Crediton
Crediton is a town and civil parish in the Mid Devon area of Devon in England. It bases on the A377 Exeter to Barnstaple road at the junction with the A3072 road to Tiverton, concerning 7 miles (11 km) north west of Exeter. It has a population of 6,837, enhancing to 7,835 at the 2011 Census. Crediton has 2 selecting wards (Boniface and Lawrence). The combined population of these wards at the 2011 Census was 7,600. The town is situated in the slim vale of the River Creedy, in between two steep hills as well as is separated into two parts, the north or old town (Peoples park, QECC etc.) and also the south and also eastern or new town. (QECC Barnfield, Saxon Close etc.) In the very early 20th century shoe-making, sun tanning, agricultural profession, tin-plating and also the manufacture of confectionery and cider had actually superseded the previous huge woollen as well as serge sectors. The creamery and also dairy in Crediton has actually constantly lain beside the church, however to enable its product to be dispersed better, the company ran a transport depot that lay in the goods yard of the railway station. Each day, a train of 3 or more Milk Storage Tank Wagons would certainly be filled up from lorries, and then required to London by either the Great Western Railway or the Southern Railway. Express Dairies sold the creamery and also a comparable system in Kirkcudbright, Scotland in July 2002 to Milk Link, which both by that time created UHT milk.
