Salcombe Regis

{{Short description|Village in Devon, England}}

{{Distinguish|text=Salcombe, the Devon town on the Kingsbridge Estuary}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

|static_image = Salcombe church.jpg

|static_image_width = 240px

|static_image_caption = Salcombe Regis

|country = England

|official_name = Salcombe Regis

|coordinates = {{coord|50.69357|-3.20705|display=inline,title}}

|population =

|civil_parish=Sidmouth

|shire_county = Devon

|shire_district = East Devon

|region = South West England

|post_town = SIDMOUTH

|postcode_district = EX10

|postcode_area = EX

|dial_code =

|constituency_westminster= Honiton and Sidmouth

|os_grid_reference= SY148888

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Salcombe Regis is a coastal village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Sidmouth, in the East Devon district, in the county of Devon, England. Mentioned in the Domesday Book as "a manor called Selcoma" held by Osbern FitzOsbern, bishop of Exeter, the manor house stood on the site now occupied by Thorn Farm. The thorn tree growing in an enclosure at the road junction above the farm marked the cultivation boundary between manor and common ground.Sidmouth, A History. Sidmouth, Devon:Sidmouth Museum, 1987 pages 14-15 {{ISBN|0-9512704-0-0}} In 1951 the parish had a population of 869.{{cite web|url=https://visionofbritain.org.uk/unit/10035314/cube/TOT_POP|title=Population statistics Salcombe Regis CP/AP through time|publisher=A Vision of Britain through Time|accessdate=31 March 2023}} On 1 April 1974 the parish was abolished and merged with Sidmouth.{{cite web|url=https://www.ukbmd.org.uk/reg/districts/honiton.html|title=Honiton Registration District|publisher=UKBMD|accessdate=31 March 2023}}

The church of St Peter was built c. 1107 and restored in 1845. It contains monuments to the distinguished scientists Sir Ambrose Fleming and Sir Norman Lockyer, both buried there.Sutton, Anna. A Story of Sidmouth. Chichester, Sussex: Phillimore & Co., 1973 pages 157-159 {{ISBN|0-85033-113-7}}