EAW005855 ENGLAND (1947). The city, Exeter, from the north, 1947

Countess Wear River Exe bridge

Northernhay Gardens

Paris Street, flattened and cleared.

The site of Dellars Restaurant, basement and ground floor not yet fully cleared.

The shape and road line of Bedford Circus can clearly be seen, just the burnt trees and inner fence remain.

Marsh Barton stadium, Speedway & greyhounds 1945-57. Originally constructed in two weeks.

County Ground stadium

An interesting open area, now the car park for St David's Station.

Now student accommodation and a parade of shops.

PO Sorting office.

Gaumont Cinema

The Iron Bridge.

Exeter Cathedral which itself had minor bomb damage.

The rubble has been cleared ready for rebuilding in the 1950's.

Fore Street.

The old Roman Market in ruins.

South Street flattened and cleared.

Exe estuary below Topsham

Bombed areas, cleared, by Exeter's High Street

Exeter Prison

Maltings

Steam train heading for Exeter

Exeter St Thomas railway station, originally completed in May 1846 by the South Devon Railway, which was worked by atmospheric trains for just under a year until abandonment in September 1848. The then broad-gauge railway resumed services with conventional locomotive hauled rolling stock

Level crossing - known as Red Cow Crossing, named after a local public house

Mill buildings - a former paper mill

Weir

GWR Signalbox

Cleared bomb sites

Southern Railway carriage sidings

The Southern Railway's Exeter Central station

The GWR locomotive depot at Exeter

Exeter St David's railway station