Marsh Barton is the largest trading estate in

Exeter Exeter ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city and the county town of Devon in South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter w ...

, covering over . It supports over 500 diverse businesses including one of Europe's largest motoring centres, showrooms, city plumbing, builders merchants, and tool and plant hire. It is also home to the head office of the

Apple An apple is a round, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (''Malus'' spp.). Fruit trees of the orchard or domestic apple (''Malus domestica''), the most widely grown in the genus, are agriculture, cultivated worldwide. The tree originated ...

Premium Reseller, Stormfront Retail Ltd. A new railway station to serve Marsh Barton was opened on 4th July 2023.

History

Marsh Barton was a medieval village south of Exeter and north of Alphington. At the turn of the 20th century the main part of Marsh Barton was the former Marsh Barton Priory, also known as St Marys Priory (home to Augustinian

Canons Regular The Canons Regular of St. Augustine are Catholic priests who live in community under a rule ( and κανών, ''kanon'', in Greek) and are generally organised into Religious order (Catholic), religious orders, differing from both Secular clergy, ...

). On the west and east was the Exeter railway and

Great Western Railway The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a History of rail transport in Great Britain, British railway company that linked London with the southwest, west and West Midlands (region), West Midlands of England and most of Wales. It was founded in 1833, ...

respectively, the former swung in a westerly direction whilst the latter made its way south to

Dawlish Dawlish is a seaside resort town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Teignbridge district in Devon, England. It is located on the south coast of England at a distance of from the city of Exeter and a similar distance from the to ...

. The site was selected for a new greyhound track in 1928, and racing continued until 1957 when it was demolished.

References

External links

{{Commons category-inline
Marsh Barton Trading Estate
on exeter.gov.uk Areas of Exeter Economy of Devon