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Exeter Tourist Information and Travel Guide
xeter, England is the medicinal techniques and many
capital town of the county tourists visit the city each year
of Devon and is positioned by using the City Airport located
upon the River Exe which has just outside of the main hub of
acted a valuable transport link the city, This along with the
and defensive position during its closeness to the main M5 motorway
infancy. provide Exeter with excellent
commuter links..
The City of Exeter has managed
to retain many of its historic Exeter origins were formed due to
period properties and buildings its position upon the Exe , Its
whilst also becoming a held great importance as it
cosmopolitan modern city with provided a safe crossing across
modern architectural structures the Exe at its lowest traversable
and offers today’s tourist point, this create a transport
visitors a range of amenities and rout through this low lying
facilities. funnel as it provided access to
the south-west peninsula.
Although being surrounded with
some of the finest arable farming During 50 AD The Roman Army, or
land that England has to offer, more precisely it 2nd Augustan
Exeter has become a jewel within Legion fortified this naturally
the west country , It is a centre defensible position to hold the
for modern commerce and the well ground and create a choke point
regarded University is highly upon the Exe. The Roman Army
sought by potential students and remained and in the latter part
offers excellent education. of the 2nd Century started
Building and fortifying their
The Exeter city Hospital has a position with the defensive walls
solid record of innovative which can still be viewed today.
The Romans called the area that
they had held for so long Isca The law is still handed out to a
Dumnoniorum due to the local degree from a relic of this age
native people called the in the shape of Athelsstan’s
Dumnonii. Tower which forms the gateway and
Entrance to Exeter Crown Court.
During the 4th Century the Legion The tower is an impressive
were recalled to defend Rome and structure within its own right
its satellite states from attack, and is part of earlier Norman
without the leadership and fortifications.
governing hand of the Romans.
Exeter entered a period of In the latter part of the 13th
minimal growth or expansion and Century a weir was commissioned
remained static during the period and built across the Exe by the
of 400 – 700AD. Countess of Devon; this obstacle
had restricted sea faring
William the Conqueror with transport from reaching directly
success at the Battle of Hasting into the city heart and, for a
in 1066 quickly took control of period Exeter ceased as a direct
the City Of Exeter, where he trading port on the International
started a program of systematic map. The sea faring trade
fortification and defensive continued down the estuary in
building. Rougemont Castle was Topsham, now a vibrant and
created stone by stone to sit popular spot on the tourist
upon the highest point of the trail.
previously created City walls,
the remains of the castle moat In 1563 a ship canal was
can be found within Rougemont engineered which allowed travel
Gardens, now an attractive and back to the main trade routes and
frequently used park. the regular trade routes
re-opened with Exeter main export from the ground in the early 12th
being wool. century) the defining points of
the structure are two impressive
Along side Exeter Canal is the powerfully built towers. Within
Quayside, which today is a lovely the place of worship itself the
place on a summers evening filled vaulted ceiling which again is
with antique shops and pubs and impressively adorned with
cafes. The main period building individually sculptured bosses
on the Quayside along with the hold the record of being the
warehouses is the Old Custom longest unbroken vault ceiling in
House built in 1681 and guarded the world of Gothic architecture.
by two large cannons which adorn
the building and give it a Within the cathedral green itself
colonial charm. unexcavated, a Roman Bathhouse
built and used by the garrison
The single building or structure army of the Second Augustan
that truly defines Exeter would Legion remains as part of the
be The Cathedral of St Peters, a living history that is Exeter.
colossal structure with Across the Green from The
impressive and detailed stoneware Bathhouse remains the Bishop of
adorning every facet; it sits Crediton. Residential property
imposingly within its own grounds can be found along with an
surrounded by smaller period establishment frequented By Sir
properties which have mostly Walter Raleigh and Our other Fine
become shops, pubs and Explorer Sir Francis Drake, whom
restaurants now. both were staunch patrons of
Mol’s Coffee House.
The Cathedral is of Norman
Construction and was finished in Exeter has other remaining
1375 (although it started to rise subterranean secrets. This
includes the ‘Catacombs’ built possessed the objective of
within the 14th Century and these providing the centre of Exeter
passages are the only ones of with Clean Drinking water through
their type within a British City. a series of lead pipe from the
The passageways under the High various natural springs which
Street of Exeter were never were plentiful on the other side
intended as catacombs but of the High defensive City walls.
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