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Sir Francis Drake

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St Budeaux Church constructed in 1563 and containing relics from the previous chapel built before 1066. In 1569 Sir Francis Drake here married Mary Newman. The site of two battles during the Civil War when the church was almost destroyed. Restored in 1653

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Source: Open Plaques. Geographic data via OpenStreetMap.

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  • Historic England, National Heritage List for England, used under the Open Government Licence v3.0. War memorial records are drawn from open community datasets (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, NHLE) — never from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, which is excluded.

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