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Devon’s Best Churchyard Competition 2020 – Results!

Congratulations to St Margaret’s Church, Northam. Devon’s Best Churchyard 2020.
Runner up – St Swithun’s Church, Sandford
Highly Commended – All Saints’ Church, East Budleigh & Point in View Chapel, Exmouth
Many congratulations to them all.
And to all the entries this year, in such a difficult year. All of the churchyards we visited are beautiful places and the volunteers who look after them do a wonderful job. We are already looking forward to next year!

We were delighted to present the prizes to the winner and runner up and the presentations and some of the entries can be seen in our short film –

https://youtu.be/i9HhdEPQv6Q

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