Payhembury

Payhembury is a village and civil parish in the East Devon district of Devon, England.

Payhembury
Village of Payhembury
Payhembury Location within Devon
Population	790 (2021)
Civil parish	Payhembury
District	East Devon
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Honiton
Postcode district	EX14
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Honiton and Sidmouth
List of places UK England Devon 50.806911°N 3.29403°W / 50.806911; -3.29403

The village is about six miles west of Honiton. At the time of the 2021 consensus the parish had a population of ~790,^[1] and it is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Broadhembury, Awliscombe, Buckerell, Feniton, Talaton, Clyst Hydon and Plymtree.^[2] The parish includes the hamlets of Colestocks, Lower Cheriton, Tale, and Upton.^[3]

The parish church is dedicated to St. Mary and was mostly built in the fifteenth century. It includes a stone arcade made of Beer Stone which has several shields including the arms of the Courtenay family, a coloured roof and altar rails from the reign of Queen Anne.^[4]