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In mark rowsell exmouth tide, it had a population of 34, [1] making Exmouth the 5th most populous settlement in Devon. Byzantine coins with the mark of Anastasius Idating back to c. The two ecclesiastical parishesLittleham and Withycombe Raleigh, that make up the town of Exmouth today can be traced to pre-Saxon times.
The name of the town derives from its location at the mouth of the River Exe estuary, which ultimately comes from an ancient Celtic word for fish. For some centuries, commercial trade through the port was limited in part by the shallow waters on the approach to the quay, but mainly by mark rowsell exmouth tide power of Exeterwhich owned the dock and controlled all estuary traffic.
These have been replaced by a residential marina complex known as Exmouth Quay. Human habitation was restricted by the harsh exposed position on the estuary — civilisation took a hold in a greater and more permanent way in the more comfortable outer lying rural areas. The town began to develop in the 13th century.
The windmill, the ferry dock and a small settlement of farms began to develop into Exmouth. Sir Walter Raleigh born sailed on many of his voyages from Exmouth Harbour. In the mid 17th century the area suffered from the ravages of "Turkish pirates" [3] actually Algerian roverswho raided the Devon and Cornwall coastlines, attacking shipping and attempting to capture sailors and villagers for sale as slaves in North Africa.
The town established itself during the 18th century and is regarded mark rowsell exmouth tide the oldest holiday resort in Devon. Visitors prevented from visiting Europe by the revolutionary turmoil in France were attracted by the views and medicinal salt waters which were then fashionable. Notable visitors in this time included Lady Byron and her daughter Ada Lovelace. She is buried in Littleham Churchyard. High class tourism remained steady for a number of years. This changed when the first railway line into Exmouth was mark rowsell exmouth tide in[7] bringing with it mass tourism.
It is from this "golden age" for Exmouth that the present form of the town can be traced. Exmouth has a wide range of architecture, ranging from small cob cottages in parts of the town that were once villages and are now incorporated into it, such as Withycombe, to the GeorgianVictorian and Edwardian town houses.
The seafront has mark rowsell exmouth tide traditional promenade. High above the promenade is the Beacon terrace, which first became fashionable in Georgian times. The majority of buildings in Exmouth were constructed during the Victorian era with the arrival of the railway. The area to the west of Exeter Road is land that was reclaimed by the railway, Exeter Road originally being part of the seafront. Some houses near to the station in Littleham were constructed for the workers on the railway.
In addition to its substantial summer tourist trade, Exmouth serves as a regional centre for leisure industries, particularly water sports such as sailingkite sailing, paddleboarding, jet-skiing, mark rowsell exmouth tide wind-surfingand outdoor activities such as bird-watchingcycling and walking. A large part of the estuary lies within a nature reserve. Exmouth marks the western end of the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Sitewhich stretches eastwards along the coast to Poolein Dorset ; the South West Coast Path allows for walking along this coast.
Exmouth serves as a commuter town for Exeterto which it has good public transport links by train and bus. Rolle College was opened in and later became the Exmouth campus of the University of Plymouth. In the University of Plymouth decided to close the College.
The town is mark rowsell exmouth tide by the sea and river frontages each about a mile longand stretches around 2. The docks lie at the western corner of this rectangle, where the river passes through a narrow passage into the sea, the mouth of the estuary being nearly closed by Dawlish Warren on the opposite shore of the river.
Dawlish Warren is a natural sand spit and is home to rare wildlife and plants, part of which is a nature reserve and restricted access. The sea frontage forms a sandy two mile long beach; at its eastern end, the town is limited by the cliffs of the High Land of Orcombe, a National Trust -owned mark rowsell exmouth tide space which rises to a peak at Orcombe Point.
Geologically, the low hill known as "The Beacon", in the centre of the present town, is formed of breccias that are an outcrop of a similar formation on the west side of the Exe estuary. The rising land on which the town has grown is formed of New Red Sandstone.
This solid land is surrounded by mudflats and sandspits, some of which have been stabilised and now form part of the land on which the town is built, and some of which remain as tidal features in the estuary and off the coast. The outflow from the river flows eastwards, parallel to the beach for some distance, limited by sandbanks that are exposed at low tide.
Many of the buildings on the reclaimed land are fitted with pumps to extract water from their basements during high tide. Administratively Exmouth lies within the East Devon district, along with neighbouring mark rowsell exmouth tide towns east of the Exe. It has its own town council, presided over by a mayor elected from amongst the councillors.
There are five wards each electing five town councillors thus 25 town councillors in all. Councillors are volunteers for which they receive no remuneration. The town clerk is the council's senior paid officer with eight part-time staff. The town supports Exmouth Town Team, Tourism Team and Arts Forum and employs a Town Management Officer with the role of supporting the economy of the town working with businesses and promoting the town.
The total population of the five wards mentioned is 34, meaning that one or more must spread outside the town's boundary. The sided 18th century house called A La Rondenow in the ownership of the National Trustlies on the northern outskirts of the town. At the eastern end of Exmouth is the Barna late 19th century house in Arts and Crafts style.
Exmouth Lifeboat Station is situated at the eastern end of the seafront near Maer Road. The National Coastwatch Institution also maintains a Watch House in Exmouth, where qualified volunteer watch keepers keep an eye out for sailors and walkers.
Exmouth's first lifeboat was provided in A boathouse was built near Mark rowsell exmouth tide House but was washed away in a storm in The Royal National Lifeboat Institution revived the lifeboat station in A new boathouse was built near the beach, although the lifeboat had to be taken across the road before it could be launched.
This boathouse was demolished and a new one built on the same site in to accommodate a larger lifeboat. From the lifeboat was kept afloat in the river near the entrance to Exmouth Docks.
A boarding boat was kept on a davit that was lowered into the water to ferry the crew to the lifeboat. The old lifeboat station by the beach was retained as a fund-raising display centre and, mark rowsell exmouth tidewas the base for an inshore lifeboat.
On 21 November both lifeboats were transferred to a new lifeboat station on Queen's Drive at the eastern end of the mark rowsell exmouth tide. Within the building is a sign from the now-demolished Volunteer Inn once run by Will Carder. The old boathouse was retained as a base for the RNLI lifeguards [12] untilwhen it became the headquarters of the Exmouth Rowing Club. The new features include an additional seating area and bicycle storage; the area has also been completely pedestrianised.
Exmouth has a number of active churches. It is a handsome structure, in the perpendicular style, standing on the Beacon hill, and having a tower feet high, containing mark rowsell exmouth tide clock and one bell. The whole length of the building is feet, and its mark rowsell exmouth tide The interior is handsomely fitted up, and has sittings for 1, hearers. The curacy has a small endowment, given by the noble founder and is annexed to the vicarage of Littleham.
Until the erection of this church, Exmouth was without an episcopal place of worship; for though a small ancient chapel, dedicated mark rowsell exmouth tide the Holy Trinity, was standing inall traces of it disappeared some centuries ago. Exmouth is also home to the Polesanders Beach Rugby Club who were established in Exmouth also has a large indoor leisure centre. Exmouth railway station is the terminus of the Avocet Line to Exeter St David's station although the trains run through mark rowsell exmouth tide Paignton and Barnstaple alternately through the day.
A cycleway has been built alongside the railway as far as Topsham. The Exmouth to Starcross Ferry is a passenger ferry that operates during the summer months across the Exe estuary to Starcrosswhere the pumping station for Brunel 's Atmospheric Railway can be seen. There have been three railway stations at Exmouth. The line first reached Exmouth from Exeter in By the s commuter traffic to Exeter was considerable.
In a link to Budleigh Salterton was opened the line going eastward over a viaduct which went from Exeter Road to Park Road where it entered a cutting continuing onto Littleham Cross where there was also a station now a private residenceand mark rowsell exmouth tide there to Budleigh Salterton, there turning north to rejoin the main London and South Western Railway line.
Exmouth Station was rebuilt in When the line to Budleigh was lifted the viaduct was left in place for many years, with its final destruction in the late s. Housing marks its position now. The route of the line continued behind Phear Park, which was once the grounds of a large house belonging to the Phear family, used during the Second World War to station US soldiers. Shortly after the war the house was burnt down and left derelict; mark rowsell exmouth tide it too was mark rowsell exmouth tide, and its grounds were given to the town by the Phear family to become a park.
At its far end there was a deep cutting to Littleham, which was filled in when the line was closed. The trackbed has now been tarmacked and now forms an off-road cycle way and footpath from Exmouth to Knowle, close to Budleigh Salterton. The latest station was built in beside the bus station and is a single platform station.
It also has a pay and display car park for rail users. Mark rowsell exmouth tide South West operate several, frequent bus services in and around the town, including the mark rowsell exmouth tide Stagecoach Gold service to Brixington in one direction, and LympstoneTopshamand Exeter in the other direction.
This service runs every 15 minutes. This is usually operated by an open top bus, and runs every hour. This page is based on a Wikipedia article written by authors here. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses. Exmouth Campus, University of Plymouth. The seafront, looking west towards Dawlish Warren. Strand Gardens in the town centre, before redevelopment. Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee clock tower on the seafront. Lifeboat station built in Exmouth Exmouth shown within Devon.
