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Historic maps of Princetown and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Princetown maps
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Princetown books
Displaying 3 of 15 books about Princetown and the local area. View all Princetown books
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 Princetown
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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
This is a photo of The Duchy Hotel. This later became Dartmoor Prisons' "Prison Officers Mess". It has now become The Dartmoor National Park Visitor Centre. My dad was an officer or "screw" at Dartmoor Prison for many years and we used to have our Sunday lunch here. The kitchen and waiting staff were all convicts!
Shared on 10 August 2006
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
Devon memories
All the sevens - the seventh of the seventh of the seventh. 7th July 2007 was the lucky sevens date chosen by Amanda and David for their wedding. Family and friends were invited to The Two Bridges Hotel on Dartmoor for the ceremony, reception and evening dance.
It was a beautifully sunny day at long last as we... [more]
Shared on 13 July 2007
When I think of Devon, and in particularly Bellever I think of home.
I lived in Bellever from the age of 4 to 13, after moving with my family (dad Denis, mum Gracie, sisters Cyndy, Alison and Elaine, and brothers Bill and Steve). The thing I enjoyed most was swimming in the river, and going for walks on the moors... [more]
Shared on 09 September 2009
In the 1960s I took my parents to stay in a bungalow a short distance from the Warren House Inn. The bungalow was called The King's Oven, and we rented it for a week. It had been used as accomodation for the tin mine inspector when he visited the area. Sadly, it has since been demolished, but I can still discern... [more]
Shared on 26 August 2006
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
When i was 11 I started school at Tavistock, and met a lovely girl called Helen Desmond who became my best friend. Helen's family (sister Sandra and brother Jonathan) lived at the Bullers Arms and I used to stay there every weekend and during the holidays, until she had to go to a boarding school in 1973. Friday's we used to... [more]
Shared on 09 September 2009
Extracts From Princetown & Devon books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Princetown, inspired by Frith photos.
Nostalgic Britain Address Book
Princetown is an unlikely spot for a town—1400 feet above sea level, on an exposed col between North Hessary Tor (top left, without the TV mast that adorns it today) and South Hessary Tor, and with a massive annual rainfall of between 80 and 100 inches.
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Devon A Century Ago Photographic Memoiries
The prison was originally built to house prisoners from the Napoleonic Wars. It closed in 1816 and remained derelict until 1850, when it was re-opened and extended to incarcerate the hardest cases. The sheep pens in the foreground are probably part of the prison farm.
This is an extract from Devon A Century Ago Photographic Memoiries.
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Devon Memories Photographic Memories
Dartmoor Prison at Princetown was built in 1806, initially to house French prisoners of war. Its closure in 1816 saw Princetown virtually abandoned, but the arrival of a railway for the granite quarries in 1823 brought salvation. The prison re-opened in 1850 and has since housed some of our most hardened criminals.
This is an extract from Devon Memories Photographic Memories.
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