Exeter

A guidebook-like account traces the development of a West Country city from a Romano-British market centre through Saxon and Norman phases, describing the site's river-mound setting, surviving fragments of walls and a castle, the cathedral and its precincts, the quay and the tidal river, archaeological finds such as Roman baths, tessellated pavements, coins and inscriptions, and various civic and ecclesiastical buildings. The treatment combines historical survey with architectural description and illustrations, highlighting the urban layout, notable monuments, and the overlapping military, religious and feudal influences that shaped the town's character.