Exeter
County Town in the County of Devon
Historical Forms
- Ἴσκα c.150 Ptolemy 13th
- Isca Dumnoniorum 4th TabulaPeuteringana
- Isca Dumnuniorum 3rd AntonineItinerary 8th
- Isca Dumnamorum c.650 RavennaGeographer 13th
- Adescancastre c.750 VitaS.Bonifacii
- Escanceaster 876 ASC c.890
- Exanceaster 894 ASC c.900 Coins t.Alfred BCS724 938
- Exanceastre c.1000 Asser 900–25 Laws c.1140
- Exancestre 932 BCS693 c.1000 Earle
- Exancester 1067 ASC c.1100
- Eaxanceastre 925–39 Laws
- Eaxeancestre c.1000 Asser
- Eaxeceaster 1003 ASC 1121 Coins t.Ethelred2
- Execeaster 928 BCS663 12th
- Exaceaster 938 BCS723
- Exceaster t.Cnut Coins
- Ecxeceaster t.Haroldi Coins
- Execester t.EdConf Coins
- excestre 1050–73 Earle
- Exacestre 1070 Wellsi,434
- Execestre 1135 ASC 12th P 1196
- Essecestra 1086 DB(Exon)
- Execestre
- la cite Dexcestre c.1200 Canonsleigh
- Æxechæstre, Axcetre, Exchæstre, Excestre c.1225 Lay
- Essexestr' 1242 Cl
- Eccestre c.1300 RG
- Excyter 1523 SR
- Excestre, Excetour, Exceter 1477 Seld16
- Excester 1577 Saxton
- Exeter 1547 Wardens
- Exiter 1549 SomRecSoc
Etymology
In British times the city was clearly named from the river alone. Cf. Romano-British Dano for Doncaster. Later this was compounded with ceaster .
Parishes in this County Town
None