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Clyst Hydon

Village in Devon, England
Village and civil parish in Devon, England
Clyst Hydon
Village and civil parish
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CountryEngland
CountyDevon
DistrictEast Devon
Clyst Hydon - St Andrews Church

Clyst Hydon is a village and civil parish in the county of Devon, England. It was in the Cliston Hundred and has a church dedicated to St Andrew.[1] The parish is surrounded, clockwise from the north, by the parishes of Cullompton, Plymtree, Payhembury, Talaton, Whimple, Clyst St Lawrence and Broad Clyst.[2]

The village is four miles from Cullompton. It has a primary school, Clyst Hydon Primary;[3] other amenities include a pub/restaurant [4] and a sports club.[5]

From 1971 to 1974 the village was the site of an artists colony which published the radical Beau Geste Press, a small press that worked in the lineage of the Fluxus and mail art movements.[6]

Historic estates

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Within the parish are situated various historic estates including:

References

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  1. ^ St Andrew, Clyst Hydon - Devon | Diocese of Exeter
  2. ^ "Map of Devon Parishes" (PDF). Devon County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 November 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  3. ^ Welcome | Clyst Hydon Primary School
  4. ^ The Five Bells Inn and Restaurant, Clyst Hydon, Devon
  5. ^ Clyst Hydon Cricket and Sports Club Archived 2011年08月13日 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Interview with Felipe Ehrenberg, one of the founders of Beau Geste Press, ArtReview
  7. ^ Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, p.57; Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.271

50°48′21′′N 3°22′12′′W / 50.80583°N 3.37000°W / 50.80583; -3.37000

Exeter 1,2
  • None
East Devon 1
Mid Devon 1
North Devon 1
Torridge 1
West Devon 1,3
South Hams 1
Teignbridge 1
Plymouth 2,4
  • None
Torbay 4
Bold text denotes a parish council referred to as a "town council".
  1. Non-metropolitan district of the non-metropolitan county of Devon (administered by Devon County Council).
  2. Has city status in the United Kingdom.
  3. Has borough status in the United Kingdom.
  4. Unitary authority not part of the non-metropolitan county, thus not administered by Devon County Council.
  5. The remainder of Torbay is unparished.


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