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"EAST PORTLEMOUTH, a parish in the hundred of Coleridge, county Devon, 5 miles S.E. of Kingsbridge, its post town. It is situated on the E. shore of Salcombe bay, near the mouth of the creek, and contains the hamlets of Holset and Rickham. A ferryboat plies between here and Salcombe. The village is very small and chiefly agricultural, except a few fishermen. It commands a sea view. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Exeter, value £324. The church is an old structure with a tower. It contains a carved wooden screen."
"HOLSET, a hamlet in the parish of East Portlemouth, county Devon, 4 miles S. of Kingsbridge."
"RICKHAM, a hamlet in the parish of East Portlemouth, county Devon, 4 miles S.E. of Kingsbridge. It is a coastguard station."
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