|three miles in circumference, a bishop’s see, and contains 3208 |houses, and 20,305 inhabitants, together with fifteen churches |within the walls, and four without, besides several chapels. | |The cathedral, dedicated to St. Peter, is a magnificent pile; but |little of the original fabric remains, except the _Lady Chapel_. |It has a ring of twelve bells, and an excellent organ. On the left |side of the altar is still to be seen the seat where Edward the |Confessor and his Queen sat and installed Leofricus, the first |bishop, and in the south aisle is the same bishop’s monument. The |north tower contains a bell, weighing 17,472 pounds. | |This city consists of four principal streets, all well paved, and |meeting at a point, near which is a conduit. In the north-east |part is an old castle, supposed to have been first built by the |West Saxons, and was remarkably strong, both by nature and art; it |also contains many spacious and elegant public buildings, and has |a good bridge over the Ex, which cost £20,000. By means of |floodgates, for keeping up the water at the flowing of the tide, |vessels of 150 tons are brought to the quay near the city walls. | |Exeter gives title of marquis to the Cecil family, and sends two |members to parliament. Its principal manufactures are woollen |goods, of various descriptions; and here is held a weekly serge |market, the largest in England, excepting that at Leeds, besides |two other markets on Wednesday and Friday, for provisions, &c. |This city is reckoned very healthy, notwithstanding its numerous |population, and the closeness of the buildings. | 62|Exton, Hants, 96. A parish containing 37 houses, and 224 |inhabitants. About two miles distant from the town, on a hill, |there appears to have been a Roman camp, fortified with a rampart, |called _Old Winchester_, where, according to tradition, there was |formerly a city. | 136|Eype Down, Dorset, 112. | |Eyre’s Summer House, Wilts, 209. | | |F. | 18|Fair Mile, Surrey, 25. | 243|Fairy Cross, Cornwall, 126. | 54|Falmer, Sussex, 60. A parish containing 48 houses, and 255 |inhabitants. | 279|=Falmouth=, Cornwall, 130. A sea port and market town of |considerable trade, situated at the mouth of the river Fale, |containing 578 houses, and 4849 inhabitants, and having a |commodious harbour, of sufficient depth to contain the largest |ships, and defended by two castles, strongly fortified, built by |Henry the Eighth. | |The town is tolerably well built, and has a custom-house for most |of the Cornish towns. It carries on a considerable fishery of |pilchards; and the packet boats for Spain, Portugal, and the West |Indies, are established here. It has a good market on Tuesday,