Revelstoke is a former

civil parish In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government. Civil parishes can trace their origin to the ancient system of parishes, w ...

, now in the parish of

Newton and Noss Newton and Noss is a civil parish in the South Hams district of Devon, England comprising the villages of Newton Ferrers and Noss Mayo and outlying hamlets such as Membland. The population of the parish taken at the United Kingdom Census 2011, ...

, in the

South Hams South Hams is a non-metropolitan district, local government district on the south coast of Devon, England. Its council is based in the town of Totnes, although the largest town is Ivybridge. The district also contains the towns of Dartmouth, ...

district, in the county of

Devon Devon ( ; historically also known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the west ...

, England. It has a church called Church of St Peter the Poor Fisherman. The parish contained the village of

Noss Mayo Noss Mayo is a village in the civil parish of Newton and Noss in the South Hams district of Devon, England, south-east of Plymouth, inland on the southern bank of Newton Creek, an arm of the estuary of the River Yealm. On the opposite, northern ...

. It was in the

Plympton St Mary Plympton is a suburb of the city of Plymouth in Devon, England. It is in origin an ancient Stannary, stannary town. It was an important trading centre for locally mined tin, and a seaport before the River Plym silted up and trade moved down riv ...

district and located almost 2 miles south east of

Newton Ferrers 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. It is situated on a creek of the River Y ...

. In 1931 the civil parish had a population of 347. On the 1 April 1935 the parish was merged to create Newton and Noss.

History

The name "Revelstoke" means 'Outlying farm/settlement' with the incorporation of the Revel family name'.

References

Former civil parishes in Devon South Hams {{devon-geo-stub