46. Thomas Kerslake 1873 (925)
Thomas Kerslake (1812-1891) was born and
educated in Exeter but moved to Bristol in 1827. With his brother-in-law he
became a second hand bookseller. Although the partnership was dissolved in 1839
he continued in business and retired in 1870 after a disastrous fire. He then
became interested in antiquarian studies, especially the Anglo-Saxon period of
the south-west, and wrote a number of articles including one in 1890 about a
fictional leader in Saxon southwest, Saint Richard the King of
Englishmen.
Strictly speaking this is the second printed map of Exeter as it purports to show the area covered by the Saxon mound with the early fortifications at Exeter imposed as it might have been in 925, 1286 and 1778 A.D. It was included in an essay presented by Kerslake to the Archaeological Society. Kerslake wrote about the old division of the City ‘The Celt & Teuton in Exeter’ and it was printed in the Archaeological Journal, Volume 30 (pp.211-225), 1873. A number of changes were carried out before it appeared in Saint Richard; title moved to right; references under map removed; and the shaded area is a little different.
Title: EXETER. A.D. 925-1286-1778.
Size:190 x 120 mm
within borders with references below. No scale.
Signature: Standidge & Co. Litho, London E.C.
A simple outline plan
showing the streets and churches within the city walls, with both the old
bridge and Stepcote Lane and the current bridge and Fore
Street. The key numbers refer to the
adjacent text where Kerslake describes a ‘double city’ with the southern part
English and the Northern part British, noting the Celtic saints in the various
Chapels north of the High Street.
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