The Church of St Michael the Archangel is situated in the south of the village and at its highest point. It is a Grade 2* listed building in a Conservation area.
It is surrounded by a churchyard which is still open for burials.
A newly consecrated [2000] piece of land has extended the churchyard and is used for the interment of ashes.
No patron saint was mentioned and the actual dedication of the church is uncertain, but has been assigned to St Michael because of its position at the top of a steep hill. The historian George Oliver considered the dedication to be to All Saints, from the will [dated 5th November 1540] of Roger Doccomb, a former rector, who wished to be buried in the chancel of his church, leaving twenty shillings for ‘the repairs of the church of All Saints Tryssame.’
Trusham is the oldest of the Teign Valley churches. Along with seventy eight other Devon churches it was listed by Bishop Osbern at the time of the Domesday survey in 1086, its nearest neighbour on the list being Chudleigh. The manor of Trusham was held at Domesday by Alwine, Abbot of Buckfast, and had belonged to the Abbey, being most likely one of those estates ‘booked’ to the church either by Athelstan or Canute. At this time there would have been a small rural chapel to serve the spiritual needs of the Abbey tenants.
The headline coordinates will take you to the first of two gravestones where you will need to note down the following information:
Headline
Arthur Thomas Gregory Rector for AB years.
Entered into rest 2C August 18D8
Aged 8E
Stage 2
George Woolland
Died July F2 19G0
N 50° 37.(G*A)(G+E)(C+F) W 003° 37.(C-B)(D-F)(G+B)
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