Clyst St George
| Clyst St George | |
| Devon | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Parish Church, Clyst St George | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SX984889 |
| Location: | 50°41’28"N, 3°26’23"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Exeter |
| Postcode: | EX3 |
| Dialling code: | 01392 87 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | East Devon |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
Tiverton and Honiton |
Clyst St George (anciently Clyst Champernowne)[1] is a village in eastern Devon, sittimng beside the River Clyst some four miles south-east of the county town, Exeter, and five miles north of Exmouth.
The village is the most southerly of six parishes named after the River Clyst,[2] and falls within the East Budleigh Hundred. The parish formerly contained Marsh Barton,[2] now the site of an industrial estate within the Exeter suburbs.
Parish church
The parish church, St George's, has a local red sandstone tower. It was completely rebuilt in 1854–59, gutted by fire in an air raid in 1940, and again rebuilt in 1952.[2][3]
About the village
The Lady Seaward Primary School was endowed by Lady Hannah Seaward in 1705 and rebuilt in 1859. It is described by Pevsner as "unspoilt" and "picturesque".[3] The Old Rectory dates from the 18th century.[3]
See also
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Pole, Sir William (1791). Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon. London: J. Nichols. https://books.google.com/books?id=WF4OAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA157.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Hoskins, W. G. (1972). Devon (2nd ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 371. ISBN 0 7153 5577 5. https://books.google.co.za/books?id=DGJ6AAAAIAAJ.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Devon, 1952; 1989 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09596-8 – [https://books.google.com/books?id=5wd_Pw4L3zcC page 271}}
