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  Exeter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Exeter was also a port: the limit of tides of the River Exe lies below Exeter, and the small town of Topsham on the estuary (nowadays within the city limits) developed as a port for the city, but goods were transported to the city's quays in lighters.
Exeter was at first a Parliamentary town in the English Civil War in the largely Royalist South West, but it was captured by the Royalists on the 4th of September 1643 and it remained in their control until near the end of the war.
Exeter was bombed by the German Luftwaffe during WWII, in a 1942 raid that formed part of the Baedeker Blitz.
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 Exeter
In 876 Exeter was attacked by the Danes.
World War II Exeter was extensively bombed by the Germans during WWII, in a 1942 raid that formed part of the Baedeker Blitz.
Exeter's city council is a local government district authority, and shares responsibility for local government with the Devon County Council.
www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/e/ex/exeter.html   (1583 words)

  
 The Daily Prayer 'feed' - web site directory | Church of England
Parish of Fawkham and Hartley, Diocese of Rochester
Parish of Pitsford with Boughton, Northants, Diocese of Peterborough
Parish of The Bourne, Farnham, Diocese of Guildford
www.cofe.anglican.org /worship/dailyprayer/feed/directory.html   (563 words)

  
 Bishop of Exeter - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bishop of Exeter is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in the Province of Canterbury.
The see is in the City of Exeter where the seat is located at the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter which was founded as an abbey possibly before 690.
The diocese was redivided in 1877 along the Devon-Cornwall border by Henry Phillpotts, creating the Diocese of Truro.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bishop_of_Exeter   (259 words)

  
 exeter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Exeter A number of other places have taken their names from Exeter Exeter shown within Devon Image:DevonExeter.png The city of Exeter is the county town of Devon, in England...
Exeter, New Hampshire Exeter is a town on the Squamscott River in Rockingham County, New Hampshire.
Exeter is one of the oldest towns in the...
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 Exeter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Exeter was extensively bombed by the Germans during WWII, in a 1942 raid that formed part of the Baedeker Blitz.
Exeter has a football club, Exeter City F.C, which was relegated from the Football League in 2003 after 83 years' membership, and is home to a well respected university.
The city remains at a critical point on the transport networks, with the M5 motorway terminating at Exeter, the older main road to London and the railway service giving it good links, but any point further into the South West Peninsula being inconveniently removed from London and the Midlands.
www.theezine.net /e/exeter.html   (974 words)

  
 Exeter biography .ms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The city was rebuilt in the 1950s in an attempt to preserve its ancient heritage, though many authorities feel that the post-war reconstruction - largely based on 50s block-style architecture - was weak and failed to conserve partly-damaged structures that could have been saved, as well as making too many concessions to motor traffic.
The main railway station is Exeter St David's, serving local and all fast main line routes; Exeter Central is a smaller city centre station serving local and the slower eastward routes.
There are scheduled services to Toronto (seasonal), to a few cities in the United Kingdom and to the Channel Islands and Isles of Scilly, and more numerous charter flights (also seasonal) to holiday destinations such as the Canary Islands and the Balearics.
exeter.biography.ms   (1630 words)

  
 Fry an Spyrys - The Alternative
High on that list would have to be the separate diocese of Exeter and Truro and the magnificent cathedrals which grace each city and stand as symbols of the status and independence of their respective counties.
And the diocese is now in the process of cutting its number of paid clergy from 120 to 80 by 2010.
Under the 1978 Diocese Measure, the legislation governing changes in diocesan organisation, any suggestions for alterations have to be made by the Bishops concerned.
www.freethespirit.org.uk /5altern.htm   (2080 words)

  
 GENUKI: Exeter, Devon - Genealogy
The Compton census for the Diocese of Exeter, 1676 9, (1974) pp.14-27, 10 (1975 pp.
[Exeter]: University of Exeter,1984, xiii, 182 pp., [8] pp.
An old Exeter manuscript: a short chronicle of the church of Exeter: Tenths and fifteenths of the Hundreds of Devon, 1384: Writ and proclamation against Lollards of Henry IV: Charter to Exeter, Edward III: Receipts and payments, Chapter of Exeter 1408: and Charter to Exeter, Henry IV, Exeter, James G. Commin (1907) 62 pp.
genuki.cs.ncl.ac.uk /DEV/Exeter   (4202 words)

  
 Diocese of Grafton - Bishop Druitt   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
His role was to be coadjutor bishop of the whole Diocese, and he spent a great deal of time in episcopal duties on the Tablelands.
The population of the Diocese of Grafton and Armidale in 1911 was 102 000, in an area of 180 000 square kilometres.
Aware of the value of the Diocesan News for the Diocese of Grafton and Armidale Bishop Druitt established the Grafton Diocesan Chronicle to serve the new Diocese of Grafton.
graftondiocese.org.au /pages/bishops/druitt.htm   (1121 words)

  
 Forward in Faith UK Parish Directory
Diocese: Manchester - Archdeaconry: Rochdale - Deanery: Saddleworth
Diocese: Salisbury - Archdeaconry: Sarum - Deanery: Chalke
Diocese: Ely - Archdeaconry: Wisbech - Deanery: Fincham
www.forwardinfaith.com /resources/par-uk-53.html   (1420 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Diocese of Plymouth
By 30 March, 1855, he had traversed the whole diocese for purpose of visitation and conferring confirmation, when bulls from Rome of that date appointed him Archbishop of Trebizond and Coadjutor cum jure successionis to Cardinal Wiseman of Westminster.
William Vaughan (1814-1902), Canon of the Clifton Diocese, was nominated second Bishop of Plymouth, and on 16 September, 1855, consecrated by Cardinal Wiseman in Clifton pro-cathedral.
Between 19 and 21 December, 1907, the diocese celebrated with a triduum the fiftieth anniversary of his priesthood: on this occasion he added a fresh member to the cathedral chapter.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/12171b.htm   (686 words)

  
 Devon local studies service. Place catalogue. County. Place
Lyster, C.B. The Exeter city wall as it was originally built : a revision of the premisses from a military standpoint / by Major C.B.Lyster.
Exeter festival riverama, Sunday 4th June 1978 : programme / organised by the Round Table of Exeter.
Exeter blitz : the war in Exeter 1939-1945 : souvenir account produced to accompany the Exeter Blitz exhibition...
www.devon.gov.uk /library/locstudy/placbex8.html   (3600 words)

  
 Bradford Diocese Senior Staff Page
He was vicar of Potters Green in the Diocese of Coventry until he went to Exeter in 1993 as joint director of the South Western Ministerial Training Course.
Sam was attracted to the diocese because of its challenging diversity and the creative way, through the "Open to Change" process that the Church is seeking to respond to the diocese's challenges and opportunities.
Important issues for the diocese include the increasing number of Asylum seekers, the continuing rural challenge, a large and significant Muslim community and the particular difficulties of working on poorly resourced housing estates.
www.bradford.anglican.org /people/sstaff.php   (1032 words)

  
 COUNCIL for MISSION and UNITY THE DIOCESE OF EXETER CYPRUS
Nearly 20 members of the House of Clergy, (supported by 3 other priests on locum duty from Exeter Diocese) and 2 dozen members of the House of Laity met at a residential Synod from 27-31 January 2003 in Larnaca.
The Bishop reported that the Provincial Structure had not yet been finalised, that there were still differences between the Dioceses and he had called a meeting of Bishops for 1 Feb 03 to try to move forward.
Other reports were given about various Middle East Christian groups, by the Friends of Cyprus and the Gulf, and Exeter Diocese in which I covered our changing structures, gave thanks for the Palm Crosses, and urged greater contact between linked Deaneries and Chaplaincies.
www.stchcathedral.org.bh /diocese/exliaison.htm   (729 words)

  
 Exeter Newsletter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Exeter Town Crier is published quarterly by the Newsletter Committee of the Exeter Homeowners Association, on March 1st, June 1st, September 1st and December 1st.
Dear Exeter Lacrosse Alumni, As captains of the 2003 varsity lacrosse team, we are excited about writing this first annual captain's newsletter to lacrosse alumni.
Dear Exeter Lacrosse Alumni, As captains of the 2004 varsity lacrosse team, we are honored to be writing this second annual captain's newsletter to lacrosse alumni.
www.colunn.com /2computer/17/exeter-newsletter.html   (500 words)

  
 Welcome to the Diocese of Exeter: the Church of England in Devon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Welcome to the Diocese of Exeter: the Church of England in Devon
This council was established to work to further the Kingdom of God within the Diocese and in the wider community, and to support parishes in evangelism.
‘Moving On in Mission and Ministry’ is a comprehensive strategy being implemented by the Diocese which aims to restructure the Church of England in Devon using the model of a network of ‘mission communities’, each of which could include a number of parishes and other places where people live and work (eg colleges).
www.exeter.anglican.org   (533 words)

  
 Medieval Exeter- Cathedral   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Bishophric moved from Crediton to Exeter under Bishop Leofric in 1050.
Present cathedral begun by Bishop William Warelwast, nephew of William the Conqueror, who was made bishop in 1107.
A large number of medieval "fabric rolls" - expense accounts for maintaining and improving the building itself, are extant at Exeter, making it an especially important source for learning exactly how medieval cathedrals were built and maintained.
vrcoll.fa.pitt.edu /medart/image/England/Exeter/MAINExeter.html   (159 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Exeter
The present cathedral was begun by Bishop William de Warelhurst in 1112; the abbey church of St. Mary and St. Peter, founded by Athelstan in 932 and rebuilt in 1019, serving till then as the cathedral church.
This was fortunate for the diocese and gave it a long line of excellent bishops, one of whom, Edmund Lacy, died with a reputation for sanctity and the working of miracles (1455).
The diocese, originally very wealthy, was plundered during the reign of Henry VIII, when Bishop Vesey was forced to surrender fourteen out of twenty-two manors, and the value of the bishopric was reduced to a third.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/05708a.htm   (661 words)

  
 New Dean for Exeter named.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Today the Diocese of Exeter welcomes the announcement of Canon Jonathan Meyrick as the new Dean of Exeter.
There are clearly a number of challenges and opportunities here: the recently launched Capital Appeal; the need to give the Cathedral School its own autonomy; the Cathedral's place in the life of the city as it establishes itself as the regional capital of the South West.
The Bishop of Exeter, the Rt Revd Michael Langrish, says: 'It is very good to welcome Jonathan Meyrick and his family to Exeter.
www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk /NewDean.html   (590 words)

  
 Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In every part of the diocese, except in Cyprus, the congregations are expatriate, mainly Christians from the Church in Pakistan, the Church of South India, Sri Lanka, the Philippines and the African continent
The Chairman of the Exeter Liaison Committee is:
As part of the Episcopal Church in the Middle East, the Diocese continues its association with the Middle East Council of Churches, the body linked with the World Council of Churches and representing Orthodox, Catholic, Anglican and Protestant Churches in the region.
www.stchcathedral.org.bh /diocese/bishop.htm   (732 words)

  
 LITURGY
We hope it will be of help to all who are concerned with resourcing, stimulating and encouraging worship and music in their local churches.
was originally set up as the Liturgical Committee under the Bishop of Exeter's authority in 1993, but recent restructuring has meant a change of name.
It's members are appointed by the Council for Worship and Ministry and it meets regularly four times a year to discuss and implement new initiatives in liturgy and to promote workshops and activities around the Diocese.
www.exeterdlc.org.uk   (141 words)

  
 Anglican Mainstream   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Dioceses and parishes in the United States who wish to remain loyal to the Anglican Communion will be also considering their position in the coming weeks.
Rt Rev Gideon Githiga, on behalf of the Diocese of Thika, Kenya
Rev David Banting, Diocese of Chelmsford and Chairman of Reform
www.anglican-mainstream.org.uk /news15.htm   (577 words)

  
 Ebbsfleet Ember Lists
Canon Michael Houghton SSC was ordained as the second Bishop of Ebbsfleet in Southwark Cathedral by the Most Rev'd and Rt Hon George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, and served as Bishop of Ebbsfleet until his death on December 18th 1999.
The Venerable John Richards was ordained as the first Bishop of Ebbsfleet on April 29th 1994 by the Most Rev'd and Rt Hon George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, and served as Bishop of Ebbsfleet until his retirement on October 31st 1998.
Those ordained by the present of former Bishops of Ebbsfleet and not listed here are invited to submit their names, title parish and diocese, college or course and years of diaconal and/or priesly ordination by the Bishop of Ebbsfleet for inclusion in this list to the webmaster.
www.ebbsfleet.org.uk /ember.htm   (734 words)

  
 Diocese of Bath and Wells Press Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Archdeacon of Bath Ven Bob Evens is to be the next Bishop of Crediton in the Diocese of Exeter, it was announced from Downing Street today (July 27).
His first farewell will be at Diocesan Synod on 30 October and the next day there will be a farewell in Bath Abbey (at 3pm) at which everyone is welcome.
He will be welcomed to his new Diocese in Exeter Cathedral on Sunday 5 December.
www.bathwells.anglican.org /media_centre/pr2004_8.php   (335 words)

  
 The Anglican Diocese of Truro   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The anglican (episcopal) diocese of Truro is at the south western tip of
The Diocese was re-founded in 1877, having formerly been an Archdeaconry of
The Church of England in partnership with other churches seeks to make the Gospel of Jesus Christ relevant in a rapidly-changing culture in which nostalgia for the past can sometimes cloud the vision for the future.
www.truro.anglican.org /diocese.htm   (154 words)

  
 Exeter Cathedral
This web site provides information and pictures which will appeal to the curious browser of any age and to those seeking more detailed information about our beautiful, historic cathedral, its very active community and its continuous cycle of daily worship.
It was beautiful and a shape to which we could relate and feel at home rather than vast perspectives reaching into the distance.
Exeter Cathedral has a most interesting history and the architecture is magnificent but in looking around it is clear that it is also a lived in place of worship, loved and cared for as much by the present generation as those in the past.
www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk   (328 words)

  
 indexpdean
The first shield (h8) shows the arms of HALL impaled by those of the Diocese of Exeter, and it was under Joseph HALL, Bishop of Exeter 1627-1641, that Robert HERRICK first served.
VEYSEY was Bishop of Exeter from 1519 until ousted by King Edward VI in 1551 on a pension of £485 p.a.
Papworth also does not record any blazons which can be matched with either of these two shields.
www.dartmoorpress.clara.net /indexpdean.html   (2411 words)

  
 Britannia Biographies: Henry Marshal, Bishop of Exeter
After an interepiscpum of nearly three years in the Diocese of Exeter -caused by the imprisonment of King Richard on his way back from the Holy Land - Henry was raised to be Bishop there in 1194.
He, further, filled Exeter Cathedral's coffers by insisting that every household in the diocese should, as in other sees, contribute at least a half-penny to its upkeep.
Bishop Marshal held his Bishopric for about twelve years before his death on 26th October 1206, when he was buried under a fine grey marble altar-tomb on the north side of the quire of Exeter Cathedral.
www.britannia.com /bios/hmarshal.html   (295 words)

  
 RE start page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In voluntary aided schools, the religious education offered must be determined by the governors in accordance with the Trust Deed of the school.
The Church of England Diocese of Exeter and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Plymouth have welcomed the publication of this syllabus
The Diocese of Exeter recommends the use of the syllabus in its Church of England Schools.
www.devon.gov.uk /dcs/re/info.htm   (484 words)

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