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Exeter maps
Historic maps of Exeter and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Exeter maps
Historic map of Exeter
Illustrated Victorian map of Devon
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Exeter books
Displaying 3 of 15 books about Exeter and the local area. View all Exeter books
Devon County Memories
Paperback
£15
South Devon Coast Photographic Memories
Paperback
£14
Devon A Century Ago Photographic Memoiries
Paperback
£14
3 Exeter photos appear in 2 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Exeter
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There was always the ghost stories...
In 1973 having just left school that summer, I started my State Registered Nurse training with tutor Miss Wilmot at this Southernhay Hospital.
Being a 'young lady' from Bristol my new colleagues and I were expected to live in the Nurses Home with a larger than life home matron Miss Hermitage. The Nurses Home was behind the hospital between Wynards... [more]
Shared on 15 February 2009
Devon memories
I was born in Lower Shillingford (Shillingford Abbot) in 1939. My grandparents lived in Rectory Cottage, Higher Shillingford (Shillingford St George). My grandfather was gardener at the vicarage. He was also the sexton at the church, gravedigger, bellringer and caretaker at the church.
At Christmas time we would walk from Lower Shillingford to Higher Shillingford to attend the midnight service at... [more]
Shared on 25 November 2008
My Great Great Grandfather was born William Honey Cann. Born: March 12, 1845 in Topsham, England son of John Cann and Jane (Hill) Cann. (William Married - Ann Pidgeon, from England also!). Looking for more information on Cemeteries in this area. John Cann was the son of Samuel Cann & Charity (Arscott) Cann. Looking for information on location of where they... [more]
Shared on 25 April 2007
My family moved to Brampford Speke in 1972 when I was two and we moved away in the summer of 1977 to Bristol. We lived in the bungalow opposite the village pub. I went to the village school and spent most of the time down by the river. I learnt to swim in the river too. I remember the hot summers... [more]
Shared on 22 August 2008
Extracts From Exeter & Devon books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Exeter, inspired by Frith photos.
The interior of Exeter Cathedral is glorious. The tierceron ribbed vault 'is among the most magnificent creations of Gothic architecture in any country' (Alec Clifton-Taylor), and the richly moulded and carved pillars and arches lead the eye towards the original pulpitum, or stone screen, which dates from the early 14th century.
This is an extract from 50 Classics - Cathedrals.
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Devon Churches Photographic Memories
The ribbed vaulting of the 300-foot nave is unique in England. It was completed by Bishop Grandison and rests on blue-grey columns of Purbeck marble. On either side of the golden gates in the Great Screen are altars to Blessed Mary and St Nicholas. The organ above was built in 1665.
This is an extract from Devon Churches Photographic Memories.
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Read more and see photos from this book.
Devon A Century Ago Photographic Memoiries
The Guildhall was built in 1300, and remodelled in 1468-9, and still stands with its Elizabethan front intact. The horse was still king in 1896 - even the trams were horse drawn - but in 1906 electric trams were introduced.
This is an extract from Devon A Century Ago Photographic Memoiries.
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Read more and see photos from this book.
