Timeline of Exeter

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Exeter, Devon, England.

Contents

Prior to 16th century

16th–18th centuries

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John Rocque's 1744 map of Exeter

19th century

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View of Exeter, 1803

20th century

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Electric tram crosses the new Exe Bridge, 1905
Queen Street, Exeter, 1943 A Middle East Soldier Revisits Britain- Life in Wartime Exeter, Devon, England, UK, October 1943 D16652.jpg
Queen Street, Exeter, 1943

21st century

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