Exeter St Lawrence, Devon Genealogy: Difference between revisions

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EXETER, a city, and a county of itself, locally in the hundred of Wonford, S. division of Devon, of which it is the chief town, 44 miles (N. E.) from Plymouth, and 172 (W. by S.) from London. The city comprises the parishes of All Hallows Goldsmith-street, All Hallows-on-the Walls, St. Edmund, St. George, St. John, St. Kerrian, St. Lawrence, St. Martin, St. Mary-Arches, St. Mary Major, St. Mary-Steps, St. Olave, St. Pancras, St. Paul, St. Petrock, St. Stephen, and Holy Trinity, also the parochial chapelries of St. David and St. Sidwell, and the extra-parochial precincts of the Cathedral Close, Bedford, Bradninch, and Castle-yard. The '''parish''' church, '''St. Lawrence''', is a discharged rectory, in the gift of the Crown.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., ''[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50953#s12 A Topographical Dictionary of England]'' (1848), pp. 195-206. Date Accessed: 2 July 2013</ref>  

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