Children carrying foxgloves in procession

to the patronal festival service at St Nectan's Parish Church, Hartland, maintain an old tradition based on the legend that where drops of St Nectan's blood fell foxgloves sprang up.

Prior to this year's patronal festival Evensong, the Bishop of Crediton, Right Rev Wilfred Westall, dedicated the rebuilt Church Cottage in the little tree-lined square before St Nectan's. The Bishop also preached at the service.

Gazette article dated June 25th 1965