Chivelstone, housing at East Prawle - geograph

Chivelstone 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 ...

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, England. The parish contains the villages of East Prawle and South Allington as well as the hamlets of

Ford Ford commonly refers to: * Ford Motor Company, an automobile manufacturer founded by Henry Ford * Ford (crossing), a shallow crossing on a river Ford may also refer to: Ford Motor Company * Henry Ford, founder of the Ford Motor Company * Ford F ...

and Lannacombe. The population of the parish taken at the 2011 census was 280.

Etymology

The name of Chivelstone is derived from ''Coefel's'' farm, whilst the name of East Prawle is most likely derived from ''Præwhyll'', which is an Anglo-Saxon term for a look-out hill.Gover, J.E.B., Mawer, A. & Stenton, F.M. 1931–2 ''The Place-names of Devon''. 1931, p. 319–320.

History

The names of the villages in the parish were first recorded in the

Domesday Book Domesday Book () – the Middle English spelling of "Doomsday Book" – is a manuscript record of the "Great Survey" of much of England and parts of Wales completed in 1086 by order of King William I, known as William the Conqueror. The manus ...

in 1086. The 1086 survey recorded three manors in the future Chivelstone parish, all of which were held by

Juhel de Totnes Juhel de Totnes (died 1123/30) (''alias'' Juhel fitz Alfred, Juhel de Mayenne, Judel, Judhel, Judael, Judhael, Joel, Judhel de Totenais), Latinised to Judhellus filius Aluredi, "Juhel son of Alured") was a soldier and supporter of William the Con ...

(died 1123/30). It is generally believed that the country was divided into ecclesiastical parishes around 1200. The church parish of Chivelstone was focused on the church dedicated to St Silvester, the only church dedicated to that saint in Devon, which is the mediaeval dedication to St Mary.

Description

The parish comprises the villages of East Prawle and South Allington and the hamlets of Ford and Lannacombe. A coastal parish on the southernmost tip of land of Devon, Prawle Point, it has an area of 10

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. It is an

Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB; , AHNE) is an area of countryside in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, that has been designated for conservation due to its significant landscape value. Areas are designated in recognition of ...

, Coastal Preservation Area, Heritage Coast, Site of Special Scientific Interest as well as several other preservation areas. The parish has 220 households, most of which are located in East Prawle.

Location

Chivelstone is located 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 ...

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, England. It is surrounded by the parishes of East Portlemouth to the west, South Pool to the northwest and

Stokenham Stokenham ( təʊ̯kən'hæm not stəʊ̯kənəm being a break with other comparators in England) is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the English county of Devon. The population of the parish at the United Kingdom Ce ...

to the north and east. It borders the sea to the south and southeast.

Notes

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