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đď¸ On This Day in Wembury — 15 June 1938
Devonshire Association Explores Wembury’s Past
On this day, members of the Plymouth and District branch of the Devonshire Association visited Wembury. They toured the 17th-century almshouses near Wembury House, guided by Mrs. C. Walker, who showed them the tiny chapel with its unusual plaster reliefs—believed to depict Cain and Abel—and discussed their symbolism.
The group explored Wembury House gardens, tracing carved stonework from the original fortified building and climbing the high buttressed walls that survive from earlier centuries. Mrs. Walker outlined the estate’s long lineage, from Plympton Priory and the Earls of Southampton through the Heles, Hungerfords, Pollexfens, Chudleighs, Molesworths, and Lockyers, to the present house built about 1802.
At Wembury Church, the Vicar, Rev. C. ff. Young, highlighted the church’s antiquity and retold the legend of St. Werburgh and her geese—restored from a pie after prayer—her motto being “to live and let live.”
The day’s visit captured both stone and story—fortified houses, carved monuments, and the enduring folklore of St. Werburgh. Linking scholarship with legend, it shows how Wembury’s heritage is layered, lived, and retold across generations.
đ Source: Western Morning News, 16 June 1938 (reporting the events of 15 June 1938)
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