Exeter, Devon
Exeter photos
Displaying 1 of 90 old photos of Exeter. View all Exeter photos
Exeter maps
Historic maps of Exeter and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Exeter maps
Exeter books
Displaying 3 of 15 books about Exeter and the local area. View all Exeter books
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
Drawbridge Cottage, Exeter Canal Photo Ref: 82302
Ref: 82302
This is a photo of Drawbridge Cottage where my family lived in 1901. John Thomas Helley and wife Eliza Ann(nee Gitsham) lived there with their children Florence, Maud, Louie Elizabeth, Hilda Ellen, Kathleen Nora, and Nellie. I would be pleased to know more about them and the cottage. Louie Elizabeth Helley married Reginald Hamilton and lived along the canal... [more]
Shared on 25 October 2009
We moved into Shuttern Cottage in Pump Street in 1965, long before local developents started. It was quiet then, with little traffic, but the inevitable happened - first Woodlans, then Court Orchard, then lots else, but the atmosphere remained good and things for the good happened. The Recreation Ground in Station Road was set up, a rebuild of the Parish Hall... [more]
Shared on 10 June 2009
At the moment I am 66 years old. I lived at Newton St Cyres from 1950 to 1952.
My father worked at J. G. Quicke's farm where in 1952 he was unfortunately killed and my mother and I returned to Cornwall. I can still remember going to the school at the top of the hill. Ahh! those were the days.
Shared on 02 September 2008
My parents ran the New Inn (now The Nobody Inn) when my grandmother died, and we moved from Higher Ashton to take over the tenancy. The Pub was owned by the St Annes Well Brewery who operated from Exeter. Many memories flow from those days. School with Miss Mary Wippell Mallet who had the typical bun hairstyle, and lived with her... [more]
Shared on 05 September 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.
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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.
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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.
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