Talaton, Devon Genealogy: Difference between revisions

TALATON (St. James), a '''parish''', in the union of Honiton, hundred of Hayridge, Collumpton and N. divisions of Devon, 3 miles (N. W. by N.) from Ottery St. Mary. The church is in the later English style, with a very handsome tower, and contains several canopied niches having figures of saints, and a beautiful wooden screen, with a flight of stone steps leading to a rood-loft. A '''church''' was erected at Escott, by Sir J. Kennaway and consecrated on the 8th of May, 1840; the east and west windows, of large dimensions, are embellished with painted glass. <ref>Lewis,Samuel A., ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51326&amp;amp;strquery=talaton A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 294-297.</ref>