Uplyme is an English village and
civil parish
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in
East Devon
East Devon is a Non-metropolitan district, local government district in Devon, England. Its council has been based in Honiton since February 2019, and the largest town is Exmouth (with a population of 34,432 at the time of the 2011 census).
...
on the Devon-Dorset border and the River Lym, adjacent to the
Dorset
Dorset ( ; archaically: Dorsetshire , ) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the unitary authority areas of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole and Dorset (unitary authority), Dors ...
coastal town of
Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis is a town in west Dorset, England, west of Dorchester and east of Exeter. Sometimes dubbed the "Pearl of Dorset", it lies by the English Channel at the Dorset–Devon border. It has noted fossils in cliffs and beaches on the Herita ...
. It has a population of approximately 1700 recounted as 1663 at the
2011 census. ''Uplyme'' is situated in the
electoral ward
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of Trinity whose population at the above census was 2,521.
History and background
The parish of Uplyme has one of the largest boundaries in England—in excess of , the area of the village being approximately .
The remains of a
Romano-British
The Romano-British culture arose in Britain under the Roman Empire following the Roman conquest in AD 43 and the creation of the province of Britannia. It arose as a fusion of the imported Roman culture with that of the indigenous Britons, a ...
villa were excavated near to the village in 1850. The earliest recorded reference to the parish was in AD740 when
Cynewulf
Cynewulf (, ; also spelled Cynwulf or Kynewulf) is one of twelve Old English poets known by name, and one of four whose work is known to survive today. He presumably flourished in the 9th century, with possible dates extending into the late 8th ...
, King of Wessex gifted the manor of Uplyme to
Glastonbury Abbey
Glastonbury Abbey was a monastery in Glastonbury, Somerset, England. Its ruins, a grade I listed building and scheduled ancient monument, are open as a visitor attraction.
The abbey was founded in the 8th century and enlarged in the 10th. It wa ...
. The
Domesday Book
Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manusc ...
mentions the village.
The parish church of St. Peter and St. Paul lies within the village and is located adjacent to the primary school. The church is thought to have been founded in the 9th century, but the 14th century tower is the oldest part of the present structure.
The village hall is situated a few hundred yards from the church, with adjacent playing fields containing a children's play area and two cricket pavilions (one is disused). The old village hall was replaced by the modern building in 1993 and was financed by fundraising and grant funding under the leadership of villager Adrian Pearson.
Primary school
Mrs Ethelston's C of E Primary School is named after Mrs Anne Ethelston (1799–1854), the wife of the Reverend Charles Wicksted Ethelston. After her death, Charles Ethelston erected a building in his wife's memory in order to house the already existing school. The main building was not opened until 1873, a year after his death.
The school houses around 120 pupils, encompassing seven years in six classes. The school consists of three buildings, an early 1990s building for reception to year 2 known as Wood Haven, and another building is being built, whilst the main original old building is home to years 3, 4, 5 and 6, as well as the staff and administration areas.
Facilities
The Black Dog and The New Inn
public house
A pub (short for public house) is a kind of drinking establishment which is licensed to serve alcoholic drinks for consumption on the premises. The term ''public house'' first appeared in the United Kingdom in late 17th century, and was ...
s have closed, leaving just the Talbot Arms which has reduced in size from two to one bars, has accommodation and serves food. The Black Dog was supposedly named after a phantom
black dog which led a farmer to a hoard of
Stuart coins, which he then used to purchase the inn.
The last hotel, The Devon Hotel, (formerly the vicarage) was converted to flats with the extensive grounds being developed for housing. Shops were reduced to one when the village butchers closed. There is filling station in the village. As with many villages Uplyme has a village hall that was rebuilt in 1994 after a monumental fund raising effort by the local people, run as a charity the village hall relies on funding from revenue raised by hiring out the halls facilities.
Nearby is
Furzehill Plantation a woodland owned and managed by the
Woodland Trust
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.
A 5.5km footpath at the rear of the Talbot Arms follows the river Lym down to
Lyme Regis
Lyme Regis is a town in west Dorset, England, west of Dorchester and east of Exeter. Sometimes dubbed the "Pearl of Dorset", it lies by the English Channel at the Dorset–Devon border. It has noted fossils in cliffs and beaches on the Herita ...
Historic building
Uplyme has a number of buildings that are "
listed
Listed may refer to:
* Listed, Bornholm, a fishing village on the Danish island of Bornholm
* Listed (MMM program), a television show on MuchMoreMusic
* Endangered species in biology
* Listed building, in architecture, designation of a historicall ...
", some examples are :-
Devon_Hotel_%281%29.jpg, Devon Hotel
Elton.jpg, Elton
Rest_Harrow.jpg, Rest Harrow
Horseshoe Cottage Sunnybanks.jpg, Hourseshoe Cottage
Tor Cottage Wadleigh House.jpg, Tor Cottage
Mrs Ethelston's CofE Primary Academy.jpg, Mrs Ethelston's CofE Academy
Uplyme village (geograph 3555606).jpg, Church of St Peter and St Paul
Lane End Farmhouse (1).jpg, Lane End Farmhouse
References
External links
Uplymevillage.comUplyme.comParish Council*
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Villages in Devon