In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described East Portlemouth like this:
PORTLEMOUTH (East), a village and a parish in Kingsbridge district, Devon. The village stands on a hill at the E side of Salcombe haven, opposite Salcombe, and 4½ miles S by E of Kingsbridge r. station; is a scattered place; commands beautiful sea-views; has a post-office under Kingsbridge; and communicates with that town daily by passage and ferry boats. ...
The parish contains also the hamlets of Rickham and Holset. Acres, 2, 143; of which 170 are water. Real property, with Chivelstone and South Pool, £8,096. Pop., 403. Houses, 83. The property is divided among a few. An entrenchment is here, and is supposed to have been used in assaulting Salcombe Castle. A coast-guard station is at Rickham. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Exeter. Value, £324.* Patron, alternately the Duke o Cleveland and Lord Sandwich. The church is later English, with a tower; and was recently in a dilapidatedcondition.
East Portlemouth through time
East Portlemouth is now part of South Hams district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Hams has changed over two centuries. For statistics about East Portlemouth itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of East Portlemouth, in South Hams and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5295
Date accessed: 26th April 2024
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