Dartmoor
Dartmoor maps (2 available)
Map of Devon
Beautifully hand-drawn and coloured, dating from around 1840
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Dartmoor books (25 available)
Barnstaple Town Walk Guide
Paperback
Exmoor Photographic Memories
Paperback
South Devon Living Memories
Paperback
- 15 photos on Dartmoor appear in 3 Frith books - View photos of Dartmoor
- Read extracts and see photos from these books on Dartmoor and Devon
Dartmoor memories
Read and share memories of Dartmoor and Devon inspired by Frith photos
King's Oven
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 where it used to be. While we were there, my father used to like to stroll up the road to the Warren House Inn for a drink.
Contributed by Rosemary Bennett
Devon memories
King's Oven
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 where it used to be. While we were there, my father used to like to stroll up the road to the Warren House Inn for a drink.
A memory of Dartmoor contributed by Rosemary Bennett
Amanda Apperley and David Norfolk get married
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 have been having rain nearly every day for a fortnight! This view taken in 1955 is little different from the hotel in 2007. There are no longer deck chairs at the front, the cars are more modern and there are geese roaming free in the grounds to the delight of David and Amanda's daughter Annalise. We had a fabulously happy and successful day, ...read more here
A memory of Two Bridges contributed by John Howard Norfolk
Bowdens Cafe
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 the ponies. I now live in Australia and have been here since 1963. Thank you for the lovely memories and photos of Princetown
A memory of Princetown contributed by Linda Bartlett
Extracts From Dartmoor & Devon books
The original
crossing here was a
ford, probably used
since Bronze Age
times. The present
bridge bears a
plaque inscribed
‘County Bridge
1792’. On the left,
the river bank is
being cultivated as
a vegetable garden
- essential when
the nearest shop is
several hours away.
An extract from from"Down the Dart Photographic Memories".
Dartmeet is at the confluence of the East Dart, just
visible at centre left, and the West Dart. The buildings of
the small hamlet remain, but the thatched house on the
right has been altered greatly and now has a slate roof.
An extract from from"Nostalgic Britain Address Book".
The life of a moorland
farmer is tough today; in
1890, with no Landrovers,
electricity or modern
waterproofs, it must have
been unimaginably harsh
and very isolated. The great
blizzard of 1891 would have
left communities like this
inaccessible for weeks or
even months.
An extract from from"Down the Dart Photographic Memories".
New Bridge is the starting point for canoe-
ists embarking on the stretch of the river
known as ‘The Loop’— a three-mile white-
water run downstream to Holne Bridge,
tackled in winter when the river is in spate.
An extract from from"Nostalgic Britain Address Book".
The Buckland Drives, following the rim of the flatter land high up on the eastern bank of the Dart, were very popular during
the 19th century. Coaching inns such as the Dolphin at Bovey Tracey ran regular excursions.
An extract from from"Down the Dart Photographic Memories".