Ringmore

RINGMORE, a parish, in the union of Kingsbridge, hundred of Ermington, Ermington and Plympton, and S. divisions of Devon, 4 miles (S. by W.) from Modbury; containing 362 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the shore of Bigbury bay, near the mouth of the Avon; and comprises by admeasurement 1168 acres. Fine building-stone, of a slaty kind, is quarried for covering houses. Small vessels come up the Avon, laden chiefly with coal, and take back hides, potatoes, &c., for the London market. There is also a mackerel and pilchard fishery, which, during the season, employs between 60 and 80 men, besides women. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £19. 10. 7½., and in the gift of the incumbent, the Rev. Gilbert Butland: the tithes, including a small portion of the parish of Kingston, and exclusive of the glebe, have been commuted for £235; the glebe contains 100 acres, with a substantial and elegant house, lately built. The church is a plain structure in the later English style.