THE SOUTH DEVON 



MONTHLY MUSEUM. 



PLYMOUTH, OCTOBER 1st, 1834. 

 No. 22.] Price Sixpence. [Vol. IV. 



^ ST. BUDEAUX CHURCH. 



When I was presented to this parish, I was con- 

 gratulated by a friend acquainted with the situation, 

 on " the lines having fallen to me in pleasant places ;" 

 and by every one possessing similar knowledge, I 

 shall be acquitted of partiality in claiming for St. 

 Budeaux deserved distinction, even amidst a district 

 justly celebrated for the charms of external nature. 

 On approaching the village from the Saltash turnpike, 

 we cross a little common, occupying the highest 

 ground in the neighbourhood, and even commanding 

 the elevated spot immediately in front, upon which 

 is seated the church, and the few simple, but not un- 

 interesting buildings which constitute the hamlet or 

 church town of St. Budeaux. This small common 

 would doubtless long since have disappeared among 

 the adjoining inclosures had it not been preserved as 

 parochial property, indicating its original appropria- 

 tion by the corrupted designation of Plaistor (Play- 

 stow), as the ancient sporting green. From this ridge 

 the ground gradually slopes in a succession of grace- 

 ful outlines to the banks of the Tamar, which now 

 forms a natural boundary between the shires of Devon 

 and Cornwall, but which anciently separated two 

 distinct and hostile tribes, 



"Hinc Anglos, illinc cernit Tamara Britannos." 



It seems impossible to pass onward without pausing 

 and gazing upon the magnificent panorama which 



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