Musbury is a village and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England. It lies approximately 2 miles (3 km) away from Colyton and 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) away from Axminster, the nearest towns. Musbury is served by the A358 road and lies on the route of the East Devon Way, a 40-mile (64 km) footpath following the Axe Valley. The village is within the East Devon Area of Natural Beauty. It has a post office, primary school, public house, fuel station and church. The parish population at the 2011 census was 543.[1]
The village takes its name from the Iron Agehill fort of Musbury Castle on the hill above it, from which there are views of the Axe Valley. The parish church, which is dedicated to St. Michael, is a 15th-century structure that was much rebuilt and restored by the Victorians. It contains the Drake Memorial dating from 1611.[2] A portrait of the village in 1940 appears in the final chapter of Cecil Day-Lewis's memoir The Buried Day.
musbury, village, civil, parish, east, devon, district, devon, england, lies, approximately, miles, away, from, colyton, miles, away, from, axminster, nearest, towns, served, a358, road, lies, route, east, devon, mile, footpath, following, valley, village, wit. Musbury is a village and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon England It lies approximately 2 miles 3 km away from Colyton and 2 1 2 miles 4 km away from Axminster the nearest towns Musbury is served by the A358 road and lies on the route of the East Devon Way a 40 mile 64 km footpath following the Axe Valley The village is within the East Devon Area of Natural Beauty It has a post office primary school public house fuel station and church The parish population at the 2011 census was 543 1 MusburyMusbury ChurchMusburyLocation within DevonPopulation543 OS grid referenceSY275945Shire countyDevonRegionSouth WestCountryEnglandSovereign stateUnited KingdomPost townAxminsterPostcode districtEX13Dialling code01297PoliceDevon and CornwallFireDevon and SomersetAmbulanceSouth WesternUK ParliamentTiverton and HonitonList of places UK England Devon 50 44 44 N 3 01 37 W 50 745459 N 3 026999 W 50 745459 3 026999 Contents 1 History 2 Historic estates 3 Transport 3 1 Road 3 2 Bus Services 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe village takes its name from the Iron Age hill fort of Musbury Castle on the hill above it from which there are views of the Axe Valley The parish church which is dedicated to St Michael is a 15th century structure that was much rebuilt and restored by the Victorians It contains the Drake Memorial dating from 1611 2 A portrait of the village in 1940 appears in the final chapter of Cecil Day Lewis s memoir The Buried Day Historic estates editAsh for many generations the seat of the Drake family It was the birthplace of John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough 1650 1722 whose mother was Elizabeth Drake Transport editRoad edit Musbury is located on the A358 between Seaton and Axminster Bus Services edit Musbury is served by AVMT Buses service 885 between Beer Seaton and Axminster References edit Parish population 2011 Retrieved 24 February 2015 Peter Long 2005 The Hidden Places of Devon Travel Publishing Ltd ISBN 1 904434 30 4 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Musbury Musbury Primary School nbsp This Devon location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Musbury amp oldid 1182459456, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
