Yeo Vale was originally owned by the at Yeo family, who took their surname from the estate, but it ended up passing to the Giffard family through marriage, and it is located in the small village of Alwington which currently has a population of 400.
Alwington is a village and civil parish in the Torridge district of Devon, England. The parish has a total population of 381 (2001 census), increasing at the 2011 census to 400. The parish is on the coast and includes the villages of Alwington, Fairy Cross, Ford and Knotty Corner. 
