Bow, Devon

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Bow is a village and civil parish in the Mid Devon district of Devon, England, about eight miles west of Crediton. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 1,093.

The village grew up as a market along the main Crediton to Okehampton road, with the church Nymet Tracy about a mile from the main centre. This road is almost certainly a Roman road, although not the first in the area. The first was south of the village, and runs from the Roman fort at North Tawton to Isca (Exeter). There is a Henge west of the village. The name Nymet is associated in Roman terms with the Druids, as it means "Sacred Grove". Charles I stayed one night here during the Civil War when he was chasing the Earl of Essex into Cornwall.

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