List of churches in Exeter
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The following is a list of churches in Exeter.
Active churches
The city has an estimated 64 churches for 129,800 inhabitants, a ratio of one church to every 2,028 people.
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!Name !Ward !Web !Dedication !Founded !Denomination !Benefice !Notes |
New Hope Baptist Church https://www.newhopebaptist.co.uk/ {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}} {{cite web | url=https://fundamental.org/kjv-church-directory/7636/new-hope-baptist-church-39/ | title=New Hope Baptist Church | date=10 December 2018 }}
|Exwick |https://www.newhopebaptist.co.uk/ | |1993 |Independent Baptist | |Formerly "Riverside Baptist Church" |
St Andrew, Exeter
| | |West Exe Ministry Team | |
St Michael & All Angels, Alphington
|Medieval |Shillingford, Alphington, Ide | |
Westgate Christian Fellowship
|City Centre |http://westgatechristianfellowship.org.uk | | |Independent Evangelical | | |
St Sidwell, Exeter
|Duryard & St James | |Medieval |SS Matthew, Mark, Sidwell{{Cite web|url=http://www.marksidmatt.org.uk/|title=Mark Sid Matt – Welcome to the parish of St Mark, St Sidwell and St Matthew|website=www.marksidmatt.org.uk|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-09-21}} | |
Sidwell Street Methodist Church
|Duryard & St James | |1830s |Exeter, Coast & Country Circ{{Cite web|url=http://exeterccmethodist.org.uk/|title=Exeter Coast & Country Circuit {{!}} part of the Plymouth & Exeter District of the Methodist Church in Britain|website=exeterccmethodist.org.uk|language=en-US|access-date=2017-09-21}} |Current building 1896 |
Exeter Seventh-Day Adventist Church
|Duryard & St James | | | | |
Calvary Chapel Exeter
|Duryard & St James | | | |Recently planted to Plymouth |
Beacon Heath Church
|Beacon Heath |https://www.beaconheathchurch.org.uk/ | |1961 |Independent Evangelical | | |
Mary Harris Memorial Chapel, Exeter Uni
|Duryard & St James |1958 | | | |
St Andrew, Exwick
|1841-1842 | | |
Exwick Community Church
| |1993 | |Plant from St Thomas Baptist, independent 1996. Affiliated to BU |
St Michael & All Angels, Heavitree
| |Medieval | |
Blessed Sacrament, Heavitree
|1931-1932 | | |
Heavitree United Reformed Church
| | | |URC | | |
Exeter Independent Evangelical Church
| |1999 |Independent | |Reformed and Baptist. Meets in Heavitree Evangelical Church |
City Community Church Exeter
| | |Independent | | |
St Boniface, Exeter
|Mincinglake & Whipton | |1958 | | |
Whipton Chapel
|Mincinglake & Whipton | | | |Gospel Hall{{Cite web|url=http://www.gospelhall.org.uk/lists/england.html|title = HTML Redirect Lists}} | | |
Isca Church
|Beacon Heath | |1960s |Synergy | |Meets at the Beacon Community Centre and online |
St Matthew, Exeter
|Newtown & St Leonard's |1882 | |
St Leonard, Exeter
|Newtown & St Leonard's |Medieval | |Conservative evangelical. Rebuilt 1833, 1876 |
Exeter Network Church
|Newtown & St Leonard's | |2005 | |2005 plant by Bishop's Mission Order. Meets in Maynard School |
Chapel of St Luke, St Luke's College
|Newtown & St Leonard's |Luke |1863 | |St Luke's College chapel. Rebuilt 1952 after bombing |
Christ Church, Exeter
|Newtown & St Leonard's |https://www.facebook.com/Christ-Church-Exeter-UK-104322978008132/ |1844 | |
Holy Prophet Elias, Exeter
|Newtown & St Leonard's |1980s | | |
Belmont Chapel
|Newtown & St Leonard's | | | | |
Exeter Vineyard Church
|Newtown & St Leonard's | |1995 | |Meets in St Leonard's Primary School |
Grace Church Exeter
|Newtown & St Leonard's | |2003 | |Meets in Maynard School. Named Frontiers Church Exeter till 2014 |
Glory of God Parish Exeter
|Newtown & St Leonard's | | |RCCG | | |
St James, Exeter
|pre-WW2 | |Rebuilt 1956 after bombing |
St Mark, Exeter
|Mark |1936 | |
Pinhoe Road Baptist Church
| |1933 | | |
Holy Trinity, Beacon Heath
| | | |Daughter church of St Boniface's |
St Michael & All Angels, Pinhoe
| |Medieval | |
Hall Church, Pinhoe
| | | |Services also held in the local school |
Pinhoe United Reformed Church
| | |URC | | |
Maranatha Church Exeter
| | | | |
St Luke, Countess Wear
|Priory | |Luke |1837 | |
Wonford Methodist Church
|Priory | | | |
St Peter's Cathedral, Exeter
|St David's |Medieval | |Cathedral since 1050 |
St David, Exeter
|St David's |Medieval |SS David & Michael |Rebuilt 1816, burnt down 1890, rebuilt 1900 |
St Michael & All Angels, Mount Dinham
|St David's |1865-1868 |SS David & Michael |Anglo-Catholic |
St Pancras, Exeter
|St David's | |Medieval | |
St Stephen, Exeter
|St David's | |Medieval | |
St Mary Arches, Exeter
|St David's | |Mary |Medieval | |
St Petrock, Exeter
|St David's | |Medieval | |
St Olave, Exeter
|St David's | |Medieval | |
St Mary Steps, Exeter
|St David's | |Mary |Medieval | |
Unlimited Church Exeter
|St David's | |2007 | |Meets in St Mary Arches church. Bishop's Mission Order 2012 |
Sacred Heart, Exeter
|St David's |1883-1884 | | |
South Street Baptist Church Exeter
|St David's | |pre-1823 | |Rebuilt 1823 |
The Mint Methodist Church
|St David's | |1813 | |
Southernhay United Reformed Church
|St David's | |C18th |URC | |Current building 1868, rebuilt after WW2 bombing |
Exeter Temple Salvation Army
|St David's | | |1881 |Salvation Army{{Cite web|url=https://www.salvationarmy.org.uk/exeter-temple|title=Exeter Temple {{!}} The Salvation Army|website=www.salvationarmy.org.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-09-21}} | | |
Exeter Quaker Meeting
|St David's | | | |Quakers{{Cite web|url=https://www.quaker.org.uk/meetings/exeter|title=Exeter Quaker Meeting|website=Quakers|language=en|access-date=2017-09-21}} | | |
Rediscover Church Exeter
|St David's | |1928 |Elim | |Renamed 2016. Planted to Plymouth 2011 |
City Life Church Exeter
|St David's | |2012 |Independent | | |
St Lawrence, Exeter
|St Loyes | |post-WW2 |Named after city centre St Lawrence's destroyed in WW2 |
Holy Trinity, Exeter
|St Loyes |2003 | |Conservative evangelical. Plant from St Leonard's |
St Thomas the Apostle, Exeter
|Medieval | |Anglo-Catholic |
St Thomas Baptist Church
| |1940 | |Moved to current site 1963. Plant from Bartholomew Baptist (closed) |
St Thomas Methodist Church
| | | |
Riverside Church Exeter
| | | | |
St Margaret, Topsham
| |Medieval | |
Holy Cross, Topsham
|1936-1937 | | |
St Nicholas Methodist Church, Topsham
|1867 | |
Defunct churches
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!Name !Ward !Ref !Dedication !Founded !Redundant !Denomination !Notes |
Emmanuel, Exeter
|1887 |2014 |Permanent building 1895-1897. Now empty |
St Clare Proprietary Chapel, Exeter
|Clare? |Medieval | | |
St Anne's Chapel, Blackboy Road
|Newtown & St Leonard's |Anne |Medieval | |Building now used by an Orthodox church since 1980s |
St Paul, Burnthouse Lane
|Priory | |Paul | | |Demolished, plans afoot for rebuilding{{Cite news|url=http://www.heavitreeparish.co.uk/churches/st-pauls/|title=St Paul's - Heavitree Parish|date=2015-10-16|work=Heavitree Parish|access-date=2017-09-21|language=en-GB}} |
All Hallows-on-the-Wall, Bartholomew Yard
|St David's |Medieval |C20th |Demolished 1770, rebuilt 1845, demolished 1951 |
All Hallows, Goldsmith Street
|St David's |Medieval |1905 |Demolished |
Holy Trinity, South Street
|St David's |Medieval |1969 |Rebuilt 1820. Now a club house |
St Edmund, Exeter
|St David's |Medieval |1956 |Demolished |
St George, South Street
|St David's |Medieval |1843 |Demolished |
St Mary Major, Exeter
|St David's |Mary |Medieval |1971 |Rebuilt 1866-1867. Demolished, now a lawn |
St Martin, Exeter
|St David's |Medieval | |
St Paul de Leon, Exeter
|St David's |Medieval |1936 |Demolished 1936 |
St John, Fore Street
|St David's |John? |Medieval |1937 | |Demolished |
St Lawrence, Exeter
|St David's |Medieval |1942 |Destroyed by WW2 bombing |
George's Chapel, Exeter
|St David's | | |1760 |1987 |Now a Wetherspoon's pub |
St David's Hele Road
| | | | | |? |
Buller Road Evangelical Church
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External links
- [http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/em/_churches/parishes_churches.php Map of medieval churches]
- [http://www.exetermemories.co.uk/em/_churches/churches_1.php Histories of individual churches]
Further reading
- Orme, Nicholas (2014) The Churches of Medieval Exeter, Impress Books, ISBN 9781907605512.