Widecombe-in-the-Moor
50.576666666667 - 3.8119444444444Koordinaten: 50 ° 35 'N, 3 ° 49 ' W
Widecombe -in-the -Moor is an English village in the heart of Dartmoor National Park in the southwestern English county of Devon. The town's name derives from " Withy - combe " from ( German " Weidental ").
According Widecombes official website, there is a village of 196 households. It should be noted that the municipality extends over a large area and dozens of small cottages and Moorland farms were counted.
Today, tourism is the main source of Widecombe, recognizable by the large number of souvenir shops (including a National Trust shop ), two cafes and two pubs.
The village is probably best known for Widecombe Fair in the UK, a fair that takes place every year and is celebrated in a well-known on the island folk song called Old Uncle Tom Cobley at all. The text was first published in 1880. Popular are also the traditional " Toby Jugs " - jars with handles, the heads of fictitious and prominent people show in three-dimensional form in cartoon form.
The church of St. Pancras is known as the ' Cathedral of the Moor ", probably because of the 37 m high tower and very large for such a small place interior. The church was originally built in the 14th century in the style of the English late Gothic occurring at Widecombe with the granite. St. Pancras was enlarged in the following two centuries, repeatedly, in part with the proceeds from the tin mining. Inside, the decorative ceiling is worth seeing, in which also the emblem of the Zinnbergwerker, a ring of three rabbits ( known here as " Tinner 's Rabbits " ) is perpetuated.
The church was obviously badly damaged on October 21, 1638 during a violent storm by ball lightning. This happened during the afternoon show with about 300 participants - four were killed and about 60 injured. The legend explains the storm by a visit of the devil. The Church House next to the church was built in 1537 as a brewery buildings; it is now managed by the National Trust.
The extensiveness of the community meant a long ways to worship; which was particularly unfavorable for the transport of the coffin at funerals. Traditionally, therefore, was the so-called Coffin Stone ( German: " stone coffin ") on the Dartmeet Hill as a suitable place to store the coffin to take a rest. The rock is split lengthwise - according to legend, here a coffin was destroyed by lightning.
In the cemetery of Widecombe lies the grave of the writer Beatrice Chase, who spent most of their lives in a cottage near the village. Your real name was Olive Katharine Parr. She was a direct descendant of William Parr, the brother of Catherine Parr, the sixth wife of King Henry VIII.
St. Pancras
A ball of lightning destroyed the church
Interior of St. Pancras