HOLBETON

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)]

"HOLBETON, a parish in the hundred of Ermington, county Devon, 4½ miles S.W. of Modbury, its post town, and 9 S.E. of Plymouth. It is an extensive scattered village, situated near Bigbury Bay, on the river Erme, and contains the hamlets of Mothecombe, Ford, Creacombe, and Membland. The inhabitants are principally engaged in agriculture. The soil is clay. It is a meet for Mr. Roe's harriers. The impropriate tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £494 5s., and the vicarial for £340. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter, value £300, in the patronage of the crown. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient cruciform structure, with a square tower containing six bells. In the interior of the church is a very antique font, also monuments of the Bulteel and Perring families. The parochial charities produce about £2 per annum. Here is a place of worship for the Wesleyans, also National schools for both sexes. The principal residences are the Flete House and Membland Hall. The former is an old mansion, commanding an extensive view of the sea. This mansion was greatly improved in 1836 by the late J. C. Bulteel, Esq., and has a picture gallery. It is the seat of Elizabeth Bulteel, who is lady of the manor."