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Exeter
Additional Information
County town selected
Citation URI
http://placenames.org.uk/id/placename/08/000002
Location
Exeter (County town)
located in the County of Devon
- Exeter
- Ἴσκα c. 150 (13th) Ptolemy
- Isca Dumnoniorum 4th Tabula Peuteringana
- Isca Dumnuniorum 3rd (8th) Antonine Itinerary
- Isca Dumnamorum c. 650 (13th) Ravenna Geographer
- Adescancastre c. 750 Vita S. Bonifacii
- Escanceaster 876 (c. 890) ASC A
- Exanceaster 894 (c. 900) ASC A, t. Alfred Coins , 938 BCS 724
- Exanceastre c. 1000 Asser , 900-25 (c. 1140) Laws
- Exancestre 932 BCS 693, c. 1000 Earle
- Exancester 1067 (c. 1100) ASC D
- Eaxanceastre 925-39 Laws
- Eaxanceaster t. Athelstan Coins
- Eaxancestre t. Cnut Coins
- Eaxeancestre c. 1000 Asser
- Eaxeceaster 1003 (1121) ASC E, t. Ethelred 2 Coins
- Execeaster 928 (12th) BCS 663
- Exaceaster 938 BCS 723
- Exceaster t. Cnut Coins
- Ecxeceaster t. Harold i Coins
- Execester t. Ed Conf Coins
- excestre 1050-73 Earle
- Exacestre 1070 Wells i 434
- Execestre 1135 (12th) ASC E, 1196 P
- Essecestra 1086 DB (Exon)
- Execestre 1086 Exch
- la cite Dexcestre c. 1200 Canonsleigh
- Æxechæstre, Axcetre, Exchæstre, Excestre c. 1225 Lay
- Essexestr' 1242 Cl
- Eccestre c. 1300 RG
- Excetur 1456 Pat
- Excetyr 1466 Pat
- Excyter 1523 SR
- Excestre, Excetour, Exceter 1477 Seld 16
- Excester 1577 Saxton
- Exeter 1547 Wardens
- Exiter 1549 Som Rec Soc 2, 195
"Base mapping from A Vision of Britain through Time at the University of Portsmouth"
geonames Lat 50.7236 Long -3.52751
Geo-Ref.
- geonameslat = 50.7236, long = -3.52751
- unlocklat = 50.72159623073326, long = -3.52308867392361
- kepnlat = 50.7222, long = -3.52427
Bibliography
- J. E. B. Gover, A. Mawer, and F. M. Stenton, The Place-Names of Devon, Part 1 (EPNS 8), Cambridge 1931.