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Looking down from the old Roman road toward the dyke-land near Sedgemoor, Stawell looks
   like a large collection of farm buildings over an extended farmyard. The churchyard stands high
   above the level of the road and you therefore have to look up to the church. Its tower is finished
   with a gable more typical of north Devon churches and its lack of height gives the unfinished
   look. Inside is small and there is little left of the old church except a blocked arcade and the
   13th century font.

               STAWELL - from the Old English stęg and weill 'pond well'.
                       Stawelle in the Domesday Book (1086).

Copyright 2000 Richard A. Derrick