Woodbury, Devon

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Woodbury is a village in Devon

Other current and historical names

Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Woodbury within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.

Woodbury in historic gazetteers

Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew

Woodbury.-- par. and vil., Devon - par. (containing part of Woodbury Salterton), 7804 ac. (500 water), pop. 1787; vil., 2 miles NE. of Woodbury Road sta. and 5 miles N. of Exmouth; P.O., T.O. There are many fine residences in the par. On Woodbury Common is a large encampment used successively by the ancient Britons, Romans, Saxons, and Danes; a strong force was posted here in 1804 to resist the threatened French invasion.

Woodbury in the Domesday Book

A village in Budleigh hundred, in the county of Devon.

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