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Caption For Clovelly, Post Office, Transfer Of Mail 1936

Beside him stands the post donkey, who was vital to efficient and regular deliveries in this isolated village in North Devon.

Caption For Honiton, High Street C1965

Each week, on market day, colourful stalls line the pavements of the High Street, and shoppers come from all over East Devon as they have for centuries.

Caption For St Marychurch, Cary Farm 1920

St Mary's is reputed to be the oldest church site in Devon.

Caption For Saltash, Royal Albert Bridge 1890

The bridge is only 31 years old in this view; it is taken from the Devon bank, looking over to Saltash with its railway station, left, and ferry slipway below the bridge.

Caption For Barnstaple, Queen Anne's Walk 1894

Queen Anne's Walk was built in 1709 by Richard Rolle, scion of one of the great landowning families of Devon.

Caption For Calstock, Viaduct 1907

At this date the building of the new 12-arched viaduct across the Tamar is nearly finished, and the construction yard can be seen below on the Devon (right) bank.

Caption For Appledore, Quay 1923

This charming Devon fishing village lies alongside the broad waters of the Torridge River, which swings left just beyond the point to join the Taw and the open sea.

Caption For Honiton, High Street C1960

Before the days of motorways and bypasses, Honiton was the gateway to Devon for travellers coming from the south and east of England, who passed along this long straight road.

Caption For Lyme Regis, 1890

heights of Timber Hill, is situated at the westernmost end of Dorset.Walking through the fields and cliffs of Lyme the visitor can never be quite sure whether he or she is in Dorset or neighbouring Devon

Caption For Newark, The River C1965

In 1968, when work was underway on a new Devon Bridge, timber piles and some stonework were discovered on the river bed.

Caption For Plymouth, Drake's Island 1890

Now in Cornwall, Mount Edgecumbe, from where this picture was taken, was once part of Devon.

Caption For Woolacombe, 1906

This one was built by the Chichester family in the 18th century; it burned Welsh limestone, which was held to be superior to the Devon limestone.

Caption For Newton Ferrers, Bridge End 1931

Both are delightful, with old Devon cob cottages and attractive gardens in an area of fine scenery.

Caption For Colyton, Church 1907

The unusual octagonal lantern was installed in the 15th century when Colyton was one of the three richest wool towns in Devon.

Caption For Badbury Rings, 1899

The trees in the park have all been chamfered up to a certain height to prevent them being grazed by the Bankes family's famous herd of Red Devon cattle.

Caption For Ilfracombe, The Cairn From The West 1911

In 1974 the Devon Trust for Nature Conservation rented the site from the council and turned it into a nature reserve.

Caption For Axmouth, The Village 1898

Before railways and metalled roads, there were only two main routes into Devon.

Caption For Chillington, The Post Office 1904

On 9 and 10 March 1891 the legendary Great Blizzard hit Devon and Cornwall.

Caption For Bideford, The Quay 1890

Once the town manufactured and exported cloth and built ships; it imported tobacco and salted cod, and wool from the Continent for the Devon weaving industry.

Caption For Seaton, Fore Street 1895

Though never one of Devon's more fashionable resorts, it has a charm of its own and an attractive setting.