Church of St John the Baptist

The Church of St John the Baptist is the Anglican parish church for the village of Bishop's Tawton in Devon. The church has been a Grade I listed building since 1965 and comes under the Diocese of Exeter.

Photo: William Cooke, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Church
Denomination: Anglican
Description: Grade I listed church, North Devon, England, UK
Also known as: “Church of St John the Baptist, Bishop’s Tawton”, “St John the Baptist”, and “St John the Baptist Church, Bishop’s Tawton”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Chichester Arms and Church of St Peter, Tawstock.

Chichester Arms

Pub

Photo: Dr Duncan Pepper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Chichester Arms is a pub, which is situated 670 feet east of Church of St John the Baptist.

Church of St Peter, Tawstock

Church

Photo: nick macneill, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Church of St Peter, Tawstock is situated 2,000 feet west of Church of St John the Baptist.

Pill railway bridge

Bridge

Photo: Geof Sheppard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Pill railway bridge is situated 3,300 feet northwest of Church of St John the Baptist.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eastacombe and Barnstaple.

Eastacombe

Village

Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Eastacombe is a hamlet in Tawstock parish, Devon, England, about 2 miles southwest of Barnstaple. The hamlets of St John's Chapel and Stoneylands are close by, to the west. Eastacombe is situated 1½ miles west of Church of St John the Baptist.

Barnstaple

Photo: Rodw, Public domain.

Barnstaple is a town and civil parish in the North Devon district of Devon, England. The town lies at the River Taw's lowest crossing point before the Bristol Channel.