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Revelstoke, Devon

Coordinates: 50°18′00″N 4°01′04″W / 50.299955°N 4.017715°W / 50.299955; -4.017715
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Revelstoke
Revelstoke is located in Devon
Revelstoke
Revelstoke
Location within Devon
Civil parish
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
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UK
England
Devon
50°18′00″N 4°01′04″W / 50.299955°N 4.017715°W / 50.299955; -4.017715

Revelstoke is a former civil parish, now in the parish of Newton and Noss, in the South Hams district, in the county of Devon, England. It has a church called Church of St Peter the Poor Fisherman.[1] The parish contained the village of Noss Mayo. It was in the Plympton St Mary district and located almost 2 miles south east of Newton Ferrers.[2] In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 347.[3] On the 1 April 1935 the parish was merged to create Newton and Noss.[4]

History

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The name "Revelstoke" means 'Outlying farm/settlement' with the incorporation of the Revel family name'.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Revelstoke, St Peter the Poor Fisherman - History, Travel, and accommodation information". Britain Express. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  2. ^ Wilson, John Marius (1870). Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales.
  3. ^ "Population Statistics Revelstoke Ch/CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Newton and Noss CP through time". Vision of Britain. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Revelstoke Key to English Place-names". The University of Nottingham. Retrieved 26 January 2019.