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Eclipsing Superstition
By Emma Laws, Exeter Cathedral Librarian On 12 August 1654, a total solar eclipse cast Europe into darkness. In the months leading up to the…
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Exeter Cathedral Celebrates Region’s Literary Heritage As New Artwork Unveiled at Exeter Airport
Exeter Cathedral is delighted to celebrate the unveiling of a striking new artwork at Exeter Airport, which highlights the region’s extraordinary literary heritage and shines…
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Exeter Cathedral First In UK To Be Awarded Accredited Archive Status For Third Time
Exeter Cathedral Library & Archives has become the first archive service in the UK to be awarded Accredited Archive Status for the third time. The…
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You Can’t Spell Cathedral Without Cat!
By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist Photo: Payment to the “Custoribus & cato xiij d” in 1305. This week we have been enjoying exploring cats and…
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St Sidwell’s History Day 2026: The Cucking Stool
By Ellie Jones, Cathedral ArchivistWhile sometimes used interchangeably to describe instruments of punishment by public humiliation, the cucking stool and ducking stool were not quite…
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School’s out!
By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian The holidays are here at last and, for many, exams are a distant memory – at least, for now! Most…
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Dean Carpenter’s visit to Germany
By Harry Gray – Exeter Cathedral’s Work Experience Student Did you know? We offer a week of work experience to students in Years 10 to…
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Halscombe’s Tenement 1344
By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist In 1344, the Cathedral building as we know it was nearing completion, Bishop John de Grandisson was approaching the midpoint…
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Friday Fragments
By Emma Laws, Cathedral Librarian Welcome to our new Friday Library volunteer, Laura Takens, who has embarked on a project to add online catalogue records…
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17th Century Naval Veterans in St Catherine Almshouses
By Ellie Jones, Cathedral Archivist This letter, signed by Charles II, is a royal letter instructing the Dean & Chapter to give the next available…