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Exeter is proudly seated upon a steep hill on the left bank of the Exe. This 

 ancient capital of the "West Saxons, whose resistance to the Normans was broken 

 by the massacre ordered by William the Conqueror in 1085, still possesses several 

 remarkable mediaeval buildings, including the remains of the Norman castle of 



Fig. 51. — Exeter and the Estuary of the Exe. 

 Scale 1 : 250,000. 



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3- 30' 



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W.oP. Gr 



Depth under 5 Fathoms. 



5 to 10 Fathoms. Over 10 Fathoms. 



__^-^_^^— 2 Miles. 



Rougemont, portions of the old city walls, a Guildhall of the sixteenth century, 

 and, above all, its cathedral. This edifice was erected between 1107 and 1206 ; it 

 boasts of fine stained-glass windows, curious paintings on stone, and beautiful wood 

 carvings, and is the only church in England which has transeptal towers. Amongst 



