Porlock, Somerset - St Drubricius Church - Raphael Tuck RP postcard

Postcard
• Picture / Image:  Porlock Church - real photo postcard [St. Drubricius]
• Publisher:  Raphael Tuck c.1930s
• Postally used:  no
• Stamp:  n/a
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Porlock is a coastal village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated in a deep hollow below Exmoor, 5 miles (8 km) west of Minehead. The parish, which includes Hawkcombe and Doverhay, has a population of 1,377.^[1]

In a 2010 survey based on data from the Office for National Statistics Porlock was found to have the most elderly population in Britain with over 40% of the population being of pensionable age.^[2]

The Church of St Dubricius in Porlock, Somerset, England dates from the 13th century. The church has been designated by English Heritage as a grade I listed building.^[1]

The dedication is to Dubricius (also known in Welsh as Dyfrig and in corrupt Norman-French as Devereux) (c. 465 – 550 or 612), a 6th century Briton ecclesiastic venerated as a saint and may indicate he travelled to the area.

The church stands on the site of an earlier church which may date from around 1120.^[2] Restoration work was undertaken in the 15th century.^[3] The spire was damaged in a storm of 1703.^[4] Further restoration was undertaken between 1888 and 1891.^[3]

Within the church is the very fine late 15th century alabaster tomb of John Harington, 4th Baron Harington(1384–1418) who fought alongside Henry V in France in 1417,^[5][6] and his first wife Elizabeth Courtenay(d.1471), daughter of Edward de Courtenay, 3rd Earl of Devon(d.1419).^[3] Elizabeth survived her first husband and married secondly William Bonville, 1st Baron Bonville(d.1461). The style of armour worn by Baron Harington is of the period c.1470, as was worn in the time of his widow's death, and is not therefore an accurate representation of the armour worn at the time of his death in 1418.^[7][8] The monument and effigies are believed to have been erected at the expense of Elizabeth's step-daughter the great heiress Cicely Bonville, Baroness Harington and Marchioness of Dorset (1460-1529), and are considered from their very high quality ""more befitting a cathedral than a retired country church"".^[9] At the back of the nave is a clock dating from the early 15th century which struck the tenor bell hourly. It has no hands or clock face. The clock was used until 1897 when a new clock was installed to celebrate Queen Victoria's jubilee.^[3]

The parish is part of the benefice of Porlock and Porlock Weir with Stoke Pero, Selworthy and Luccombe within the Exmoor deanery.^[10]

type=real photographic (rp)

theme=topographical: british

sub-theme=england

county/ country=somerset

number of items=single

period=inter-war (1918 - 1939)

postage condition=unposted