Exeter (pop. 130,709) is a city in southwestern England. It is the administrative center of Devon county. Exeter stands by the Exe River and is also linked to the English Channel by a canal. Local industries include paper making, printing, and engineering. Exeter has large industrial areas. It also has an airport and a university.
Exeter contains remains of the Roman town Isca Dumnoniorum, built on the site of an earlier Celtic settlement. During the Middle Ages, Exeter was a walled city. Parts of the walls still stand. The ruins of Rougemont Castle, built by William the Conqueror in the 1000’s, and Exeter’s Norman cathedral, most of which dates from 1280 to 1394, also stand in Exeter. Other old buildings include the church of St. Mary Steps.
See also Devon.
