Polsloe is a
suburb of the city of
Exeter in Devon, England. It lies to the east of the city centre and is served by
Polsloe Bridge railway station
Polsloe Bridge railway station is a suburban railway station in Exeter, Devon, England. The station serves the Polsloe, Mount Pleasant, Hamlin and Whipton areas of the city.
History
The station was opened in 1907 to serve the eastern suburb ...
.
The name ''Polsloe'' is derived from ''Poll's marsh'', named after Poll, the owner of land here at the time of the Domesday Book.
The Benedictine priory,
Polsloe Priory was founded here in around 1159.
In 1899 the Exeter Brick and Tile Company built a factory on land that formerly belonged to the priory. The factory was capable of making 100,000 bricks each week, taking advantage of a nearby band of red clay which is particularly well-suited to such use.
The main road in this suburb is Polsloe Road which runs north from
Heavitree
Heavitree is a historic village and parish situated formerly outside the walls of the City of Exeter in Devon, England, and is today an eastern district of that city. It was formerly the first significant village outside the city on the road to ...
Road to Blackboy Road which leads out to
Whipton. Polsloe Road follows the line of an Iron Age ridgeway track that ran from the
River Exe
The River Exe ( ) in England rises at Exe Head, near the village of Simonsbath, on Exmoor in Somerset, from the Bristol Channel coast, but flows more or less directly due south, so that most of its length lies in Devon. It flows for 60 mile ...
towards
Stoke Hill. Until the 19th century the road was known as Workhouse Road after the Heavitree Workhouse.
Until
boundary changes came into effect in 2016, Polsloe was a
ward
Ward may refer to:
Division or unit
* Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward
* Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a pris ...
. In 2001 the population of the ward of Polsloe was 6,197, making it the 7th most populous out of 18 wards in the city. The population increased to 6,786 at the
2011 census.
References
Areas of Exeter
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