The suburbe that lyith without the est gate of Excester is the biggest of al the suburbes of the towne, and berith the name of S. Sithewelle, where she was buried, and a chirch dedicate ther to her name. John Leyland (c.1542) A Strong Identity St Sidwell’s strong sense of its own identity as a distinct area outside the city walls can be traced back to at least the 11th Century when the Exeter bishop Leofric recovered estates which had been lost to the minster, including the land of St Sidwell’s. For centuries church and city argued about who governed
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