Henry Holland, 3rd Duke of Exeter, 3rd Earl of Huntington was a Lancastrian leader during the English Wars of the Roses. He was the only son of John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter, and his first wife, Anne Stafford. His maternal grandparents were Edmund Stafford, 5th Earl of Stafford, and Anne of Gloucester.
The Avocet Line is the railway line in Devon, England connecting Exeter with Exmouth. It was originally built by the London and South Western Railway, and was historically known as the Exmouth branch railway. The line follows the Exe Estuary for about half of its route, from just outside Topsham to Exmouth, giving views of the estuary. The line is named after the pied avocet, which lives in the estuary.
Exeter St Davids is the principal railway station serving the city of Exeter in Devon, England. It is 193 miles 72 chains from the zero point at London Paddington on the line through Bristol which continues to Plymouth and Penzance. It is also served by an alternative route to London Waterloo via Salisbury and branch lines to Exmouth, Barnstaple, and Okehampton. It is currently managed by Great Western Railway and is served by trains operated by Great Western Railway, South Western Railway and CrossCountry.
The Northcott Theatre is a theatre situated on the Streatham Campus of the University of Exeter, Exeter, Devon, England. It opened in 1967 and was run until 2010 by the Northcott Theatre Foundation, when the company ceased operating after a period in administration. The theatre is now known as Exeter Northcott Theatre and became a registered charity in June 2013.
Digby and Sowton railway station is on the Avocet Line in Devon, England.
Exminster is a village situated on the southern edge of the City of Exeter on the western side of the Exeter ship canal and River Exe in the county of Devon, England. It is around 6 km (3.7 mi) south of the centre of Exeter, and has a population of 3,084, increasing to 3,368 at the 2011 census.
Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt was a British architect and art historian who became Secretary of the Great Exhibition, Surveyor of the East India Company and the first Slade Professor of Fine Art at the University of Cambridge. From 1855 until 1859 he was honorary secretary of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and in 1866 received the Royal Gold Medal.
Sowton is a village and civil parish east of Exeter in East Devon, England. It has a population of 639.
The Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital, and with a main site sometimes known as Wonford Hospital, is a large teaching hospital situated in Exeter, Devon, England, and is run by the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Bramdean School, Exeter was an independent school situated in Heavitree, Exeter, founded in 1901 and closed in 2020.
Robert Stark Wilkinson (1843–1936) was a British architect. Born in Exeter, his father was a Town Councillor and Guardian. He studied architecture at the University of Oxford.
Exeter is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately 36 mi (58 km) northeast of Plymouth and 65 mi (105 km) southwest of Bristol.
Derek Francis Digby was an English retired footballer who played as an outside-forward in the 1950s for Exeter City and Southampton.
Newcourt railway station is the newest railway station on the Avocet Line, serving the Newcourt area of Exeter, United Kingdom. The station is sited between Digby and Sowton and Topsham and was opened to passenger traffic on 4 June 2015. The station is managed and operated by Great Western Railway.
Edward Digby was the third son of William Digby, 5th Baron Digby. He represented Warwickshire as a Tory from his brother Robert's death in 1726 until his own death in 1746.
Monkerton is a proposed railway station in the hamlet of Monkerton, near Exeter, Devon, England, and is proposed as part of the "Devon Metro" plans. It would be built at a later date to the other proposed stations and is to be built between Polsloe Bridge and Digby & Sowton.
Newcourt is a recently developed suburb of Exeter, Devon, England, located between Digby and Topsham. The area primarily consists of a housing estate, but includes also includes a number of amenities such as a community centre, a train station (Newcourt) and a branch of IKEA, which opened in May 2018.
Digby Hospital was a mental health facility in Digby, Devon, England.
