The following  maps are dated 1904:
Seaton Junction

East of Deer Park

Shute Deer Park

southeast of Little Umborne

Shute Marsh

south of Pottlelake to Parehayne

Big Umborne to Parkhayne

Patches to Lower Watchcombe

 
Lexhayne Lane north of Railway

 
 
Axminster to Exeter. road map. 1720  Owen & Bowen  Britannia Depicta

road map-Axminster, Kilmington, Honiton.    1818   Edward Mogg

The following article was taken from the:
Pulman’s Weekly News:  Tuesday January 13th  1948.
“Umbourne Has a Hall”.
Women’s Institute Enterprise.
Opening ceremony by Lady Carew Pole.
Saturday was  a great day for the Umbourne Women’s Institute, for it marked the opening by Lady Carew Pole of their new hall, erected on land belonging to the Shute estate at Painters Cross, Shute Marsh. From the end of the Sixteenth Century until a few years ago, the Pole family lived at Shute House, now used as a girls’ school.
In this remote part of Shute village, an …

 
Shute Barton Manor

Shute Gatehouse

Adjacent to St. Michael’s Church is the ancient manor house of the Parish of Shute, built in 1380 by Sir William Bonneville, a Norman from Bonneville, in Beauce, near Chartres. It remained in his family for five generations. Lord William Bonneville (The Builder’s grandson) was beheaded and his two sons killed in the Wars of the Roses, and so his grand daughter Cecily inherited it. She married Thomas Grey who became the first Marquess of Dorset. During the 15th century the building was extended by the Grey …

Umborne Hall is a green painted Nissen Hut, invented in 1919 by Lt. Col. Peter Norman Nissen (1871-1930) of the British Royal Engineers. In 1941, the Americans built and used huts called Quonset Huts, which were an adaptation of the Nissen Hut. These type of huts were used as makeshift housing for American soldiers and their families at Dunkeswell aerodrome in World War Two.
1945: Umborne WI were meeting in April Cottage, Umborne, the home of Miss Kinnings. A great organiser, she was also the instigator of the “Hall” idea. Country …

The Origins of Tithe
The tithe was an annual payment of an agreed proportion (originally one-tenth) of the yearly produce of the land, which was payable by parishioners to the parish church, to support it and its clergyman. Originally tithes were paid ‘in kind’ (wool, milk, honey, fish, barley etc) and were payable on 3 categories of produce:

All things which grew and which increased annually e.g. grain, vegetables and wood
All things which were nourished by the ground – lambs, calves etc. – and animal produce like milk, hides, eggs and wool
The …

Take a look at the valley (and a little beyond) as it was around 1840
If you live in a house which is over 150 years old, you might like to look at the following links to find out about your house in 1840 which is when the tithe maps were drawn up.
First find your plot on the tithe map and then look at the apportionment table to find out who owned that plot and lots of other interesting facts.

Tithe Maps
 
Apportionment Tables

Shute Map
 
Shute Apportionment Table

Colyton Map
 
Colyton Apportionment Table

Kilmington Map
 
Kilmington Apportionment Table

Musbury …

The Parish Church of Shute
Formerly the Ancient Chapel of St. Michael
It is believed that there may have been a Saxon Church on this site, but as there are no written records to confirm this prior to the year 1205, the history of St. Michael’s must start there. The earliest record of the church is a Deed of Bishop Marshall (1194-1206) which refers to ecclesia de Colinton et Cappella de Schieta proving the early foundation of the chapel.
In the year 1205 the men of Devon paid 5000 marks to King John …

Shute Barton Manor

Shute Gatehouse

Adjacent to St. Michael’s Church is the ancient manor house of the Parish of Shute, built in 1380 by Sir William Bonneville, a Norman from Bonneville, in Beauce, near Chartres. It remained in his family for five generations. Lord William Bonneville (The Builder’s grandson) was beheaded and his two sons killed in the Wars of the Roses, and so his grand daughter Cecily inherited it. She married Thomas Grey who became the first Marquess of Dorset. During the 15th century the building was extended by the Grey …

The romantic wartime story of Joan’s wedding
And how a farm in the Umborne Valley became a sanctuary for people being bombed in the cities
As told by Joan Dommett
My story might never have had a happy ending had I not one day called into the coal depot at Colyton Station to pay a bill. For, there was Eddie paying his bill too.
We had known each other for some time. I would stop for a chat if I saw him trimming hedges or doing other jobs in the fields as I cycled …

Village Hall History
A little bit of history about the Umborne Village Hall
Umborne Hall is a green painted Nissen Hut, invented in 1919 by Lt. Col. Peter Norman Nissen (1871-1930) of the British Royal Engineers. In 1941, the Americans built and used huts called Quonset Huts, which were an adaptation of the Nissen Hut. These type of huts were used as makeshift housing for American soldiers and their families at Dunkeswell aerodrome in World War Two.
1945: Umborne WI were meeting in April Cottage, Umborne, the home of Miss Kinnings. A great …