East Budleigh
| East Budleigh | |
| Devon | |
|---|---|
 High Street, East Budleigh | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SY069842 |
| Location: | 50°39’-0"N, 3°19’0"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Budleigh Salterton |
| Postcode: | EX9 |
| Dialling code: | 01395 |
| Local Government | |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
East Devon |
East Budleigh is a small village in the east of Devon. The villages of Yettington, Colaton Raleigh, and Otterton stand (respectively) to the west, north and east of East Budleigh, with the seaside town of Budleigh Salterton about two miles south. Until the River Otter to the east silted up, the village was a market town and port; it was still being used by ships in the 15th century, according to John Leland.[1]
Sir Walter Raleigh was born in nearby Hayes Barton in c.1552, and his parents are buried in All Saints churchyard in the village. The 14th-century church contains attractive pew ends including one bearing the Raleigh coat of arms.
In 2006 a life-size bronze statue of Raleigh by sculptor Vivien Mallock was unveiled by the Duke of Kent and is positioned at the top of the village close to the church. The cost of £30,000 was met by British American Tobacco,[2] whose business can be said to originate from Raleigh's expediations
East Budleigh used to have a railway station, that was situated between the village and Otterton. It was closed in 1967.
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References
- ↑ Hoskins, W. G. (1972). A New Survey of England: Devon (New ed.). London: Collins. p. 357. ISBN 0-7153-5577-5.
- ↑ Laing, Jemima (2006-02-09). "Village secures Raleigh statue". BBC News. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/4696642.stm. Retrieved 2010-08-08.