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Summary

Vis=estimated -/-/1977 (dr. Stone) site of medieval church ottery st. Saviour. Erected by grandisson around 1355, was situated near the bridge of the same name. Site may now be covered by switch gear factory (stone).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY09NE/18

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• CHURCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD (Between))

Full description

NMR CITING LYSONS, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV102838.

There was formerly a chapel dedicated to st saviour and the town is said to have once had a district of this name. Near this chapel was a hermitage (nmr citing lysons).

NMR CITING LYSONS, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV102839.

There was formerly a chapel dedicated to st saviour and the town is said to have once had a district of this name. Near this chapel was a hermitage (nmr citing lysons).

NMR CITING DALTON, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV102840.

Bishops court was approached by a bridge over the river, where bishop grandisson erected a chapel before 1355, dedicated to the holy saviour (nmr citing dalton).

NMR CITING POLWHELE, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV102841.

The chapel of st saviour by ottery st mary bridge is mentioned in the episcopal registers (nmr citing polwhele).

NMR CITING CORNISH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV102842.

Bishop grandisson purchased the manor of ottery st mary in 1335 (nmr citing cornish).

NMR CITING OS, Untitled Source (Report - Survey). SDV102843.

Vis=10/11/1953 (os) tm gives no indication of the site of st saviour's chapel and hermitage. Its date of erection and dedication must lie between 1335 and 1355, but on which side of st saviour's bridge the building was constructed is unknown. The local vicar could give no information upon this matter (nmr citing os).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV102845.

Cornish, s. W. /history of ottery st. Mary/(1869)29.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV102846.

Osa=sy09ne10.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV102847.

Weddell, p. J. /archaeological assessment of nra ottery st. Mary flood defence scheme, 1993/(1993)2/(emafu report 93.39).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV102848.

Lysons/devonshire/(1822).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV102849.

Dalton, j. /the collegiate church of ottery st. Mary/(1917)12.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV102850.

Polwhele, r. /devonshire/(1797).

National Monuments Record, Untitled Source (National Monuments Record Database). SDV1181.

It is assumed that the chapel may have been at one end of bridge, a not uncommon medieval practice and the approximate siting is therefore placed at the centre of the present st saviour's bridge, where the river is most conveniently crossed (nmr).

Weddell, P. J., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV6252.

Recorded in 1377 (see cresswell). References in 1426 + 1438 suggest that it was in need of repair. Precise location unknown, but likely to have been on e bank and close to end of bridge sy09ne/11/1 (weddell).

Stone, D. R., 1977, Site of Medieval Church (Worksheet). SDV358725.

Vis=estimated -/-/1977 (dr. Stone) site of medieval church ottery st. Saviour. Erected by grandisson around 1355, was situated near the bridge of the same name. Site may now be covered by switch gear factory (stone).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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