St George’s Church in Sampford Brett has medieval origins and was probably founded by the Bret family who were lords of the manor here. Restored and extended over the centuries, with a tower added in the 14th Century – the oldest of the six bells is 1621. The church’s intriguing feature is the carved bench ends, of varying date; one with the initials IHC, the Greek symbol for the name of Jesus and another of a lady thought to represent Florence Wyndham which Pevsner believed to have been Jacobean.
