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St Catherine's Chapel and Alms House, Exeter

In 1457, St Catherine's Chapel and Almshouses were founded by Canon John Stevens to house thirteen poor men. The Dean of the Cathedral took on the upkeep of the almshouses when Stevens died, then Edward VI suppressed it, only for it to be restored to the Dean, by Elizabeth I. St Catherine's was reduced to ruins by the bombing of May 1942 - these ruins have been preserved as a memorial to that night.

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Uploaded on December 2, 2015