Sherford (near Kingsbridge)

Sherford is a village and former civil parish and manor, now in the parish of Frogmore and Sherford, in the South Hams district, in the county of Devon, England. It is situated about 2+1⁄2 miles (4 km) east of the town of Kingsbridge. It should not be confused with the new town Sherford to be built on the outskirts of Plymouth, about 18 miles (29 km) to the north-west. The parish church is dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours.^[1] In 1961 the parish had a population of 258.^[2] On 1 April 1986 the parish was abolished and merged with parts of South Pool and Charleton to form "Frogmore and Sherford".^[3] Sherford was recorded in the Domesday Book as Sireford/Sirefort/Sireforda.^[4]

Sherford
St Martin's Church, Sherford
Sherford Location within Devon
Civil parish	Frogmore and Sherford
District	South Hams
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
List of places UK England Devon 50°17′07″N 3°42′55″W

Historic estates

Within the parish are various historic estates including:

Kenedon

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 (1.6 km) south of the village of Sherford.^[5]

Malston

Malston,^[6] 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^[7] of Malston^[8] and East Ogwell.^[9]

Stancombe Dawney

Stancombe Dawney, in the parish of Sherford.^[10] It came into the possession of the Pollexfen family in 1624. It was the birthplace of Henry Pollexfen (1632–1691),^[11] of Nutwell in the parish of Woodbury, Devon, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. In about 1730 it passed to the Drake family of Buckland Monachorum, and in 1758 was sold by Sir Francis Henry Drake, 5th Baronet (1723–1794) to John Furlong. In 1778 it became the property of the Cornish family who held it in 1911.^[12]

References

1. Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.727
2. "Population Statistics Sherford Ch/CP through time". A Vision of Britain. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
3. "The South Hams (Parishes) Order 1985" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for England. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
4. "Devonshire S". The Domesday Book Online. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
5. Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.727
6. Malston in parish of SDherford per Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, pp.172,382
7. 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
8. Pole, p.287
9. Pole, p.251
10. Davies, William, Paragraph 125, Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries, Vol. VI, 1911, pp.130-1
11. Eliott-Drake, Elizabeth (Lady Eliott-Drake) (1840-1923) (née Douglas, a daughter of Sir Robert Andrews Douglas, 2nd Baronet of Glenbervie and wife of Sir Francis George Augustus Fuller-Eliott-Drake, 2nd Baronet (1837–1916) of Nutwell Court and Buckland Monachorum), Family and Heirs of Sir Francis Drake, Vol. II, London, 1911, pp.55-9
12. Davies, William