St Edward

The church building in general: The parish church of Eggbuckland dates back to the Saxon period and was controlled by the Augustinian monks of the Plympton Priory in 1248. It has survived the dissolution of the monasteries and a civil war and still continues to be worshiped in. In 1864 the church was renovated and further extensions added. The church is constructed of slate stone rubble with granite dressings, except for the vestry which was built in 1906 of Plymouth limestone brought to course. The church was re-ordered in 1907 by TR Kitsell with a new two-story vestry. The church itself was listed as Grade II in 1954.

The church building in detail: The porch, tower, south aisle and nave date from 1430, with the north aisle having been added in 1864. The work then also included the re-erection of the tower pinnacles which at some earlier date had been removed and stored in the churchyard. Also the church had been covered in plaster and this was removed to reveal the stonework at that time. Further extensions were made in 1906 with the building of the chancel, sanctuary, organ chamber, lower and upper

Interesting contents of the church include an octagonal oak pulpit, oak chancel screen. oak organ screen, reredos and oak barrel ceiling.

Eggbuckland is first mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086; this document was a census, of sorts, evaluating the taxable income of the local inhabitants. At one period in its history, Egg Buckland was a small village outside the boundaries of the three towns forming the modern City of Plymouth; at that time it was surrounded by a agricultural landscape. Since then there has been a significant increase in properties; the once rural community is now a suburb of the City of Plymouth.