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Woodbury is a village and civil parish in East Devon in the English county of Devon, south east of the city of Exeter. It is a commuter village and is primarily residential, since the majority of the workforce commute to Exeter. The parish, which has a population of 3,466〔(Office for National Statistics : ''Census 2001 : Parish Headcounts : East Devon'' ) Retrieved 27 January 2010〕 recounted for the village alone of 1,605 at the 2011 Census,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Parish population 2011 )〕 lies on the east bank of the Exe Estuary, has borders – clockwise from the estuary – with the district of Exeter (near to Topsham) and then the parishes of Clyst St George, Clyst St Mary, Farringdon, Colaton Raleigh, Bicton and Lympstone.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Map of Devon Parishes )〕 ''Woodbury'' is part of the electoral ward of ''Woodbury'' and Lympstone whose population at the 2011 Census was 5,260.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Woodbury and Lympstone Ward 2011 )〕 The village itself lies about four miles north of the centre of Exmouth on the B3179 road between Clyst St George and Budleigh Salterton. About two miles to the north lies the east-west A3052 road and about 1.5 miles to the west of the village the A376 road that follows the Exe Estuary from Exeter down to Exmouth passes through the parish. The small settlements of Ebford and Exton are on this road.〔OS Explorer maps 110 and 115.〕 ==History== Woodbury Castle is an Iron Age fort on Woodbury Common. The ancient manor of Nutwell was in the west of the parish, adjacent to the Exe Estuary; it was later owned by a branch of the Drake family. The present house, Nutwell Court was built in 1810.〔 The railway line which follows the estuary between Exeter and Exmouth was opened in 1861.〔 Now known as the Avocet Line, the nearest station to Woodbury is at Exton. The clergyman and botanist W. Keble Martin lived in Woodbury in retirement. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Woodbury, Devon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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