Official Name: | Huxham |
Country: | England |
Region: | South West England |
Static Image Name: | Huxham, St Mary's church - geograph.org.uk - 767828.jpg |
Static Image Caption: | Huxham, St Mary's church |
Coordinates: | 50.7708°N -3.495°W |
Post Town: | Exeter |
Postcode Area: | EX |
Postcode District: | EX5 |
Dial Code: | 01392 |
Constituency Westminster: | Central Devon |
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. The parish has an area of about 800 acres[1] and is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by Rewe, Poltimore, Exeter and Stoke Canon.[2] It is too small to have a parish council and instead has a parish meeting.[3] 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.[4]
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]