Collaton St Mary (before 1864 Collaton Kirkham[1]) is a village, parish and former manor in Devon, England, situated about 2 miles (3 km) west of the town of Paignton. The village is bisected by the A385 Paignton to Totnes road. The parish is now administered within the unitary authority of Torbay, Devon.
The parish church, the Church of St Mary, a grade II* listed building[2] was built in 1864-6 by Rev. J.R. Hogg, lord of the manor of nearby Blagdon, in memory of his daughter who died in 1864.[3] It was one of several new churches built in the 19th century which served the needs of the expanding town of Paignton.
Collaton St Mary takes its name from Hogg's daughter, Mary Maxwell Hogg, who was the granddaughter of Henry Francis Lyte. In adding to Blagdon Manor, the also lived at Berry Head House.
The village Pub is called the Parker's Arms after the Parker family, the manor of Blagdon having been purchased by Montagu Edmund Parker (1737–1831)[4] (later of Whiteway House, near Chudleigh), Sheriff of Devon in 1789 and a younger brother of John Parker, 1st Baron Boringdon (1735-1788) of Saltram House, Plympton.
- ^ Long a possession of the Kirkham family of adjoining Blagdon, Paignton[1]. Church built in 1864, new parish created from the manor
- ^ Historic England. "PARISH CHURCH OF ST MARY (1207472)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus & Cherry, Bridget, The Buildings of England: Devon, London, 2004, p.839
- ^ Risdon, Tristram (d.1640), Survey of Devon, 1811 edition, London, 1811, with 1810 Additions, p.378
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