Malborough

Village in Devon, England

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Human settlement in England

Malborough

Church Gate Cottage

Malborough

Location within Devon

Population| 971 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference| SX6939
Civil parish|

* Malborough

District|

* South Hams

Shire county|

* Devon

Region|

* South West

Country| England
Sovereign state| United Kingdom
Post town| KINGSBRIDGE
Postcode district| TQ7
Dialling code| 01548
Police| Devon and Cornwall
Fire| Devon and Somerset
Ambulance| South Western
UK Parliament|

* Totnes

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England
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50°14′N 3°49′W﻿ / ﻿50.24°N 03.82°W﻿ / 50.24; -03.82
All Saints' Church, Malborough

Malborough is a village and civil parish in the South Hams region of Devon. The village is located on the A381 between Kingsbridge and Salcombe, and is a popular village for tourists, with many holiday homes located around the village. At the 2021 census, the parish had a population of 1,144, which was slightly more than the 971 recorded at the 2011 census.[2]

Malborough can be seen from many miles away throughout the South Hams region, due to its magnificent church spire, which is located at the highest point of the village. The Church of All Saints dates from the 13th Century and is built from local Soar stone.[3] The Right Honourable John Stapleton de Courcy, 28th Baron Kingsale, is interred in the churchyard, with other members of the de Courcy family.

The village is home to a small Asda supermarket and a petrol station. The village has an Anglican and a Baptist church (which runs coffee mornings), two pubs, a large village hall and playing fields with children's play equipment and an outdoor gym, a primary school, a post office, a thriving youthclub, and a football team.

## Historic estates

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The parish of Malborough contains various historic estates including:

* Yarde,[4] the original seat of the prominent Devonshire gentry family of Yard,[5] of which branches were later seated at Teignwick, Kingsteignton; Bradley, Kingsteignton; Whiteway, Kingsteignton;[6] Churston Ferrers; Sharpham, Ashprington. It was later a seat of the Dyer family.[7]

## Moonraker

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Malborough has a number of connections with the word "Moonraker": the village cricket club,[8] a local taxi company and a house on the historic Lower Town[9] are named Moonrakers. Legend has it that a consignment of brandy was landed at Hope Cove and was in the process of being brought across Bolberry Down to Malborough when the customs men were spied riding down the valley. The smugglers threw the barrels into Horsey Pool, but realised they could still be seen through the water in the moonlight, so started raking the surface of the pond. When the customs men asked what they were doing, they replied that they were trying to rake the moon out of the pond.[citation needed]

## References

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1. ^ "Parish population 2011". Retrieved 6 April 2015.
2. ^ "Malborough (Parish, United Kingdom) - Population Statistics, Charts, Map and Location". www.citypopulation.de. Retrieved 18 January 2025.
3. ^ "Church of All Saints, Malborough, Devon, England". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 9 February 2015.
4. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.556
5. ^ Gray, Todd & Rowe, Margery (Eds.), Travels in Georgian Devon: The Illustrated Journals of The Reverend John Swete, 1789-1800, 4 vols., Tiverton, 1999, Vol 2, p.164; Pevsner, p.556
6. ^ Swete, Vol.2, p.164
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.315, pedigree of Dyer of Malborough
8. ^ "Malborough Moonrakers Cricket Club". Malborough Moonrakers Cricket Club. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
9. ^ "3 bedroom Cottage for sale: Moonrakers, Lower Town, Malborough, Kingsbridge". Marchand Petit. Archived from the original on 14 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.

## External links

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* Malborough Village Website
* Malborough Baptist Church

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Non-metropolitan district of South Hams

List of civil parishes in Devon#South Hams

Civil parishes|

* Ashprington
* Aveton Gifford
* Berry Pomeroy
* Bickleigh
* Bigbury
* Blackawton
* Brixton
* Buckland-Tout-Saints
* Charleton
* Chivelstone
* Churchstow
* Cornwood
* Cornworthy
* Dartington
* Dartmouth
* Dean Prior
* Diptford
* Dittisham
* East Allington
* East Portlemouth
* Ermington
* Frogmore and Sherford
* Halwell and Moreleigh
* Harberton
* Harford
* Holbeton
* Holne
* Ivybridge
* Kingsbridge
* Kingston
* Kingswear
* Littlehempston
* Loddiswell
* Malborough
* Marldon
* Modbury
* Newton and Noss
* North Huish
* Rattery
* Ringmore
* Salcombe
* Shaugh Prior
* Slapton
* South Brent
* South Huish
* South Milton
* South Pool
* Sparkwell
* Staverton
* Stoke Fleming
* Stoke Gabriel
* Stokenham
* Strete
* Thurlestone
* Totnes
* Ugborough
* Wembury
* West Alvington
* West Buckfastleigh
* Woodleigh
* Yealmpton

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