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A document recording the admittance of Right Reverend John Keily, the Lord Bishop of Plymouth as Brother of the Syon Abbey Chapter. The document is decorated with illustrations of St Bridget of Sweden, St John the Baptist, St George, a bishop,…

Cartoons by a sister, reflecting on her novitiate at Syon Abbey.

Photograph of the Chapel of St Luke, Exeter

General exterior view. Handwritten note on reverse of photograph: 'Both buildings designed by Sir Basil Spence, Bonnington and Collins. Cost: Chemistry Building £800,000, Newman Building £146,000'.
The Newman Lecture Theatre was created as a lecture…

Black and white photograph showing the Chemistry Building under construction.

Folded town planning map of Exeter, produced by Cook, Hammond and Kell for the Planning Officer at Exeter City Council in 1951. The city underwent a period of post-war rebuilding in the late 1940s and early 1950s, for which the City Council may have…

Framed copy of map of Exeter, engraved by Frans Hogenberg and printed in Vol. 6 of Georg Braun's 'Theatri praecipuarum totius mundi urbium'. It was based upon the 1587 map by John Hooker, originally engraved by Remigius Hogenberg.

This hand-coloured lithograph was printed by William Spreat in c 1854 and shows the Exeter Diocesan School, which was renamed St Luke's College in 1930. Having started life as a as a teacher training college in the Cathedral Close, the training…

Students working at computers

General exterior view.

Photograph showing interior view of a communal area with groups of students seated.

Photograph of students in the refectory, Devonshire House. Named after Mary, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire - the first Chancellor of the University, the building provided space for student social activities.

Sepia toned photograph showing Bunny holding Ronald Duncan's arab horse Dil Fareb. Dil Fareb's pedigree is noted on the reverse.

Black and white photograph of students seated in the dining hall at St Luke's College

Sepia toned photograph postcard of the dining hall at the Exeter Diocesan Training College, a teacher training college in Exeter, which was renamed St Luke's College in 1930. Students or lecturers are lined up at the far end of the hall.