152 photos!
The village of St Budeaux is documented in William the Conqueror's Domesday
Book of 1086 but its history dates back further.
In 480 AD, Budoc, the Bishop of Dol, sailed across from Brittany to the
South English coast and landed his craft in an inlet off the River Tamar.
A crude stone cross was erected by him in Ernesettle Woods and a chapel
was built near to Warren Point.
The original building was just a small wattle church but later, a
permanent stone church was built, just before the Norman invasion, and was
dedicated to Budoc.
Over the years, the village has had many names including Bodekishide,
Budeokshed and also later, Bottockishide.
The name St Budeaux is said to be a later more elegant Frenchification.
The village of St Budeaux has built up around the church at Higher St
Budeaux and has seen many changes over the years including the marriage of Sir
Francis Drake, skirmishes during the Civil War of the 1600s and bombing during
the Second World War.
Featured in this book are chapters on St Budeaux Church, the Civil War,
the people, transport, businesses, the Blue Monkey, schools, the Second World
War and St Budeaux as it is today.
I hope it will be of great interest to anyone who lives in St Budeaux or
who has an interest in the diverse history of St Budeaux.
Product Details: Printed: 108 pages, 6.14" x 9.21", Paperback
152 photos and illustrations
ISBN: 978-0-9554-2776-3
Publisher: Driftwood Coast Publishing
Copyright: © 2007 Driftwood Coast Publishing
Language: English
Country: United Kingdom (Great Britain)
Edition: First Edition
Also available by sending a cheque for £9.99 to
Derek Tait, PO Box 7, West Park, Plymouth, England, UK, PL5 2YS.
UK, please add £2.00 for postage and packing.
Overseas, please add £4.50 for postage and packing.
Happy to sign all copies.