Richard was forced to serve 15 years punishment in exile in the Holy Land, but when he came home he built the church of St. Faith. His grave is in the churchyard.

Churches of Dorstone

• St. Faith's Church - Dorstone

  1889, but rebuilt in the style of the original church which was circa 11th or 12th century.

   

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  Font

  The bowl of this font is relatively modern, but the base is thought to be 14th century.

   

   

  

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

  Memorials

  Thomas Prosser M.A. died March 5th 1843

  Ann Prosser died February 14th 1845

   

  

   

   

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Buildings in Dorstone

Font

Memorials

Dame Ann Morgan, wife of Sir John and youngest daughter of Sir Jacob Jacobson and Ann his wife, died 18th September 1764

 
Thomas Clutton, Lord of the Manor, died at Exeter in service of King and Country on 20th February 1806, leaving a widow, two sons and four daughters

Francis Smallman, 1635, Lord of the Manor, his wife Susan and their six children.

Font

The font at St. Peter & St. Paul is 13th/14th century, with plain octagonal sides.

Memorials

An effigy of Sir Rowland Cornewall dated 1520 which lies on a much later dated tomb table. Both hands have become detached.
Effigies of Sir Richard Cornewall and his wife dated 1540, lying on a chest with representations of their children around the sides.
An emotive memorial on the wall was made by Sir Reginald Blomfield for Lord Crawley, in honour of his three sons who all died during WW1.