Payhembury

Payhembury

Village of Payhembury
Payhembury
Payhembury shown within Devon
Population 682 (2011)
Civil parish
  • Payhembury
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Police Devon and Cornwall
Fire Devon and Somerset
Ambulance South Western
EU Parliament South West England
UK Parliament

Payhembury is a village and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England.

The village is about two miles west of Honiton. At the time of the 2011 the parish had a population of 682,[1] and it is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Broadhembury, Awliscombe, Buckerell, Feniton, Talaton, Clyst Hydon and Plymtree.[2] The parish includes the hamlets of Colestocks, Lower Cheriton, Tale, and Upton.[3]

The parish church is dedicated to St. Mary and was mostly built in the fifteenth century. It includes a stone arcade made of Beer Stone which has several shields including the arms of the Courtenay family, a coloured roof and altar rails from the reign of Queen Anne.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Key Figures for 2011 Census: Payhembury (Parish)". www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk. Office for national Statistics. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  2. ↑ "Map of Devon Parishes" (PDF). Devon County Council. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Payhembury Parish Boundary" (PDF). East Devon District Council. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  4. ↑ "Payhembury". Devon County Council. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
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