Devonshire's East Devon magazine September October 2018
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Marwood House<br />
Glimpses of Honiton<br />
by Nigel Jones<br />
Pannier Market<br />
1. St Paul's church with Allhallows chapel besides<br />
it, which serves as the town's museum. Built by<br />
Charles Fowler, a <strong>Devon</strong> native, he's notable for his<br />
Covent Garden Market building, commissioned<br />
for the Duke of Bedford. St Paul's church is said<br />
to be a good example of Victorian Romanesque,<br />
the tower being particularly fine, at 104 feet high,<br />
it's one of the most notable features in this part<br />
of the Otter valley.<br />
2. The river Otter meanders gently through the valley,<br />
passing through Ottery S. Mary, then Tipton<br />
St John, Newton Poppleford, Otterton, before<br />
finally entering the sea at Budleigh Salterton. It's<br />
a lovely river holding many fine trout.<br />
3. Honiton High Street, the church dominating the<br />
skyline. Honiton stands on the Fosse Way, the<br />
Roman road that linked Dorchester (Dvrnovaria)<br />
to Exeter (Isca Dvmnoniorvm), so it'd be true<br />
to say this high street which is notably straight<br />
and long, has been here for nearly 2,000 years.<br />
4. An antique shop - Honiton is something of a<br />
centre for the antique trade. The internet, as<br />
with everything over the last 15 or so years, has<br />
had its effect. There were approximately twenty<br />
dealers at the millennium, now probably about<br />
ten. One dealer told me that about 80-90% of<br />
his sales are now over the internet, although he<br />
said people still like to come over to inspect the<br />
goods pre-sale.<br />
5. The forgotten church - St Michael's church was<br />
built in 1406, built on the hill overlooking Honiton.<br />
Unfortunately, as the settlement increased in<br />
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