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Exeter Cathedral, Devon

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  • Located in Exeter, Devon (see Interactive Map)
  • Longest uninterrupted vaulted ceiling in the world
  • Exeter Cathedral was founded in 1050 when bishopric of Devon and Cornwall was transferred from Crediton
  • Decorated Gothic architecture
  • Damaged during both the Dissolution of the Monasteries and The English Civil War
  • The cathedral has undergone refurbishmen including work by George Gilbert Scott during the reign of Queen Victoria
  • Look out for the clock which is one of a group of famous fourteenth to sixteenth century astronomical clocks to be found in the West of England

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