Woodbury Salterton

Woodbury Salterton
Woodbury Salterton is located in Devon
Woodbury Salterton
Woodbury Salterton
Location within Devon
Area0.318 km2 (0.123 sq mi)
Population647 (2018 estimate)
• Density2,035/km2 (5,270/sq mi)
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
List of places
UK
England
Devon
50°41′27″N 3°23′55″W / 50.690817°N 3.3987182°W / 50.690817; -3.3987182

Woodbury Salterton is a village 6 miles (9.7 km) from Exeter, in the civil parish of Woodbury, in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. In 2018 it had an estimated population of 647.[1] Woodbury Salterton has a church called Holy Trinity,[2] a primary school on Stony Lane[3] and a pub called the Digger's Rest.[4]

History

The name "Salterton" means "the salt-workers" or "salt-settlers" "tun".[5] Salterton was a chapelry in Woodbury and Colaton-Raleigh parishes, in 1870-72 the chapelry had a population of 498.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Woodbury Salterton". City Population De. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Woodbury Salterton". White Cross Churches. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Woodbury Salterton C of E Primary School Contact". Woodbury Salterton C of E Primary School. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  4. ^ "Home". The Diggers Rest. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  5. ^ Eilert Ekwall (1960). The concise Oxford dictionary of English place-names. Clarendon Press, 1960. p. 402. ISBN 0198691033. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
  6. ^ "History of Woodbury Salterton in East Devon". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 2 April 2020.
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