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Revelstoke is a former
civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
, now in the parish of
Newton and Noss Newton and Noss is a civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England comprising the villages of Newton Ferrers and Noss Mayo and outlying hamlets such as Membland. The population of the parish taken at the 2011 census was 1,814. His ...
, 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, in the county of
Devon Devon ( , historically known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in South West England. The most populous settlement in Devon is the city of Plymouth, followed by Devon's county town, the city of Exeter. Devon is ...
, England. It has a church called Church of St Peter the Poor Fisherman. The parish contained the village of
Noss Mayo Noss Mayo is a village in the civil parish of Newton and Noss in the South Hams district of South West Devon, England, about south-east of Plymouth. It lies about inland, on the southern bank of Newton Creek, an arm of the estuary of the Rive ...
. It was is in the
Plympton St Mary Plympton is a suburb of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is in origin an ancient stannary town. It was an important trading centre for locally mined tin, and a seaport before the River Plym silted up and trade moved down river to Ply ...
district, and is located almost 2 miles south east of
Newton Ferrers Newton Ferrers is a village and former manor and ecclesiastical parish in the English county of Devon; it is now in the civil parish of Newton and Noss. It is situated on a creek of the River Yealm estuary, about south-east of the City of Plym ...
. In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 347. On the 1 April 1935 the parish was merged to create Newton and Noss.


History

The name "Revelstoke" means 'Outlying farm/settlement' with the incorporation of the Revel family name'.


References

Former civil parishes in Devon South Hams {{devon-geo-stub