page_title: Molland
section_title: Molland Lily
hierarchical_section_title: Molland / Molland Lily
caption_attribution_description: Lilium Pyrenaicum growing wild on a hedgebank in the parish of Molland, Devon, where it is known as the "Molland Lily". Church kneelers in St Mary's Church, Molland, are embroidered with "Molland Lilies".
context_page_description: Molland is a small village, civil parish, dual ecclesiastical parish with Knowstone, located in the foothills of Exmoor in Devon, England. It lies within the North Devon local government district. At the time of the 2001 Census, the village had 203 inhabitants. Molland was first referenced as the Manor of Molland in the Domesday Book. The village contains a church dating back to the 1400s.
context_section_description: Many of the remote hedgerows within the parish contain isolated clumps of Lilium pyrenaicum, which is native to the Pyrenees Mountains and other mountainous regions at a similar latitude. The plant was discovered by the French botanist Antoine Gouan (d.1821) and was officially recorded in 1875. The plant is thought by some to have been introduced by members of a religious community. possibly when local monks brought back seeds from Spain in medieval times. Kneelers in the church include the lily as part of their design.
caption: Lilium pyrenaicum growing wild on a hedgebank in the parish of Molland, where it is known locally as the "Molland Lilly"
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