WEMBURY, (Devon) 1 m. 1-half N. E. of Plymouth, not far from the fall of the r. Yalm into the sea, bel. formerly to Plympton-Priory, and was purchased at the Diss. by one Rider; whose grandson sold it to Sir John Hele; and -Hele, the descendant of Sir Francis, has a noble mansion-house here, with a large pond strongly walled, which at every flood is stored with fish by the opening of the gates, and preserved there by their shutting at the ebb. Geo. Monk, D. of Albemarle, and his son, Christopher, after him, had a seat here, as had the late Mr. Pollexsen.