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Ottery St Mary, known as "Ottery", is a town and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England, on the River Otter, about 10 miles (16 km) east of Exeter on the B3174. At the 2001 census, the parish, which includes the villages of Metcombe, Fairmile , Alfington , Tipton St John , Wiggaton, and (until 2017) West Hill , had a ...
St Mary's Church is a Grade I listed building, [1] a parish church in the Church of England in Ottery St Mary, Devon. The church is part of "Churches Together in Ottery St Mary" which includes the churches of four other denominations in the town.
Thorne in the parish of Ottery St Mary in Devon is an historic estate situated on the west side of the River Otter [1] opposite the town of Ottery St Mary. The site is today occupied by Thorne Farm (much of the land of which has been built over by a modern housing estate known as Thorne Farm Way) situated to the immediate north of the town's school and hospital and to the immediate south of ...
Cadhay is an historic estate in the parish of Ottery St Mary in Devon, England, 10 miles (16 km) east of Exeter and 5 miles (8 km) from the sea at Sidmouth. The mansion house known as Cadhay House, 1 mile (2 km) north-west of Ottery St Mary village, is a grade I listed [1] Elizabethan building.
Knightstone is an historic manor in the parish of Ottery St Mary in Devon. The surviving mediaeval and Tudor [ 2 ] grade I listed [ 3 ] manor house is situated one mile south-east of St Mary's Church, Ottery St Mary .
The Ottery St Mary Choral Society held concerts in the building from 1869. [6] The town hall was also used as a drill hall by 25th (Ottery St Mary) Devonshire Rifle Volunteer Corps which evolved to become F Company, 3rd Battalion Exeter and South Devon Volunteers in 1880. [7]
The south transept of the church of St Mary in Ottery St Mary houses the astronomical clock, [1] one of the oldest surviving mechanical clocks in England.It is commonly attributed to Bishop John de Grandisson, who was Bishop of Exeter (1327–69), and adheres to Ptolemaic cosmology with the Earth at the centre of the solar system.
Ottery St Mary railway station is a closed railway station that served the town of Ottery St Mary, in Devon, England. It was opened in 1874 on the Sidmouth Railway , but was closed in 1967 due to the Beeching Axe .