Clyst_Honiton

Clyst Honiton

Clyst Honiton

Village in Devon, England

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]

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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".

References

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    "Clyst Honiton". Archived from the original on 8 October 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
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    "Clyst Honiton Primary School". Clysthoniton.devon.sch.uk. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
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    A Church Near You. "St Michael and All Angels, Clyst Honiton - Devon | Diocese of Exeter". Achurchnearyou.com. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
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    "Church of St Michael – Clyst Honiton". British Listed Buildings. 30 June 1961. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
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    "Exeter Airport Opened". News. The Times. No. 48061. London. 1 August 1938. col E, p. 7.
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    Harris, Helen (2004). A Handbook of Devon Parishes. Tiverton: Halsgrove. p. 47. ISBN 1-84114-314-6.
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    "Vital bypass now open". Devon County Council news centre. 3 October 2013. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 16 November 2013.
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    "Map of Devon Parishes" (PDF). Devon County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
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    Neighbourhood Statistics. "Parish Headcounts, 2001 - Clyst Honiton CP". Neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
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