Bridgerule, St Bridget
St Bridget’s Church is grade 1 listed. It stands in an elevated position in open countryside on the edge of the village of Bridgerule and forms a prominent landmark. Click here for an interactive map. The parish of Bridgerule lies on the extreme edge of Devon, with the majority of residents living on the “Cornish side” of the River Tamar, which runs through the village. Bridgerule was mentioned (as Brige) in the Domesday Book in 1086, when the local manor was held by a Norman, Ruald Adobed. The name, Bridgerule, is thought to come from bridge and Ruald. Services 1st Sunday - Morning Prayer Other popular services throughout the year include Christmas services and the Harvest Festival. Architectural History of the Church Of the C19 restorations, the first was undertaken in 1878 by J.P. St Aubyn. The vestry was added to the north east, and slate floors were laid. The rood screen, baptistery screen and reredos date from the late C19. Two pieces of medieval glass were incorporated in the east window of the aisle. In the church is one C17 slate memorial. The principal slate memorials inside the church are to the Kingdon family. Father Frank Hawker Kingdon was part of a long line of members of the Kingdon family to take the incumbency of Bridgerule. Members of the family have also been incumbent at other local churches including Whitstone and Pyworthy. Father Kingdon is best remembered as one of the longest serving incumbents of the Church of England, serving Bridgerule for 70 years, becoming Vicar in 1888 and dying in office in 1958 at the age of 98. The Parish Today
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