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Milber is a housing estate at considered part of the town of
Newton Abbot
Newton Abbot is a market town and civil parish on the River Teign in the Teignbridge District of Devon, England. Its 2011 population of 24,029 was estimated to reach 26,655 in 2019. It grew rapidly in the Victorian era as the home of the Sou ...
in south
Devon
Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...
. It is on the opposite side of the
A380 road A38 or A-38 may refer to:
* A38 (dairy product), a fermented dairy product sold in Denmark
* A38 (ship), a party boat on the Danube in Budapest, Hungary
* A38 motorway (Netherlands)
* A38 road (England)
* A38 (Sydney), an arterial route in Sydney, ...
from the town centre. Milber contains mainly houses, but also a trading estate and some shops. The estate is part of the
electoral ward
A ward is a local authority area, typically used for electoral purposes. In some countries, wards are usually named after neighbourhoods, thoroughfares, parishes, landmarks, geographical features and in some cases historical figures connected to t ...
termed Buckland and ''Milber''. The population at the
2011 census was 7,089. Its unusual 20th-century church of St Luke was built as a result of a dream experienced by
William Keble Martin
The Rev. William Keble Martin (9 July 1877, Radley – 26 November 1969, Woodbury) was a Church of England priest, botanist and botanical illustrator, known for his ''Concise British Flora in Colour''.
The ''Concise British Flora'' was publish ...
in 1931. It is partly circular in form with three
nave
The nave () is the central part of a church, stretching from the (normally western) main entrance or rear wall, to the transepts, or in a church without transepts, to the chancel. When a church contains side aisles, as in a basilica-type ...
s and was completed in 1942.
[Martin, W. Keble (1968) ''Over the Hills ---''. London: Michael Joseph; pp. 103-05]
Some of the roads in Milber are named after trees - Hazel Close, Beechwood Avenue and Chestnut Drive being examples of this. The narrow, half mile-long, strip of Ben Stedham's Wood separates Milber from the suburbs of Aller and Newtake: the Iron Age hill fort of
Milber Down
Milber Down is an Iron Age hill fort on the hill above the suburb of Milber, Newton Abbot in Devon, England. The fort is situated on the north-western slope of Milber Down at about 110 metres above sea level, and is bisected by the minor ridge r ...
is at the top of this wood.
References
External links
The Anglican Parish
Newton Abbot
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