Guest piece by Elizabeth Smith Was Exeter Cathedral severely vandalised during the English Civil War in the 1640s? Many books and commentaries claim that it…
FORM 4 (Rule 5) Section 8 of Care of Cathedrals Measure 2011 Public Notice on application to the Fabric Advisory Committee. TAKE NOTICE that the Chapter…
By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian Nicholas Culpeper (1616-1654), an English botanist and astrologer, published The English Physitian in 1652. A pharmacist by trade, he offered…
Cathedral News is a monthly journal published by Exeter Cathedral. It contains a mixture of community notices, articles, photographs and events listings. Download February 2024…
By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist This pen and ink drawing with watercolour pigments is known at the Cathedral as the ‘Leakey Watercolour’. It shows the…
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