Exeter Collection (page 2)

RMS Titanic - Relief Fund cheque, Mrs A L Slemen
RMS Titanic - Relief fund cheque for one pound and two shillings dated 28 April 1917 to Mrs Augusta Louisa Slemen, mother of Second Class passenger and victim Richard James Slemen of Cornwall

The Grand State Salt Cellar, Tower of London
The Grand State Salt Cellar of the Tower of London. Also known as the Salt of State or the Exeter Salt, it was presented to Charles II for his Restoration banquet in 1660

Newmarket Scenes
Reproductions of watercolours by French artisit Maurice Taquoy (1878-1952), depicting scenes at Newmarket. The top image shows the dip before the finish of the Exeter Stakes

Central Nave, Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon Date: circa 1870

Piper PA-28 Warrior III
Piper PA-28-161 Warrior III G-CBKR (msn 2842143), of the Devon School of Flying, at Exeter Airport. Date: circa 1990

AEC single-decker bus regn. XTA829
AEC single-decker bus number 824, regn.XTA829, of Devon General at Exeter on 23 March 1967 Date: 1967

Handley Page HPR. 7 Dart-Herald G-AYMG
Handley Page HPR.7 Dart-Herald G-AYMG (msn 179), of British International Airways at Exeter Airport. Date: 1972

Reims-Cessna FA150L Aerobat G-AYOZ (msn FA150-0085), of the Exeter Fying Club. Date: circa 1980

Dornier Do 28A-1 G-ASUR (msn 3051) at Exeter Airport in June 1066, in company with Slingsby Sedbergh TX1 XN157 (msn 1161) of an Air Cadet Voluntary Gliding School. Date: 1968

Starcross Institution, Exeter, Devon
Boys gardening at what was variously known as the Western Counties Idiot Asylum and the Training School for Feeble-minded Children

Victory Parade in London 1940
Victory of the Battle of the River Plate, where HMS Ajex, Exerter Achilles fought in the South Atlantic on 13 December 1939, as the first naval battle of the Second World War

Bulging of the theatre curtain
At Royal, Exeter, fire on stage curtain blows out towards the auditorium and the audience flee the fire. 187 people die in the blaze

Exeter Cathedral, West Front by Terry Whitworth

Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter KG PC
Vintage 19th century photograph: Brownlow Cecil, 2nd Marquess of Exeter KG PC (2 July 1795 - 16 January 1867), styled Lord Burghley until 1804, was a British peer, courtier, and Tory politician

The Choir, Exeter Cathedral, looking east Date: circa 1890s

Starcross Institution, Exeter, Devon
Boys gardening at what was variously known as the Western Counties Idiot Asylum and the Training School for Feeble-minded Children

Photograph of Victoria Hotel, Exeter, Devon. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details

Photograph of Marquess Of Exeter PH, Brighton, Sussex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

Photograph of Jack In The Green Inn, Exeter, Devon. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Corner on view of the pub

Burghley House, seat of Henry Cecil, Marquis of Exeter
Burghley House, Cambridgeshire, seat of Henry Cecil, Marquis of Exeter. South front of the Elizabethan house with the lake landscaped by Capability Brown

Moor Park, Hertfordshire, the seat of Robert Williams, 1825. Built in the Palladian style by surveyor Sir James Thornhill from designs by Giacomo Leoni and gardens by Capability Brown

Wimbledon Park House, built in 1801 by Earl Spencer
Wimbledon Park House. Built in 1801 by George John Spencer, 2nd Earl Spencer, designed by architect Henry Holland with gardens by Capability Brown

Exeter Cathedral, Devon, interior view. circa 1890

Advert - history of Pantomime at the Theatre Royal, Exeter
Advert showing a history of Pantomime at the Theatre Royal, Exeter, 1938 Date: 1938

Three of the scenes from the pantomime Mother Goose at the Theatre Royal Exeter, 1938 - Village of Downderry (top), Gooseland (middle) and The Fiarys Bower (Bottom) Date: 1938

Members of the cast of the pantomime Mother Goose at the Theatre Royal Exeter, 1938 - Hay Plumb (4), Wilfred Watson (5), Albert T Grant (6), Joy Rihll (7), Shinks Hodges (8)

Seton, Preston and Rummond in Mother Goose
Beryl Seton (1), Katherine Preston (2) and Ella Rummond (3) in the pantomime Mother Goose at the Theatre Royal Exeter, 1938 Date: 1938

The programme cover for the pantomime Mother Goose at the Theatre Royal Exeter, 1938 Date: 1938

The British Valhalla -- Archbishop Thomas Becket
The British Valhalla -- Bishop of Exeter at Northampton, supplicating Archbishop Thomas Becket to submit to King Henry II, and the reconciliation at Montmirail in France

Pygmy musk of Sumatra, Moschus pygmaeus. Handcoloured engraving drawn and engraved by Griffith, Harriet or Edward, from a specimen at Exeter Change from Edward Griffiths The Animal Kingdom by

Leopard, Panthera pardus. Near threatened
Leopard, Panthera pardus (Felis leopardus). Near threatened. Drawn from a specimen at Exeter Change. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Griffith, Harriet or Edward

A gift to Exeter Cathedral - statues being hoisted into plac
Statues of patron saints, donated anonymously in thanksgiving for the end of the Great War, are hoisted into position in the empty niches round and above the north porch of Exeter Cathedral

The New Exe Bridge, Exeter, Devon, England. Date: 1905

EXETER HALL GYMNASTS
Male gymnasts at Exeter Hall YMCA in London do various exercises including stretching, lifting and cycling. Date: 1895

CONCERT AT EXETER HALL 1858
An afternoon performance of an oratorio at Exeter Hall, London Date: 1858

EXETER HALL / MEETING 1844
Exeter Hall: interior view, with a large May Meeting in progress (many charitable organisations held their meetings there) Date: 1844

Lord Burghley engaged to Lady Mary Montagu-Douglas-Scott
David George Brownlow Cecil, 6th Marquess of Exeter (1905 - 1981), Lord Burghley, athlete, sports official and Conservative party politician pictured at the time of his engagement to Lady Mary

Norman Muscarello
18-year old Muscarello reported a UFO to the police at EXETER, New Hampshire, and they confirmed his sighting; there were other alleged witnesses too

Exeter Exe Bridge early 1900s

Photograph of Manor Inn, Exeter, Devon. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub. The back of the print (available on request) details

Scene at Exeter Airport, with two men and a plane
Scene at Exeter Airport, Devon, with two men standing on the grass near a passenger plane. Date: circa 1960s

Steam engines near service shed, Exeter St David s
Steam engines outside a service shed at Exeter St David s, Devon. circa 1960s

Scene in the High Street, Exeter, Devon
Scene in the High Street of Exeter, Devon, on a sunny day, with buses, cars and pedestrians. Date: circa 1960s

Modern shopping precinct in Exeter, Devon, on a sunny day. Date: circa 1960s

Starcross Institution (Western Counties Idiot Asylum), Exete
The Starcross Institution, formerly known as the Western Counties Idiot Asylum, near Exeter

Thatching at Pinn Court Farm, Pinhoe, Exeter, Devon
Thatching the roof at Pinn Court Farm, Pinhoe, Exeter, Devon. Date: 20th century

W. S. P. U Handbill Mrs. Pankhurst Arrested
W.S.P.U Handbill Mrs. Pankhurst Arrested. Handbill, given out at an unnamed theatre, reports on Mrs. Pankhursts re-arrest on her arrival from America

Lord Burghley winning the 400m hurdles at 1928 Olympics
The final of the 400 metres hurdles at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games, showing Lord Burghley silhouetted against the concrete banking of the stadium racing his way to a gold medal victory

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