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August 07, 2003
Holy Trinity Church
Brian and I were lucky to be able to visit the tiny village of Gidleigh in Dartmoor. The village was the home of some of my ancestors.
The village is very small, and difficult to find, as one has to meander through very winding, narrow, hilly roads in order to locate it. All that we could find there was Holy Trinity Church, an ancient house, and the ruins of the small Gidleigh Castle keep.
Some very old tombstones dating from the 1700's were actually built into the exterior wall of the church. Our guide, Lawrie Prideaux (we highly recommend his Pixie Tours), had explained that most memorial markers of earlier eras had been made out of wood, and had thus deteriorated over time.
The church itself actually dates to the 12th century.
Posted by Jessica at August 7, 2003 10:34 AM
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