S.E. view of Buckland Church, Devonshire (1823)
J. Storer
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| Devon | West Country Studies | S SC0297 |
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Dugdale, James. The new British traveller or modern panorama of England and Wales. London: J. Robins & Co. 1819. Vol. II. p. 114.BUCKLAND-MONACHORUM.] -This village, situated about a mile north-east from Buckland Abbey, from which it appears to have derived its name, is in the hundred of Roborough, four miles and a quarter south by east from Tavistock. It is particularly entitled to notice on account of its handsome church, and the numerous elegant monuments of the Drakes and Heathfields, which that edifice contains. The church consists of a nave, two side aisles, two transepts, and a fine tower, with octagonal turrets and pinnacles. At the east end of the north aisle, is a beautiful marble monument from the chisel of John Bacon, R.A. in the year 1795, to the memory of the venerable and illustrious Lord Heathfield, the brave defender of Gibraltar.* It is executed with much historical taste. [
]. He died July 6th, 1790. Aged 72 Years.* This nobleman is said to have been remarkably abstemious; his constant food being vegetables, and his drink water. He never allowed himself more than four hours' sleep at a time.[Text may be taken from a different source or edition than that listed as the source by Somers Cocks.]
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64x91mm
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1823