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Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England. The present building was complete by about 1400 and has several notable features, including an early set of misericords , an astronomical clock ...
During the rule of the Puritans in Exeter from 1646 to 1660, church music was frowned upon. Many church organs, including the previous instrument in Exeter Cathedral, were vandalized or destroyed during the English Civil War. During this period, Loosemore was employed primarily in repairing organs and building other keyboard instruments for ...
The Devon County War Memorial is a First World War memorial, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and situated on Cathedral Green in Exeter, the county town of Devon, in the south west of England. It is one of fifteen War Crosses designed by Lutyens with similar characteristics, and one of two to serve as a civic memorial in a city.
A "unique and irreplaceable" record of photos of 20th Century Exeter is being saved from destruction with a £178,000 National Lottery grant, according to the South West Heritage Trust.
The building in which the Institution is housed at 7, Cathedral Close, was purchased from the Dean and Chapter of Exeter Cathedral and was formerly the Exeter townhouse of the Civil War Roundhead General Sir William Waller (c.1597–1668) of Forde, Wolborough, Devon.
When the war began in August 1642, Parliamentary forces secured most of southern England, including the ports of Southampton and Dover, as well as the bulk of the Royal Navy. After capturing Portsmouth in September, they controlled every major port from Plymouth to Hull , hampering Royalist efforts to import arms and men from Europe.
No. 2 Cathedral Close; No. 3 Cathedral Close; No. 4 Cathedral Close; No. 6 Cathedral close; The Devon and Exeter Institution (Cathedral Close) The Devon County War Memorial and Processional Way; Notaries House (Cathedral Close) No. 15-15a Cathedral Close; No. 67 South Street; Wynard's Hospital (Magdalan Street) Dean Clarke House (Former RD&E ...
Over 100 prisoners were sent to Exeter, NH. Exeter’s jail was well-known for its permeability – prisoners often escaped with ease.