Water in the City : the Aqueducts and Underground Passages of Exeter

Description

The city of Exeter was one of the great provincial capitals of late medieval and early modern England and possessed a range of civic amenities fully commensurate with its size and importance. Among the most impressive of these was its highly sophisticated water supply system. Beautifully illustrated, Water in the City reveals the story of that system’s rise, zenith, and eventual decline. Mark Stoyle shows how and why the passages and aqueducts were originally built, considers the technologies that were used in their construction, explains how they were funded and maintained, and reveals, among other fun facts, the various ways water fountains were used and abused by the townsmen and women. Content: Illustrations Acknowledgements Glossary of archaic words and phrases used in the text and documents Abbreviations 1 Introduction Part I: The History of Exeter's Underground Passages and Aqueduct Systems 2 The Aqueducts of Medieval Exeter, 1180-1420 3 The Development of the New Conduit, 1420-1536 4 After the Dissolution of the Monasteries 5 The City Aqueducts under the Early Stuarts 6 After the Restoration Part II: The Life of the City Aqueducts 7 The Role of the Aqueducts in Exeter's Daily Life, 1500-1700 Part III: Documents relating to the City Aqueducts, 1420-1603. The Exeter Receivers and their Accounts1 Extracts from the City Receivers' Accounts, 1420-1603 2 'Outgoings for making of Exeter's New Conduit', 1441 3 Account of Work on the Great Conduit, 1534-35 Notes Bibliography.