Modbury
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Modbury is a Town, ecclesiastical parish, civil parish and former manor in the South Hams district of the county of Devon in England."market town", as from at least 1199 the lord of the manor has held the right to hold a regular market. The town is situated on the A379 road, which links it to Plymouth and Kingsbridge. The current parish population is approximately 1,500.
Key facts
- UK place.official_name
- Modbury
- UK place.country
- England
- UK place.region
- South West England
- UK place.static_image_name
- View down Church Street, Modbury, South Hams, Devon.jpg
- UK place.static_image_caption
- Church Street, Modbury
- UK place.population
- 1,454
- UK place.population_ref
- (2001)
- UK place.os_grid_reference
- SX63835946
- UK place.post_town
- IVYBRIDGE
- UK place.postcode_area
- PL
- UK place.postcode_district
- PL21
- UK place.dial_code
- 01548
- UK place.constituency_westminster
- South West Devon
- UK place.civil_parish
- Modbury
- UK place.london_distance_mi
- 181
- UK place.shire_district
- South Hams
- UK place.shire_county
- Devon
- UK place.website
- Modbury Parish Council website
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Civil war
- 19th century
- Manor
- Church
- Historic estates
- Little Modbury
- Orcheton
- Shilstone
- Wympston
- Yarnacombe
- Plastic bag ban
- Modbury Rovers Junior F.C.
- Notable former residents
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Modbury is a Town, ecclesiastical parish, civil parish and former manor in the South Hams district of the county of Devon in England."market town", as from at least 1199 the lord of the manor has held the right to hold a regular market. The town is situated on the A379 road, which links it to Plymouth and Kingsbridge. The current parish population is approximately 1,500.
==Etymology== The name Modbury is a corruption of the Anglo-Saxon name, Moot burgh from 'Moot' meaning either 'Mud' or 'meeting' and 'bury' meaning 'fortified enclosure'.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Modbury” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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