Church of St John the Baptist, Bishop's Tawton

The case for a brief bishopric at Tawton is far from proved, but there are remains of a modest bishop's "palace" at Court Farm, next to the church.

[1][4] The first recorded Rector was John de Okehampton in 1285, though nothing remains of the church building from this time.

Over the years numerous improvements have been made including adding a south doorway, a choir vestry, a brass eagle lectern, stained glass windows and a 19th-century Bath stone pulpit.

In the chancel is that of Lady Ursula Chichester (died 1635) depicted as the usual kneeling figure.

The memorial to the infant daughter of Charels (sic) and Rose Dart (1652) has a tiny effigy of the swaddled child beneath the inscription.