Broadclyst
Broadclyst is a village in eastern Devon, found approximately five miles north-east of the city of Exeter. In 2001 its population was 2,830.
The parish church is 15th century, with an ancient cross. It has many battlements, pinnacles and gargoyles.
Killerton House, a National Trust property, is close to the village. The village pubs are the Red Lion Inn, Hungry Fox on Station Road and the New Inn on Whimple Road. The Clyst Vale Community College secondary school is located in Dog Village. Until 1966 the village was served by its own railway station named "Broad Clyst".
History
In the year 1001 the village is said to have been burned down by Danish invaders under King Sweyn.[1]
Churchill Farm is the origin of the name of the Churchill family, from whom the Dukes of Marlborough spring, and Winston Churchill.[2]
Broadclyst railway station was opened in 1860 by the London and South Western Railway on its London Waterloo to Exeter line. It closed in 1966 but some of the buildings remain.[3]
On 16 October 1975, the nearby M5 motorway opened and the A38 road that ran through the village became quiet, later being reclassified B3181. This transformed daily life in the village.
See also
Outside links
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- Broadclyst Parish Council
- Information on Broadclyst from GENUKI
- Primary school
- Baptist church
- Broadclyst community page
- New Inn
References
- ↑ Anglo-Saxon Chronicle Parker Chronicle (1001) ða Denescean ahtan wælstowe geweald; 7 ðæs on mergen forbærndon þone ham æt Peonho, 7 æt Glistune: "The Danish possessed the field of slaughter [Pinhoe] and on the morrow they burned the homestead of Pinhoe and at Glistun (Clyst)"
- ↑ Rowse, A L The Early Churchills
- ↑ Oakley, Mike (2007). Devon Railway Stations. Wimbourne: The Dovecote Press. ISBN 978-1-904349-55-6.