Yealm Head
Yealm Head is a cape in England, United Kingdom. Yealm Head is situated nearby to the village Newton Ferrers, as well as near the hamlet Noss Mayo.Places of Interest
Highlights include Church of St Werburgh, Wembury and Holy Cross Church, Newton Ferrers.
Holy Cross Church, Newton Ferrers
Church
Photo: Geoff Pick, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Holy Cross Church is a Church of England parish church in Newton Ferrers, Devon, England. The existing church has 13th-century origins, with a major restoration and rebuild of 1885–86. Holy Cross has been a Grade I listed building since 1960. Holy Cross Church, Newton Ferrers is situated 1½ miles northeast of Yealm Head.
Church of St Peter the Poor Fisherman
Church
Photo: Kate Jewell, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Peter the Poor Fisherman in the village of Noss Mayo, in Devon, England, was built in 1226. It is located in the former civil parish of Revelstoke. Church of St Peter the Poor Fisherman is situated 2 miles east of Yealm Head.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Newton Ferrers and Noss Mayo.
Newton Ferrers
Village
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Noss Mayo
Hamlet
Photo: Martin Bodman, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Noss Mayo is a village in the civil parish of Newton and Noss in the South Hams district of Devon, England, 6 miles south-east of Plymouth, one mile inland on the southern bank of Newton Creek, an arm of the estuary of the River Yealm.
Membland
Hamlet
Photo: Derek Harper, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Membland is an historic estate in the parish of Newton and Noss, Devon, situated about 8 miles south-east of the centre of Plymouth. The estate was purchased in about 1877 by Edward Baring, 1st Baron Revelstoke, senior partner of Barings Bank, who rebuilt the mansion house known as Membland Hall. Membland is situated 2½ miles northeast of Yealm Head.
Yealm Head
- Type: Cape
- Description: headland in Devon, England, UK
- Category: landform
- Location: England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Yealm Head” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Yealm Head”
- Swedish: “Yealm Head”
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