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Historic maps of Barton and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Barton maps
Barton photos
We have no photos of Barton, although we do have photos of these nearby places: Watcombe, St Marychurch, Daccombe, Maidencombe, Babbacombe, Oddicombe, Torquay, Torre Abbey, Ansteys Cove, Chelston, Kingskerswell, Cockington Village, Combeinteignhead, Ringmore, Combe Cellars, Shaldon, Marldon, AbbotskerswellBarton books
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Devon County Memories
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South Devon Coast Photographic Memories
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Devon A Century Ago Photographic Memoiries
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Memories of Barton
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The thirties were the very early days in my life. My mother would take us up to Greathill where we would sit and have a picnic, not a lot to eat but a chance to play in the fresh air. We were all very happy together. Sometimes we might see a skylark rising above us singing away. We used to try... [more]
Shared on 11 February 2009
Devon memories
I have wonderful memories of Watcombe. I lived there for many years. The beach was a favourite place to go in the summer, although even later for me as I used to help Bob Chapman with his fishing, he used to put out the lobster pots and salmon nets. I did the rowing and sometimes the sea very rough but it... [more]
Shared on 10 February 2009
Longing to hear from the St Marychurch Ghosts
Where are you... all my friends... people I knew... people who knew me... MRS ROOK... Roy Chick's family... I have actually spoken to only one person... MISS HOCKIN from the sweet shop in Fore Street... but where are all the ghosts... all the great people who lived in and around Fore Street in the 1940s... young BROWN from Ellacombe (Royal Navy)...... [more]
Shared on 15 October 2008
I live in the USA, but my home was St Marychurch, a special place run by Catholic nuns during World War 2. I was barely two years old, and I was brought there with my five-year-old sister by my aunt, because my father was killed in action in a Lancaster bomber plane when returning back to England after a raid on... [more]
Shared on 30 June 2008
Clog Morris Dancing at the Babbacombe Festival
A week long programme of events for the Babbacombe Festival included a display of clog morris dancing by the Heather and Gorse Clog Morris side from nearby Combeinteignhead, accompanied by a large band of four squeezeboxes and percussion.
The dancers performed in the evening at the Precinct close to the Dolphin pub. It didn't take long before a... [more]
Shared on 26 June 2008
Heather and Gorse dance at Teignmouth
There is a beautiful wide paved area at Teignmouth Triangle which is a natural focal point to meet people and maybe sit and chat on one of the many benches nearby. This was the venue chosen by the Heather and Gorse dancers to put on a display of clog morris dancing along with their band of accordians and melodeons.
Shared on 03 November 2007
A St Marychurch lad I lived in Hampton Farm Cottage, Hampton Farm, Hampton Lane, St Marychurch, Torquay, Devon. I had been away from Torquay for several years - Army Service, etc....... but did eventually return to find that a BY PASS had been cut through the Farm area and there it was in front of me... the road by passing St... [more]
Shared on 29 July 2007
I've got such fond memories of my mum pushing me up and down Daccombe in the pram and putting me on the horses at Henry Fogwell's farm where she kept her horse Danny. There were a lot of horses down there at one time and everyone knew everyone, it was great. Hiding out in the hay loft I used to get... [more]
Shared on 13 August 2008
Extracts From Barton & Devon books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Barton, inspired by Frith photos.
Barnstaple Photographic Memories
A superb study of the Long Bridge, taken at low tide. The iron supports of the railway bridge, just 25 years old at this time, are visible beyond. The building at the right hand end of the bridge is the Athenaeum, built in 1872. Next door (left) are Bridge End Buildings. These were demolished in 1962 when the bridge was last widened.
This is an extract from Barnstaple Photographic Memories.
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Barnstaple Photographic Memories
Taken from the south shore, this view features two attractive clinker-built rowing boats still afloat as the tide streams out. Boating was extremely popular in this reach upstream of the bridge, a popularity which lasted until relatively recent times.
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Barnstaple Photographic Memories
This view shows the river at low water, again with evidence of boating. The Imperial Hotel (centre left) has just completed a major expansion programme. Huge gilt letters that will be fixed to the guttering of the new portion are not yet in place. More views of this elegant hotel can be seen in photographs Nos 45717 & 64572 on pages 64 to 66.... [more]
This is an extract from Barnstaple Photographic Memories.
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