Ringmore
| Ringmore | |
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 The village of Ringmore | |
  Ringmore Location withinDevon | |
| Population | 208 (2011 census) |
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| Country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Ringmoreis a village andcivil parishin theSouth Hamsdistrict, on the coast ofDevon,England. The population taken at the2011 censuswas 208.[1]
History
[edit]The earliest surviving record of Ringmore is in theDomesday Book,in which it is referred to as "Reimore". Until 1908, there was a manor (or estate) 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 on the coast was once Ringmore's "port". From here boats went fishing forpilchardsand to rescue seafarers wrecked on the rocks nearBurgh Island.[2]
Description
[edit]Ringmore is a village on the coast of Devon, England, at the head of a valley. From the village one can seeBigbury BayandAymore 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 church of All Hallows is early English in style (13th-century); the tower with its spire is also of that date and stands to the south of the nave. The nave, chancel and two transepts have plain lancets without any tracery. Some of the windows have been renewed.[4]
The parish of Ringmore covers 1,128 acres (456 ha) and includes at its southern boundary the shoreline hamlet ofChallaboroughand, to the north, a group of houses atMarwell.Most of its land is owned by theNational Trust,and a large part of the village is designated as a Conservation Area. By common consent there is no street lighting and there is, from 2017, a mobile phone mast near the village, near St Anne's Chapel.[2]
Location
[edit]Ringmore is betweenKingstonto the west andBigburyto the east. On the south it borders the sea.[5]
Notes
[edit]- ^"Parish population 2011".Retrieved6 April2015.
- ^abhttp://www.ringmore.info/history.php."Ringmore History". Ringmore Village website. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ^http://www.ringmore.info/index.php."Ringmore". Ringmore Village website. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
- ^Pevsner, N. (1952)South Devon.Harmondsworth: Penguin; p. 252
- ^"Map of Devon Parishes"(PDF).Devon County Council.Retrieved11 May2014.
References
[edit]- Ringmore.info,the village's website.
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