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MONUMENT NO. 447895

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Site of Saxon collegiate church.

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[SX 94478781]. The Vicarage house stands on the site of an old
monastery, & till within the last 10 years a Gothic arch, its last
remains. stood in the garden. It has been removed. & although some
some of the old masonry can still be traced in the walls. there is
little beyond this record to point out where the monastery which gave
its name to Exminster stood. There is, however, an old building at therear of the vicarage which is believed to have been the granary of the monks. (1)

One of two 'minsters' in Devon - the other being Axminster.
Probably a collegiate church founded shortly after the setting up of
diocese at Sherborne in 705, perhaps a central church was set up with
a community of Clergy serving a wide area. (2)

There are no remains of the Saxon monastery, which is alleged to
have been visited by St Boniface. (a)

No further information was obtained during investigation of the
area. The alleged granary (T.1) is treated on SX 98 NW 5. (3)

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( 1) General reference

Trans. Devon Assoc. Vol. 7. (1875) p. 199.

( 2) General reference

Hoskins and Finberg, "Devonshire Studies" (1950) p.301.

( 3a) General reference

Oral: Rev.L.W.Ford; Vicar, Exminster.

( 3) Field Investigators Comments

F1 NVQ 30-JUN-53

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