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A

ABC/Savoy Cinema
Aerial photos of Exeter
Airport - including Haldon
Airport Photo Essay
Air Race - the Circuit of Britain Air Race passes through Whipton.
AJW Motor Cycles
Alphington - a history
Areas of Exeter - links to the political and social areas of Exeter
Atmospheric Railway - between Exeter and Newton Abbot

B

Babbage, Charles - father of the computer
Ball, Alan - World Cup winning footballer
Balloon Ascent 1786 the first
Balloon Ascent 1848 an interesting tale
Bampfylde House
Bastin, Cliff - Exeter, Arsenal and England footballer
Battle of Pinhoe Vikings besiege Pinhoe
Beach Brothers - floor suppliers
Beatles at the ABC the groups three shows in Exeter
Bedford House, Circus and Street
Beer House Act 1830
Bell, Stephen - mountaineer born in Exeter
Bishop Blackall School history
  Bishop Blackall School - Olive Nibb's memories
Bishops of Exeter - a list
Black Death reaches Exeter
Blackaller Weir - and Head Weir
Blitz / bombing of Exeter
   Blitz / bombing - personal memories
   Blitz poem - written in 1943
   Blitz casualties - list of those killed
Blue, Rabbi Lionel - writer and radio commentator
Bodley and Co - iron foundry
Bodley, Sir Thomas - founder of the Bodlein Library, Oxford
Boer War Volunteers - a list
Boniface, Saint - Patron Saint of Germany
Bridges of Exeter
Breweries 
Brice, Andrew - 18th century journalist
Brickworks
Broadgate
Brunel, Isambard Kingdom - engineer
Buller, General Redvers - Zulu and Boar War veteran
   Buller's statue
Buses - a history and photo essay
Buskers and street entertainment

C

Canal Basin at Haven Banks
Canal and Quay - a history
Canal - Exeter & Crediton - archeaological evidence
Catacombs
Cathedral
Cathedral Close
Cattle Market
Cemeteries - some histories
Chambers, Wilfrid Lawson - lost mariner
Cholera 1832
Churches Cinemas all of Exeter's and Topsham's known current and historic cinemas
   Cinemas - Margaret Ball's memories
Civil War - the sieges of Exeter 1643 to 1646
Coade, Eleanor - inventor of Coade Stone
Colleges
   Exeter College
Collins, David
- Governor of Tasmania
Collings, Paul - publican and Waterloo veteran
Commerce
Cooper, Tommy - comedian
Cornish and Co - outfitters
Countess Wear
Crime reports - from the newspapers
Custom House

D

Danes Castle
Debenhams - or Bobby's
  Debenhams last sale - 20th September 2007
Defoe, Daniel - writes of Exeter during his visit in 1727
Deller's Cafe interior illustration
Devon and Dorset Regiment the last parade
Dickens, Charles - Victorian writer
Drake, Sir Francis - Elizabethan sea captain
Duel - last in Devon 1833
Duryard

E

Eland the stationers
Electricity Generation - a history of electricity in Exeter
Exe Bridge
Executed at Exeter - a list from 1285 to 1943
Exeter City FC
Exeter Folk - photographs of Exeter folk and friends
Exeter's name
Exeter Water Company - including the Water Engine and James Golsworthy
Exe Island - a history
Express and Echo - brief history
Exwick - a history
  Exwick - Mike Ewing's memories
  Exwick Floods - Mike Ewing's memories
Exwick Mills - Exwick Mill and Lower Mill, a history

F

Falcons - a history of the speedway
   Falcons crash barrier
Famous Exeter People
Film of Exeter - see Video on the site
Fiennes, Celia - journal of her visit 1698
Firms of Exeter
First Fleet - convicts from Exeter
First World War
Floods in St Thomas 1960 includes the building of the flood channel and gates
Flood Gates - Video of them working
Freemen of the City

G

Garton and King - ironmongers and foundry
Gasworks - Exe Island and Haven Banks
Gaumont Palace Cinema now Mecca Bingo
Gendall, John - artist
  Gendall Grave
Glass House - Countess Wear bottle factory
Graves  - selected graves and their stories 
Great War - Exeter's four years of war
Green, James - County Surveyor
Greenslades - coaches
Guildhall
Guildhall, bronze story of the bronze in Guildhall Centre

H

Hardy, Rev T B., VC, MC, DSO
Hart and Moist - the South Devon Pottery
Haven Banks
Heavitree Cricket Club
Heavitree Hospital
Harry Hems - stone and wood carver
HMS Exeter
   HMS Exeter's crew given the Freedom of the City 1940
   HMS Exeter's crew given the Freedom of the City 2006
   HMS Exeter - photo of model in the White Ensign Club/Trinity Church
   HMS Exeter - short photo essay 1937 to 1939
   HMS Exeter - letter home from released POW
Hilliard, Nicholas - miniature portrait painter
Hillscourt
Historic Buildings - includes modern buildings of note and interesting places
Historic Events
Hospitals - histories
Hotels both historic and contemporary
Hooker, Richard - theologian
   Hooker - statue
Horse trams
Hoskins, Prof W G - historian
House that Moved includes the video
   House that moved - Dick Passmore's memories
Housing - unique photos of old and condemned housing 1962

I

Ice-Factory - report on it burning down
Industry - commercial and industrial businesses
Inns

J

Jane, John Frederick Thomas - founder of Jane's Fighting Ships

K

Karno, Fred - impressario
Kastners Garage
Kemp, Gene - children's author
Kingdon, Kent - cabinet maker and mueum benefactor
Samuel and Iron Sam Kingdon - merchant and iron foundry owner

L

Latimer, Thomas - editor of the Western Times
Leats of Exe Island
Led Zeppelin rock band
Lee, John 'Babbacombe' the man they couldn't hang
Leofric, Bishop - last Saxon Bishop of Exeter
Lieutenant Laponotiere re-enactment of a famous journey
Lifeboat Exeter parades its new lifeboat 1866
Links to other sites
Livery Dole
London Inn Square
Lorries - a photo essay

M

Maritime Museum
Martin, Chris - rock musician
Mayors of Exeter - a history and full list
Memorials and Monuments war memorials and other commemorative monuments
Memories - of Exeter past
Mods and Rockers memories of a mod
Mol's Coffee House
Monty Python Filming in Exeter
Morrall, Clare - Booker Prize shortlisted author
Morrison shelters
Motoring - 1897 to 1920
Mount Radford School
Murals - street and mosaics
Museum - RAMM

N

Nelson given Freedom of the City 1801
Newspapers - a brief history with facsimiles of many early papers.
Newtown

O

The Onedin Line - a photo essay of the March 1976 filming

P

Parker, Richard - naval mutineer
Parks and pleasure grounds
People Talking by Jenny Lloyd
Phillips, Peter - grandson of Queen Elizabeth II
Pinder and Tuckwell
Pinhoe - a history
Pinhoe - Battle of
Police 19th Century - list of officers and stories
Police 20th Century - list of officers from 1919
Police history Exeter City Police Force
Pollard Printers, William
Pople, Robert - grave
Prayer Book Rebellion - 1549
Princess Henrietta - Charles I daughter
Princesshay - a history
   Princesshay Photo Essay
Prisons, Bridewells and Debtors
Public Art - murals, ceramics, statues
Public Houses - longer histories of 70 plus pubs
   Pubs list - 480 historic pubs - short histories of 480 plus inns and pubs
   Pub Sign History  - includes a video of pub signs of Exeter
Pym, Dick - Exeter City goalkeeper

Q

Quay and Canal - a history
Quiz

R

Rationing - Margaret Ball's memories
Recorders of Exeter  - a list
Richard, Cliff and the Shadows
Road vehicles - photo essay
Rock and pop - some gigs remembered
Rolling Stones
   Rolling Stones concert - backstage memory
Romans in Exeter - see 0AD to 400AD
   Bathhouse - see Roman Bath House in Historic Buildings
Rowling, J K - Harry Potter author
Royal Albert Memorial Museum - a history
   Royal Albert Memorial Museum - the last day before closing in 2006
   Royal Albert Memorial Museum - photos from 1979
Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital
Rue, Danny La - female impersonator

S

St David's Station
St James' Park
St Leonard's - a history
St Nicholas Priory
St Sidwell's
St Thomas - a history
Schools - includes college, university and some primary schools
Second World War
Sergeant at Mace
Shapter, Thomas - doctor and cholera expert
Sharp, Thomas - town planner
Sheriffs of Exeter - a list
Shilhay
Simcoe, John Graves - First Governor General of Canada
Sladen, Walter Percy - marine biologist
Speedway - early history
Sports Clubs, Sport Centres and Sports Stadiums
Springfield, Dusty
Standfield and White - Olive Nibbs' memories
Statues and sculptures
Steamship - first at quay
E B Stephens - sculptor
Stories of Exeter - from Exonians
Straight, Whitney Willard
Streets and Roads - list of histories of streets and roads
Sources for articles in this site
South Devon Pottery - Hart and Moist
Swansborough, Maurice - photo essay from 1933, and 1949 to 1951

T

Temple, William - Archbishop of Canterbury
Theatre History all known theatres of Exeter
   Theatre Royal
   Theatre Royal fire 1887
   Theatre Royal fire dead - list of the known victims
Thursby, Peter - sculptor and art teacher
Timeline - BC200 to 2006
Titanic Victims from Exeter
Topsham a short history and streets of Topsham
Tourist Guide to Exeter
Trams - a history
   1900's
   1910's
   1920's
   Tram crash 1917
Treadwin, Charlotte Elizabeth - Honiton Lace maker
Trews Weir - includes the paper mill
Trucks and lorries - photo essay
Turf Lock

U

Underground Passages
University 
US Navy Camp
   US Navy Camp - John Moon's memories

V

Victoria Hall history includes the destruction by fire
Video on the site
Veitch, John - horticulturist
Vikings besiege Exeter
Visitors - famous and infamous

W

War memorials
Water Supply - including the Water Engine and James Golsworthy
Water Carriers - memories of the water sellers from the 1840's
Water Mills
West of England Eye Infirmary
West Quarter
William I (Conqueror)
Willeys Foundry - in Water Lane
Willey, Henry Frederick - grave
Wippell and Co - ecclesiastical outfitters
Wheatons Printers - and bookshop
Woollen Industry of Exeter
Wykes, Henry - photographer

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Y

Yorke, Thom - rock musician
Young, Will - pop singer

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