- East Budleigh
infobox UK place
country = England
latitude = 50.65
longitude = -3.316667
population =
official_name = East Budleigh
shire_county =Devon
region = South West England
postcode_district =EX9
postcode_area = EX
dial_code = 01395
constituency_westminster= East Devon
os_grid_reference= SY069842East Budleigh is a small village in
East Devon ,England .Sir Walter Raleigh was born inHayes Barton , near to East Budleigh, and his parents are buried in All Saints churchyard in the village. The 14th century church contains attractive pew ends including one bearing the Raleigh coat of arms.In 2006 a fine bronze statue of Raleigh was unveiled by the Duke of Kent and is positioned at the top of the village close to the church. The cost (believed to be £30,000) was met by
British American Tobacco and was unveiled in the week when new anti-smoking laws came into effect in England and Wales.The villages of
Yettington ,Colaton Raleigh , andOtterton lie (respectively) to the west,north and east of East Budleigh, with the seaside town ofBudleigh Salterton about two miles south.
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.