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She, her mother, and her hat-making younger sister were living in Exeter in 1901 when Edith was a dressmaker. She had been a dressmaker then for at least ten years and she would create made to measure dresses for fashion conscious clients [2] In 1909 she was creating a column titled "Womanland" for Exeter's Express and Echo. "Womanland" dealt ...
The Express & Echo was established in 1904 as the result of a merger between the Western Echo and the Devon Evening Express, which was founded in 1864. [3] In 1909 it contained a column titled "Womanland" which dealt with various topics including suffrage protests. It was written by Exeter's first woman councillor (in time) Edith Splatt. [4]
The House That Moved is a historic building in Exeter, originally built in the late Middle Ages and relocated in 1961 when the entire street it was on was demolished to make way for a new bypass road linked to the replacement of the city's bridge over the River Exe.
The Herald Express is a local newspaper covering the Torbay area of the United Kingdom. It is published by Reach plc . It serves a wide surrounding area of coastal and inland communities in South Devon , which attracts millions of tourists each year to swell its 100,000-plus resident population.
He returned to his hometown of Exeter, and became quickly involved in local politics, firstly as a Liberal councillor for the Exwick ward. [2]In 1935, he was elected as Sheriff of Exeter, by which time he was already the acting-Chairman on the Public Assistance Committee, Chairman of the Maternity and Child Welfare Committee, and Deputy-Chairman of the City Mental Hospital Committee.
The Royal Clarence Hotel is a former hotel in Cathedral Yard, Exeter, Devon, England. It is often described as the first property in England to be called a hotel; however, The German Hotel, London, was described in this way in 1710, so it is probably the second. [2] Since 2005 the 53-bedroom hotel [1] was branded as ABode Exeter. [3]
Devon County Hall is a municipal building in Topsham Road, Exeter, Devon, England. The building, which is the headquarters of Devon County Council , is a Grade II * listed building . [ 1 ]
As a result, Michael inherited his titles and estate, becoming the 8th Marquess of Exeter, which entitled him to a seat in the House of Lords from 26 April 1989 to 11 November 1999, when the House of Lords Act 1999 was passed, [12] excluding all but ninety-two hereditary peers. [13] He made his maiden speech in the House of Lords on 16 May 1990 ...