Ringmore

The village of Ringmore.

The Journey's End inn.

The Church of All Hallows.

Ringmore is a village and a civil parish located on the coast of Devon, England.The population taken at the 2011 census was 208.^[1]

History

Ringmore was first mentioned in the Domesday Book, in which it was referred to as "Reimore". Until 1908, there was a manor (or estate) located in Ringmore. Due to the absence of a lord in the manor, there are no official written records of the past of the village.

The small sandy bay located at the coast was once Ringmore's "port". From here the boats departed that went fishing for pilchards and to rescue seafarers wrecked on the rocks near Burgh Island.^[2]

Description

Ringmore is a village on the coast of Devon, England, at the head of a valley. From the village one can see Bigbury Bay and Aymore Cove. Within it are two 13th-century buildings, namely its Church of All Hallows and The Journey's End inn, previously known as The New Inn.^[3]

The parish of Ringmore extends to 1,128 acres and includes at its southern boundary the shoreline hamlet of Challaborough and, to the north, a group of houses at Marwell. Most of its land is owned by the National Trust, and a large part of the village is designated as a Conservation Area. By common consent there is no street lighting and, as yet, no mobile phone mast.^[2]

Location

Ringmore lies within the local government district of South Hams, wedged between Kingston to the west and Bigbury to the east. On the south it borders the sea.^[4]

Notes

↑ "Parish population 2011.Retrieved 6 April 2015".
1 2 http://www.ringmore.info/history.php. "Ringmore History". Ringmore Village website. Retrieved 11 - 5 - 2014.
↑ http://www.ringmore.info/index.php. "Ringmore". Ringmore Village website. Retrieved 11 - 5 - 2014.
↑ "Map of Devon Parishes" (PDF). Devon County Council. Retrieved 2014-05-11.

References

Ringmore.info, the village's website.

Non-metropolitan district of South Hams

List of civil parishes in Devon#South Hams

Civil parishes	Ashprington Aveton Gifford Berry Pomeroy Bickleigh Bigbury Blackawton Brixton Buckland Tout Saints Charleton Chivelstone Churchstow Cornwood Cornworthy Dartington Dartmouth Dean Prior Diptford Dittisham East Allington East Portlemouth Ermington Frogmore and Sherford Halwell and Moreleigh Harberton Harford Holbeton Holne Ivybridge Kingsbridge Kingston Kingswear Littlehempston Loddiswell Malborough Marldon Modbury Newton and Noss North Huish Rattery Ringmore Salcombe Shaugh Prior Slapton South Brent South Huish South Milton South Pool Sparkwell Staverton Stoke Fleming Stoke Gabriel Stokenham Strete Thurlestone Totnes Ugborough Wembury West Alvington West Buckfastleigh Woodleigh Yealmpton

Bold text denotes a parish council referred to as a "town council" i.e. towns.

Coordinates: 50°17′53″N 3°53′38″W / 50.298°N 3.894°W / 50.298; -3.894

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