SALCOMBE (REGIS), a parish in the eastern division
of the hundred of BUDLEIGH, county of DEVON,
2 miles (E.N.E.) from Sidmouth, containing 436 inhabitants.
The living is a discharged vicarage, in the
peculiar jurisdiction and patronage of the Dean and
Chapter of Exeter, rated in the king's books at
£ 14. 12. 8., endowed with £ 1000 royal bounty. The
church is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Mary. There
was formerly a chapel, dedicated to St. Clement and St.
Mary Magdalene. The parish is bounded on the south
by the English channel, and was anciently held in royal
demesne. Courts leet and baron are occasionally held.
Gypsum and chalk for lime are obtained here.