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St. Pauls Close, NEWTON ABBOT, TQ13 9JD

A detail of Image The large building to the right of the church is Devon House, originally the Devon House of Mercy. In the foreground is a walker on Bovey Tracey Footpath 8. Taken from the Templer Way.

A detail of Image], with the grade I listed Church of St Peter and St Paul and St Thomas of Canterbury https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1334077 and Devon House https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1097430 . The church is shown in most of the photos at http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=146825282 .

St Mary's Well and an attractive little garden with a bus stop and bench can be seen in front of the wall, behind which is the garden of a rather grand house called Church Style.

Church Steps, also shown in Image, is the former church house, on the south side of the churchyard of Image Bradley Road passes by it on the right.

Apart from a legend no definite historical information is known regarding this holy well. In common with many wells, the early history of St Mary's Well, Bovey Tracey is based on speculation. It's position within the Anglo-Saxon settlement known as Boffa suggests that it would have been utilised from this date, but the form of the original structure and whether the well had pre-Christian significance or was first established for domestic purposes only is not known. The nearby church is now dedicated to St Peter, St Paul and St Thomas but was previously dedicated to St Mary. The legend surrounding the well states that the priest of the parish church (St. Mary's as it was then) returned home to find a visitor. The pious priest and his wife shared their meagre supper with the visitor (St Mary), ensuring she was cared for and sheltered. In return for his kindness, she bestowed good fortune on the priest and his family for generations to come and by way to remind them she turned the frogs in the spring golden coloured.

A house beside Bradley Road and opposite the church.

East Street and the church of St Peter, Paul and Thomas of Canterbury in view.

Another view of Image, actually built into the garden wall of Church Style Cottage. The basin is formed from a single block of granite, and the spout above is also of granite. The detailed description at http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-84485-granite-trough-and-recess-in-south-wall-o can offer no suggestion for the date.

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1165637?section=official-list-entry

The churchyard cross is a memorial to a priest, Charles Leslie Courtenay, who died in 1894. Behind is Image