Clyst Honiton

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Clyst Honiton
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Clyst Honiton
Location within Devon
Population295 (2001 census)
Civil parish
  • Clyst Honiton
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
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UK
England
Devon
50°44′N3°26′W / 50.733°N 3.433°W / 50.733; -3.433

Clyst Honiton (or Honiton Clyst) [1] is an English village and civil parish five miles from Exeter in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon. [2] The church is St Michael and All Angels. [3] [4] Exeter International Airport which opened in 1938 is located on the outskirts of the village. [5] The village was originally on the main A30 road from Exeter to Honiton but was bypassed in the 1990s. [6] Another bypass to the east of the village linking the A30 to the new developments around Cranbrook opened in October 2013. [7]

The parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Broad Clyst, Rockbeare, Aylesbeare, Farringdon and Sowton. [8] In 2001 its population was 295. [9]

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

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References

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