Topographical and statistical description of the County of Devon ..: to which is prefixed a copious travelling guide ..a complete county itinerary, with a list of the fairs, and an index table ... . tine view of the sea. In the east part of the city is the cathedralchurch, surrounded with handsome buildings, foundedby King Athelstan, in honour of St. Peter, and filledby monks, according to the history of the Edward the Confessor, the monks beingremoved to Westminbter, placed here a bishops see,transferring hithei- the sees oi Cornwall and Credition,and appointing Leofric, a Br
Topographical and statistical description of the County of Devon ..: to which is prefixed a copious travelling guide ..a complete county itinerary, with a list of the fairs, and an index table ... . tine view of the sea. In the east part of the city is the cathedralchurch, surrounded with handsome buildings, foundedby King Athelstan, in honour of St. Peter, and filledby monks, according to the history of the Edward the Confessor, the monks beingremoved to Westminbter, placed here a bishops see,transferring hithei- the sees oi Cornwall and Credition,and appointing Leofric, a Briton, the first bishop,whose successors enlarged the church with buildingsand revenues, and William Bruer. the ninth ni succes-sion from him, in 1224, insteadof the displaced monks,introduced a dean and 24 prebendaries. The north and east gates have been removed, inorder to widen these entrances into the city. Theinterior arch of the south gate. Dr. Stukeley supposedto have been llouian workmanship; the west gate istaken down, and the south iiate, which contains the ir 71 TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF city prison, havinir been presented as a nuisance, hasbeen accordingly removed. SOUTH The city of Exeter is very pleasantly situated upona hiil on the east side of the river Exe, which flowsround the south-west side of the town. The cleanli-ness and salubrity of the situation is much promotedby the ground beinj2; high through the middle of thetown, sloping off on every side; the ground againrising to the north and east of the city, to a consider-able degree of elevation, from whence the views areparticularly beautiful. The principal street has anancient a|)pearance, but several handsome buildingshave been erected within the last twenty or thirtyyears, and new streets formed, equal in every re-spect to any others in the kingdom. These streetsliiive been newly paved, and hghted with gas. Among the ancient biuldings of Exeter, the venc- DEVONSHIRE. /J rable and niagiiliicent ca
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