St Thomas, Exeter

St Thomas (St Thomas the Apostle's) is an area of Exeter and formerly a 3,700-acre (15 km2) civil parish and registration district in Devon, England, on the western side of the River Exe, connected to Exeter by Exe Bridge.

[1] In 2023, St Thomas was named one of the best places to live in Devon, noting its great dining, riverside walks and transport links.

St Thomas the Apostle became an urban district in 1894 with the passing of the Local Government Act 1894, and was incorporated into the municipal borough of Exeter in 1900.

[4] An arcade survives from the earlier church of 1412, but the present exterior is Gothic of 1646 with a north aisle of circa 1810 and a chancel of 1829.

[5] John Betjeman said little about it in his Collins Pocket Guide to English Parish Churches: the South (1968): only "fittings".

Location of St Thomas's Church (indicated by green arrow) on 1765 map of the City of Exeter by Benjamin Donne
St Thomas's Church in 2006