Salcombe Regis

infobox UK place
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static_image_caption = Salcombe Regis
country = England
official_name = Salcombe Regis
latitude = 50.69357
longitude = -3.20705
population =
shire_county = Devon
shire_district = East Devon
region = South West England
post_town = SIDMOUTH
postcode_district = EX10
postcode_area = EX
dial_code =
constituency_westminster= East Devon
os_grid_reference= SY148888

Salcombe Regis is a coastal village in Devon, England, near to Sidmouth. It is often confused with Salcombe, which is some distance away in Devon.
Mentioned in the Domesday Book as " a manor called Selcoma" held by Bishop Osbern of Exeter, the manor house being 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. ["Sidmouth, A History". Sidmouth, Devon:Sidmouth Museum, 1987 pages 14-15 ISBN 0-9512704-0-0]
The church of St Peter was built circa 1107 and restored in 1845. It contains monuments to Sir Ambrose Fleming and Sir Norman Lockyer. [Sutton, Anna. "A Story of Sidmouth". Chichester, Sussex: Phillimore & Co., 1973 pages 157-159 ISBN 0-85033-113-7]

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