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Devon - Exeter

35mm photographs of the city and county town of Devon taken between the late 1970s and late 1990s
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  • Cathedral Close, Exeter, August 1982

    Cathedral Close, Exeter, August 1982

    The historic buildings of Cathedral Close, Exeter.

  • Cathedral Close, Exeter, August 1982

    Cathedral Close, Exeter, August 1982

    The historic buildings of Cathedral Close, Exeter.

  • Cathedral Yard, Exeter, August 1982

    Cathedral Yard, Exeter, August 1982

    The historic buildings of Cathedral Yard, Exeter. The historic buildings to the right of this view were destroyed in a tragic fire October 28/29, 2016.

  • Royal Clarence Hotel - Cathedral Cathedral Green, Exeter, April 1982

    Royal Clarence Hotel - Cathedral Cathedral Green, Exeter, April 1982

    The historic buildings of Cathedral Yard, Exeter. The Royal Clarence Hotel was sadly destroyed by fire October 28/29, 2016 after a fire broke out in an adjacent building.

  • Exeter, Devon - August 23, 1985

    Exeter, Devon - August 23, 1985

    The Exe Ferry, Exeter Quays. The ferry is hand worked via a wire cable stretched across the River Exe. The ornate cast iron lamp post on the quayside by the ferry steps was recovered when the Exe Roadbridge was demolished as part of road improvements at the end of the 1960s. This scene would once have been familiar with viewers of the BBC TV series the Onedin Line as much filming took place around here as well as Dartmouth in the early series of this long running maritime drama.

  • Exeter, Devon - August 23, 1985

    Exeter, Devon - August 23, 1985

    The Warehouses - Exeter Quays. When this view was taken most of the warehouses formed part of the Exeter Maritime Museum which has long since closed. Today they have been redeveloped as commercial and residential accommodation though the external appearance of these listed structures remains unchanged.

  • Exeter, Devon - August 23, 1985

    Exeter, Devon - August 23, 1985

    River Exe, Exeter. The Warehouses were then occupied buy the Exeter Maritime Museum, sadly long since closed.

  • Exeter, Devon - August 23, 1985

    Exeter, Devon - August 23, 1985

    The Custom House, Exeter Quays was built in 1680 at the height of Exeter's woollen cloth industry. In the 21st Century it now functions as a Tourist Centre. This photograph was taken in 1985.

  • Exeter, Devon - August 23, 1985

    Exeter, Devon - August 23, 1985

    The Custom House, Exeter Quays was built in 1680 at the height of Exeter's woollen cloth industry. In the 21st Century it now functions as a Tourist Centre. This photograph was taken in 1985.

  • Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    The statue of the Blueboy placed in Princesshay marked the position of St John's Hospital School whose pupils wore a blue uniform.

  • Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    Bear Street, Exeter - The Bishop's Palace can be seen in the centre of this view.

  • Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    Exeter Cathedral viewed from near Bedford Circus.

  • Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    Exeter Cathedral photographed from near the Royal Clarence Hotel. Exeter Cathedral, formally known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter at Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter. The present building was completed by about 1400, and has several notable features, including an early set of misericords, an astronomical clock and the longest uninterrupted vaulted ceiling in England.

  • Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    View along Cathedral Close from outside Mol's Coffee House, towards the buildings of The Devon and Exeter Institution. Parts of Exeter Cathedral can be seen to the right of the photograph.

  • Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    Cathedral Yard left and Cathedral Close. A reminder of happier times many years before the Mansion House (extreme left) and the Royal Clarence Hotel were destroyed by fire in late October 2016. The small church beyond the Royal Clarence is the 15th Century St Martin's Church and the buildings of Cathedral Close including the impressive 16th Century Mol's Coffee House dating back to 1596.

  • Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    Cathdral Close - with the 15th Century St Martin's Church on the left next to Mols Coffee House. The Devon and Exeter Institution is on the right.

  • Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    The Tudor Half Timbered C&A Store on The High Street, Exeter. Today the building houses a Tesco and Lakeland Kitchens stores.

  • Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    Exeter Guildhall is located in the High Street. The building has been the centre of civic government for the city for at least 600 years. Much of the fabric of the building is medieval, though the elaborate frontage was added in the 1590s and the interior was extensively restored in the 19th century. It is now a Grade I listed building and is still used for a range of civic functions

  • Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    The Exeter Phoenix, Princesshay, erected to commemorate the rebuilding of the City of Exeter in the 1950s following the World War II blitz. It is seen here in its original location within the 1950s built Princesshay shopping precinct. This fine emblem, of a rising Phoenix, can be found in Princesshay Lane next to the entrance to Topshop. It shows a Phoenix rising from the flames of the blitz, and represents the rebuilding of Exeter after the blitz of April and May 1942. It was placed in the centre of the old Princesshay, in 1957, above the pedestrian way next to the Hughes Garage showroom–the showroom became a furniture and carpet store in later years, before Princesshay was rebuilt in the 2000s. Hughes Garage's old showroom, known as the Bedford Garage had been destroyed in the blitz of 1942. A plaque under the piece stated – "1957 This Phoenix commemorates the erection of this building by Hughes of Exeter on the site of their former premises destroyed by enemy action in May 1942" Land Securities, the developers, put a nicely restored rising Phoenix on a wall in Princesshay Lane, next to Topshop. In 1946, Thomas Sharp presented a plan for the rebuilding of Exeter. His Exeter Phoenix plan was designed to retain the historic feel of Exeter, while at the same time create a modern city to serve the needs of its post war people. The rebuilding of Princesshay and the High Street were completed in the 1950s, but much of the rest of his vision was never fulfilled. It was the naming of Sharp's book 'Exeter Phoenix' that inspired the rising Phoenix of Hughes Garage, as well as the naming of the Phoenix Art Centre and the mechanical phoenix over its facade. (Source: Exeter Memories - www.exetermemories.co.uk)

  • Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    Bedford Circus wall plaque of 1897 was rescued from a building destroyed by enemy action in WWII and mounted on a building near the site of Before Circus.

  • Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    A section of the Exeter City Walls in Post Office Street.

  • Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    The Remains of St Catharine's Alms Houses Exeter destroyed in a bombing raid during the WWII Blitz on Exeter.

  • Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    The Remains of St Catharine's Alms Houses Exeter destroyed in a bombing raid during the WWII Blitz on Exeter.

  • Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    Exeter, Devon - April 04, 1982

    A section of the Exeter City Walls in Post Office Street.

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