Sanctuary at Smeatharpe School


Lady Sidmouth at Upottery Manor wanted villagers at Smeatharpe to attend a local CofE service so converted the school chapel into a proper CofE facility with the inscription on the beam of One God, “One Church and One Baptism.”

History Group Speaker 10 March ’11

Upottery Airfield, England, 22 April 1944.

Upottery Airfield, England, 22 April 1944.

Mr Claud Caple, from the South West Airfields Heritage Trust will be addressing the Hemyock History and Archiving Association on Thursday, 10th March ’11.

The subject is the World War II airfileds at Dunkeswell, Smeatharpe and Culmhead.

New members are warmly welcomed. The talk begins at 7:30pm, in the Church Rooms.

For more information, please contact Mike Cooper on 01823 680175.