Sherford (near Kingsbridge)

St Martin's Church, Sherford

Sherford is a village, parish and former manor in Devon, situated about 2 1/2 miles east of the village of Kingsbridge. It should not be confused with the new town Sherford to be built on the outskirts of Plymouth, about 18 miles to the north-west. The parish church is dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours.[1]

Historic estates

Within the parish are various historic estates including:

  • Kenedon, a manor listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Chenigedone, later a seat of the Hals family. The mansion house is today represented by a small 16th c. farmhouse known as Keynedon, about 1 mile south of the village of Sherford.[2]
  • Malston,[3] a seat of the Reynell family of East Ogwell, which two manors they had inherited in the 14th century, on the marriage of Walter Reynell (fl.1363/4) (from Cambridgeshire) to Margaret Stighull, daughter and heiress of William Stighull[4] of Malston[5] and East Ogwell.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.727
  2. ↑ Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.727
  3. ↑ Malston in parish of SDherford per Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, pp.172,382
  4. ↑ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.643; Pole, Sir William (d.1635), Collections Towards a Description of the County of Devon, Sir John-William de la Pole (ed.), London, 1791, p.287
  5. ↑ Pole, p.287
  6. ↑ Pole, p.251

Coordinates: 50°17′07″N 3°42′55″W / 50.28528°N 3.71528°W / 50.28528; -3.71528

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