East Portlemouth
East Portlemouth is a small Devon village 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 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.
- ^ http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1160876/TV-presenter-Steve-Rider-battles-stop-cottages-low-income-families-built-seafront-second-home.html
50°14′N 3°45′W / 50.233°N 3.750°W
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