Parish Church, Plympton St Maurice, Devon
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Parish Church, Plympton St Maurice, Devon
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 18 Aug 2018
A view from the spiralling path that encircles the castle ruins. To the right of the church, on George Lane, is the former Hele's (pronounced "heals") School site. The Grade II* listed Jacobean Gothic building was founded as Plympton Grammar School c.1660 as the result of a bequest of a lawyer Elize Hele. In 1715 the Rev Samuel Reynolds was appointed as head master and his son, the painter Sir Joshua Reynolds, (1723-92) attended the school. In 1937 the school moved to new premises on Seymour Road, which it still occupies today, This newer school was renamed "Hele's School" when it became a state comprehensive in 1985.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.3835
Longitude
-4.048062