South Hams
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| South Hams District | |
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 Shown within Devon | |
| Geography | |
| Status: | District |
| Region: | South West England |
| Admin. County: | Devon |
| Area: - Total | Ranked 39th 886.51 km² |
| Admin. HQ: | Totnes |
| ONS code: | 18UG |
| Demographics | |
| Population: - Total (2004 est.) - Density | Ranked {{English district rank / km² |
| Ethnicity: | 99.1% White |
| Politics | |
| South Hams District Council http://www.south-hams-dc.gov.uk/ | |
| Leadership: | Leader & Cabinet |
| Executive: | |
| MPs: | Anthony Steen, Gary Streeter |
To the north it includes part of Dartmoor National Park, to the east borders Torquay, and to the west Plymouth. It contains some of the most unspoilt coastline on the south coast, including the promontories of Start Point, and Bolt Head.
The South Hams is the last British refuge of the Cirl Bunting.
The current district was formed on April 1, 1974, under the Local Government Act 1972, by the merger of Dartmouth and Totnes municipal boroughs, Kingsbridge and Salcombe urban districts, and Kingsbridge Rural District, Plympton St Mary Rural District and Totnes Rural District.
In the Anglo-Saxon era the South Hams was a feudal estate consisting of all of the land between the River Plym and River Dart and south of Dartmoor with the English Channel forming the southern boundary. In 1967 the suburban towns of Plympton and Plymstock were detached from the South Hams and amalgamated with the City of Plymouth.
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