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CHURCH OF St MARY, TAMERTON FOLIOT
The building is of stone, chiefly in the Perpendicular style, the greater part having been renewed since 1850. It consists of a quasi-chancel, nave, aisles, south porch, and an embattled western tower containing six bells and a clock. In 1895 the Church was restored, the north aisle being rebuilt and the roof renewed. At the same time a carved oak communion table and choir stalls were provided and an organ installed. With earlier registers having being destroyed by fire, the existing registers date from only 1794.
The bells were rehung in 1878 it is thought by the village carpenter as none of the normal bell-founding firms have a record of doing it. They were again rehung in 1936, this time on an H-pattern frame, the work being carried out by Messrs Gillett & Johnston of Croydon, who were also responsible for installing the clock in the Royal Naval Barracks. Mr J Smith of Derby made the clock and Westminster chimes and this was dedicated on February 18th 1896. The records of the parish are held at the Plymouth and West Devon Records Office, Clare Place, Coxside, Plymouth.
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