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St Mary's Church - Appledore

St Mary's Church - Appledore

Appledore parish church, St Mary's. Built in 1838 the site dates back to the 1600s

Many of the graves here are those of sailors who lost their lives on the treacherous sand bar at the mouth of the Torridge/Taw Estuary. In fact the graveyard here filled up so quickly it had to be extended