Buckland-Tout-Saints is a village and

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 ...

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 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. Devo ...

, 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, Frogmore and Sherford,

Kingsbridge Kingsbridge is a market town and tourist hub in the South Hams district of Devon, England, with a population of 6,116 at the 2011 census. Two electoral wards bear the name of ''Kingsbridge'' (East & North). Their combined population at the ab ...

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 Loddiswell is a parish and village in the South Hams district of Devon, England. It lies on the west side of the River Avon or Aune and is three miles NNW from Kingsbridge. There is evidence of occupation going back to Roman times. The villages ...

. The name derives from the Toutsaints family who held the manor 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 Lord of the Manor is a title that, in Anglo-Saxon England, referred to the landholder of a rural estate. The lord enjoyed manorial rights (the rights to establish and occupy a residence, known as the manor house and demesne) as well as seig ...

until the 17th century, when the manor was sold to the

Southcott family Southcott is a surname of an ancient and prominent family from the English counties of Devon and Cornwall. History The surname Southcott is first recorded by ''Michael de Suthcot, Lord of Suthcot'' in the 13th century, and later recorded by Si ...

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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