a municipal and parliamentary borough and market-town of England, county of Devon, near the left bank of the Otter, 16 miles N.E. of Exeter. It consists of one wide and well-paved street, along which runs a small stream, supplying the town with water. The houses have generally a neat and respectable appearance, having been mostly built since the destructive fires of 1745 and 1765. The parish church, about half-a-mile from the town, was built by Courtenay, Bishop of Exeter, about 1482, and is remarkable for a curiously carved screen. A modern Gothic church stands in the centre of the town. It has a free grammar school, national school, hospital, and several charities. The serge manufacture was formerly extensively carried on here, but now its chief manufacture is "Honiton lace." Honiton is governed by a port-reeve, and returns two members to parliament. Pop. (1851) 3427.