Welcome to Silvertonia

This will be a blog principally about living in the village of Silverton, Devon but will invariably extend its reach beyond the parish boundaries. For those who dont know it, Silverton lies about 8 miles north of the city of Exeter in the county of Devon in the south west of England. Silverton is claimed to be one of the oldest saxon settlements in Devon with a continuous history of existance on its current site dating back to the 6th century AD. It lies in the caldera of an extict volcano under an 800ft hill known as Christ Cross and is situated between the rivers Exe and Culm. The current population is about 2,000. Although though it has a history as both an industrial village through papermaking and as an agricultural settlement, it is now largely a commuter village for Exeter and also has a sizeable retired population. It now has only one village store/butchers, but retains three public houses-The Lamb, The Silverton Inn, and The Three Tuns Inn as well as three places of worship, St Marys (Church of England) and a Methodist and an Evangelical chapel. A major annual event is the street market, held at the beginning of august and there are a good number of community organisations including a thriving local history society and a recently formed drama group.

Given that the author of this blog is something of an observer of the passing social scene it is probably inevitable that there will be more then a few comments on what goes on in the various licensed establishments for in Silverton, as elsewhere, much begins and ends in the Pub.