CLYST ST. MARY lies at the E. end of an ancient bridge over the
river Clyst, the oldest surviving bridge in Devon, mentioned in a
record of 1238. The raised causeway is 600 ft. long, and of the
five arches the two westernmost probably date from 1310 when the
bridge was substantially rebuilt.
The church (St. Mary) lies in the park of Winslade House. It
was-almost wholly rebuilt in 1870 and is the dullest Victorian
work. Winslade House is a late Georgian mansion, now a school.
Clyst was one of the chief scenes of the Western Rebellion of
1549. It was here that the rebels were finally defeated and the
village burnt by Lord Russell.