St. Michael's Church, Beer, Devon

#churcheswithhistory St. Michael's Church consecrated in 1878, it was constructed on the site of a pre-1146 chapel. The spire was removed in 1964 for safety reasons. Kelly's 1889 edition tells us it had 'a tower with short spire, containing a clock and one bell' but a photo in 1922 shows the clock in its current position and the spire increasing the tower height by about 70%, that could not be described as short. This leads me to suspect the spire was replaced early in the 20th century as the same text is repeated up to at least the 1902 edition. Kelly's 1889-1902 also tells us the church 'was erected in 1877-8 by the Hon. Mark Rolle D.L., J.P. at a cost of about £8,000, to serve as a chapel of ease to the mother church at Seaton'. The church has six bells, a disused 16th century Exeter foundry bell and five Mears & Stainbank bells, four dated 1871 and one 1866. St Michael’s Church, Beer: The present church was erected in 1877 but a previous church had exsited on the site since about 1600. An even earlier religous building was thought to have stood here dating back to 1122AD when Beer and Seaton belonged to the Abbey of Sherbourne. St Michael’s Church Beer; in the ‘devils own’ village. The village of Beer is traditional and lively with some fine old buildings full of character; it even has a stream running down the side of the main street and through it. Beer is nicknamed ‘The Devils Own Village’ and fascinatingly has many connections from it’s past history to the very devil himself. It is thought very apt then that the Archangel that threw Satan out of heaven should be the patron saint of the church itself and seemingly there are other ‘satanic’ influences inside the church, if one knows what one is looking for in the video. Again more Masonic influences here and some interesting symbolic windows and artifacts found within. As always, these churches, as are all the churches we visit, are found on ancients sites of ‘energy alignments‘ puposefully hidden aons ago within our planet. Stained glass windows at Beer with connections to the ‘Bennu Bird’ and the ‘Wolf in Sheeps Clothing’. Filmed 29/04/2026.