St. Raphael's Church, Huccaby, Hexworthy, Dartmoor
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This Church at Huccaby has the distinction of being the only Anglican chapel in the country to be dedicated to St. Raphael. His name means 'God's healing' or 'God has healed' and he was one of the seven archangels who stood before the throne of God. He is also known as the patron saint of travellers.
St. Raphael's ChurchSt. Raphael's today is a church in its own right, but it was originally built in 1869 by the then Rector of Lydford, the Rev'd Morris Fuller, as a mission chapel to bring the gospel to those of his flock who lived too far from the parish church at Lydford (which was the largest parish in Dartmoor and one of the largest in the country). The Rector also built the church of St. Gabriel at Postbridge for a similar reason.
St. Raphael's was also designed to act as both a place of worship on Sundays and as a schoolhouse during the week. The scholars' desks still remain in place today and are used as pews. A memorial on the south wall is dedicated to the memory of Olive Louise Munday, who died in 1960 and was a member of the Burnard family who lived at Huccaby House. She was the eldest daughter of Robert Burnard, the great Dartmoor enthusiast and photographer, and was also the mother of the late Lady Sylvia Sayer.
To the left of the altar is a small brass plaque, given by the parishioners in memory of Heathcote Smith, the first actual vicar of Huccaby, 1913-14. The 'Good Shepherd' window behind the altar was donated by the Adams family of Huccaby, in memory of Edward Arthur Adams, who died in 1888, aged 11 years. The picture of St. Raphael that hangs in the church is a photograph of a famous wood carving by the 16th century sculptor Viet Stoss entitled 'The Archangel Raphael with the child Tobias'.St. Raphael's Church
We hope you are encouraged to visit, and when you do, we are sure you will find peace and tranquility here. Perhaps you would also like to visit the other churches in the Moorland Team: Holne, Leusdon, Postbridge, Princetown and Widecombe.

 
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