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entering from the lich-gate, is the base of the ancient churchyard 
cross. The piers of the lich-gate are old, and the roof is modernized 
and shorn of much of its original picturesque appearance. The 
gate is flanked on each side by a massive granite seat, eighteen 
feet in length, with a coped back, also of granite, of the same date 
as the church. These curious-looking and uncommon seats, with 
the church and grand old yew tree in the background, and the 
cottages and village green in the foreground, make up a picture of 
rare interest. Here the villagers, old and young, await the arrival 
of the squire and his family on Sunday mornings; here the village 
lads and lasses meet to exchange their vows, and to repeat the honied 
words familiar to all the descendants of Adam and Eve; and here 
the mourners pause and rest a moment when bringing a corpse for 
interment, as though unwilling to take the one step more into the 
churchyard, and to say ‘‘adieu”’ to the loved one. 
Chagford Church, like Manaton, is entirely Perpendicular, and 
consists of nave (of five arches on each side resting on octagonal 
piers), north and south aisles, chancel, with north and south 
chantry aisles. There is no chancel arch; indeed not one of the 
churches here described possesses this feature. 
The church has been fairly restored of late years; but with 
doubtful taste, to say the least, the eastern window of the north 
aisle has been cut away to allow of an opening into a new vestry, 
which has been built in continuation of this aisle eastward. Here 
too, as at Manaton, the new pews have low doors—an unfortunate 
necessity, itis presumed, and a concession to bucolic prejudice. 
The aisle windows are all three-light, and of excellent character, 
with good moulded scoinson arches within. The east window of 
chancel is five-light, and there is a square-headed one over the 
chancel door. The roofs are all waggon-shaped, with good bosses 
at the intersection of the ribs. Portions of the screens on the 
north and south sides of the chancel remain, but the cross screen 
is entirely removed. 
On the north side of the sacrarium, close up to the east wall, is 
a large and elaborate Elizabethan monument to the memory of Sir 
John Whiddon, judge of the King’s Bench, whom Risdon describes 
as ‘‘a man of high stomach, and well read in the laws of this 
land.’’ The inscription is: ‘‘ Here lyeth 8. John Whiddo, Knyght, 
a judge of y® Kynge’s Benche, who ended this life the 27th of 
Jan. anno. dom., 1575.” 
