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Horrabridge, Devon
Horrabridge maps
Historic maps of Horrabridge and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Horrabridge maps
Historic map of Horrabridge
Illustrated Victorian map of Devon
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Horrabridge books
Displaying 3 of 15 books about Horrabridge and the local area. View all Horrabridge books
Devon County Memories
Paperback
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£12
South Devon Coast Photographic Memories
Paperback
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£11.20
Devon A Century Ago Photographic Memoiries
Paperback
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£11.20
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Memories of Horrabridge
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A section of this photograph was used by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate for one of the opening sequences in the programme Bagpuss. This was confirmed in 1978 when a Horrabridge resident wrote to the Bagpuss programme and received a reply from Mrs Joan Firmin giving an account of how the picture used came from an old postacrd album which now... [more]
Shared on 28 January 2007
Devon memories
My grandparents lived at Clearbrook, and as a child I used to spend nearly all of my summer holidays with them. I used to love going for rides on the train to Tavistock and Princetown. My gran took me on a train to Princetown just before the line closed. Other times I used to wander for miles over the moors and... [more]
Shared on 09 August 2009
I remember moving to Milton Combe from Plymouth. It was in the middle of no where - how was I ever to survive - the last bus left Plymouth at tea time and took a tedious hour or so travelling through Clearbrook, Yelverton, Crapstone and Buckland, finally arriving at Milton Combe. The walk down the very steep hill to home!
Shared on 22 July 2009
Five years at Kelly College with mediocre academic results and then off to Africa. layed in the Rugby teams and in the boxing teams. mORE OR LESS ENJOYED MY TIME THERE. GOING OFF ON BICYLCE RIDES AS SENIORS. SMOKING THE OCCASIONAL CIGARETTE . i REECENTLY MET A LADY WHO HAS SWUM COMPETIVELY IN THE NEW KELLY POOL WHO LIVED IN TAVISTOVK.... [more]
Shared on 13 December 2007
I was the resident Army R.Q.M.S. at Plasterdown Camp from 1963 - 1966 with a civilian staff ran the camp administration durin Territorial occupation and after, also Tregantle Fort in Cornwall, I would like to know if anybody remembers me , I am 83yrs old now.
Shared on 31 October 2007
There doesn't seem to be many memories of the Trevethans - anyone help?
Shared on 22 April 2007
The Duchy Hotel brings back many fond childhood memories, at that time it was run by a gentleman called Joe, Uncle Joe to me and my sis. Yes, the staff were all convicts. I remember being pushed around on a large floor broom by one of the convicts working there, my dad was a prison officer at Dartmoor Prison at the... [more]
Shared on 27 September 2008
The second building down on the right was Bowdens Cafe (now Fox Tor Cafe).....My Grandparents, George and Clare Moss had the cafe from 1946 and my parents took over in 1958 Eric and Clare Cragg....My Grandparents then moved to Duchy House and started a B&B. I remember a great childhood growing up in Princetown, playing by the leet and riding... [more]
Shared on 23 August 2007
Extracts From Horrabridge & Devon books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Horrabridge, inspired by Frith photos.
Nostalgic Britain Address Book
There has been a bridge over the Walkham here since the 11th century. Recent roadworks revealed within the existing structure a much earlier bridge, possibly medieval, around which the present bridge was built. Upstream (right) of the bridge is a weir, at which it is possible to see salmon leaping.
This is an extract from Nostalgic Britain Address Book.
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Around Plymouth Photographic Memories
The building of Mount Edgecumbe House was started by Piers Edgecumbe in 1539 and remodelled in the 17th and 18th centuries. It was badly damaged by German incendiaries in March 1941 and subsequently restored, but the highest tower in this picture was never rebuilt.
This is an extract from Around Plymouth Photographic Memories.
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Around Plymouth Photographic Memories
In the centre is the Edgecumbes' Winter Villa, which later became the convent and nursing home Nazareth House. It was completely rebuilt after a fire. The grassy area to the left is Devil's Point, a popular picnic and walking spot.
This is an extract from Around Plymouth Photographic Memories.
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