Population 501 Region South West Sovereign state United Kingdom Shire county Devon Dialling code 01404 | OS grid reference ST279030 Country England Postcode district EX13 Local time Saturday 6:26 PM UK parliament constituency East Devon | |
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Membury is a village three miles north west of Axminster in East Devon district. The population at the 2011 Census was 501.
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Map of Membury, Axminster, UK
The village has a 13th-century church, dedicated to St John the Baptist, with a tall slim tower. In the aisle there is a monument to Sir Shilston Calmady, who was killed in a skirmish near the village in February 1646, and was buried in the chancel. The founding editor of the medical journal, The Lancet, Thomas Wakley, was born at Membury in 1795.
The village is within the Blackdown Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and lies just to the north east of Beckford Bridge over the River Yarty, which is the oldest packhorse bridge in East Devon. Near to the village there is former Quaker Meeting House that is now a hotel.