East Ogwell
| East Ogwell | |
| Devon | |
|---|---|
 East Ogwell | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SX839700 |
| Location: | 50°31’8"N, 3°38’17"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Newton Abbot |
| Postcode: | TQ12 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | Teignbridge |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Teignbridge |
East Ogwell is a village in south-eastern Devon, just south-west of the town of Newton Abbot. It is a modest place, mainly served by the town on its doorstop. The village nevertheless has a church, St Bartholomew's, a pub, The Jolly Sailor, and a range of local businesses and farms.
A smaller village, West Ogwell, is to the west.
Church
The parish church is St Bartholomew's Church, a thirteenth century church with later alterations and restoration. It is a Grade I listed building.[1]
The church as seen today was built in the 13th century but was greatly enlarged and altered in the 15th century and in the early 16th century so that the mid-15th century work dominates.[2] In 1633 a 'Golgotha' chapel was added in the south transept for Sir Richard Reynell.
The church underwent a Victorian restoration in 1884-5, undertaken by R M Fulford of Exeter.
St Bartholomew's consists of a nave with rood screen between the chancel, a tower with six bells, north aisle with Lady Chapel and the Reynell Chapel. The Lady Chapel contains stone slabs which covered the graves of two Abbots of Torre Abbey: William Norton 14th Abbot and Richard Cade 18th Abbot who died in May 1400, while in front of the chancel step is the burial slab of yet another Abbot of Torre, Thomas Dyare; the last Abbot, who died in 1522. It seems likely that these slabs were sold after the dissolution of Torre Abbey in 1539.
Outside the church there are two halves of a remarkable early carved Christian burial stone, built into the gables at the east and west end of the north aisle. The inscription is in Latin and reads 'CAOCI FILI POPLICI' ('Caocus Son of Peblig') who was presumably a local chieftain given a Christian burial at some time around the year 500.
The ecclesiastical parish of Ogwell including HM Prison Channings Wood in the south taking in West Ogwell, the old village and the four estates of Larksmead, Reynell, Abbotsridge and Ogwell Brook.[2]
Outside links
- Ogwell Parish
- History of the Ogwells – Ogwell Parish Council
- Information on East Ogwell from GENUKI
- The Jolly Sailor
References
- ↑ Church of St Bartholomew, East Ogwell - British Listed Buildings
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 St Bartholomew's Church - Ogwell Parish Council
