What is Exeter?
[[File:Rougemont Castle, Exeter - geograph.org.uk - 1366062.jpg|thumb|Rougemont Castle ruins]] '''Exeter''' is a [[city]] in [[South West England]] on the River Exe, from which it takes its name. It is the [[county town]] of [[Devon]]. Just over 100,000 people live there. In the city are a ruined [[castle]], much of the old [[Roman Britain|Roman]] [[city wall]], and [[Exeter Cathedral]]. ==History== Exeter was built by the Romans, who called it ''Isca Dumnoniorum'' (Isca of the Dumnonii, the local British tribe). After the Romans left and the [[Anglo-Saxons]] moved into the area in the seventh century, the name changed to Exeter. In the 1060s, Exeter was a centre of [[rebellion|resistance]] to the [[Norman conquest]]. In 1050, the Bishop of Crediton moved to Exeter; from then until [[1876]] the [[bishop]]s were the heads of the [[Church of England]] in the whole of Devon and Cornwall. Now, only Devon is within the Exeter diocese. ==Today== Today it is home to the [[Meteorological Office]], which forecasts the country's [[weather]]. {{English Cities|nocat=yes}} {{UK-stub}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Exeter| ]]