Clyst Honiton

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Clyst Honiton Church

Clyst Honiton (or Honiton Clyst) is an English village and civil parish five miles from Exeter in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon. It has a primary school.[1] The church is St Michael and All Angels.[2][3] Exeter International Airport which opened in 1938 is located on the outskirts of the village.[4] The village was originally on the main A30 road from Exeter to Honiton but was bypassed in the 1990s.[5] Another bypass to the east of the village linking the A30 to the new developments around Cranbrook opened in October 2013.[6]

The parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Broad Clyst, Rockbeare, Aylesbeare, Farringdon and Sowton.[7] In 2001 its the population was 295.[8]

The village is mentioned in the Robyn Hitchcock song "Goodnight I Say".

References

  1. ↑ "Clyst Honiton Primary School". Clysthoniton.devon.sch.uk. Retrieved 2011-07-16. 
  2. ↑ A Church Near You. "St Michael and All Angels, Clyst Honiton - Devon | Diocese of Exeter". Achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 2011-07-16. 
  3. ↑ "Church of St Michael – Clyst Honiton". British Listed Buildings. 1961-06-30. Retrieved 2011-07-16. 
  4. ↑ "Exeter Airport Opened" (News). The Times (London). Monday, 1 August 1938. (48061), col E, p. 7.
  5. ↑ Harris, Helen (2004). A Handbook of Devon Parishes. Tiverton: Halsgrove. p. 47. ISBN 1-84114-314-6. 
  6. ↑ "Vital bypass now open". Devon County Council news centre. 3 October 2013. Retrieved 16 November 2013. 
  7. ↑ "Map of Devon Parishes". Devon County Council. Retrieved 20 June 2013. 
  8. ↑ Neighbourhood Statistics. "Parish Headcounts, 2001 - Clyst Honiton CP". Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 2011-07-16. 

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Coordinates: 50°44′N 3°26′W / 50.733°N 3.433°W / 50.733; -3.433

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