tailieunhanh - Exeter

Just as the five cities of Colchester, Lincoln, York, Gloucester, and St. Albans, stand on the sites and in some fragmentary measure bear the names of five Roman municipalities, so Isca Dumnoniorum, now Exeter, appears to have been a cantonal capital developed out of one of the great market centres of the Celtic tribes, and as such it was the most westerly of the larger Romano-British towns. The legendary history of the place, both temporal and ecclesiastical, goes far back to the days when, for a late posterity, it is difficult to separate fact from fable. It is, however, quite established that here was the. | Exeter by Sidney Heath 1 Exeter by Sidney Heath The Project Gutenberg EBook of Exeter by Sidney Heath This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Exeter Author Sidney Heath Illustrator E. W. Haslehust Release Date February 18 2008 EBook 24635 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK EXETER Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive Canadian Libraries Illustration EXETER FROM THE CANAL EXETER Described by Sidney Heath Pictured by E. W. Haslehust Exeter by Sidney Heath Illustration 2 BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY 1912 Beautiful England Volumes Ready OXFORD THE ENGLISH LAKES CANTERBURY SHAKESPEARE-LAND THE THAMES WINDSOR CASTLE CAMBRIDGE NORWICH AND THE BROADS THE HEART OF WESSEX THE PEAK DISTRICT THE CORNISH RIVIERA DICKENS-LAND WINCHESTER THE ISLE OF WIGHT CHESTER YORK THE NEW FOREST HAMPTON COURT EXETER Uniform with this Series Beautiful Ireland LEINSTER ULSTER MUNSTER CONNAUGHT LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Page Exeter from the Canal Frontispiece The Quay 8 Guildhall Porch 14 Mol s Coffee House 20 Rougemont Castle 26 St. Mary Steps 32 The Cathedral from the Palace Grounds 38 The Sanctuary Exeter Cathedral 42 Old Courtyard in the Close 46 The Abbot s Lodge 50 The Exe at Topsham 54 Countess Weir 58 Plan of Exeter Cathedral 4 Illustration Plan of Exeter Cathedral Exeter by Sidney Heath 3 A. Lady Chapel. B. Choir. C. Screen. D. North Transept. E. South Transept. F. Chapter House. G. Nave. H. North Porch. I. Bishop s Throne. Illustration EXETER THE CITY Just as the five cities of Colchester Lincoln York Gloucester and St. Albans stand on the sites and in some fragmentary measure bear the .