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ST EDMUND’S CHURCH, EXE BRIDGE

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Description:	MD3 church on the north side of the east end of the bridge (see Monument No’s 11024 [church], 11056 [bridge]). There were two major additions in the later-medieval period: First c.1450 the foundations at the west end of the church were strengthened to support the tower added c.1448-9 (Dunstan 1968; Brown 1991, 2-3). This work was done wholly in Permian breccia. Deposition of demolition material took place in the river channel beneath the church (Brown 1991, 7-8). Second, a small side aisle (12.6 x 3m) was added to the north side of the church in the early 16th century, perhaps around 1500; this employed a mixture of trap and breccia in its fabric, accompanied by further filling of the river channel beneath the church (ibid., 8 and Fig. 13). Further references: Brown 1991, 2-3; 6-8; Figs 11-13, 28 and 35. Cresswell 1908, 27-32. Dunstan, G.R. 1968 The register of Edmund Lacy Bishop of Exeter 1420-1455, registrum commune: vol. 3, Devon & Cornwall Record Society, new series 13, Exeter.


District:	Exeter
County:	Devon
Grid reference:	SX916921
Map reference:	[ EPSG:27700] 291683, 92188


Periods:	1300 - 1540
	LATER MEDIEVAL CITY
Subjects:	CHURCH


Identifiers:	[ ADS] Depositor ID - 11224.0

People Involved:

[ Publisher] Exeter City Council

Bibliographic References:

Brown, S. (1991) Excavations on the Medieval Exe Bridge, St Edmund's Church and Frog Street Tenements, Exeter, 1975-9 in EMAFU Report No. 91.52. Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit.
Townsend, G. (1843) 'St Edmunds Ch. & remains of Old Exe Bridge'
Gentleman's Magazine (1835) 'Church of St Edmund on the Bridge, Exeter' in The Gentleman's Magazine New Ser.3, part 1, pg(s)148-50. London.
Webster, L.E. & Cherry, J. (1972) 'Other Sites', p. 204 in 'Medieval Britain in 1971' in Medieval Archaeol. 16, pg(s)147-212. Society for Medieval Archaeology.
Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit (1979) Report to Exeter Archaeological Advisory Committee, 7.12.79, p. 1. Exeter City Council.
Henderson, C.G. (1981) 'Exeter', pp. 119-22 in Milne, G. & Hobley, B. (eds) Waterfront Archaeology in Britain and Europe in Counc. Brit. Archaeol. Res. Rep. 41, pg(s)119-22. Council for British Archaeology.
Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit (1982) Report to Exeter Archaeological Advisory Committee, 25.6.82, p. 15. Exeter City Council.
Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit (1981) Report to Exeter Archaeological Advisory Committee, 11.12.81, p. 13. Exeter City Council.
Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit (1987) Report to Exeter Archaeological Advisory Committee, 5.6.87, p. 9. Exeter City Council.
Williams, T. (1994) Images of Exeter, p. 51. Express and Echo; Breedon Books.
Thomas, P. (1995) The Changing Face of Exeter, p. 132. Stroud.
Thomas, P., & Warren, J. (1980) Aspects of Exeter, p. 67. Plymouth.