East Portlemouth

East Portlemouth
East Portlemouth
	The village hall in East Portlemouth
	East Portlemouth Location within Devon
Population	162 (2011 census)
Civil parish	East Portlemouth;
District	South Hams;
Shire county	Devon;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
	List of places UK England Devon 50°14′N 3°45′W / 50.233°N 3.750°W

East Portlemouth is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district, in the county of Devon, England, situated at the southern end of the Kingsbridge Estuary, on the south Devon Coast. The population of this parish taken at the 2011 census was 162.^[1] The village is sited on a hill giving views to the north to Kingsbridge and on a clear day as far as Dartmoor. There is a small ferry that runs to Salcombe in the opposite side of the estuary, and a beach that is popular with holidaymakers.

The place-name 'Portlemouth' is first attested in the Domesday Book of 1086, where it appears as Porlamuta. This is thought to derive from the Old English Portwellan-mutha, meaning 'mouth of the port well', that is to say 'mouth of the harbour stream', the village being at the mouth of a river.^[2]

The village is popular with celebrities as a second-home base, where home owners include Steve Rider, Kate Bush and Michael Parkinson. ^[3]

References

^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 6 April 2015.
^ Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p. 371.
^ "Steve Rider Planning objection". Retrieved 10 March 2008.

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[1] "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 6 April 2015.

[2] Eilert Ekwall, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place-names, p. 371.

[3] "Steve Rider Planning objection". Retrieved 10 March 2008.

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v t 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.

East Portlemouth

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