Exeter St John, Devon Genealogy: Difference between revisions

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. John's''' is a rectory not in charge: its livings from one benefice, in the patronage of the Crown.<ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50953  ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''] (1848), pp. 195-206. Date accessed: 05 August 2013.</ref>  

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