Definitions for "Honiton"
Honiton is a town in East Devon, which is in the county of Devon, England. It grew along the line of the Roman Road of the Fosse Way - the ancient Roman Road linking Exeter (Isca Dumnoniorum) to Lincoln (Lindum). The location is mentioned in the Domesday Book as Honetone, meaning a farmstead of a man called Huna.
Honiton was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Honiton in east Devon, formerly represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It sent members intermittently from 1300, consistently from 1640. It elected two Members of Parliament (MPs) until it was abolsihed in 1868.