Shute, Devon

Shute
Shute
	St Michael's church
	Shute Location within Devon
Population	589 (2001 UK Census)
OS grid reference	SY252974
District	East Devon;
Shire county	Devon;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	AXMINSTER
Postcode district	EX13
Dialling code	01297
UK Parliament	Tiverton and Honiton;
	List of places UK England Devon 50°46′16″N 3°03′37″W / 50.7712°N 3.0602°W

Shute is a village, parish and former manor located 3 miles (5 km) west of Axminster in East Devon, off the A35 road.

It is surrounded by farmland and woodland beneath 163-metre (535') Shute Hill. St Michael's Church dates from the 13th Century and contains many monuments to the Pole family, including a marble statue of Sir William Pole, 4th Baronet (1678-1741), Master of the Household to Queen Anne. A later 19th. century member of the family, Margaret Pole, is commemorated by an alabaster sculptured panel depicting her greeting her daughters at the gates of heaven. There exist within the parish the two former Pole Family Manor Houses of Old Shute House (or Shute Barton), a historic mediaeval house, now owned by the National Trust, and the Georgian New Shute House, privately owned.

In 1981 the vicar of St Michael's and his wife founded the Shute Theatre and Arts Guild (STAG). The church was slightly altered to accommodate a permanent stage and extra power was bought in for stage lighting. STAG perform regular productions in the church and in nearby Kilmington Village Hall to this day.

The village was the scene of the murder of 84-year-old Ivy Batten in 1987.^[1]

The West of England Main Line passes through Seaton Junction to the south of the village.

References

^ "Hammer murderer loses appeal". BBC News. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

External links

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[1] "Hammer murderer loses appeal". BBC News. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

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