Woodbury Salterton

Woodbury Salterton is a village 6 miles (9.7 km) from Exeter, in the civil parish of Woodbury, in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. In 2018 it had an estimated population of 647.^[1] Woodbury Salterton has a church called Holy Trinity,^[2] a primary school on Stony Lane^[3] and a pub called the Digger's Rest.^[4]

Woodbury Salterton
Woodbury Salterton Location within Devon
Area	0.318 km2 (0.123 sq mi)
Population	647 (2018 estimate)
• Density	2,035/km2 (5,270/sq mi)
Civil parish	Woodbury
District	East Devon
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
List of places UK England Devon 50.690817°N 3.3987182°W / 50.690817; -3.3987182

History

The name "Salterton" means "the salt-workers" or "salt-settlers" "tun".^[5] Salterton was a chapelry in Woodbury and Colaton-Raleigh parishes, in 1870-72 the chapelry had a population of 498.^[6]