narrow - Broadhempston Devon
Devil’s door in the north wall of the nave    A widespread belief in the Middle Ages held that the Devil resided in an unbaptised child’s soul; at the baptism, the Devil would be driven out of the child and had to be able to leave. Accordingly, a door was often built into the north wall for this purpose. These doors were often too small to have any real use, and were therefore only figurative

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