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Middle Marwood maps
Historic maps of Middle Marwood and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Middle Marwood maps
Middle Marwood photos
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Pilton West| Buckland| Braunton| Shirwell| Barnstaple| Georgeham| Fremington| Sterridge Valley| Saunton| Woolacombe| Ilfracombe| Berrynarbor| Lee| Goodleigh| Putsborough| Arlington| Combe Martin| Croyde| Watermouth| Tawstock| Mortehoe| Bishops Tawton| Landkey| Kentisbury| Instow| Appledore| Swimbridge| Northam
Middle Marwood area books
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MY CHILDHOOD IN BRAUNTON
I've put this date for want of something better. I was born in Ilfracombe in 1955 and lived with my parents, Charles and Marjorie Thomas, until I left to come and live in Spain in 1973.
Our home was a house called Cherry Cottage, Coril Head, Braunton. To get to it you had to walk up SIlver Street.
I remember the Summerfields, who lived in the house you can see on the left hand side of the photo. Anne Summerfield who is a year older than I. They used to live in the cottage on the other side of the street. I don't remember the name of the house.
My father used to raise ducks on some land to the left of the bridge over the river running through the churchyard of St Brannock's church.
Cherry Cottage was sold in 1982 when my mother left England to come to Spain also.
I haven't been back to visit since 2003 but I don't remember many changes in the street. ... Read more
Caen Primary School
My name is Julia Coles and I was born in the Nursing Home in Wrafton Road on 11 May 1954 to Edna and Phil Watchus. My father was in the RAF at Chivenor and I lived in Braunton until I left to work in Exeter in 1990. I remember Braunton so well, Caen Street with the Post Office on the left hand side. Chuggs the newsagents, the cake shop, Darracotts the Ironmongers, Holdens. It had everything and to be honest I don't think our mums had to venture outside of Braunton for much at all. I had a very happy time at Caen Primary School where Mr Goss was the Headmaster, Mr Pitt was our last year teacher, there was also Mrs Hippersley, Mrs Johns, Miss Wells and Mrs Tucker. It was a lovely little school and did well to prepare us for our future. I also spent a lot of happy times at St Brannock's Church where I was in the choir for many years.... Read more
Lovely Braunton
My parents, my aunt and myself moved to Braunton in 1971. We lived next door to the Clarkes who were very kind to us. Although we had moved from a large town house, this house seemed large too - it had a wonderful view right across the Taw/Torridge estuary and west across Braunton Burrows. I may have missed my friends at first, but I very soon came to love the North Devon countryside and the beaches close to us. We were very lucky to be able to move to such a lovely place.
At Brannocks Chruch
Back in 2009, I brought my son down to North Devon to retrace the places my grandmother's family originated from. I had previously found references to generations of Manleys and my x 2 great grandfather was the church warden of St Brannock's. I was fortunate to find his grave in the grounds of St Brannock's and then spent a couple of hours wandering up and down the rows saying the names of those lying peacefully so they would know they were being remembered by a northern stranger.
Railway Info.
This view shows the junction line which linked the GWR Victoria station with the Junction station - running from left to right and opened in 1887. It must have been almost new when the photo was taken and the earthworks are still bare.
Railway Info.
The building on the left is a carriage shed, used for holding spare passenger vehicles under cover. It is from the North Devon Railway in the 1850s and still appears to have broad gauge track (7ft gauge - not removed until 1877) laid into it. Access was by means of a small turntable just off the picture to the left. The Ilfracombe Railway is being built - the low embankment can just be seen with what appears to be temporary track on it - and the girders of the river bridge are in place but work is continuing on the line - see the works yard at this end of the bridge. There are no signals in place, so the line is not open, and the Quay station has been built but looks unfinished. This means that the photo was probably taken in about May 1874 - 13 of the viaduct girders were undelivered in February and the first engine did not cross the river... Read more
Railway Info.
Date of this photograph is c1874/75 as the railway viaduct is complete.
