a market-town of England, county of Devon, on the Creedy, near its junction with the Exe, 8 miles N.W. of Exeter. Pop. (1851) 5934. It is situated in a narrow vale, between two steep hills, and is divided into two parts, the east or old town, and the west or new town. The church, formerly collegiate, is a noble edifice, in the later pointed style, with a fine tower 100 feet in height springing from the centre. There are places of worship for Baptists, Independents, Methodists, and Unitarians, a free grammar-school with three exhibitions to either university, blue-coat, national, and infant schools, a mechanics' institution, public library, and news-room. There were formerly extensive woollen and serge manufactories here, but the inhabitants are now chiefly engaged in agriculture. It returned two members to the parliament at Carlisle in the reign of Edward I., and previous to 1049 was the seat of a bishopric, which was afterwards removed to Exeter.