Nether Exe or Netherexe is a very small village and
civil parish in
Devon
Devon ( ; historically also known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the west ...
, England. It lies near the
River Exe, as its name suggests, about north of
Exeter.
The Church of
St John the Baptist is a small stone church set amidst fields close to the river south-west of the present day village, though there was once a manor house nearby. The church is a
Grade I listed building built in the late 15th century. Services are still held in the church, if infrequently.
The hamlet of Netherexe gives its name to the "Netherexe Parishes", a group of 8
Anglican
Anglicanism, also known as Episcopalianism in some countries, is a Western Christianity, Western Christian tradition which developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the ...
parishes with 11 churches under the pastoral care of a single
vicar; though the smallest of them all, Netherexe is almost at the geographical centre of the group.
Richard de Lucy, of Devon, held part of Netherexe, Hayridge Hundred, Devon in 1301.
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Villages in Devon
Civil parishes in Devon