Hope Cove
Hope Cove maps (2 available)
Map of Devon
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Hope Cove books (24 available)
Barnstaple Town Walk Guide
Paperback
Exmoor Photographic Memories
Paperback
South Devon Living Memories
Paperback
- 3 photos on Hope Cove appear in 2 Frith books - View photos of Hope Cove
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Hope Cove memories
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I lived in Hope Cove
I lived in the coastguard station from about 1952 to 1955. I spent alot of time sitting on the sea wall in the summer. I worked for a time at Greystones Guest house. I met my future husband in Hope Cove, he lived in a house that his father built called Homelea next to the Grand view hotel. About 1955 I moved to Bolt Head,Coastguard Station and went to work in the post office at Malborough.
Contributed by patricia perring
Devon memories
I lived in Hope Cove
I lived in the coastguard station from about 1952 to 1955. I spent alot of time sitting on the sea wall in the summer. I worked for a time at Greystones Guest house. I met my future husband in Hope Cove, he lived in a house that his father built called Homelea next to the Grand view hotel. About 1955 I moved to Bolt Head,Coastguard Station and went to work in the post office at Malborough.
A memory of Hope Cove contributed by patricia perring
The Quillett
Just a quick message to say that the cottage on the left that comes down to the road in the photo is ours. It is now called the Quillett, we have restored it back to its former glory, and makes a wonderful home. Thank you for the wonderful photo from your collection.
Regards,
Graham Jinks.
A memory of South Milton contributed by Graham Jinks
Sergeant William Luckham
My husband's great-great-grandfather William Luckham was b ca 1795 in Malborough, son of Thomas Luckham and Susannah Prowse. He joined the British Army, married Ann Fardy from Ireland and sailed with the army to Canada in 1827, settling in Ontario.
Barbara Luckham bluckham@ciaccess.com
A memory of Malborough contributed by Barbara Luckham
Extracts From Hope Cove & Devon books
Hope is one of the more remote corners of Devon, located on the west side of the South Hams, six miles from Kingsbridge. With only one narrow lane to provide access, it has retained its unspoilt nature. This photograph, with its old white cottages with their tumbling thatch, reveals Hope’s unchanging face.
An extract from from"Devon Memories Photographic Memories".
Hope Cove remains one of the
few safe anchorages between the
Yealm estuary and Salcombe,
several miles to the east. Tiny
fishing smacks still set out from
the cove each day, much as they
probably did in 1588 when the
Spanish Armada was first sighted
off the Devon coast.
An extract from from"South Devon Coast Pocket Album".
The two parts of the village are Inner Hope and Outer Hope. There had once been a small fishing fleet here that worked the huge pilchard shoals that congregated in Bigbury Bay. Those halcyon days were long gone when this picture was taken.
An extract from from"Devon Memories Photographic Memories".
This view was taken from the building at the very end of Morton Crescent. To the immediate left is the Imperial Hotel,
seen in its original architectural design, changed now after the fire in the 1970s.
An extract from from"Exmouth Photographic Memories".
By the middle of the 20th
century we see something
resembling the modern
scene. There is the more
familiar red telephone
box on the traffic island,
a modern post box, and
Belisha beacons to aid
pedestrians wishing to
cross the road. In the
centre of the photograph
is the white tower of the
Pavilion Theatre. Much of
the street furniture was
removed by the start of
the 21st century, leaving
a more traffic-dominated Esplanade.
An extract from from"Exmouth Photographic Memories".