Moretonhampstead, Devon
Moretonhampstead photos
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Moretonhampstead maps
Historic maps of Moretonhampstead and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Moretonhampstead maps
Moretonhampstead books
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Memories of Moretonhampstead
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I remember the Reverend Green used to come to North Bovey School and tel us some very interesting stories of his travels in Africa and other countries where he had travelled. Does anyone remember Miss Jones and Mrs Watton? I went to North Bovey School from 1958-1964. I loved North Bovey and its school, they sure have changed, times, haven't they?... [more]
Shared on 07 May 2008
A Saturday ramble at Fingle Bridge
The Heather and Gorse Clog Morris Dancers organised a ramble to celebrate the New Year and we met on a beautiful sunny January Saturday at the Fingle Bridge Inn.
My wife Elizabeth and I joined our group of friends some of whom took their walking very seriously judging by the Nordic walking poles and huge woolly caps! Others were... [more]
Shared on 17 January 2009
I worked in a racing stables in Manaton, we used to exercise up on the moor. 3 other girls were there too and it was great fun. The yard moved to Somerset after and I went with it, wonderful days. Hi Sam, Hi Brian.
Shared on 16 August 2008
St Bride's School in the late 1940s and early 1950s
My maiden name was Quarman. I boarded at St Bride's School in the late 1940s and early 1950s. The headmistress was Miss Thompson, assistant Miss Watson. We wore a green unifrom. I ued to enjoy ballet in gym on Wednesday afternoons. I played Mustardseed in 'A Midsummer Night's Dream', ha ha ha. A few of the friends I remember were Anne... [more]
Shared on 05 April 2009
I am wondering if anyone remembers the school in Chagford at Holystreet Manor. I went to this school in the mid 1950s and at the time it was called St Brides, later to be re-named Holystreet Manor School with a change of Principal. I believe it closed down shortly after.
I lived in Moretonhampstead at the time (my parents were managers... [more]
Shared on 19 January 2009
It was a Trust House Hotel when I worked there in the bar for a few years up to 1964. By that time it was very much larger than the photograph shows. The manager was Mr. Trew. It never made any money due to the short season. When it burnt down about 1967/8 it was left almost derelict for many years... [more]
Shared on 24 October 2009
This was always known as Rock Inn, Haytor when I visited. I got to know a few of the local families, most of which are long gone. Courtier, Clifton, Morrish, Middleweek, Ford to name but a few. The Rock Inn was always very popular in the summer, cars often parked more than half-way up Inverness Hill at Sunday lunchtime.
There... [more]
Shared on 24 October 2009
I was born in Bovey Tracey in 1952, on a Wednesday afternoon, the eleventh of June. I arrived in the middle of a garden party being held at 'Grey Gables' a house owned by a Mrs Pedrick (I do not remember her husband, but we children called her Aunty Lottie). My parents, my older sister and I lived in a house... [more]
Shared on 10 June 2007
Extracts From Moretonhampstead & Devon books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Moretonhampstead, inspired by Frith photos.
Nostalgic Britain Address Book
Moretonhampstead stands on the watershed between the Teign and Bovey Rivers. In the Domesday Book its name is recorded as Mortona, and it was later known as Mor Tun; locals still refer to it as Moreton. Prominent on the horizon (right) are Haytor and Low Man.
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Nostalgic Britain Address Book
The White Hart Hotel was the venue for the last Stannary Parliament to be held on Dartmoor on 11 December 1786. The prac- tice of holding the Parliament at Crockern Tor, 1,200 feet up in the middle of the moor, had very sensibly ceased some time before.
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Teignmouth Photographic Memories
Skirts and hair were shorter than ever before in the new decade! A two hour horse-drawn carriage ride for four people cost two shillings (10p). A Spanish Oak planted as a cen- trepiece when Victoria became Queen in 1837 was felled to make way for 1920s public lavatories. Electric street lighting was in its infancy. The Belgian Urn on the Triangle was presented by refugees... [more]
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