Clyst Hydon | |
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Village and civil parish | |
Country | England |
County | Devon |
District | East Devon |
Clyst Hydon is a village and civil parish in the county of Devon, England. It was in the Cliston Hundred and has a church dedicated to St Andrew. [1] The parish is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Cullompton, Plymtree, Payhembury, Talaton, Whimple, Clyst St Lawrence and Broad Clyst. [2]
The village is four miles from Cullompton. It has a primary school, Clyst Hydon Primary; [3] other amenities include a pub/restaurant [4] and a sports club. [5]
From 1971 to 1974 the village was the site of an artists colony which published the radical Beau Geste Press, a small press that worked in the lineage of the Fluxus and mail art movements. [6]
Within the parish are situated various historic estates including:
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