EXWICK, a hamlet on the river Exe, lately incorporated within the boundaries of the City of Exeter, was formed into an ecclesiastical district June 28, 1872, and is about a quarter of a mile north-west from St. David's station on the Bristol and Exeter section of the Great Western railway, in the North Eastern division of the county, hundred of Exminster, Wonford petty sessional division, St. Thomas union, and in the county court district of Exeter, rural deanery of Christianity and archdeaconry and diocese of Exeter. The church of St. Andrew, erected in 1841 by the Rev. John Medley, then vicar of St. Thomas and afterwards Bishop of Fredericton (1845—92), is a building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch and a western turret containing one bell: in 1873 it was enlarged and decorated, a north aisle added and the chancel lengthened, from designs by Mr. John Hayward, architect, of Exeter, at the expense of William. Gibbs esq. of Tyntesfield, and endowed by him with £200 yearly: several of the windows are stained, and there are 300 sittings. The register dates from the year 1872. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £240, with residence, in the gift of Antony Gibbs esq. and held since 1897 by the Rev. Lionel Peere Williams-Freeman M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. The Exwick flour mills were rebuilt in 1866 on the site of the mills worked by the Benedictine Monks of the priory of Cowick, 1325. General the Right Hon. Sir R. H. Buller P.C., V.C., K.C.M.G, is lord of the manor and principal landowner. Exwick hill commands a fine view of the city. The soil is loamy; the subsoil is clayey. The chief crops are oats, barley and pasture. The area is included within the area of Exeter City. The population in 1891 was 566.

Board School (mixed), under Exeter School Board, erected in 1861, for 160 children; average attendance, 120.