About the Author

Canon Professor Nicholas Orme was born in Bristol and read History at Oxford where his teachers included W. G. Hoskins.

He is Emeritus Professor at the University of Exeter and during his 43 years’ service he developed a keen interest in the local area. He was appointed an honorary lay canon of Truro Cathedral in recognition of his work in Cornwall. Now retired, he has returned to live in Oxford but continues to visit Devon and Cornwall on a regular basis.

Reviews

The very extensive range of manuscript and printed primary and secondary sources on which it is based means that it will instantly become and indispensable work of reference for anyone in anyway interested in the history of the church in the South West. -Local Historian, Claire Cross

A comprehensive background history and indispensible gazetteer of sites that will be a key reference for any archaeologist beginning a study of the city’s religious buildings. – Alekandra McClain, University of York

On both Of Sirens and Centaurs and Churches of Medieval Exeter They are comparative marginalia in the wider world of medieval art – yet they are also capable of revealing much about the religious life and culture of the era. Both books deepen our knowledge of medieval Exeter an contain much that will be of relevance more generally. – Journal of the British Archaeological Association, Jon Cannon