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The Royal Clarence Hotel is a former hotel in Cathedral Yard, Exeter, Devon, England. It is often described as the first property in England to be called a hotel; however, The German Hotel, London, was described in this way in 1710, so it is probably the second. [2] Since 2005 the 53-bedroom hotel [1] was branded as ABode Exeter. [3]
Exeter Cathedral, properly known as the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, is an Anglican cathedral, and the seat of the Bishop of Exeter, in the city of Exeter, Devon, in South West England. The present building was complete by about 1400 and has several notable features, including an early set of misericords , an astronomical clock ...
After the Reformation the window suffered some damage, losing several figures in its lowest and middle tiers. In the 18th century two restorations saw the introduction into the window of late medieval glass from elsewhere in the cathedral. Between 1894 and 1896 Frederick Drake, completely restored the east window glass.
No. 2 Cathedral Close; No. 3 Cathedral Close; No. 4 Cathedral Close; No. 6 Cathedral close; The Devon and Exeter Institution (Cathedral Close) The Devon County War Memorial and Processional Way; Notaries House (Cathedral Close) No. 15-15a Cathedral Close; No. 67 South Street; Wynard's Hospital (Magdalan Street) Dean Clarke House (Former RD&E ...
Services also held in the local school Pinhoe United Reformed Church Pinhoe [31] URC: Maranatha Church Exeter Pinhoe [32] Partners in Harvest [33] St Luke, Countess Wear Priory Luke: 1837 Church of England: Topsham & Wear [34] Wonford Methodist Church Priory [35] Methodist: Exeter, Coast & Country Circ [6] St Peter's Cathedral, Exeter: St David ...
Records of a lawsuit brought against "Richard de Stapledon, knight, of Devon" in 1341/5, thus after his death, or perhaps referring to a son then living, for recovery of a debt of £28 5 shillings owed to Master Robert Hereward, Archdeacon of Taunton, reveal that Stapledon held lands in Devon including one knight's fee in Huish, Fremington Hundred; parts of a fee in Stapledon, Cookbury, etc ...
Milles became Precentor of Exeter in 1747 and in June 1762 Dean of Exeter, in succession to Dr Charles Lyttelton (1714–1768), who had been elected in 1762 Bishop of Carlisle. Lyttelton was President of the Society of Antiquaries, and had started a period of renovation of the fabric of Exeter Cathedral. Milles continued the work with great vigour.
Thomas Witney or Thomas of Witney (fl. 1292–1342) was an English master mason, probably born in Witney, Oxfordshire.The first record of his work is as a mason on the building of St Stephen's Chapel, London in the years following 1292.