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Abbotskerswell is a village and civil parish in the English county of Devon. The village is in the north part of the parish and is located two miles (3 km) south of the town of Newton Abbot , 7 miles (11 km) from the seaside resort of Torquay and 32 miles (51 km) from the city of Plymouth .
Abbotskerswell Priory, on the outskirts of the village of Abbotskerswell, near Newton Abbot, Devon, England, was the home of a community of Augustinian nuns from 1861 until 1983. It has now been converted into apartments for retirees.
John Henry George "Babbacombe" Lee (15 August 1864 – 19 March 1945) was an Englishman famous for surviving three attempts to hang him for murder. Born in Abbotskerswell, Devon, Lee served in the Royal Navy, and was a known thief.
Also known as High Tor Hundred or Hey Tor Hundred in the 18th century, [4] the 24 parishes in the hundred in the 19th century were: Abbotskerswell, Berry Pomeroy, Brixham All Saints, Brixham St Mary, Broadhempston, Buckland in the Moor, Churston Ferrers, Cockington, Coffinswell, Denbury, Ipplepen, Kingskerswell, Kingswear, Littlehempston ...
Virgoe, Roger, biography of Ridgeway, John (by 1517-60), of the Middle Temple, London, and Newton Abbot, Abbotskerswell and Tor Mohun, Devon, published in History of Parliament, House of Commons 1509-1558, ed. S.T. Bindoff, 1982
Blessed Virgin Mary, Abbotskerswell Abbotskerswell: Mary: Church of England: St Andrew, Ashburton Ashburton: Andrew: Medieval Church of England: Ashburton etc. Our Lady of Lourdes & St Petroc, Ashburton Ashburton: Mary & Petroc: 1911 Roman Catholic: Buckfast Parish Current building 1935 Ashburton Methodist Church Ashburton: early C19th ...
The Aller Vale Pottery was formed in 1865 on the northern edge of the village of Kingskerswell in South Devon, England, on the likely site of a medieval pottery.It became well known for the creation of art pottery at the end of the 19th century and gained royal patronage, but declined thereafter, closing on this site in about 1924.
It is joined by a stream on the left which drains Abbotskerswell and Compton. The brook continues north, passing to the west of Milber, before it reaches Newton Abbot. Originally the brook took a meandering course through this marshy area, but in the 1980s it was forced to run alongside the A380 road in a straight channel.