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 House

• 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 House

• Mothecombe, which was a seat of a junior branch of the Pollexfen family of Kitley, Yealmpton, 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.

• 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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