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Alphington

The first church in Alphington was dedicated to St Michael and goes back to at least 1200 years ago. The present church dates from 1477, and was paid for by the Courtenay family and local parishioners at a cost of £700. The Church House was built to house the workers building the church and therefore pre-dates the present building. The rood screen in the present church dates from this period.

The perpendicular rood screen was restored by Reginald - Earl of Devon in 1879. The groining is lost, and the spandrels filled in with fragments of old carving. There is a difference in style between the chancel portion of the screen and that in the north aisle, and it would seem probable that the latter portion came from some other church. On the lower panels are paintings of saints, bishops, etc. On the south side of the chancel portion is a curious representation of St. Dunstan clutching the Devil by the nose with a pair of pincers, and on the north side is a painting of Sir John Schorne who, according to the legend, caught the Devil and shut him up in a boot [ca. 1300]. This figure is also found at East Portlemouth, near Salcombe.


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01: St John Shorne, St Helen

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02: St Christina, St Albert (Gilbert?)

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03: Empty, St Stephen

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04: St Apollonia, Empty

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05: St John the Baptist, St Dorothy

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06: Apostle, St James Minor

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07: St Peter, St Andrew

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08: Apostle, St Jude

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09: St James Major, St Thomas

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10: St John Evang, Apostle

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11: St Simon, St Philip

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12: St Dunstan, Devil

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13: Empty, Bishop

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14: Empty, Empty

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15: St Francis, Female saint

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16: St Denis, St Catherine


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