English Heritage sites near Filleigh Parish
DUNSTER GALLOX BRIDGE
22 miles from Filleigh Parish
This ancient stone bridge - originally 'gallows bridge' - once carried packhorses bringing fleeces to Dunster market and is evidence of Dunster's once important role in the wool trade.
DUNSTER BUTTER CROSS
22 miles from Filleigh Parish
Transplanted stump of a medieval stone cross that was once a meeting place for people to bring and sell their own butter. Nearby attractions include Cleeve Abbey.
DUNSTER, YARN MARKET
22 miles from Filleigh Parish
Fine 17th century timber-framed octagonal market hall that is a monument to Dunster's once-flourishing cloth trade.
OKEHAMPTON CASTLE
22 miles from Filleigh Parish
Once the largest castle in Devon, nestling in the foothills of Dartmoor. Reputedly haunted and mentioned in the Domesday Book.
CLEEVE ABBEY
24 miles from Filleigh Parish
With possibly the finest cloister buildings in England, visitors can get a glimpse of monastic life 800 years ago. 15th century refectory with glorious angel roof and 13th century heraldic tiles.
DAWS CASTLE
26 miles from Filleigh Parish
Daws Castle is a clifftop fortress, which was founded by King Alfred to defend the people of Watchet against Viking attacks.
Churches in Filleigh Parish
St Paul
Filleigh
South Molton
https://missioncommunity.weebly.com/
This delightful church is part of the South Molton Mission Community.
Architecturally St Paul's Church, Filleigh is a hotch-potch which works. A Norman south doorway and squat tower (with a saucy spire on top), a Middle English nave, a Romanesque, apsidal east end and some exuberant Victorian tile decoration are not what you might expect of a North Devon village church. There is nothing here older than 1732 the date the building was completed under the aegis of Hugh Fortescue, Lord Clinton, whose family had held the manor since the 15th C.
One of the reasons given for the new church was the need to provide a large enough church for estate workers and villagers and discourage them from running off to join non-conformist congregations. Forty years ago when the Methodist church closed, its remaining members combined with their Anglican friends to worship at St Paul's and we are delighted to be linked (informally) with the Methodist Circuit. St Paul's is intimate and friendly. Come and try us out!
Why not . . .
The minister responsible for this church is the Team Vicar, Revd David Coleman.
Find out more about us, and our Mission Community, at https://missioncommunity.weebly.com/
Pubs in Filleigh Parish
Stags Head Inn
Attractive thatched free house a quarter of a mile off the main road through Filleigh. Small garden to the front, trout lake to the rear. The majority of the building is dedicated to three dining rooms, but the separate bar does have three...