Church of England
Diocese of Exeter
Brixham
St Mary's Brixham
The Ancient Parish Church is probably the third on this site of a Celtic Burial Ground.It is assumed that Christian Saxons settled here shortly after 926AD
The wooden Saxon Church was succeeded by a Norman Church 14feet wide with walls 28 inches thick, the foundations of which were discovered in January 1892 when excavations were made to install hot water pipes.
The actual date of the building the present St Marys is not recorded but the pillars are so close in design to those in Totnes Church (known to have been in the course of construction in 1432)that many experts think the two churchs had the same architect