Newton Ferrers, Devon - publicity postcard for Yealm Holidays c.1970s

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• Picture / Image:  Yealm Holidays [has publicity details on back] - shows Newton Ferrers in Devon
• Publisher:  Yealm Holidays
• Postally used:  no
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Text from the free encyclopedia WIKIPEDIA may appear below to give a little background information (internal links may not  work) :

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Newton Ferrers is a village in the civil parish of Newton and Noss^[1] in the English county of Devon,^[2] about 6 miles (10 km) south-east of Plymouth on the River Yealm estuary. It lies within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The village has a population of 1,268 according to the 2011 Census. The electoral ward of Newton and Noss had a population of 1,814 at the 2011 census.^[3]

Newton Ferrers was recorded in the 1086 Domesday Book as Niwetone.^[4] The village was "given" to a Norman noble family "Ferrers" and the village became Newton Ferrers. It is the likely birthplace of the notorious 17th-century pirate Henry Every.^[5]

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).^[6]

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

The church of Holy Cross in 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 was restored by George Fellowes Prynne in 1885–6 and only the west tower and the north and south arcades remain of the medieval structure.^[7]

Across the creek, St. Peter's at Noss Mayo was built in 1877 by Edward Baring, the 1st Lord Revelstoke, and took over from the nearby Church of St Peter the Poor Fisherman, Revelstoke, built in 1226.^[8]

All three churches were ministered by Rev'd Jonathan Cruickshank.^[9]