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Modbury is a large village, ecclesiastical parish, civil parish and former manor situated in the South Hams district of the county of Devon in England. Today due to its large size it is generally referred to as a "town" although the parish council has not elected to give itself the status of a town as it could do under s.245(6) of the Local Government Act 1972, [2] so it does not have a town ...
The Domesday Book of 1086 lists ORCARTONE as the 65th of the 79 Devonshire holdings [1] of Robert, Count of Mortain, uterine half-brother of King William the Conqueror.Robert's tenant was Reginald de Vautort (died post 1121), 1st feudal barony of Trematon [2] in Cornwall, one of his major followers, who held from Robert numerous manors in Devon and Cornwall, including the manor of Modbury. [3]
Membland is an historic estate in the parish of Newton and Noss, Devon, situated about 8 miles south-east of the centre of Plymouth. The estate was purchased in about 1877 by Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke (1828–1897), senior partner of Barings Bank , who rebuilt the mansion house known as Membland Hall .
Whympston Farm, 1 mile SE of Modbury, Devon, that once belonged to the Fortescue family Sign at entrance to Whympston Farm Map showing some of the historic properties of the Fortescue family in South Devon Entrance to Whympston Farm. Whympston [1] in the parish of Modbury in Devon, England, was a historic manor that belonged to the Fortescue ...
Brownston is a hamlet in Devon, England. It is located within Modbury Parish. Its church (dedicated to St John the Baptist) is now a private home and was built in 1844. There is also a converted Wesleyan chapel. Several of the farmhouses in Brownston are grade II listed.
Buckland-Tout-Saints is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England. In the 2001 census it had a population of 178, up from a population of only 37 in 1901. [ 1 ] The parish also includes the hamlets of Bearscombe, Goveton and Ledstone.
The present mansion house known as Escot House is a grade II listed building built in 1837 by Sir John Kennaway, 3rd Baronet to the design of Henry Roberts, to replace an earlier house built in about 1680 by Sir Walter Yonge, 3rd Baronet (1653–1731) of Great House in the parish of Colyton, Devon, to the design of Robert Hooke, which burned ...
Sharpham is an historic estate in the parish of Ashprington, Devon. The Georgian mansion house, known as Sharpham House, overlooks the River Dart and is a Grade I listed building. [1] The house was commenced in about 1770 by the Royal Navy captain Philemon Pownoll (died 1780) to the designs of the architect Sir Robert Taylor (1714–1788).