Rewe, Devon Explained

Country:England
Official Name:Rewe
Static Image:St Mary the Virgin's Church in Rewe, Devon.jpg
Static Image Width:180px
Static Image Caption:Church of St Mary the Virgin, Rewe
Coordinates:50.784°N -3.497°W
Civil Parish:Rewe
Population:378
Population Ref:(civil parish, 2001 Census)
Region:South West England
Post Town:EXETER
Postcode District:EX5
Postcode Area:EX
Dial Code:01392
Os Grid Reference:SX9499

Rewe is a village and civil parish in the county of Devon in England. It lies on the river Culm, 5miles north of the city of Exeter and 9miles south of the town of Tiverton. Rewe is a linear village, with most of its buildings lying along the A396 road about 1miles north of the larger village of Stoke Canon. The Reading to Plymouth railway line also passes through the village, but there has never been a station here; the nearest operating station is Exeter St Davids. Before its closure, Stoke Canon station was the nearest.

The parish church is the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, built around 1450 in the Perpendicular Gothic style. The Church also contains the crest of Jane Seymour's family.

The hamlet of Up Exe (or Upexe) lies close to the River Exe about 2miles north of the village of Rewe and is included in Rewe civil parish, although it is closer to Silverton. Up Exe Halt railway station was on the Exe Valley Railway Line, which closed in 1963.

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