St Pancras Church in Widecombe is known as the Cathedral of the Moor, because of size its in relation to the size of the village. The tower is visible from a wide area from across Dartmoor, and it's included in Simon Jenkins' book "England's Thousand Best Churches". It has an interesting past, including what is still termed the Great Storm of 1638, when a pinnacle from atop the tower fell into the church and killed 4 parishioners. A while back wood rot and death watch beetle was found in the tower and an appeal for £200,000 was mounted. Although the village is tiny with a community of just 250 people, they and visitors alike rallied to the call, donating willingly and they were able to lower the entire tower to the ground where it was re-pointed and the pinnacles rebuilt. The Moor conjures up weather that takes its toll on strong and weak alike hence a building this ancient is bound to suffer. I found this on one of the walls and asked permission to photograph it. Cameras are welcome anywhere in Widecombe-in-the-Moor as are people. They really are a special lot that reside there. This is also the place of the world-famous fair, held annually in September, and the song 'Widecombe Fair' and the characters of Uncle Tom Cobley and All. Many folk mistakenly think the folk song is a simple made-up tale, but in actual fact research carried out by the Widecombe and District Local History Group found otherwise. Tom Cobley and his friends were real people - probably from mid-Devon and most of the characters featured in the song had names which can be traced to families working in the Sticklepath and Spreyton area in the early 1800s. Anyway - I'm rambling. Again. So see what you can make of the above image, remembering that the 'f' should be supplanted with an 's' in most instances. ^=^ Thank you for taking the time to look. ^=^