Sowton

Sowton is a village and civil parish east of Exeter in East Devon, England. It has a population of 639.

Its parish council merged with that of nearby Clyst St Mary in 1976 to form Bishop's Clyst.

St Michael's church was rebuilt in 1844–45, by John Hayward and paid for by John Garratt. He retained the original perpendicular north arcade. It is a rare example of an early Victorian Tractarian village church. It is a grade I listed building.

Sowton has an old village centre but serves as a major Exeter suburb, with a large industrial estate, park and ride site and modern housing developments.

Sowton is also the name of an industrial estate. The area is located next to the M5 motorway between junctions 29 and 30, the opposite side from the village and is served by Digby and Sowton railway station.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sowton

Bishop's Clyst Parish Council

https://www.bishopsclyst.org.uk/

Lockdown Necessities

https://eastdevon.gov.uk/coronavirus-covid-19/community-support/community-contacts-in-east-devon/east-devon-parishes-villages-and-rural-areas/sowton/

Weather

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/forecast/gcj83p6gp (Sandy Park)

IMPACT Community Carbon Calculator

Welcome to the Impact tool for community carbon footprinting. This tool was developed by the Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE), as part of their Climate Emergency Support Programme, working jointly with the University of Exeter’s Centre for Energy & the Environment (CEE), as part of their South West Environment and Climate Action Network (SWeCAN) project.

The aim of the tool is to give small communities data on their carbon emissions that is easy to interpret, easy to share, and which gives them a clear idea of their main ‘impact areas’ – those big segments where concerted, community based action could really make a dent in local emissions. The information is displayed visually via a series of charts.

https://impact-tool.org.uk/footprint/footprint?parishId=E04002991&footprintType=territorial&scale=per-household

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap is built by a community of mappers that contribute and maintain data about roads, trails, cafés, railway stations, and much more, all over the world.

https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=sowton#map=14/50.7186/-3.4410

BusTimes.org

the unofficial home of bus, coach and ferry transport information. This interactive map shows bus stops and live bus positions with links to routes and time tables.

https://bustimes.org/map#14/50.7186/-3.4410

Devon County Council Environment Viewer

Information on Devon's environment has been mapped on DCC's Environment Viewer. These maps give access to spatial (geographic) data for Devon on a wide range of topics, including history.

https://maptest.devon.gov.uk/portaldvl/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=82d17ce243be4ab28091ae1f15970924&extent=292976.4507%2C89135.9624%2C303367.2226%2C94587.3203%2C27700

DEFRA MAGIC Map

The MAGIC website provides geographic information about the natural environment from across government. The information covers rural, urban, coastal and marine environments across Great Britain. It is presented in an interactive map which can be explored using various mapping tools that are included. Users do not require specialist software and can access maps using a standard web browser.

https://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?chosenLayers=parishIndex,aerialIndex&box=293003:89497:302687:94836&useDefaultbackgroundMapping=false

Genuki

GENUKI provides a virtual reference library of genealogical information of particular relevance to the UK and Ireland. It is a non-commercial service, maintained by a charitable trust and a group of volunteers.

https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/Sowton

Tithe Map

The tithe maps and apportionments are an important source of information about the history and topography of a parish. They provide details of land ownership and occupation, and the type of cultivation of the land, and are often the earliest complete maps of parishes.

https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/sowton/