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Galmpton Cross maps
Historic maps of Galmpton Cross and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Galmpton Cross maps
Galmpton Cross photos
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Bolberry| Malborough| Hope Cove| South Milton| Collaton| Thurlestone| Bantham| Salcombe| Kingsbridge| Churchstow| Bigbury On Sea| West Charleton| East Portlemouth| Bigbury| Gara Rock| Challaborough| Ringmore| Aveton Gifford| Batson| South Pool| Frogmore| Loddiswell| Sherford| Chillington| Woodleigh
Galmpton Cross area books
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My Soldier
Bolberry Down, brings back such lovely memories to me of the days of National Service. My boyfriend and I spent some of his leave sitting there and dreaming of his demob. We would go there and do a lot of walking, the cliffs are so high that now when I go back its quite frightening. I remember when a man drove his car right over the cliff. In 1956 I married my soldier and had 50 years of happy marriage. I have a photo of him sitting on the cliff that I keep on my bedside table.
Leonard John Yeoman
Leonard John Yeoman (my grandfather) always claimed that he was the young chap carrying the buckets in this photograph. He spent his whole life living around the Malborough/ Hope Cove area. Therefore, it's quite plausible that it is indeed him in this photograph.
He went on to serve in the RAF in Malta, Egypt and Palestine during World War II. From his childhood up until his last few years he was a central member of the local church choir. A real character.
Sydney Wood
My father, Sydney Wood was born in Malborough in 1914. He moved away to get married in 1940 but always considered Malborough as home right up until his death in 1992. He always maintained that he was the young water carrier in this picture and had a copy of the original postcard. It is believed that the gentleman with the beard was "Datcher" Shepherd (This being Devon dialect for "Thatcher"). Some of my relatives still live in Malborough and I have traced our ancestry in Malborough back to 1712.
Leonard John Yeoman
The tall young chap in the right-hand side of the photograph was my grandfather, Leonard John Yeoman. He also features in a photograph taken in Higher Town.
Clara Pine, my Grandmother Lived Here
Clara Pine was born in 1891 at Shute Farm in Lower Town, Malborough (see other photo). Aged 3 years she went with her Mum and older brother to America where she met her Dad for the first time in New York. Another brother was born but the young family returned to England a year later. Elizabeth Pine and the three children returned to Malborough to live in the cottage in the photo - on the righthand side of the road, in the middle of the photo (where the sunlight is shining brightly). The adjoining cottage was the village shop where Elizabeth Pine's sister, Catherine Boyce lived. My grandma grew up in a one parent family - her Dad was killed in a gold mining accident in Cripple Creek, USA in 1898. Both my grandma's parents and her aunt are remembered on a gravestone in the 'new' graveyard at the church. My grandma had lots of happy memories of Malborough. She was married at the church in 1919, moved to London... Read more
Worked in Village
I knew Leonard Yeoman,my sister Doris was married to his brother Percy.I worked in the village at the post office, Callender Stores.Lots and lots of happy times there. My name was NURSE before I married.
Sergeant William Luckham
My husband's great-great-grandfather William Luckham was b ca 1795 in Malborough, son of Thomas Luckham and Susannah Prowse. He joined the British Army, married Ann Fardy from Ireland and sailed with the army to Canada in 1827, settling in Ontario.
Barbara Luckham bluckham@ciaccess.com
