Marsh, Devon

{{Short description|Hamlet in Devon, England}}

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Marsh is a village in the Blackdown Hills, Devon, England. It is part of the East Devon district, and close to the River Yarty and border with Somerset.{{cite map|title=Taunton and Lyme Regis|publisher=Ordnance Survey Seventh Series|number=177|year=1960|url=http://www.sabre-roads.org.uk/maps/index.php?view=50.88999,-3.06409&map=NPEMap&zoom=14&layer=1&markers=50.88975,-3.05997}}

The A303, a major road through southwest England, passes through the village. A bypass, called the Marsh Diversion, opened in 1976.{{cite news|url=https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/47058/page/14854/data.pdf|title=The Trunk Road (Marsh, Devon) (No Right Turn and One Way Traffic) Order 1976|newspaper=London Gazette|date=4 November 1976|accessdate=16 August 2016}}{{cite report|title=A30/A303 Marsh to Honiton Improvement and A35 Honiton Eastern Bypass Environmental Statement|publisher=Department of Transport|date=July 1993|url=http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/library/browse/issue.xhtml?recordId=1106643&recordType=GreyLitSeries| accessdate=16 August 2016|p=9}} It is the only section of the A303 to be upgraded to dual carriageway through the Blackdown Hills. As a result, the village has also been mentioned in several strategic route plans, including the "Ilminster to Marsh improvement" and "Marsh to Honiton improvement".{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/westminster-hall/2002/dec/17/a303|title=A303|work=Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)|date=17 December 2002|access-date=16 August 2016}}