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147: 724: 661: 597: 163: 580:. It dates from 1850, apart from the tower which was only built in 1915. It is in a version of the Gothic of the late 13th and early 14th century. The font is Norman and the monuments (moved here from the old church) include a brass to Sir John Crocker (1508), one to Mary Coppelston (died 1630) (an arched recess with kneeling figures against the tomb-chest), and several to members of the Bastard family. 38: 170: 651:(1199-1216), or possibly a little earlier. The senior branch of the Copleston family died out in the male line in 1632, but the Coplestons of Bowden survived a further century until the death without progeny of Thomas Copleston (1688-1748), MP, whose heirs in 1753 sold Bowden to William Pollexfen Bastard of Kitley. 351: 720:. In its early days the line carried passengers and freight. The growth in the number of motor cars and buses led to reducing passenger traffic in the 1920s and passenger services ceased on the line in 1930. From then until 1941, only freight traffic ran on the line. 773: 739:
on the city. The passenger services ceased again in October 1947 and freight services only ran until 1960, when the line closed completely. The station at Yealmpton was demolished and housing in Riverside Walk now stands on the site.
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Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, pp.224/6, pedigree of Copleston
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Known as one of the best one day shows in the region, 2008 marked the 121st Agricultural Show. Despite the weather, thousands turned up to enjoy the best of what the
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The last male of the Crocker family of Lyneham was Courtenay Crocker (d.1740), several times MP for Plympton. The Cruwys family in 2014 still resides in its ancient
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Passenger services were restored in 1941, as villages such as Yealmpton were then being used as dormitory areas by the people of
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Lysons, Daniel & Samuel, Magna Britannia, Volume 6, Devonshire (1822), Families removed since 1620, pp.173-225
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that flows through the village. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,923, falling to 1,677 at the
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the second earliest known home of the Crocker family, one of the most ancient in Devon according to
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Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, p.389
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Yealmpton is home to a 400-year-old stone cottage, where it is said a version of the famous rhyme
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parading and firing their guns as well as the M.A.D mountain bike display team.
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where, despite the traditional rhyme, it is first recorded in the reign of King
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was written. It is also the site of Kitley Caves, including the now closed
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Bold text denotes a parish council referred to as a town council, i.e.
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The parish church is dedicated to St Bartholomew and was designed by
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From 1898 to 1960, Yealmpton was the terminus of the Yealmpton to
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of the same name. The population of this ward in 2011 was 2,049.
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Film about Old Mother Hubbard's Cottage in Yealmpton from 1960
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Bowden, seat of a junior branch of the Coplestone family of
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Vivian, p.225, on the death of John V Copleston (1609-1632)
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The parish contains several historic estates including:
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Yealmpton is located in Devon
Devon
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SX5751
Civil parish
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South Hams
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Devon
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South West
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