In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Salcombe Regis like this:
SALCOMBE-REGIS, a parish in Honiton district, Devon; on the coast, 2 miles E N E of Sidmouth r. station. Post-town, Sidmouth. Acres, 2, 605; of which 40 are water. Real property, £4, 199. Pop., 434. Houses, 99. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Crown. There are several neat mansions, and a coast-guard station. S. down commands a nobleview. Freestone is quarried. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £143.* Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Exeter. The church is ancient but good. There is a national school.
Salcombe Regis through time
Salcombe Regis is now part of East Devon district. Click here for graphs and data of how East Devon has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Salcombe Regis itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Salcombe Regis in East Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1929
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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