Holbeton
| Holbeton | |
| Devon | |
|---|---|
 All Saints Church, Holbeton | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | SX613501 |
| Location: | 50°20’6"N, 3°56’56"W |
| Data | |
| Post town: | Plymouth |
| Postcode: | PL8
population=619 |
| Dialling code: | 01752 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | South Hams |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
East Devon |
Holbeton is a considerable village in the south of Devon, and which may be found nine miles south-east of Plymouth, set back from the wooded shores of the River Erme estuary. It is part of Ermington Hundred.
To the east of the village is an Iron Age enclosure or hill fort known as Holbury.
Historic estates
The parish of Holbeton contains several historic estates including:
- Flete: of which Flete House was once the seat of the Barons Mildmay of Flete. The house stands in a large park and has been converted into apartments. The architect Norman Shaw remodelled the house extensively from 1878 onwards, building the great tower on the north front, rebuilding the north-west wing, and altering the interior to put in "over-rich Tudor". The house had already been remodelled in the Gothic style in 1835, and the front is all of this date.
- Mothecombe, which was a seat of a junior branch of the Pollexfen family of Kitley, Yealmpton,[1] until in 1872 it was acquired by Henry Bingham Mildmay, who 4 years later in 1876 also acquired Flete. The house was built by John Pollexfen around 1710-20.[2]
- Adeston, held until the fourteenth century by the de Adeston family whence it passed to the Prideaux family, then in the Elizabethan era sold by Richard Prideaux to Thomas Hele.
Holbeton today
The local primary school takes the majority of the local children. The village hall and playing fields are host to many activities including school plays, festivals, and sports events.
Outside links
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References
- ↑ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620 (1895) p.600,
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: The Buildings of England: Devon, 1952; 1989 Penguin Books ISBN 978-0-300-09596-8page 85, 581