Exeter, Devon, England
1895 - Exeter

Ex'eter, a city of England, co. of Devon, on the left bank of the Exe, 10 miles N.W. of its outlet in the English Channel, 159 miles W.S.W. of London, at a railway junction, lat. 50° 44' N., lon. 3° 33' W., pleasantly situated on the summit and slopes of an acclivity rising from the river. Two principal streets cross each other at right angles, from which a number of smaller streets, extremely narrow, diverge. It is well paved and lighted, amply supplied with water, and remarkably clean. £ chief object of interest in the city is the cathedral, a noble edifice, of high antiquity. It is cruciform, 408 feet in length, its W. front, being richly decorated, presenting one of the most beautiful façades in Europe. The other architectural £ are the remains of the castle of Rougemont, on a high eminence N. of the city, St. John's Hospital, now a free grammar-school, the chapels of St. Wynard and St. Anne, and the chapel of the Lepers' Hospital. The modern edifices worthy of notice are the theatre, assembly- or ball-room, bridewell, museum, theological college, bishop's palace, jail, sessions-house, bar racks, guild hall, baths, and the markets. Exeter has many fine churches and chapels, numerous asylums, hospitals, and other charities, and some important schools. The city has manufactures of paper, beer, gloves, lace, castings, &c., and, by means of a ship-canal to Topsham and an artificial basin, it has considerable trade by sea...

Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott

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