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Wembury is a village on the south coast of Devon, very close to Plymouth Sound. Wembury is also the name of the peninsula in which the village is situated. The village lies in the administrative district of the South Hams within the South Devon Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The South West Coast Path goes past the coastal end of the town. The National Trust has taken an active role in maintaining the scenic and historic characteristics of the village and its surrounding area. The beach is well known for its surfing and rock pooling. Wembury Marine Centre educates visitors about what they can find in the rockpools and how they can help protect and preserve them. The centre is managed by Devon Wildlife Trust and was refurbished in 2006. Basking sharks can be seen in the summer near the Mewstone. There is also Wembury primary school () There are three pubs within the Wembury parish; The Eddystone Inn, Mussell Inn and the Odd Wheel (the oddy). Three shops are also in Wembury; Down Thomas stores, Wembury stores and Wembury Spar. The Spar previously was Knighton Stores and was taken over in April 2012. The appropriate electoral ward is called ''Wembury'' and Brixton. The ward population at the 2011 census was 4,455. Wembury is a part of the South West Devon UK Parliament constituency. == History == Wembury was visited by Mesolithic man as evidenced by flint implements found on local sites. Some Roman coins have also been found. The name 'Wembury' may derive from a place name containing the name Woden,〔'Report and transactions, Volume 10'.Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science 1878. Original from the University of California. Pages 285, 299〕〔Taylor, Isaac. 'Words and Places: or, Etymological Illustrations of History, Ethnology, and Geography'. Macmillan, 1865, Harvard University. ISBN 1-4212-7015-3 Length: 561 pages. Pages 322 and 323〕〔Allen, Grant.'Early Britain' BiblioBazaar, LLC, 2007. ISBN 1-4346-0560-4, ISBN 978-1-4346-0560-3. Length: 172 pages. Page 63〕 and John Mitchell Kemble notes that it was called "Wódnesbeorh".〔Kemble, John Mitchell. de Gray Birch, John (editor). 'The Saxons in England V1: A History of the English Commonwealth Till the Period of the Norman Conquest'. Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1849. ISBN 978-1-4326-3740-8. Length: 562 pages. Page 336, 343, 344〕 Saxons colonised south-west Devon during the 7th century and founded agricultural settlements here. There was also a church dedicated to Saint Werburgh, a Saxon saint, in the area. Wembury has expanded vastly in the last 80 years with areas of farmland sold off for housing. Some older buildings are still present in the village, mainly in Knighton and West Wembury. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wembury」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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