Saint Winifred's Church, Branscombe, Devon

Saint Winifred's Church, Branscombe, Devon

Saint Winifred's Church is a Church of England church in Branscombe in Devon, England.The church is dedicated to Saint Winifred, a Welsh saint. It is among the oldest and most architecturally significant parishes of Devon.It probably dates back as far as about 995, but extant records on the vicars only go back to the thirteenth century.

The building has a traditional west-east alignment.It is built on a levelled area that can not be seen from the coast.The choice of location may have been for protection of the original Saxon church from Viking raiders.Alternatively, the church may have been placed on an earlier pre-Christian holy site. Occupying such a pagan site would have allowed the Church both challenged paganism and absorbed any positive religious feelings associated with the site.

External links

* [http://www.geocities.com/Athens/2155/church.html A Guide to the Church of Saint Winifred Branscombe]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Branscombe — infobox UK place country = England latitude = 50.689 longitude = 3.1397 official name = Branscombe population = c500 shire county = Devon region = South West England postcode district = EX12 postcode area = EX dial code = 01297 constituency… …   Wikipedia

  • Winefride — Infobox Saint name=Saint Winifred birth date= death date=c. 660 feast day=3 November venerated in=Orthodox Church; Roman Catholic Church; Anglican Communion imagesize=300px caption=St Winifred s Well, Woolston, Shropshire birth place=Flintshire… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”