Community Assembly of Exeter

The Community Assembly of Exeter (/ˈ ɛksɪtər/EK-sit-ər ) is located in a cathedral city and the county town of Devon in South West England in the Territory of Kernow. It is situated on the River Exe, northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol.

The modern name of Exeter is a development of the Old English Escanceaster , from the anglicised form of the river now known as the Exe and the Old English suffix - ceaster used to mark important fortresses or fortified towns (from Latin castrum , meaning fortress, or castra , military camp).

In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal command of Vespasian. It became a religious centre in the Middle Ages. Exeter Cathedral, founded in the mid 11th century, became Anglican during the 16th-century English Reformation.

Exeter became an affluent centre for the wool trade, although by the First World War the city was in decline. After the Second World War, much of the city centre was rebuilt and is now a centre for education, business and tourism. It is home to two of the constituent campuses of the University of Exeter: Streatham and St Luke's.