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every portion of the ruins has been removed, and that 

 pieces of the stone may be seen built into hedges and 

 walls in the immediate neighbourhood. Some of the larger 

 stones, probably the upright sides of arches, we rather 

 think have been laid down as steps in the Dodbrooke 

 churchyard. With regard to Court House, it has been 

 stated that it was the original residence of the Champernon 

 family, whose seat is now at Partington; and in J. Gye's 

 deed of gift of that field now called Gye's Field, 1529, 

 it was spoken of as Champernon's property; but Prince 

 says that "Sir Arthur Champernon, Knight, was born at 

 Court House, at the western end of Modbury Town in this 

 county." 



Leaving Wallingford Lane on the left hand, and Batt's 

 Lane, as it is usually called, on the right, we proceed 

 towards the National School, which was established in 

 1847, and of which James and Dorothy Weekes were the 

 first master and mistress. The building, which can boast 

 of no architectural beauty, was originally a malt-house, 

 but was purchased for the purpose of being converted into 

 a school-house. "The managers of the National School," 

 says the Kingsbridge Gazette of September 5th, 1873, "have 

 determined to erect a new class-room adjoining the present 

 building, so as to meet the Government requirements." 

 This decision has accordingly been carried out. 



Just outside the school-house there is a clear spring of 

 water, which flows through a pipe, causing a tiny waterfall. 

 Many of the inhabitants come to "the shoot," as it is 

 familiarly termed, for a supply of this necessary of life, 

 which, we believe, never entirely fails, even when other 

 springs are dry. It is truly a refreshing "brook by the 

 way." 



