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There has been a church on the site of Exeter Cathedral since the reign of King Athelstan (r. - ). In 1050, at the request of Bishop Leofric, King Edward the Confessor approved the transfer of the seat of Devon's diocese from Crediton to Exeter. Exeter was a more significant town and more defendable (unlike Crediton, it had town walls).

The Normans built a new cathedral on the site in ???, but, apart from its two towers which still stand, this was replaced by a new Gothic-style structure in the 13th-14th centuries.

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