Woodbury Parish, which incorporates the villages of Woodbury, Woodbury Salterton and Exton, is currently one of the largest parishes in Devon. It encompasses much of Woodbury Common - an area of outstanding natural beauty-and enjoys a thriving community spirit rooted in the church and chapel, in the school and in agriculture. In days of old the parish was frequented by Sir Francis Drake, and a chapel dedicated to the memory of the Drake family is situated in St Swithun’s Church.

Reading Matter:

“Woodbury, A View from The Beacon” - Ursula Brighouse 1998.                    “Woodbury Parish 1894 - 1994, Living a Century of Change” - Sally & Ramsay Elliott.
“Woodbury, The Twentieth Century Revisited” - Roger Stokes 1999. 
"A Woodbury Triumph" (The Golf Course battle 1971) - Margaret Wilson 2004

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