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The modern name of Exeter is a development of the Old English Escanceaster, [5] from the anglicised form of the river now known as the Exe and the Old English suffix-ceaster (as in Dorchester and Gloucester), used to mark important fortresses or fortified towns (from Latin castrum, meaning fortress, or castra, military camp).
The EX postcode area, also known as the Exeter postcode area, [2] is a group of 33 postcode districts in South West England, within 30 post towns.These cover north and east Devon (including Exeter, Barnstaple, Axminster, Beaworthy, Bideford, Braunton, Budleigh Salterton, Chulmleigh, Colyton, Crediton, Cullompton, Dawlish, Exmouth, Holsworthy, Honiton, Ilfracombe, Lynmouth, Lynton, North Tawton ...
The city is subdivided into thirteen wards, for electoral and other purposes relating to Exeter City Council. Since boundary changes came into effect in 2016 , the following is the list of current wards:
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Countess Wear is a district within the city of Exeter, Devon, England. It lies about two miles south-east of the city centre, on the north bank of the estuary of the River Exe. Historically an estate known as Weare, part of the manor of Topsham, was in this area.
The area is defined as 'area to mean high water excluding inland water'. [ 2 ] The list consists of 164 non-metropolitan districts , 32 London boroughs , 36 metropolitan boroughs , 62 unitary authorities , and two sui generis authorities (the City of London and the Isles of Scilly ).
Location of St Thomas's Church (indicated by green arrow) on 1765 map of the City of Exeter by Benjamin Donne St Thomas's Church in 2006. St Thomas (St Thomas the Apostle's) is an area of Exeter and formerly a 3,700-acre (15 km 2) civil parish and registration district in Devon, England, on the western side of the River Exe, connected to Exeter by Exe Bridge.
Exeter (CDP), New Hampshire, the central urban area of the town Phillips Exeter Academy , an independent secondary school Exeter High School (New Hampshire) , a public school