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Whitford, Devon
Whitford is a village near Axminster in East Devon East Devon is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in the town of Honiton, although Exmouth is the largest town. The district also contains the towns of Axminster, Budleigh Salterton, Cranbrook, Ottery St M .... It is situated on the western bank of the River Axe, which is crossed via a small bridge with a weir under it on a lane that joins the A358 road at Musbury. The West of England Main Line runs through a cutting close to the village, which is four miles north of the Jurassic Coast at Seaton. The village has a church, St Mary at the Cross, a village hall, and some attractive thatched cottages and is within the East Devon AONB. Notable individuals residing in this village include LOUIS (bicycler). External links History of Whitford in Devon at http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/21221 Villages in Devon {{Devon-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devon
Devon ( ; historically also known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the west. The city of Plymouth is the largest settlement, and the city of Exeter is the county town. The county has an area of and a population of 1,194,166. The largest settlements after Plymouth (264,695) are the city of Exeter (130,709) and the Seaside resort, seaside resorts of Torquay and Paignton, which have a combined population of 115,410. They all are located along the south coast, which is the most populous part of the county; Barnstaple (31,275) and Tiverton, Devon, Tiverton (22,291) are the largest towns in the north and centre respectively. For local government purposes Devon comprises a non-metropolitan county, with eight districts, and the Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority areas of Plymouth City Council, Plymouth an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Honiton And Sidmouth (UK Parliament Constituency)
Honiton and Sidmouth is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. It was first contested at the 2024 general election. The current MP is Richard Foord, a Liberal Democrat who was first elected for the now abolished seat of Tiverton and Honiton at a by-election in 2022. He defeated Simon Jupp, who had been the Conservative MP for the now-abolished seat East Devon from 2019 to 2024. The constituency name refers to the Devon towns of Honiton and Sidmouth. It is considered by BBC News to be a battleground between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. Boundaries The constituency was established by the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies and is composed of the following electoral wards: * The District of East Devon wards of Axminster, Beer & Branscombe, Coly Valley, Dunkeswell & Otterhead, Feniton, Honiton St Michael's, Honiton St Paul's, Newbridges, Newton Poppleford & Harpford, Ottery St Mary, Seaton, Sidmouth Rural, Sidmouth Sidford, S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axminster
Axminster is a market town and civil parishes in England, civil parish on the eastern border of the county of Devon in England. It is from the county town of Exeter. The town is built on a hill overlooking the River Axe, Devon, River Axe which heads towards the English Channel at Axmouth, and is in the East Devon local government district. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 5,626, increasing to 5,761 at the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census. The town contains two electoral wards (town and rural) whose combined population is 7,110. The market (place), market is still held every Thursday. Axminster gave its name to a type of Axminster carpet, carpet. An Axminster-type power loom is capable of weaving high-quality carpets with many varying colours and patterns. While Axminster carpets are made in the town by Axminster Carpets, Axminster Carpets Ltd, this type of carpet is now manufactured all over the world as well. History The town dates back to the Celtic times ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Devon
East Devon is a local government district in Devon, England. Its council is based in the town of Honiton, although Exmouth is the largest town. The district also contains the towns of Axminster, Budleigh Salterton, Cranbrook, Ottery St Mary, Seaton and Sidmouth, along with numerous villages and surrounding rural areas. The district borders Teignbridge and the City of Exeter to the west, Mid Devon to the north, Somerset to the north-east, and Dorset to the east. Two parts of the district are designated as Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty: the Blackdown Hills in the north of the district and the East Devon AONB along the district's coast and adjoining areas. The East Devon coastline from Exmouth to the border with Dorset is also part of the designated World Heritage Site of the Jurassic Coast; the designated area continues into Dorset as far as the Old Harry Rocks near Swanage. History The district was formed on 1 April 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
River Axe, Devon
The River Axe is a long river in the counties of Dorset, Somerset and Devon, in the south-west of England. It rises in Dorset and flows south to Lyme Bay which it enters through the Axe Estuary in Devon. It is a shallow, non-navigable river, although its mouth at Seaton has some boating activity. The name ''Axe'' derives from a Common Brittonic word meaning "abounding in fish", and is cognate with '' pysg'' (a variant of '' pysgod''), the Welsh word for fish. The River Axe rises in several streams to the south of Chedington in Dorset, close to the source of the River Parrett that flows north to the Bristol Channel The Bristol Channel (, literal translation: "Severn Sea") is a major inlet in the island of Great Britain, separating South Wales (from Pembrokeshire to the Vale of Glamorgan) and South West England (from Devon to North Somerset). It extends .... The Axe then flows west through Mosterton and Seaborough before turning south and forming the county boundary be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musbury
Musbury is a village and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England. It lies approximately away from Colyton and away from Axminster, the nearest towns. Musbury is served by the A358 road and lies on the route of the East Devon Way, a footpath following the Axe Valley. The village is within the East Devon Area of Natural Beauty. It has a post office, primary school, public house, fuel station and church. The parish population at the 2011 census was 543. History The village takes its name from the Iron Age hill fort of Musbury Castle on the hill above it, from which there are views of the Axe Valley. The parish church, which is dedicated to St. Michael, is a 15th-century structure that was much rebuilt and restored by the Victorians. It contains the Drake Memorial dating from 1611. A portrait of the village in 1940 appears in the final chapter of Cecil Day-Lewis's memoir ''The Buried Day''. Historic estates * Ash, for many generations the seat of the Drake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Of England Main Line
The West of England line (also known as the West of England Main Line) is a British railway line from , Hampshire, to in Devon, England. Passenger services run between London Waterloo station and Exeter; the line intersects with the Wessex Main Line at . Despite its historic title, it is not today's principal route from London to the West of England: Exeter can be reached more quickly from London Paddington via the Reading–Taunton line, with this route providing the only direct route to destinations west of Exeter. History Once all sections had been incorporated into the London and South Western Railway, the sections and branches were: * Basingstoke to Salisbury ** Basingstoke to Andover, Hampshire, Andover, opened 3 July 1854 ** Andover to Salisbury, opened 1 May 1857 ** Branches: ***''Basingstoke and Alton Light Railway'' opened June 1901, closed 30 May 1936 *** From Hurstbourne railway station, Hurstbourne and Andover, Hampshire, Andover to Romsey and on to Eastleigh a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jurassic Coast
The Jurassic Coast, also known as the Dorset and East Devon Coast, is a World Heritage Site on the English Channel coast of southern England. It stretches from Exmouth in East Devon to Studland Bay in Dorset, a distance of about , and was inscribed on the World Heritage List in mid-December 2001. The site spans 185 million years of geological history, coastal erosion having exposed an almost continuous sequence of rock formation covering the Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. At different times, this area has been desert, shallow tropical sea and marsh, and the fossilised remains of the various creatures that lived there have been preserved in the rocks. Natural features seen on this stretch of coast include arches, pinnacles and stack rocks. In some places the sea has broken through resistant rocks to produce coves with restricted entrances and, in one place, the Isle of Portland is connected to the land by a barrier beach. In some parts of the coast, landslides ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seaton, Devon
Seaton () is a seaside town, fishing harbour and civil parish in East Devon on the south coast of England, between Axmouth (to the east) and Beer (to the west). It faces onto Lyme Bay and is on the Jurassic Coast, a World Heritage Site. A sea wall provides access to the mostly shingle beach stretching for about a mile, and a small harbour on the River Axe estuary. The population of Seaton parish at the 2011 census was 8,413, whilst the Seaton and Beer Urban Area (which includes Colyton) had an estimated population of 12,815 in 2012. There are 3,300 homes in the parish, of which approximately one third are of single-person occupancy. The majority of those persons are of pensionable age. History A farming community existed here 4,000 years before the Romans arrived, and there were Iron Age forts in the vicinity at Seaton Down, Hawkesdown Hill, Blackbury Camp and Berry Camp. During Roman times this was an important port although the town's Roman remains have been rebur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Mary At The Cross, Whitford
St Mary at the Cross is a Church of England church in Whitford, Devon, England. It was built in 1908 and remains active as part of the Five Alive Mission Community. History St Mary at the Cross was built as a chapel of ease and mission church for the hamlet of Whitford in the parish of Shute. In April 1907, the Exeter Diocesan Trust received a plot of land from Samuel Pavey, on which a mission church or parish room was to be built for the hamlet's inhabitants. Plans for a small church were drawn up that year and in December 1907, a £20 grant towards its construction cost was received by the Incorporated Church Building Society as part of their Mission Buildings Fund. The church was constructed in 1908 and was dedicated by the Bishop of Exeter, the Right Rev. Archibald Robertson, on 8 September 1908. It was designed with accommodation for approximately 50 people. In 1913, a stained glass window was added to one of the east end lancets in memory of Henry Haynes Lovell of Whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Devon AONB
East Devon National Landscape covers over of the East Devon countryside (England). This countryside includes of Heritage coastline. The designated area covers: twenty-nine parishes and borders the coastal towns of Exmouth, Seaton and Sidmouth but includes the entire resort of Budleigh Salterton. East Devon has two AONBs within its catchment area which includes the Blackdown Hills The Blackdown Hills, or Blackdowns, are a range of hills along the Somerset-Devon border in south-western England. The plateau is dominated by hard chert bands of Upper Greensand with some remnants of chalk, and is cut through by river valleys. ... (designated 1991) and East Devon AONB (designated 1963), both AONBs make up over 66% of the district. East Devon AONB Partnership is a joint initiative funded by Defra (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs), East Devon District Council and Devon County Council. Through ventures such as community projects and project grants East Devon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
