Holbeton

Holbeton is a civil parish and village located 9 miles south east of Plymouth in the South Hams district of Devon, England. At the 2001 census the parish had a population of 579, down from 850 in 1901. By 2011 it had increased to 619.

The southern boundary of the parish lies on the coast (at Bigbury Bay), and it is surrounded clockwise from the west by the parishes of Newton and Noss, Yealmpton, Ermington, Modbury, and on the opposite bank of the ria of the River Erme, Kingston. The village, set back from the wooded shores of the river, is accessed by minor roads south of the A379 road, between the villages of Modbury and Yealmpton. Within the parish, north of the village, is the hamlet of Ford.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holbeton 

Holbeton Parish Council:

https://www.holbeton-pc.gov.uk/ 

Lockdown Necessities:

https://www.holbeton-pc.gov.uk/coronavirus/  

Weather:

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/forecast/gbvnmj63e (Yealmpton)

OpenStreetMap:

https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=holbeton#map=17/50.33515/-3.94795 

Devon County Council Map Viewer

Information on Devon's environment has been mapped on our Environment Viewer. These maps give access to spatial (geographic) data for Devon on a wide range of topics.

http://map.devon.gov.uk/dccviewer/?bm=Aerial2015Onwards&layers=Ecology%20%2F%20Geology;-1&activeTab=Ecology %2f Geology&extent=256339;45722;266578;52184

Genuki:

GENUKI provides a virtual reference library of genealogical information of particular relevance to the UK and Ireland. It is a non-commercial service, maintained by a charitable trust and a group of volunteers.

https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/Holbeton 

Tithe Map:

The tithe maps and apportionments are an important source of information about the history and topography of a parish. They provide details of land ownership and occupation, and the type of cultivation of the land, and are often the earliest complete maps of parishes. 

https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/holbeton/ 

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