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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 ...
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] After the local board was succeeded by an urban district in 1894, [ 8 ] the newly-formed council adapted the town hall for its council meetings and ...
Wright started working in the National Health Service in a public relations role in 2001, served on the Ottery St Mary Town Council and was elected to East Devon District Council in 2011, ousting Conservative leader. Sara Randall-Johnson. She stood down in 2015. Wright was elected to Devon County Council in 2013 with 74 percent of the vote. And ...
The largest settlement in Devon is the city and unitary authority of Plymouth with a population of 256,720, whereas the smallest settlement was the town and civil parish of Beer with a population of 1,317. The city of Exeter, which is home to Exeter Cathedral, is the county town and headquarters of Devon County Council.
Pixie Day is a tradition that takes place in Ottery St. Mary, England, annually on the Saturday nearest Mid-Summer's Day in June. [1] Dating from 1954, and based on a pamphlet written by R. F. Delderfield for the 500th anniversary of the installation of the bells of the Church of St. Mary, [2] [3] the event commemorates a legend of Ottery St. Mary's 'pixies' being banished from the town (where ...
Ottery may refer to: Ottery, Cape Town; Ottery Hundred, Devon, England Ottery St Mary. Ottery St Mary A.F.C. Ottery St Mary astronomical clock; Ottery St Mary railway ...
The constituency was established by the 2023 periodic review of Westminster constituencies and is composed of the following electoral wards: [6]. The District of East Devon wards of Axminster, Beer & Branscombe, Coly Valley, Dunkeswell & Otterhead, Feniton, Honiton St Michael's, Honiton St Paul's, Newbridges, Newton Poppleford & Harpford, Ottery St Mar, Seaton;, Sidmouth Rural, Sidmouth ...
Upottery takes up both sides of the upper vale of the Otter which flows to the English Channel south of Ottery St Mary and is a clustered village. Its northern limit forms the border with Somerset. Clockwise from which are the Devon parishes of Yarcombe, Stockland, Cotleigh, Monkton, Luppitt and Clayhidon. [2]