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Parish in the Eastern corner of the walled city of Exeter, its population in 1801 was 548. Bradninch Precinct was an extra-parochial place, with 41 inhabitants in 1811, whose nearest churches were St Lawrence, St Stephen and St Paul."St. Lawrence's Church, in High street, is a neat plastered structure, with a tower and one bell. It was repaired and newly seated in 1847, at the cost of about £600. It has a handsomely carved oak screen, and a curious painted altar-piece, in the pseudo-classic style, with emblems of the Mosaic covenants. Over the principal entrance is a small statue of Queen Elizabeth, which formerly ornamented a conduit that stood in the middle of the street. Its parish had anciently two chapels, dedicated to St. Bartholomew and the Holy Trinity. The rectory, valued at £135, is in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor, and incumbency of the Rev. W.G. Heathman, B.A." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]
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Monumental Inscriptions. [Devon FHS Library]
Exeter St Lawrence - from J. Stabb. Some Old Devon Churches (London: 1908-16).
Nesbitt, F. Rectors of Exeter Churches: St Lawrence. Devon & Cornwall Notes and Queries 16 (1930-31), pp. 92-96.
Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1604 are held in a special collection in the Westcountry Studies Library - for details see Parish Registers in the Devon & Cornwall Record Society's Collection.
The Devon FHS publishes indexes covering (as of June 2004): Marriages 1754-1837 - for details see their book list.
Entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993): Parish Church Christenings 1604-1837 and Marriages 1604-1836.
Tapley-Soper, H. Parish of St Laurence, Exeter. Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries 20 (1938) pp.125-131. [Raymond: Extracts from a book of vestry minutes, 1794-1833, giving many names.]
The Deanery of Christianity [The City Of Exeter] - Baptisms 1813-1840, Marriages 1561-1837 and Burials 1770-1904. CD018, Devon Family History Society (2008). [An index of baptisms, marriages and burials in the parishes of Allhallows Goldsmith Street, Allhallows on the Walls, Bedford Precinct, Exeter Cathedral, Holy Trinity, St. David, St. Edmund, St. George, St. John, St. Kerrian, St. Lawrence, St. Leonard, St. Martin, St. Mary Arches, St. Mary Major, St. Mary Steps, St. Olave, St. Pancras, St. Paul, St. Petrock, St. Sidwell, St. Stephen and Heavitree St. Michael & All Angels. With burials from Bow Meeting House, Castle Street Independent Chapel, George Meeing House (Presbyterian), Mint Meeting House (Presbyterian), Mint Methodist Chapel and South Street Baptist Church. Photographs of the churches and extracts from White's Devonshire Directory 1850] [Details]
Militia List (1803) for St Lawrence, transcribed by Iris Sutton.
Harris, J.E. Exeter St Laurence. Devon and Cornwall Record Society 79 (August 1966). [Includes a list of the names and schools of Sunday School children who were set a series of religious questions.]
Hoskins, W.G. Extracts from the lay subsidy rolls...for the parishes of Luppitt [1591, 1660], Cotleigh [1660], Monkton [1660], Shute [1660], Northleigh [1660], Farway [1660] and lists of the inhabitants of the precinct of Bradninch in Exeter, 1708, 1732, 1752, Manuscript (1935). [D&CRS Library, Exeter: P1660]Find help, report problems, and contribute information.
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