10 miles from Exeter at the North Eastern edge of Dartmoor National Park is the Devon village of Cheriton Bishop. It is largely a farming community with a growing number of daily commuters to nearby towns and Exeter city. The name Cheriton Bishop means “Church town”. The church of St. Mary is part Norman including the font from 1083, with mostly 15th Century reconstruction. It has some aspects of interest including remnants of a pre-Reformation screen depicting St. Dennis carrying his head, one of only two such pictures believed to be in existence. In the roof of the aisle is a carving of three rabbits with ears joined, a symbol of the Holy Trinity. Outside the church is what appears to be a large stone table. Farmers would have paid out wages to their workers here after Sunday service, thus ensuring they attended church. A point of local folklore is the Dancing Tree, or Twisted Oak, on the corner of Combe Lane. Boards were laid on the top and thirty people could dance accompanied by three fiddlers. Ghost stories abound in Cheriton Bishop and there is once said to have dwelled a white witch at the foot of Cheriton Hill.
Pub and Bar
Good Knights Inn
Old Thatch Inn
Places to Stay near Cheriton Bishop
Woodleigh Coach House (0.36 miles)
Brook Farmhouse (1.87 miles)
Great Cummins Farm (2.47 miles)
Kings Arms Inn (2.61 miles)
This traditional thatched Devon village Inn offers today's traveller good food and refreshment. The history of yesterday and comfort of today will ensure you enjoy your visit to the Kings Arms Inn - where fine food ... More
Great Sloncombe Farm (2.80 miles)
Great Sloncombe is a listed ... More | visit website
Brickmoor B & B Apartment (3.34 miles)
Luxury, private, self-contained, double bed and breakfast suite, set in a large secluded woodland garden. Set in the 'heart of Devon' countryside just outside the village of Yeoford, 4 miles from the Dartmoor National Park and 12 miles ... More | visit website
Higher Westcott Farm (3.80 miles)
Warrens Farm (3.84 miles)
Fingle Glen Hotel (3.88 miles)
Fingle Glen (3.88 miles)
Fingle Glen is a small hotel on a golf course west of Exeter, Devon. There are 10 newly refurbished rooms on the first floor that are now of a very high standard. We pride ourselved ... More | visit website
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