Huxham Explained

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]

Church

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Huxham CP/AP through time: Population Statistics: Area (acres). 15 July 2017 . GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth. A Vision of Britain through Time.
  2. Web site: Map of Devon Parishes . Devon County Council . 20 November 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131102183100/http://www.devon.gov.uk/devon_districts_2002_.pdf . 2 November 2013 . dead .
  3. Web site: Huxham Parish Meeting . 15 July 2017.
  4. Book: Magna Britannia: Volume 6, Devonshire. Lysons. Daniel. Lysons . Samuel. 1822 . London. British History Online. 15 July 2017.
  5. https://www.achurchnearyou.com/huxham-st-mary-the-virgin/ St Mary the Virgin, Huxham | A Church Near You
  6. Book: Hoskins, W.G. . Devon. 414 . Phillimore . 2003 . 978-1-86077-270-2.
  7. Book: Pevsner. Nikolaus . Cherry . Bridget. Devon. The buildings of England . 498. 2nd . 1991. Yale University Press. 0-300-09596-1.