Church Of St Mary Steps, Exeter
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The Church of St Mary Steps is a Grade I Listed church in the city of
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History

The church dates from about 1150 and was rebuilt in the 15th century. It was formerly by the west gate of the city.Pevsner, N. (1952) ''South Devon''. Harmondsworth: Penguin; p. 150 In the late 19th century the church was restored by the architect Edward Ashworth. In 1961,
The House That Moved The House That Moved is a historic building in Exeter, originally built in the late Middle Ages and structure relocation, relocated in 1961 when the entire street it was on was demolished to make way for a new bypass (road), bypass road linked to ...
was moved from its former location to opposite the church.


Benefice of Heavitree and St Mary Steps

Parishes within the benefice: *
Heavitree Heavitree is a historic village and former civil parish situated formerly outside the walls of the City of Exeter in Devon, England, and is today an eastern district of that city. It was formerly the first significant village outside the city o ...
(St Michael and All Angels) with St Lawrence and St Paul * St Mary Steps


References


Further reading

* Nicholas Orme ''The Churches of Medieval Exeter''. Exeter: Impress Books, 2014; pp. 137 & 139 {{commons category, St Mary Steps, Exeter Exeter, Mary Exeter, Mary Mary Steps