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Buckland-Tout-Saints is a village and civil parish in the
South Hams South Hams is a local government district on the south coast of Devon, England. Services divide between those provided by its own Council headquartered in Totnes, and those provided by Devon County Council headquartered in the city of Exete ...
district of Devon, England. In the 2001 census it had a population of 178, up from a population of only 37 in 1901. The parish is surrounded clockwise from the north by the parishes of Woodleigh,
East Allington East Allington is a village and civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England, south of Halwell and just off the A381 road. It lies about from Kingsbridge and about from Totnes. The coast at Slapton Sands is about to the south ...
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Frogmore and Sherford Frogmore and Sherford is a civil parish in Devon, England. Within it are the villages of Frogmore and Sherford. The parish was created in 1986 from Sherford and parts of South Pool and Charleton. Description Frogmore and Sherford is a civil par ...
, Kingsbridge,
Churchstow Churchstow is a small village situated on the A379 road in the South Hams district in south Devon, England. It is situated north-west of Kingsbridge and south-east of Plymouth. The parish had a population of 465 in 2011, according to the 20 ...
, and a short boundary with Loddiswell. The name derives from the Toutsaints family who held the
manor Manor may refer to: Land ownership *Manorialism or "manor system", the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of medieval Europe, notably England *Lord of the manor, the owner of an agreed area of land (or "manor") under manorialism *Man ...
here in the 13th century.


Manor House

The manor was original the design of the Toutsaints family in the 13th century. They continued to be Lord of the Manor until the 17th century, when the manor was sold to the Southcott family in 1587. In 1600 the family built the current house that stands on the sit, naming it ''Buckland House''. The house was further extended by John Henry Southcote JP Esq of Buckland, he later donated large sums of money to the nearby church, St. Peter's. Upon John's death in 1793 the estate, of 1,200 acres, was sold to William Clark a wealthy brewer and businessman. The house is now used commercially as a luxury hotel.Property for sale
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