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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Bolberry like this:
BOLTBURY, a hamlet in Malborough parish, Devon; on the coast, between Bolt-Tail and Sawmill Cove, 4½ miles SW of Kingsbridge. Boltbury Down here falls precipitously to the sea; and a chasm, at the highest part of its sea-cliff, bears the name of Ralph's Hole, and was long the retreat of a noted smuggler.
Bolberry is now part of SOUTH HAMS District. Click here for graphs and data of how SOUTH HAMS has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Bolberry itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Bolberry, in South Hams and Devon | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25253
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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