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Francis Drake and Mary Newman black plaque

Commemorative plaque
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This black commemorative plaque records: 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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