Huxham | |
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![]() Huxham, St Mary's church | |
Location within
Devon | |
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Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | Exeter |
Postcode district | EX5 |
Dialling code | 01392 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Devon and Somerset |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Huxham is a hamlet and civil parish in the county of Devon, England and the district of East Devon and lies about 3 miles from Exeter. [1] The parish has an area of about 800 acres [2] and is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by Rewe, Poltimore, Exeter and Stoke Canon. [3] It is too small to have a parish council and instead has a parish meeting. [4] It was formerly part of the Wonford Hundred and gave its name to a family who possessed the manor from the reign of Henry II to that of Edward III. The manor was then held by the Bampfylde family of Poltimore. [1]
The church is dedicated to St Mary the Virgin. [5] It was built in the early 14th century and rebuilt in 1865–71. It has a Norman font [6] and the screen may be very early in date. [7]
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