St Saviour
Dartmouth, Devon
Gazing across the River Dart from Kingswear, you can see the ancient church of St Saviour.
St Petrox church at the mouth of the river is the oldest of the three parish churches, the earliest reference being in 1192 when it is thought to have been referred to in a deed as the 'monastery of St Peter'.
Dartmouth, Devon
Believed to have provided a light at the harbour entrance, as well as being for the use of residents in South Town (between Bayards Cove and the harbour mouth) this area was at one time part of the neighbouring parish of Stoke Fleming.
It may well be said that the builders 'builded better than they knew' for whilst they sought to provide for the every-day needs of their parish by an adequate church and cemetery, they have bequeathed to thousands a powerful impression of the serenity and strength of the Christian Church, founded upon a rock, which neither wind nor wave shall destroy.
Dartmouth, Devon
Gazing across the River Dart from Kingswear, you can see the ancient church of St Saviour.
Dartmouth, Devon
The mother church of Dartmouth and standing some 350ft above the main town on the narrow tract which, since ancient times, has been a right-of-way from the coast through Longcross to the River Dart crossing at Hardnesse.
Brixham, Devon
It can't have been easy being a Roman Catholic in Brixham for it was here, in 1688 that the protestant King William of Orange landed with 35,000 troops to begin the march on London which ended hopes of a catholic succession.