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Exeter is one of the oldest cities in Britain: people have lived here without a break for more than two thousand years. The High Street has been in continuous use as a thoroughfare throughout that long period. For centuries Exeter was one of the largest and wealthiest cities in the kingdom and has always been the mother city of the South West.

In this book, first published in 1960 and acclaimed as a small masterpiece', the author traces the essential historic development and character of a leading provincial centre. He describes its adventure from a Roman camp to a modern city, with particular reference to its social history, to the lives and surroundings of ordinary people, to the buildings and landscapes of the past. Above all, he is concerned with the recent past and devotes three thorough chapters to the 19th and 20th centuries.

W. G. Hoskins died in 1992. The task of bringing the work up to date and preparing text and illustrations for this new edit

Two Thousand Years in Exeter

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      Publisher The History Press Ltd
      Published 29 June 2023
      ISBN-13 9780750998833
      978-0750998833
      ISBN-10 0750998830
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Exeter is one of the oldest cities in Britain: people have lived here without a break for more than two thousand years. The High Street has been in continuous use as a thoroughfare throughout that long period. For centuries Exeter was one of the largest and wealthiest cities in the kingdom and has always been the mother city of the South West.

      In this book, first published in 1960 and acclaimed as a small masterpiece', the author traces the essential historic development and character of a leading provincial centre. He describes its adventure from a Roman camp to a modern city, with particular reference to its social history, to the lives and surroundings of ordinary people, to the buildings and landscapes of the past. Above all, he is concerned with the recent past and devotes three thorough chapters to the 19th and 20th centuries.

      W. G. Hoskins died in 1992. The task of bringing the work up to date and preparing text and illustrations for this new edit

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