Cadeleigh Devon
Church of St Bartholomew, Cadeleigh Devon stands next to a farm.
Known as Cadelie / Cadelia in the 1086 Domesday Survey the name comes from Cada's Leah - ( this same man also gave his name to nearby Cadbury (Cada's Burgh)  After the Conquest it went jointly to William Cleever &amp; William the King's Servant / Thane.  It possessed a mill and 130 sheep.
There was a (wooden) church on this site as far back as 1150, the earlies mention being in the Register of Bishop Branscombe in t258 when the first recorded priest was Robert de Horsy 
The first stone church was probably built by William Brewer / Briware , High Sheriff of Devon, who founded any religious houses and is buried at his Dunkeswell Abbey.   It later passed to the Mohun &amp; Courtenay families   In 1377 Hugh Courtenay , Earl of Devon, <a href="https://flic.kr/p/y5unF1" rel="noreferrer nofollow">flic.kr/p/y5unF1</a> bequeathed the manor to his younger son Philip 
The present church is a rebuilding starting in the early 15c with the nave &amp; chancel, followed by the north aisle in late 15c / early 16c .  However the tower may be 14c.  Its four angled battlements were at one time crowned by small pinnacles.  In 1930 it was revealed that the figures just below the pinnacle bases were of the evangelists, Matthew Mark , Luke &amp; John - only three remain now. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/66VaZpq5yk">www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/66VaZpq5yk</a>    Two figures of St Bartholomew were also found covered in plaster on the south &amp; north side of the tower.   There are 5 bells - the fifth bell is tells their history: &quot;In 1746 John Hartnell esq, Mr John Back, Churchwarden, to the church the loving call and to the grave doth summon all.  Thomas Bilbie cast we all&quot; 
A vestry was added in recent years.

Perhaps the highlight of the interior is the very large ornate monument at the east end of the north aisle, erected by Sir Simon Leach 1637 Sheriff of Devon, after the death of his second wife Katherine Turberville  <a href="https://www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/v09GgxJ6i0">www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/v09GgxJ6i0</a>

The nave, chancel, and aisle are under barrel-vaulting, with painted ribs and wonderfully carved late medieval bosses, showing grotesque faces, saints, foliage, wheels, and sacred monograms. The Tudor capitals in the nave are also quite wonderfully carved, with intricate foliage designs. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/7Q545yH0YD">www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/7Q545yH0YD</a>

The original oak benches were removed in 1766 and replaced by square box pews.   The church was originally decorated in colours, especially red and yellow, of vine and leaf pattern.  Sadly the fragments discovered were in too poor a condition to be preserved. 

The font which English Heritage states is 'of uncertain date' and the guide book says is possibly 15c, is made of local volcanic stone and was restored in 1887 <a href="https://www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/7AdnCNeYs3">www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/7AdnCNeYs3</a>

The church registers of 1678 have Sir Henry Carey JP, certifying that certain named persons had been buried in woollen according to an act of parliament to help the wool trade. 

The church guide adds &quot;Be no deceived by the peaceful solitude here;  Cadeleigh is an active living church and the centre of a vibrant community. 

Picture with thanks  - copyright Ian <a href="http://www.cornishchurches.com/Cadeleigh Church Devon - St. Bartholomew/index.htm" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.cornishchurches.com/Cadeleigh%20Church%20Devon%20-%20...</a>
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