Tavistock
Tavistock photos (109 available)
Tavistock maps (2 available)
Map of Devon
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Tavistock books (26 available)
Barnstaple Town Walk Guide
Paperback
Torbay Photographic Memories
Paperback
Exmoor Photographic Memories
Paperback
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Five years at Kelly College
Five years at Kelly College with mediocre academic results and then off to Africa. layed in the Rugby teams and in the boxing teams. mORE OR LESS ENJOYED MY TIME THERE. GOING OFF ON BICYLCE RIDES AS SENIORS. SMOKING THE OCCASIONAL CIGARETTE . i REECENTLY MET A LADY WHO HAS SWUM COMPETIVELY IN THE NEW KELLY POOL WHO LIVED IN TAVISTOVK. MET ON A MOUNTAIN TRACK OVER LUNCH!! FOURTY YEARS DIFFERENCEW IN AGE. COURTNEY HOUSE WITH REX THOMPSET WHO WAS GOOD TO ME AS MY PARENTS WERE ABROAD. NO DOUBT DECEASED A LONG TIME AGO. HUGH HALLIDAY.
Contributed by Hugh Halliday
Military
I was the resident Army R.Q.M.S. at Plasterdown Camp from 1963 - 1966 with a civilian staff ran the camp administration durin Territorial occupation and after, also Tregantle Fort in Cornwall, I would like to know if anybody remembers me , I am 83yrs old now.
Contributed by Michael Tidmarsh
Devon memories
Five years at Kelly College
Five years at Kelly College with mediocre academic results and then off to Africa. layed in the Rugby teams and in the boxing teams. mORE OR LESS ENJOYED MY TIME THERE. GOING OFF ON BICYLCE RIDES AS SENIORS. SMOKING THE OCCASIONAL CIGARETTE . i REECENTLY MET A LADY WHO HAS SWUM COMPETIVELY IN THE NEW KELLY POOL WHO LIVED IN TAVISTOVK. MET ON A MOUNTAIN TRACK OVER LUNCH!! FOURTY YEARS DIFFERENCEW IN AGE. COURTNEY HOUSE WITH REX THOMPSET WHO WAS GOOD TO ME AS MY PARENTS WERE ABROAD. NO DOUBT DECEASED A LONG TIME AGO. HUGH HALLIDAY.
A memory of Tavistock contributed by Hugh Halliday
Military
I was the resident Army R.Q.M.S. at Plasterdown Camp from 1963 - 1966 with a civilian staff ran the camp administration durin Territorial occupation and after, also Tregantle Fort in Cornwall, I would like to know if anybody remembers me , I am 83yrs old now.
A memory of Tavistock contributed by Michael Tidmarsh
Extracts From Tavistock & Devon books
Tavistock is an ancient stannary town, renowned for its 10th-century
Benedictine abbey. It was once the largest producer of tin in Europe.
The delicate spire on the left was the Methodist church and is now
demolished. The local constable poses stiffly in the left foreground. He
may well have been a busy man—Tavistock had a reputation as a
somewhat rough mining community, and the centre on Saturday nights
could get a little lively.
An extract from from"Devon Pocket Album".
Tavistock, one of Devon’s three original
Stannary Towns, lies on the banks of the
Tavy, which rises high on the moors near
Cut Hill and flows into the Tamar upstream
of Tamerton. In the background is the via-
duct of the Okehampton railway line.
An extract from from"Nostalgic Britain Address Book".
Construction of the Guildhall was commenced
in 1848 on the orders of the 7th Duke, whose
statue stands in front. It was completed in 1864.
As well as filling the usual civic functions, it
was also the Police Station and the home of the
fire engine.
An extract from from"Nostalgic Britain Address Book".
The hotel was originally the Abbey House, but was converted
to a hotel in 1822. The low building is the Bedford estate
office. Tavistock’s Goose fair is held in Bedford Square on the
second Wednesday in October.
An extract from from"Nostalgic Britain Address Book".
This gently curving street is to the east of the town. This view, looking
back towards the town centre, shows both the Congregational and parish
churches. The latter has three spectacular aisles, one built for the ancient
Clothworkers’ Guild with a roof of finely-carved beams and bosses.
An extract from from"Devon Pocket Album".