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Thursday, September 15, 2011
Church concealed bath house remains
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NOW here's an old view of Exeter's Cathedral Green which nobody will ever see again except in picture form.
It was taken back in 1959 when Exeter's South Street was undergoing a facelift
Most readers will, I am sure, recognise the cathedral but what on earth was that church with a steeple doing right outside the West Front?
Answer: It was the church of St Mary Major, which became redundant and was demolished in 1970 to open up the West Front approach to the cathedral as we know it today.
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