Marldon
Marldon is a village in the South Hams in Devon, United Kingdom, to the north-west of Paignton. It is the most northeasterly Civil Parish in the South Hams and includes the village of Compton with Compton Castle. Beacon Hill transmitting station is on the highest point in the parish.
Church records date back to 1598. The parish was in the Haytor Hundred. Marldon was a small village until the 1960s when major residential development took place.
Marldon is known locally for its Apple Pie fair which originated in the nineteenth century and was revived in 1958.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marldon
Marldon Parish Council:
http://www.marldonparishcouncil.org.uk/
Lockdown Necessities:
https://southhams.gov.uk/Marldon
Weather:
https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/forecast/gbvqznfh6 (Preston Sands)
OpenStreetMap:
https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=Marldon#map=14/50.4576/-3.5963
Devon County Council Map Viewer
Information on Devon's environment has been mapped on our Environment Viewer. These maps give access to spatial (geographic) data for Devon on a wide range of topics.
Genuki:
GENUKI provides a virtual reference library of genealogical information of particular relevance to the UK and Ireland. It is a non-commercial service, maintained by a charitable trust and a group of volunteers.
https://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DEV/Marldon
Tithe Map:
The tithe maps and apportionments are an important source of information about the history and topography of a parish. They provide details of land ownership and occupation, and the type of cultivation of the land, and are often the earliest complete maps of parishes.
https://www.devon.gov.uk/historicenvironment/tithe-map/marldon/
