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Village in Devon, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Digby was a hamlet on the eastern edge of the city of Exeter in Devon, England, located by Clyst Heath.
Digby | |
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![]() South Grange, the former Digby Hospital building | |
Location within Devon | |
OS grid reference | SX9591 |
District | |
Shire county | |
Region | |
Country | England |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | EXETER |
Postcode district | EX2 |
Dialling code | 01392 |
Police | Devon and Cornwall |
Fire | Devon and Somerset |
Ambulance | South Western |
UK Parliament | |
Between 1886 and 1987 it was the location of Exeter Lunatic Asylum, later known as Digby Hospital.[1] Today it is mainly an area of housing, out-of-town retail and light industrial developments on the outskirts of the city, served by Digby and Sowton railway station.
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