History
The Church of St Mary the Virgin is located on a hill in the centre of the village off Washfield, with a 400 year old yew tree crowning its active churchyard.
Although the earliest parts of the Church's fabric (red volcanic stone quarried from within the parish) are thought to date from around 1360, clergy incumbants at Washfield are recorded from 1265.
The stone font in the nave is of Norman design and may date from an earlier Church on the site but it is the carved wooden screen of 1624, bearing the Royal Arms of James 1st and of Charles, Prince of Wales (later Charles 1st) that catches the eye. The box pews are Victorian.
The screen also shows the coats of arms of the Bishop of Exeter and of the Worth family - resident landowners from Norman times who expanded the Church by adding the north nave and the Worth Chapel.
An illustrated history and guide is available in the Church.