Salcombe Regis Explained

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Country:England
Official Name:Salcombe Regis
Coordinates:50.6936°N -3.2071°W
Civil Parish:Sidmouth
Shire County:Devon
Shire District:East Devon
Region:South West England
Post Town:SIDMOUTH
Postcode District:EX10
Postcode Area:EX
Constituency Westminster:Honiton and Sidmouth
Os Grid Reference:SY148888

Salcombe Regis is a coastal village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sidmouth, in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. Mentioned in the Domesday Book as "a manor called Selcoma" held by Osbern FitzOsbern, bishop of Exeter, the manor house stood on the site now occupied by Thorn Farm. The thorn tree growing in an enclosure at the road junction above the farm marked the cultivation boundary between manor and common ground.[1] In 1951 the parish had a population of 869.[2] On 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished and merged with Sidmouth.[3]

The church of St Peter was built c. 1107 and restored in 1845. It contains monuments to the distinguished scientists Sir Ambrose Fleming and Sir Norman Lockyer, both buried there.[4]

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  1. Sidmouth, A History. Sidmouth, Devon:Sidmouth Museum, 1987 pages 14-15
  2. Web site: Population statistics Salcombe Regis CP/AP through time. A Vision of Britain through Time. 31 March 2023.
  3. Web site: Honiton Registration District. UKBMD. 31 March 2023.
  4. Sutton, Anna. A Story of Sidmouth. Chichester, Sussex: Phillimore & Co., 1973 pages 157-159