Charles, Devon
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Charles | |
Devon | |
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The Church of St John the Baptist, Charles | |
Location | |
Grid reference: | SS687328 |
Location: | 51°4’49"N, 3°52’30"W |
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Post town: | Barnstaple |
Postcode: | EX32 |
Local Government |
Charles is a tiny village in northern Devon, eight miles east of Barnstaple. The village is clustered around a meeting of lanes and its parish church, all above the steep valley of the River Bray, a tributary of the Taw.
The church, St John the Baptist, was built to replace the old chapel on the site that was dedicated to St Petrock. It has a tower and chancel nave which probably date to the fifteenth century, though the tower was largely rebuilt in 1620. The whole of the church was restored in 1881.