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Brampford Speke | to Huxley & Stoke Woods |
The name means Farmland belonging to the Canons of Exeter.
The earliest recorded mention of Stoke Canon is in a charter of King Cnut dating from 1033.
In 1847, a fire destroyed 24 houses in Stoke Canon, including the parsonage house. The fire was caused by a hot cinder blown from one of the railway engines that was passing through the village.
There were two water mills in the village, one producing stone ground flour and the other producing paper.
Stoke CanonChestnut Crescent |
Disused Railway | |
Stoke Canon Inn | |
Agricultural Inn at Brampford Speke |
Walk 1 Brampford Speke (4.8 miles)
Difficulty:
This easy and relaxing pub walk follows a disused railway track to Brampford Speke and takes you along the meandering Exe to an old chapel in Nether Exe.
Agricultural Inn at Brampford Speke |
The walk includes:
Nether Exe Chapel is unusual in that access is only by walking across a field!
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Walk 2 to Huxley & Stoke Woods (7.3 miles)
Difficulty:
A varied (pub) walk through The Exe Valley taking in Brampford Speke, Huxley & Stoke Woods.
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