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South Hams is a local government district
Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially 'shire districts', are a type of Districts of England in England. As originally created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan county in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement....
 on the south coast of Devon
Devon

Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 with its headquarters in the town of Totnes
Totnes

Totnes is a market town at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty....
. It contains the towns of Dartmouth, Kingsbridge
Kingsbridge

Kingsbridge is a market town and popular tourist hub in the South Hams district of Devon, England, with a population of about 5,800. It is situated at the northern end of the Kingsbridge Estuary, which is a textbook example of a ria and extends to the sea 6 miles south of the town....
, Ivybridge
Ivybridge

Ivybridge is a small town and civil parish in the South Hams, in Devon, England. It lies about east of Plymouth. It is at the southern extremity of Dartmoor, a National parks of England and Wales and lies along the A38 road....
, Salcombe
Salcombe

There is another town named Salcombe, also known as Salcombe Regis, near Sidmouth in east Devon.Salcombe is a town in the South Hams district of Devon, south west England....
 — the largest of which is Ivybridge with a population of 12,056.

To the north it includes part of Dartmoor National Park, to the east borders Torbay
Torbay

Torbay is an east-facing bay and natural harbour, at the western most end of Lyme Bay in the south-west of England, situated roughly midway between the cities of Exeter and Plymouth....
, and to the west Plymouth
Plymouth

Plymouth is a City status in the United Kingdom and unitary authority on the coast of Devon, England, about south west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers River Plym to the east and River Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound....
. It contains some of the most unspoilt coastline on the south coast, including the promontories of Start Point
Start Point, Devon

Start Point is a promontory in the South Hams district. It is one of the most southerly points in Devon, England, . It marks the southern limit of Start Bay, which extends northwards to the estuary of the River Dart....
, and Bolt Head
Bolt Head

Bolt Head is a National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty headland on the South Coast of Devon, England, situated west of the Kingsbridge Estuary....
.






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South Hams is a local government district
Non-metropolitan district

Non-metropolitan districts, or colloquially 'shire districts', are a type of Districts of England in England. As originally created, they are sub-divisions of non-metropolitan county in a so-called "two-tier" arrangement....
 on the south coast of Devon
Devon

Devon is a large Counties of England in South West England. The county is also referred to as Devonshire, but that is an entirely unofficial name, rarely used inside of the county but often indicating a shire....
, England
England

native_name =|conventional_long_name = England|common_name = England|image_flag = Flag of England.svg|image_coat = England COA.svg|symbol_type = Royal Coat of Arms...
 with its headquarters in the town of Totnes
Totnes

Totnes is a market town at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty....
. It contains the towns of Dartmouth, Kingsbridge
Kingsbridge

Kingsbridge is a market town and popular tourist hub in the South Hams district of Devon, England, with a population of about 5,800. It is situated at the northern end of the Kingsbridge Estuary, which is a textbook example of a ria and extends to the sea 6 miles south of the town....
, Ivybridge
Ivybridge

Ivybridge is a small town and civil parish in the South Hams, in Devon, England. It lies about east of Plymouth. It is at the southern extremity of Dartmoor, a National parks of England and Wales and lies along the A38 road....
, Salcombe
Salcombe

There is another town named Salcombe, also known as Salcombe Regis, near Sidmouth in east Devon.Salcombe is a town in the South Hams district of Devon, south west England....
 — the largest of which is Ivybridge with a population of 12,056.

To the north it includes part of Dartmoor National Park, to the east borders Torbay
Torbay

Torbay is an east-facing bay and natural harbour, at the western most end of Lyme Bay in the south-west of England, situated roughly midway between the cities of Exeter and Plymouth....
, and to the west Plymouth
Plymouth

Plymouth is a City status in the United Kingdom and unitary authority on the coast of Devon, England, about south west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers River Plym to the east and River Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound....
. It contains some of the most unspoilt coastline on the south coast, including the promontories of Start Point
Start Point, Devon

Start Point is a promontory in the South Hams district. It is one of the most southerly points in Devon, England, . It marks the southern limit of Start Bay, which extends northwards to the estuary of the River Dart....
, and Bolt Head
Bolt Head

Bolt Head is a National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty headland on the South Coast of Devon, England, situated west of the Kingsbridge Estuary....
. The entire coastline, along with the lower Avon and Dart valleys, form most of the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty
South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty

The South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty or South Devon AONB is an area of land covering a large extent of the South Hams district of Devon, England between Plymouth and Brixham, surrounding the latter....
.

The South Hams, along with nearby Broadsands
Broadsands

Broadsands is a beach in the Churston Ferrers part of Torbay in South Devon.It is a popular tourist attraction, with a large pitch and putt course....
 in Paignton
Paignton

Paignton is a coastal town in Devon in England. Together with Torquay and Brixham it forms the unitary authority of Torbay which was created in 1998....
, is the last British
Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
 refuge of the Cirl Bunting
Cirl Bunting

The Cirl Bunting, Emberiza cirlus, is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae....
.

History

In the Anglo-Saxon era the South Hams was a feudal estate consisting of all of the land between the River Plym
River Plym

The River Plym is a river in Devon, England. Its source is 450m above sea level on Dartmoor, in an upland marshy area called Plym Head. The river flows roughly southwest and enters the sea near to the city of Plymouth, where the settlement was historically known as Sutton....
 and River Dart
River Dart

The River Dart is a river in Devon, England which source high on Dartmoor, and releases to the sea at Dartmouth, Devon. Its valley and surrounding area is respected as a place of great natural beauty....
 and south of Dartmoor
Dartmoor

Dartmoor is an area of moorland in the centre of Devon, England. Protected by National parks of England and Wales status, it covers .The granite highland dates from the Carboniferous period of geology history....
 with the English Channel
English Channel

The English Channel is an Arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates England from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about long and varies in width from at its widest, to only in the Strait of Dover....
 forming the southern boundary.

In 1917 the village of Hallsands was abandoned after much of it was lost to the sea. This happened because the shingle bank protecting the shore was removed to help build Devonport dockyard
HMNB Devonport

Her Majesty's Naval Base Devonport , is one of three UK operating bases for the Royal Navy . HMNB Devonport is located in Devonport, Devon, in the west of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England....
.

In 1944 several villages were evacuated so that training for D-day
Battle of Normandy

The Invasion of Normandy was the invasion and establishment of Western Allies forces in Normandy, France, during Operation Overlord in World War II....
 could be carried out in secret. The area was chosen because of the resemblance of its beaches to those of Normandy
Normandy

Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is situated along the coast of France south of the English Channel between Brittany and Picardy and comprises territory in northern France and the Channel Islands....
. Preparations were disrupted, and secrecy nearly compromised, by a devastating E-boat
E-boat

The Schnellboot or S-boot was a type of Germany torpedo boat that saw service during World War II. The S-boote were approximately twice as large as their PT boat and Motor Torpedo Boat counterparts, were better suited for the open sea, and had a substantially longer range, at approximately 700 nautical miles....
 attack during Exercise Tiger
Exercise Tiger

Exercise Tiger was the code name for two military exercises held in the United Kingdom during the Second World War:*The first, conducted in 1942, was an Army-level exercise by Commonwealth forces and the largest ever held in the UK up to then....
.

In 1967 the suburban towns of Plympton
Plympton

Plympton, or Plympton Maurice or Plympton St Maurice or Plympton Erle, in south-western Devon, England is an ancient stannary town: an important trading centre in the past for locally mined tin, and a former seaport ....
 and Plymstock
Plymstock

Plymstock is a civil parish and lower middle class commuter suburb of Plymouth in the England county of Devon.The name derives from the Old English language for 'holy place on the river Plym', with the river River Plym in turn being named after the neighbouring town of Plympton....
 were amalgamated with the City of Plymouth
Plymouth

Plymouth is a City status in the United Kingdom and unitary authority on the coast of Devon, England, about south west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers River Plym to the east and River Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound....
.

The current district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972
Local Government Act 1972

The Local Government Act 1972 is an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom, that reformed local government in the United Kingdom in England and Wales, on 1 April 1974....
, by the merger of:
  • Borough of Dartmouth
  • Borough of Totnes
  • Kingsbridge Rural District
  • Kingsbridge Urban District
  • Plympton St Mary Rural District
  • Salcombe Urban District
  • Totnes Rural District


Settlements

  • Ashprington
    Ashprington

    Ashprington is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England. According to the 2001 census the parish had a population of 428....
    , Aveton Gifford
    Aveton Gifford

    Aveton Gifford is a small rural village in the south of the England county of Devon. It lies at the head of the estuary of the River Avon, Devon, at the point where it is crossed by the A379 road....
  • Berry Pomeroy
    Berry Pomeroy

    Berry Pomeroy is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England, about two miles east of Totnes. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 973....
    , Bickleigh
    Bickleigh

    There are two settlements in Devon with the name Bickleigh:* Bickleigh, Mid Devon ? a village near Tiverton, Devon* Bickleigh, South Hams ? a village near Plymouth...
    , Bigbury
    Bigbury

    Bigbury is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 582. The Parish council meets on the second Wednesday of every month at 7.30pm in Bigbury Memorial Hall....
    , Bittaford, Blackawton
    Blackawton

    Blackawton is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 647....
    , Brixton
    Brixton, Devon

    Brixton is village near Plymouth in England. It is located on the A379 road Plymouth to Kingsbridge road and is about from Plymouth. Its population is 1207....
    , Broadhempston
    Broadhempston

    Broadhempston is a small village within the Teignbridge District Council Area in the County of Devon in the South West of England . It comprises some 200 houses with a population of about 620....
    , Buckland-Tout-Saints
    Buckland-Tout-Saints

    Buckland-Tout-Saints is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England. According to the 2001 census it had a population of 178....
  • Charleton
    Charleton

    Charleton is a civil parish in the English county of Devon. In 2001 its population was 511.Forming part of the South Hams district its main settlements are East Charleton and West Charleton, the latter being the larger....
    , Chillington
    Chillington, Devon

    Chillington is a village in the Stokenham civil parish of South Hams in Devon, England.See also* South HamsExternal links...
    , Chivelstone, Churchstow, Cornwood
    Cornwood

    Cornwood is a village and civil parish in the South Hams in Devon, England. It has a population of 988....
    , Cornworthy
  • Dartington
    Dartington

    Dartington is a village in Devon, England. Its population is 1,917. It is located south of Dartington Hall and about two miles from Totnes. Dartington is home to an obsolete cider press , the Cott Inn, a public house dating from 1320, and Dartington Hall....
    , Dartmouth
    Dartmouth, Devon

    Dartmouth is a town in Devon in the south-west of England. It is a tourist destination set on the banks of the estuary of the River Dart, which is a long narrow tidal ria that runs inland as far as Totnes....
    , Dean Prior, Diptford, Dittisham
    Dittisham

    Dittisham is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of the England county of Devon. It is situated on the banks of the tidal River Dart, some upstream of Dartmouth, Devon....
    , Dodbrooke
  • East Allington
    East Allington

    East Allington is a village in south Devon, 3 miles south of Halwell and just off the A381. It lies about three miles from Kingsbridge and about ten miles from Totnes....
    , East Portlemouth
    East Portlemouth

    East Portlemouth is a small Devon village situated at the southern end of the Kingsbridge Estuary. The village is sited on a hill giving views to the north to Kingsbridge and on a clear day as far as Dartmoor....
    , Ermington
    Ermington, Devon

    Ermington is a village and civil parish located approximately south of the town of Ivybridge in the county of Devon, England. The village is in the South Hams district and is twinned with the commune of Cl?cy, in Normandy, France....
  • Frogmore
    Frogmore

    The Frogmore Estate or Gardens comprise of private gardens within the grounds of the Home Park, Windsor, adjoining Windsor Castle, in the England county of Berkshire....
  • Halwell, Harberton
    Harberton

    Harberton is a village 3 miles south west of Totnes, Devon.Harberton was the home of Mary Ann Varder , who married Thomas Bridges on August 7, 1869 and moved with him in 1871 to Tierra del Fuego....
    , Harford, Holbeton
    Holbeton

    Holbeton is a village located 9 miles south east of Plymouth in Devon, UK. Historically it formed part of Ermington Hundred. To the East of the Village is an Iron age enclosure or Hill fort known as Holbury, Holbeton...
    , Holne
    Holne

    Holne is a small village on the southeastern slopes of Dartmoor in Devon, England. A community has existed here since at least the 11th century, and today a population of around 250 people is served by a church and a pub - the Church House Inn....
  • Ivybridge
    Ivybridge

    Ivybridge is a small town and civil parish in the South Hams, in Devon, England. It lies about east of Plymouth. It is at the southern extremity of Dartmoor, a National parks of England and Wales and lies along the A38 road....
  • Kingsbridge
    Kingsbridge

    Kingsbridge is a market town and popular tourist hub in the South Hams district of Devon, England, with a population of about 5,800. It is situated at the northern end of the Kingsbridge Estuary, which is a textbook example of a ria and extends to the sea 6 miles south of the town....
    , Kingston
    Kingston, Devon

    Kingston is civil parish and small scattered village in the South Hams, Devon, England. It is three miles south west of Modbury, and about a mile from the mouth of the River Erme at Wonwell....
    , Kingswear
    Kingswear

    Kingswear is a village and civil parish in the South Hams area of the England county of Devon. The village is located on the east bank of the tidal River Dart, close to the river's mouth and opposite the small town of Dartmouth, Devon....
  • Littlehempston, Loddiswell
  • Malborough
    Malborough

    Malborough, is a village located in the South Hams region of Devon. The village is located on the A381 between Kingsbridge and Salcombe, and is a popular village for tourists with many holiday homes located around the village....
    , Marldon
    Marldon

    File:Marldon.jpgMarldon is a village in the South Hams in Devon, United Kingdom, lying just west of Paignton. It is the easternmost Civil Parish in the South Hams....
    , Modbury
    Modbury

    Modbury is a village in the South Hams region of the England county of Devon. It is situated on the A379 road, which links it to Plymouth and Kingsbridge....
    , Moreleigh
  • Newton Ferrers
    Newton Ferrers

    Newton Ferrers is a village in the civil parish of Newton and Noss in the England county of Devon, located about 6 miles south-east of Plymouth....
    , North Huish
  • Rattery
    Rattery

    Rattery is a village and civil parish in Devon, England, a few miles from Buckfastleigh, Ashburton, Devon, and Dartington. The name is often interpreted as a variant of "Red Tree" and is listed in the Domesday Book as Ratreu....
    , Revelstoke, Ringmore
  • Salcombe
    Salcombe

    There is another town named Salcombe, also known as Salcombe Regis, near Sidmouth in east Devon.Salcombe is a town in the South Hams district of Devon, south west England....
    , Shaugh Prior, Sherford
    Sherford

    Sherford is a new town to be built in Devon, England. Development on the site started in 2007 and initial infrastructure work is to start in 2008....
    , Slapton
    Slapton, Devon

    Slapton is a coastal village in Devon, England. It is located on the A379 road between Kingsbridge and Dartmouth, Devon, and lies within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty ....
    , South Brent
    South Brent

    South Brent is a large village on the southern edge of Dartmoor, in the valley of the River Avon, Devon, population 2998 , five miles north-east of Ivybridge, and next to the A38 road which connects Exeter and Plymouth ....
    , South Huish, South Milton, South Pool
    South Pool

    South Pool is a village in the South Hams district of Devon, England.South Pool is located within South Hams local authority area. Historically it formed part of Coleridge Hundred....
    , Sparkwell
    Sparkwell

    Sparkwell is a small Devon village in the South Hams local authority. It has a church, puband small school Notes...
    , Staverton
    Staverton, Devon

    Staverton is a village in the South Hams of Devon, England, situated on the north side of the River Dart about 2 miles north west of Totnes. Staverton bridge, over the Dart, was probably built in 1413 and is one of the best medieval bridges to survive in Devon....
    , Stoke Fleming, Stoke Gabriel, Stokenham
  • Thurlestone
    Thurlestone

    Thurlestone is a village near Kingsbridge in south Devon, England.The village takes its name from Thurlestone Rock, the so-called "thirled stone", an arch-shaped rock formation just offshore in Thurlestone Bay....
    , Torcross
    Torcross

    Torcross is a village in the South Hams district of Devon in England. It stands at grid reference at the southern end of Slapton, Devon, a narrow strip of land and shingle beach which separates the freshwater lake of Slapton Ley from Start Bay and carries the A379 coastal road north to Dartmouth, Devon....
    , Totnes
    Totnes

    Totnes is a market town at the head of the estuary of the River Dart in Devon, England within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty....
  • Ugborough
    Ugborough

    Ugborough is a village in Devon, England. It has a large church with a history going back to 1121. It also contains a small primary school, a Post Office, a village hall and a central square....
  • Wembury
    Wembury

    Wembury is a village on the south coast of Devon, very close to Plymouth Sound. Wembury is also the name of the peninsula in which the village is situated....
    , West Alvington
    West Alvington

    West Alvington is a small village, located on the outskirts of Kingsbridge in South Devon....
    , Woodleigh
  • Yealmpton
    Yealmpton

    Yealmpton is a village in the England county of Devon. It is located on the A379 road Plymouth to Kingsbridge road and is about from Plymouth....


See also

  • South Hams Radio
    South Hams Radio

    South Hams Radio is an Independent Local Radio station serving the South Hams area of Devon, England. The station opened on 1 December 1999 and its current licence expires on 30 November 2011....