Name Index

To

Allhallows Church, Goldsmith Street, Exeter

Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol. 35, (1903), pp. 581-616.

by

Harbottle Reed

Prepared by Michael Steer

The earliest reference to the church was in a deed of gift in the will of Peter de Palerna in 1222. He left a penny per year to each of Exeter's 28 parish churches, including Allhallows. The church is one of the 16 mentioned by Bishop Blondy in 1247. Its patron was the Courtenay family, although their last recorded connection with All Hallows was in 1547-8. The church cross and chalice were sold in 1551 to help pay for the repair of the church tower. By the 19th-Century the church building was proving to be a problem for access to Goldsmith Street. A request was made in 1871 to the City's Streets Committee requesting that the church be removed. The decision was taken to demolish the church and the last service there was held on December 19, 1905. The paper also presents a list of the Rectors. Google with the Archive Organization has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. The Internet Archive makes available, in its Community Texts Collection (originally known as Open Source Books), books that have been digitised by Google from a number of libraries. These are books on which copyright has expired, and are available free for educational and research use. This rare book was produced from a copy held by the Michigan University Library, and is available from the Internet Archive.