Economy of Devon upon geographical location; Dartmoor, for instance, has recently seen a significant rise in the percentage of its inhabitants involved in the financial services sector. In 2003, the Met Office, the UK's national and international weather service, moved to Exeter. Devon is one of the rural counties, with the advantages and challenges characteristic of these. Despite this, the county's economy is also heavily influenced by its two main urban centres, Plymouth and Exeter. Nearly half of the holdings of the Duchy of Cornwall are in Devon, including a large area of farmland. Since the rise of seaside resorts with the arrival
Devon and Exeter Institution Waller estates including the Exeter townhouse. Her descendants became Viscounts Courtenay and Earls of Devon. An heraldic overmantel "circa" 1750, survives in a back room of 7 Cathedral Close, Exeter, the former town house of the Courtenay family of Powderham, now home of the Devon and Exeter Institution. The left hand painted panel shows the arms of William Courtenay, 1st Viscount Courtenay (1711-1762): "Quarterly 1st & 4th: Or, three torteaux" (Courtenay); "2 & 3: Or, a lion rampant azure" (de Redvers, Earl of Devon) impaling "Argent, a chevron between three griffins passant sable", the arms of Finch, Earl of Aylesford,