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{{Short description|Village in Devon, England}}
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[[File:Northern side of Newton Creek from Noss Mayo - geograph.org.uk - 124790.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Newton Ferrers as seen across Newton Creek from Noss Mayo]]
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'''Newton Ferrers''' is a village and former [[manor]] and [[ecclesiastical parish]] in the [[England|English]] county of [[Devon]]; it is now in the [[civil parish]] of [[Newton and Noss]].<ref>{{cite web
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| civil_parish = [[Newton and Noss]]
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| region= South West England
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| post_town= PLYMOUTH
| postcode_area= PL
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| shire_district= [[South Hams]]
| shire_county= [[Devon]]
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|static_image_caption=Newton Ferrers as seen across Newton Creek from Noss Mayo
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'''Newton Ferrers''' is a village and former [[Manorialism|manor]], [[civil parish|civil]] and [[ecclesiastical parish]], now in the parish of [[Newton and Noss]], in the [[South Hams]] district, in the county of [[Devon]], England.<ref>{{cite web
|title =Newton and Noss Parish Council
|title =Newton and Noss Parish Council
|url =http://www.newtonandnoss-pc.gov.uk/|accessdate=2009-09-09
|url =http://www.newtonandnoss-pc.gov.uk/|accessdate=2009-09-09
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| title =Newton Ferrers & Noss Mayo
| title =Newton Ferrers & Noss Mayo
| url =http://www.newtonnoss.co.uk/index.asp| accessdate =2009-09-09
| url =http://www.newtonnoss.co.uk/index.asp| accessdate =2009-09-09
}}</ref> It is situated on a creek of the the [[River Yealm]] estuary, about {{convert|6|mi|km|0}} south-east of the City of Plymouth. It lies within the [[South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty]]. The village has a population of 1,268 according to the [[United Kingdom Census 2011]]. The [[electoral ward]] of Newton and Noss had a population of 1,814 at the 2011 census.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/newton-and-noss-e05003577#sthash.i3wzJRV6.dpbs|title=Newton and Noss ward 2011|accessdate= 19 February 2015}}</ref>
}}</ref> It is situated on a creek of the [[River Yealm]] estuary, about {{convert|6|mi|km|0}} south-east of the City of Plymouth. It lies within the [[South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty]]. According to the [[United Kingdom Census 2011]]
the population of the village of Newton Ferrers was 1,268 and that of the [[electoral ward]] of Newton and Noss was 1,814.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ukcensusdata.com/newton-and-noss-e05003577#sthash.i3wzJRV6.dpbs|title=Newton and Noss ward 2011|accessdate= 19 February 2015}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
The [[manor]] of Newton Ferrers is listed in the 1086 [[Domesday Book]] as ''Niwetone''.<ref>{{cite book
The [[Manorialism|manor]] of Newton Ferrers is listed in the 1086 [[Domesday Book]] as ''Niwetone''.<ref>{{cite book
|title=The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-names
|title=The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-names
|last=Watts|first=Victor
|last=Watts|first=Victor
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|isbn=978-1-59884-201-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/piratesamericasv00marl/page/n609 589]}}</ref>
|isbn=978-1-59884-201-2 |page=[https://archive.org/details/piratesamericasv00marl/page/n609 589]}}</ref>


In 1931 the parish had a population of 884.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10023609/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Newton Ferrers AP/CP through time|publisher=[[A Vision of Britain through Time]]|accessdate=31 March 2023}}</ref> On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished to form "Newton and Noss", part also went to [[Yealmpton]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10023609|title=Relationships and changes Newton Ferrers AP/CP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=31 March 2023}}</ref>
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The [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]] established a [[Lifeboat (rescue)|lifeboat]] station at the mouth of the Newton Creek in March 1878. A stone boat house was built and the boat was launched into the River Yealm using a slipway. The station was closed in 1927 by which time [[Plymouth Lifeboat Station]] had been equipped with a motor lifeboat which could cover the area more effectively. During its 49 years three different lifeboats operated from the 'Yealm River Lifeboat Station': ''Bowman'' (1878), ''Darling'' (1887) and ''Michael Smart'' (1904).<ref>{{cite book
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|last= Leach |first= Nicholas
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|title= Devon's Lifeboat Heritage |year= 2009
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|publisher= Twelveheads Press |location= Chacewater
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|isbn= 978-0-906294-72-7 |page= 29 }}</ref>

The [[art deco]] house [[Casa del Rio]] was built in 1936.


==Churches==
==Churches==
[[Holy Cross Church, Newton Ferrers]] was re-built in 1260. It was less than half the size of the present building and in 1342 was enlarged by the then rector, Henry de Ferrers. It received a [[Victorian restoration]] by [[George Fellowes Prynne]] in 1885–6 and only the west tower and the north and south [[Arcade (architecture)|arcades]] remain of the medieval structure.<ref>{{cite book
[[Holy Cross Church, Newton Ferrers]], the parish church, was re-built in 1260. It was less than half the size of the present building and in 1342 was enlarged by the then rector, Henry de Ferrers. It received a [[Victorian restoration]] by [[George Fellowes Prynne]] in 1885–6 and only the west tower and the north and south [[Arcade (architecture)|arcades]] remain of the medieval structure.<ref>{{cite book
|title=The Buildings of England — Devon
|title=The Buildings of England — Devon
|last1=Cherry|first1= Bridget |authorlink2=Nikolaus Pevsner|last2=Pevsner|first2= Nikolaus
|last1=Cherry|first1= Bridget |authorlink2=Nikolaus Pevsner|last2=Pevsner|first2= Nikolaus
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|title=A Brief History of Newton & Noss
|title=A Brief History of Newton & Noss
|url=http://www.newtonnoss.co.uk/history.asp
|url=http://www.newtonnoss.co.uk/history.asp
|publisher=Newton Ferrers & Noss Mayo|accessdate=17 October 2010
|publisher=Newton Ferrers & Noss Mayo
|accessdate=17 October 2010
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131110231608/http://www.newtonnoss.co.uk/history.asp
}}</ref>
|archive-date=10 November 2013
|url-status=dead
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}}</ref> All three churches were ministered by Rev. Jonathan Cruickshank.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vicar flees Devon flock over 'culture of bullying'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-14176817|publisher=BBC|accessdate=8 July 2016}}</ref>


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==Amenities==
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All three churches were ministered by Rev. Jonathan Cruickshank.<ref>{{cite web|title=Vicar flees Devon flock over 'culture of bullying'|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-14176817|publisher=BBC|accessdate=8 July 2016}}</ref>
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The village's shops are on Newton Hill: there is a co-op; a Post Office selling fruit, veg, magazines and clothes; a pharmacy; and an estate agent. There is also a cafe and another estate agent on Parsonage Road. There are no shops in Noss Mayo, but it has two [[public house]]s, The Swan and The Ship. Newton Ferrers has one pub, The Dolphin, and all three are on the waterfront. During the summer a river taxi takes passengers around the two villages and makes regular trips between Newton Ferrers Harbour, Warren Point (for access to [[Wembury]] and its beach) and Noss Mayo. The [[art deco]] house [[Casa del Rio]] was built in 1936.


==Vosses==
[[File:Noss Voss - geograph.org.uk - 189490.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Noss Voss at low tide]]
[[File:Noss Voss - geograph.org.uk - 189490.jpg|thumb|right|upright|Noss Voss at low tide]]
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At low tide there appear two "vosses", i.e. ancient solid man-made pathways across the estuary mud useable as crossing points.<ref>{{cite web

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==Amenities==
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The village's shops are on Newton Hill: there is a co-op; a Post Office selling fruit, veg, magazines and clothes; a pharmacy; a butcher who also sells cold meat and cheese; and an estate agent. There are no shops in Noss Mayo, but it has two [[public house]]s, The Swan and The Ship. Newton Ferrers has one pub, The Dolphin, and all three are on the waterfront.

During the summer a river taxi takes passengers around the two villages and makes regular trips between Newton Ferrers Harbour, Warren Point (for access to [[Wembury]] and its beach) and Noss Mayo.

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At low tide there appear two "vosses", i.e. ancient solid man-made pathways across the estuary mud usable as crossing points.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.southdevonaonb.org.uk/uploads/YealmEstuaryMP1998(1).pdf
|url=http://www.southdevonaonb.org.uk/uploads/YealmEstuaryMP1998(1).pdf
|title=Yealm Estuary Management Plan|year=1998
|title=Yealm Estuary Management Plan
|year=1998
|publisher=South Devon AONB|page=38|accessdate=27 October 2011
|publisher=South Devon AONB
|page=38
|accessdate=27 October 2011
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120420021608/http://www.southdevonaonb.org.uk/uploads/YealmEstuaryMP1998(1).pdf
|archive-date=20 April 2012
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> The Newton Voss crosses the Newton Creek between Riverside Road West below the Dolphin Inn to near the Swan Inn. The Noss Voss crosses the brook between the Swan Inn and the Ship Inn in Noss Mayo.
}}</ref> The Newton Voss crosses the Newton Creek between Riverside Road West below the Dolphin Inn to near the Swan Inn. The Noss Voss crosses the brook between the Swan Inn and the Ship Inn in Noss Mayo.

==Lifeboat station==
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The [[Royal National Lifeboat Institution]] established a [[Lifeboat (rescue)|lifeboat]] station at the mouth of the Newton Creek in March 1878. A stone boat house was built and the boat was launched into the River Yealm using a slipway. The station was closed in 1927 by which time [[Plymouth Lifeboat Station]] had been equipped with a motor lifeboat which could cover the area more effectively. During its 49 years three different lifeboats operated from the 'Yealm River Lifeboat Station': ''Bowman'' (1878), ''Darling'' (1887) and ''Michael Smart'' (1904).<ref>{{cite book
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|last= Leach |first= Nicholas
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|title= Devon's Lifeboat Heritage |year= 2009
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|publisher= Twelveheads Press |location= Chacewater
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|isbn= 978-0-906294-72-7 |page= 29 }}</ref>


==Twinned villages==
==Twinned villages==
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This article is about the village in Devon. For the former manor of Newton Ferrers in Cornwall, see Newton Ferrers, Cornwall.

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50°19′N 4°02′W / 50.317°N 4.033°W / 50.317; -4.033

Newton Ferrers is a village and former manor, civil and ecclesiastical parish, now in the parish of Newton and Noss, in the South Hams district, in the county of Devon, England.[1][2] It is situated on a creek of the River Yealm estuary, about 6 miles (10 km) south-east of the City of Plymouth. It lies within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. According to the United Kingdom Census 2011 the population of the village of Newton Ferrers was 1,268 and that of the electoral ward of Newton and Noss was 1,814.[3]

History

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The manor of Newton Ferrers is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as Niwetone.[4] It was granted to a branch of the Norman family of de Ferrers, after which the manor and village became known as Newton Ferrers. It was probably the birthplace of the notorious 17th-century pirate Henry Every.[5]

In 1931 the parish had a population of 884.[6] On 1 April 1935 the parish was abolished to form "Newton and Noss", part also went to Yealmpton.[7]

Churches

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Holy Cross Church, Newton Ferrers, the parish church, was re-built in 1260. It was less than half the size of the present building and in 1342 was enlarged by the then rector, Henry de Ferrers. It received a Victorian restoration by George Fellowes Prynne in 1885–6 and only the west tower and the north and south arcades remain of the medieval structure.[8]

Across the creek in the former parish of Noss Mayo St Peter's Church was built in 1880–82 by Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke of Membland, and took over from the nearby Church of St Peter the Poor Fisherman, Revelstoke, built in 1226.[9] All three churches were ministered by Rev. Jonathan Cruickshank.[10]

Amenities

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The village's shops are on Newton Hill: there is a co-op; a Post Office selling fruit, veg, magazines and clothes; a pharmacy; and an estate agent. There is also a cafe and another estate agent on Parsonage Road. There are no shops in Noss Mayo, but it has two public houses, The Swan and The Ship. Newton Ferrers has one pub, The Dolphin, and all three are on the waterfront. During the summer a river taxi takes passengers around the two villages and makes regular trips between Newton Ferrers Harbour, Warren Point (for access to Wembury and its beach) and Noss Mayo. The art deco house Casa del Rio was built in 1936.

Vosses

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Noss Voss at low tide

At low tide there appear two "vosses", i.e. ancient solid man-made pathways across the estuary mud useable as crossing points.[11] The Newton Voss crosses the Newton Creek between Riverside Road West below the Dolphin Inn to near the Swan Inn. The Noss Voss crosses the brook between the Swan Inn and the Ship Inn in Noss Mayo.

Lifeboat station

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The Royal National Lifeboat Institution established a lifeboat station at the mouth of the Newton Creek in March 1878. A stone boat house was built and the boat was launched into the River Yealm using a slipway. The station was closed in 1927 by which time Plymouth Lifeboat Station had been equipped with a motor lifeboat which could cover the area more effectively. During its 49 years three different lifeboats operated from the 'Yealm River Lifeboat Station': Bowman (1878), Darling (1887) and Michael Smart (1904).[12]

Twinned villages

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Newton Ferrers has been twinned with :

References

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  1. ^ "Newton and Noss Parish Council". Retrieved 9 September 2009.
  2. ^ "Newton Ferrers & Noss Mayo". Retrieved 9 September 2009.
  3. ^ "Newton and Noss ward 2011". Retrieved 19 February 2015.
  4. ^ Watts, Victor (2010). The Cambridge Dictionary of English Place-names (1st paperback ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 437. ISBN 978-0-521-16855-7.
  5. ^ Marley, David F. (2010). Pirates of the Americas. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO. p. 589. ISBN 978-1-59884-201-2.
  6. ^ "Population statistics Newton Ferrers AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  7. ^ "Relationships and changes Newton Ferrers AP/CP through time". A Vision of Britain through Time. Retrieved 31 March 2023.
  8. ^ Cherry, Bridget; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1989). The Buildings of England — Devon. Harmondsworth: Penguin. p. 595. ISBN 0-14-071050-7.
  9. ^ "A Brief History of Newton & Noss". Newton Ferrers & Noss Mayo. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2010.
  10. ^ "Vicar flees Devon flock over 'culture of bullying'". BBC. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
  11. ^ "Yealm Estuary Management Plan" (PDF). South Devon AONB. 1998. p. 38. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 April 2012. Retrieved 27 October 2011.
  12. ^ Leach, Nicholas (2009). Devon's Lifeboat Heritage. Chacewater: Twelveheads Press. p. 29. ISBN 978-0-906294-72-7.
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