'The Provider' & Clear Evidence

 Mr Ron Craddock:  Provided most of the material that follows.

Address:  North House, Membury, Axminster, E. Devon, EX13 7TF

01404 881492

There is clear evidence of habitation in the parish for at least 2,500 years.  The hill fort on the east (designated an ancient monument in 1923) dates from about 500 BC.  It was one of several on an ancient track, which led from the sea through Axminster to Neroche, a few miles to the north. (About one and a half miles due south of Staple Fitzpaine) Other archaeological findings in the surrounding area tell of earlier settlers thousands of years before in a forested landscape.

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