East Devon border with Dorset is part of the designated World Heritage Site called the Jurassic Coast; the designated area itself continues up to Old Harry Rocks near Swanage. East Devon District Council contains 58 Councillors representing 38 wards, with the Conservatives holding a clear majority As of the 2016 elections the council was made up of the following: Exeter International Airport is located in East Devon. A small stretch of the M5 passes through the district. The head office of Flybe is in the Jack Walker House on the grounds of Exeter Airport. East Devon East Devon is a local government
History of Devon four stannary towns. The parliament maintained its own gaol at Lydford and had a brutal and 'bloody' reputation (indeed Lydford law became a byword for "in"justice), and once even gaoled an English MP in the reign of Henry VIII. History of Devon Devon is a county in south west England, bordering Cornwall to the west with Dorset and Somerset to the east. There is evidence of occupation in the county from Stone Age times onward. Its history starts in the Roman period when it was a civitas. It was then a separate kingdom for a number of centuries until it