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Revelstoke

 

Revelstoke parish has it church on the sea coast, near Stoke Point and Bigbury Bay, but most of its inhabitants are in the large fishing village of Noss Mayo, which lies in a low situation, on the south side of a creek from the mouth of the Yealm, opposite Newton Ferrers, nine miles south-east. of Plymouth.

The name Revelstoke is thought to be derived from the Middle English 'reafful' (disturbance) and 'stock' (stockade) which would bear out this last theory. However, the name could equally well mean simply a cattle farm belonging to the Revel family, the word 'stoc' having meant cattle/dairy farm.

The Revels were a rich and important family, lords of the manor of Revelstoke and, in the reign of Richard I, Richard Revel was Sherriff of Devon.

The parish had 613 inhabitants in 1841, within about 1470 acres.

The manor of Revelstoke was long the property and seat of the Revells . The Church is an ancient structure, with a small belfry and two bells; and in Noss Mayo, is a small Chapel of Ease, erected in 1838. The benefice is a perpetual curacy, consolidated with the vicarage of Yealmpton.