Adrodd fel Amhriodol
Testun Gwreiddiol (Anodiad: EPW024083 / 2077969)
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St Mary Major. Rebuilt several times, but the last building of real historic value was demolished by the Victorians in 1865 and replaced with the building that appears in this photograph. After the re-housing of the poorest area of Exeter, the West Quarter, to the new estate of Burnthouse Lane in the 1930s, the population of central Exeter was considerably less, and the congregation of St Mary Major dwindled. As the newest church building in central Exeter, hence the one with least historical interest, it was declared redundant and finally demolished in 1971. Subsequent excavations of the site have revealed the remains of a Roman bath house, which is currently covered over to preserve it. Several attempts have been made over the years to raise sufficient funds to open up the Roman remains for all to see, but so far have failed. '
