
Thank you. Useful links. to find the Devon maps. Sadly Sticklepath does not appear on either map despite having an early Chantry chapel, with evidence suggesting the need for 2 priests before this date. Speculation suggests the little cob church was set back from the road and pigsties etc in front of it prevented the map makers spotting it! The vicars of Sampford Courtenay tended to forget it too except twice per year when they came the 5 miles to collect their tithes! Dissolution of the chantries under Edward VI meant they lost the priest in 1549, and I am not sure when they were re-established. Perhaps that was the reason. A drawing exists, showing it before it was burnt down and re-built in its modern form in 1875, now a Heritage Centre. http://library-cat.swheritage.org.uk/archive/p-d48309-DA144017
Sad to hear Sticklepath does not appear. Though it does raise some interesting questions over what was included (and not) generally as well as reasons for Sticklepath's specific omission. That speculation sounds very reasonable and makes you think how many people would have similarly missed the cob church! Do you have a sense of population/ number of households around that time? The Church has an excellent memory when it comes to money. What a lovely picture and wonderful thing to have for posterity.