Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 223, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 September 1914 — CHURCH IN ENGLISH WOODS [ARTICLE]

CHURCH IN ENGLISH WOODS

Of Great Antiquity, Sacred Edifice in North Devon Proves Big Attraction to Visitors. Culbone church, which among many others claims to be the smallest church in England, is situated on the coaßt of North Devon, not far from the picturesque little village of Porlock, and tbe church is so guarded by hills and woods that the sun's rayß reach it only four months of the year The building Is but 33 feet long by 12 feet 8 inches wide, and, has a porch, nave, carved oak chancel screen and Norman font, an alabaster altar piece and a quaint high pew near the chancel, used by the family of Lord Lovelace, by whom the property is owned* The slanted chancel is - lit by a tiny, square-headed. Ironbarred window, the oldest feature in the church, being pre-Norman, and cut out of a> single stone. It is amply large for the population, which is about 35 in a parish of 1,337 acres. In summer the church is crowded, owing ,to the influx of visitors* from many parts of the world.