Belstone Village Community Website, Dartmoor

Last updated: 26-may-11

St Mary's Belstone

Belstone, 29th May, 2004. Tower captain Michael Ash, together with his ringers, Mark and Sarah Blacksell, Alan Biggs, Jane Lehni and Wallace Mitchell rang a number of call change peals, while Andy Stevens led a party of about twenty walkers onto the moor on a beautifully clear May afternoon. The music of the bells drifted over the gorse and mingled with the song of the skylarks, fading as the wind changed course or dying as the ringers stood their bells for a rest. (Taken from the Dartmoor Changes booklet)

Listen to the bells Courtesy of Aune Head Arts

This track is from Dartmoor Changes. 'Dartmoor Changes was a project of Aune Head Arts, co-produced with Andrew Stevens and funded by Lottery Funds from the Local Heritage Initiative'

The Dartmoor Changes CD is available to purchase from the Aune Head Arts website or by contacting: info@auneheadarts.org.uk

	Church of St Mary the Virgin, Belstone - photos by John Moppett The church was consecrated by Bishop Bronscombe on 12th July 1261
	The church today shows some evidence of its Norman origins but the present building dates from the 14th or 15th century


The church has several beautiful stained glass windows

	Stone - local granite - with Celtic incised cross
The rood screen includes the bronze figure of Christ	The church has six bells
The ancient font	The arms of George III


As you walk down the nave you will see that the church is dominted by the rood screen bearing the figure of Christ flanked by his mother Mary and St John

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