Yealmpton

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Yealmpton
St Bartholomew's Church
Yealmpton Location within Devon
Population	1,677 (2011)
OS grid reference	SX5751
Civil parish	Yealmpton
District	South Hams
Shire county	Devon
Region	South West
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	PLYMOUTH
Postcode district	PL8
Dialling code	01752
Police	Devon and Cornwall
Fire	Devon and Somerset
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	South West Devon
List of places UK England Devon 50°20′31″N 3°59′49″W / 50.342°N 3.997°W / 50.342; -3.997

Yealmpton (/ˈjælmtən/) is a village and civil parish in the English county of Devon. It is located in the South Hams on the A379 Plymouth to Kingsbridge road and is about 8 miles (13 km) from Plymouth. Its name derives from the River Yealm that flows through the village. At the 2001 census, it had a population of 1,923,^[1] falling to 1,677 at the 2011 census.^[2] There is an electoral ward of the same name. The population of this ward in 2011 was 2,049.^[3]

Yealmpton is home to a 400-year-old stone cottage, where it is said a version of the famous rhyme Old Mother Hubbard was written. It is also the site of Kitley Caves, including the now closed Kitley Show Cave, where green marble was quarried; there is an arch of it in the British Museum. John Pollexfen Bastard (1756–1816) a British Tory politician, landowner and colonel of the East Devonshire Militia, lived at Kitley House, Yealmpton.