In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Whipton like this:

WHIPTON, a hamlet in Heavitree parish, Devon; contiguous to Exeter. A small cruciform church was built here in 1863.

Whipton through time

Whipton is now part of EXETER District. Click here for graphs and data of how EXETER has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Whipton itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Whipton, in Exeter and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24360

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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