Colaton Raleigh Devon
Church of St John the Baptist, Colaton Raleigh Devon
The village is said to be named as the “tun” or farm, of an Old English chieftain “Ceola”. The word “Raleigh” was added when it came into the ownership of the Raleigh family in the 13c.
The 1086 Domesday survey records 14 ploughs,  extensive pastures, meadows &amp; woodland with a mill which was retained for himself by King William 
Parts of the church survive from an earlier late 12c / early 13c building from which survive the north arcade and font.   <a href="https://www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Qem71RHtV0">www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Qem71RHtV0</a>
The two stage tower is late 15c / early 16c, Perpendicular in style. The semi-hexagonal stair turret projects from the south-east corner and rises higher than the main tower with its own embattled parapet.   There are 6 bells, all still regularly rung
The rest of the nave, shallow north and south aisles, and chancel were rebuilt in 1875 in Early Decorated style by R M Fulford with internal  sgraffito plasterwork decoration by Vickery of Barnstaple to Fulford's design. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/YGYtSM62Em">www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/YGYtSM62Em</a> Also built was a south transeptal chapel, a north aisle chapel, and finally a vestry south of the west tower. 
The tower of roughly-coursed dressed blocks of brownish-red local sandstone with Beerstone detail; the rest is similar stone but neater and snecked with limestone detail quarried from nearby Ladram Bay;   
The slate roof is basically blue-grey but includes panels of scallop-shaped purple-coloured slate over the chancel and red ridge tiles are alternatively plain and crested.   In the external corner of south transept chapel and chancel is  a three-sided projection containing a corridor which could be  a rood stair turret and contains a small twin lancet window with trefoil heads. <a href="https://www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Hi1xEX8cm4">www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/Hi1xEX8cm4</a>

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Picture with thanks - copyright Roger Cornfoot CCL <a href="https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1194087" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1194087</a>
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