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The Rev. R. D. Alexander, the Incumbent of South Pool, 

 says (April 7th, 1873) : — "The church is mainly of fifteenth 

 century work. Our school, which everybody said was 

 absurdly large, &c, has proved a great success. Indeed, 

 the only mistake I made was that I did not build it large 

 enough; H. M. Inspector having twice told us he shall 

 expect to see a class-room built soon." 



Risdon says, that "South Pole was the lands of the 

 Lord Nicholas de Pola in the time of King Henry I., 

 whose son, the Lord William, went with King Richard I. 

 into the Holy Land: after whom Maurice de Pola held 

 this land. In South Pole is Scobbahull, and Chivelstone 

 the ancient inheritance of Scobbahull, which, from Robert, 

 in the reign of King Henry III., unto Robert, in King 

 Henry IV.'s time, remained in that name." Scobbahull, 

 or as it is now called Scobell, is not within sight from 

 the Estuary. Chivelstone is a small village, but the parish 

 extends southwards to the romantic sea cliffs between Start 

 and Prawle Points ; it includes the fishing village of Prawle, 

 and the hamlets of Ford and South Allington. The church 

 at Chivelstone is an ancient one, dedicated to St. Silvester; 

 this is the only church named in his honour in all England. 

 The old rood loft remains, and the pulpit is formed of a 

 solid block of wood. 



"South Pole, in Kinge Henry I. tyme, the Lo. Nicolas 

 de Pola held; and Will a m Pomeray held it anno 27 of 

 Kinge Henry III,; anno 24 of Kinge Edw d I., John de Ciren- 

 cester was lorde thereof; anno 8 of Kinge Edw. II., Thomas 

 de Cirencester held the same; afterward, anno 19 of Kinge 

 Edw. III., S r Thomas Courtenay was Lord of South Pole, 

 from whom, by Peverell and Hungerford, it descended unto 

 Henry Hastings, Erie of Huntingdon, w cU sold this mannor 



