Index to

Christianity In Devon Before A.D. 909

By

Rev. J. F. Chanter, M.A

Trans. Devon. Assoc., vol.  XLII, (1910), pp. 475-502.

Prepared by Michael Steer

The paper was read at its July 1910 Cullompton meeting. The author was prompted to research and deliver his paper by the recent (at that time) millenary celebration of the See of Crediton’s foundation, and the widely held notion that with that ancient foundation, the written Ecclesiastical History of Devon commenced. However, there were bishops in Devon before A.D. 909. This early period had a history that in 1910 was still largely unstudied and unwritten. Many of the documents essential to the research were at best fragmentary and widespread. In the present paper, the author’s purpose was to collate the fragments and produce a foundational history of this important pre- historic period of Devon’s story. The article, from a copy of a rare and much sought-after journal can be downloaded from the Internet Archive. Google has sponsored the digitisation of books from several libraries. These books, on which copyright has expired, are available for free educational and research use, both as individual books and as full collections to aid researchers.