St Eustachius' Church, Tavistock
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St Eustachius' Church, Tavistock
Image: © Richard Rogerson Taken: 9 Jun 2021
The first church on this site dates from 1265 but nothing survives from this church. A new church was dedicated in 1318 but soon fell into disrepair. By the end of the fourteenth century, the church had been largely rebuilt in the Perpendicular style, although a few traces of the 1318 church remain. In the fifteenth century, some further rebuilding work took place, the main addition being the Clothworkers’ Aisle. St Eustachius was a Roman general in the second century who became a Christian. He was disgraced and exiled and was finally martyred with his family for refusing to sacrifice to the Roman gods. Only one other church in England is dedicated to St Eustachius but there are dedications in Rome, Istanbul and Paris and he is patron saint of Madrid.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.549851
Longitude
-4.145185