PLYMPTON ST. MARY
PLYMPTON ST. MARY is a vast parish, covering well over 10,000
acres, with an ancient village on the main road from Plymouth to
Exeter. To-day the village is almost a suburb of Plymouth, and has
doubled its numbers since 1900.
Plympton church (St. Mary) stood in the churchyard of the
conventual church: hence its comparative isolation from the village
to-day. The present building dates from 1311 – when it was
part of Plympton Priory. The granite tower (108 ft.) is notably
good and can be seen from far away. Among the features of the
interior are the Strode monuments (460, 1637), some ancient
heraldic glass, the mutilated canopied tomb of a Courtenay (15th
century), the handsome triple sedilia and piscina in the chancel,
and the good modern parclose screens.
Through the generations, the people of Plympton St. Mary have come
to this church to worship God, to rejoice in times of joy and to
seek comfort in times of sorrow. Today people continue to celebrate
the good news of Jesus Christ in the worship of the church,
day-by-day and week-by-week
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A note about this series
If any body would like to expand to this
series please do, Sadexploration just asks that you let him know
know so he can keep track of the Church numbers and names to avoid
duplication
Profile page for Sadexploration
http://www.geocaching.com/profile/?guid=3af7a90d-65ce-45ee-9b73-dc6e95fc9489&wid=9f9b24c1-d271-4550-ac6a-418541ba7242&ds=2
There is also now a league table for those who have been doing the
Church Micros, there are already a few local cachers names on it
and it would be lovely to see this series expanded in the South
West so more could join in.
http://www.15ddv.me.uk/cm/cm.html
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