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Devon
Exeter District

St Petrock’s Church

St Petrock's Church is a small church in the centre of with an interior described by Nicholas Pevsner as "among the most confusing of any church… in England".
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Anglican
  • Description: church in Exeter, Devon, England, UK
  • Also known as: “St Petrock, Exeter” and “St Petrock’s Church, Exeter”
  • Address: Cathedral Yard, Exeter
  • Inscription: “1953-01-29”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Exeter Cathedral and Exeter Guildhall.

Church
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, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of , , in . is situated 550 feet east of St Petrock’s Church.

Town hall
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on the High Street of , , has been the centre of civic government for the city for at least 600 years. Much of the fabric of the building is medieval, though the elaborate frontage was added in the 1590s and the interior was extensively restored in the 19th century.

Monument
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The is a First World War memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and situated on Cathedral Green in , the county town of , in the south west of England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Exeter and Livery Dole.

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is the county town of and historically the administrative capital of the south-west peninsula. A historic mid-sized cathedral city with a good blend of arts, education, retail and history.

Locality
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in , Devon, is an ancient triangular site between what is today Heavitree Road and Magdalen Road, in the eastern suburbs of Exeter. It was most notoriously used as a place for executions, and has contained an almshouse and chapel since 1591.

Suburb
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is an historic parish and manor in , England, which today is a north-western suburb of the City of Exeter. Its name is derived from the , which forms its eastern boundary.

St Petrock’s Church

Latitude
50.72272° or 50° 43′ 22″ north
Longitude
-3.53214° or 3° 31′ 56″ west
Open location code
9C2RPFF9+34
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1029023092
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­church
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­anglican
Wiki­data ID
Q7595386
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In Other Languages

From French to Welsh—“St Petrock’s Church” goes by many names.

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