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Budleigh Salterton, Devon and Exeter League, Exeter League Premier, National Gardens Scheme, Thorverton
Monday 5th May 2014 ko 15.00
Devon & Exeter League Premier Division
THORVERTON AFC 5 (Osmond 18 Riggs 35 Khoo 77 Place 87 90)
BUDLEIGH SALTERTON RESERVES 0
Att 31
Entry FREE
Programme NO
If you were to trace the line of the River Exe north from Exeter, in around 8 miles you’d reach the pretty village of Thorverton. Its a peaceful place, with cobbled streets, a square, and a pub in the middle. It’s the kind of place that has a garden open as part of the National Gardens Scheme, and there was, but there is a more turbulent history to the place. The name suggests a Viking background, although that’s unproved but the village did change hands during the English Civil War, and a garrison of American soldiers was stationed here during the Second World War. Continue reading