Salcombe Regis

Not to be confused with Salcombe, the Devon town on the Kingsbridge Estuary.

Salcombe Regis is a coastal village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sidmouth, in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. Mentioned in the Domesday Book as "a manor called Selcoma" held by Osbern FitzOsbern, bishop of Exeter, the manor house stood on the site now occupied by Thorn Farm. The thorn tree growing in an enclosure at the road junction above the farm marked the cultivation boundary between manor and common ground.^[1] In 1951 the parish had a population of 869.^[2] On 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished and merged with Sidmouth.^[3]

Salcombe Regis
Salcombe Regis
Salcombe Regis Location within Devon
OS grid reference	SY148888
Civil parish	Sidmouth
District	East Devon
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	SIDMOUTH
Postcode district	EX10
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Honiton and Sidmouth
List of places UK England Devon 50.69357°N 3.20705°W / 50.69357; -3.20705

The church of St Peter was built c. 1107 and restored in 1845. It contains monuments to the distinguished scientists Sir Ambrose Fleming and Sir Norman Lockyer, both buried there.^[4]

See also

• Regis (Place)
• List of place names with royal patronage in the United Kingdom