Maps

7,210 maps found.

1898, Trinity Ref. RNE853507
1895, Worlington Ref. RNE874578
1897, Westville Ref. RNE866494
1899-1900, Rushford Ref. RNC822900
1919, Shop Ref. POP830530
1919, Shortmoor Ref. POP830666
1919, Worlington Ref. POP874578
1919, Willand Ref. POP870348
1919, Winsham Ref. POP871513
1900, Newport Ref. RNC791452
1899-1900, Nomansland Ref. RNC792524
1900, Penhill Ref. RNC803438
1898-1900, Pennsylvania Ref. RNC803844
1899-1900, Littleborough Ref. RNC758203
1898-1900, Marsh Ref. RNC774960
1898-1900, Shillingford Ref. RNC830158
1900, Shop Ref. RNC830530
1899, Hillhead Ref. RNC736304
1919, Cheriton Ref. POP667353
1919, Blackhorse Ref. POP642642

Books

32 books found. Showing results 73 to 96.

Memories

314 memories found. Showing results 31 to 40.

Old Days

I met my wife who lived in huberton a little village about a mile up the lane from sowerby, back in 1970 . We married and lived at Dean lane paying 10/6d a week for a back to back one up and one down where my son came into the world . I ...Read more

A memory of Sowerby by Frank Thomas

At Brannocks Chruch

Back in 2009, I brought my son down to North Devon to retrace the places my grandmother's family originated from. I had previously found references to generations of Manleys and my x 2 great grandfather was the church warden of ...Read more

A memory of Braunton by Maria Curran

1950s

Great holidays at Goosemoor Farm with the Ireland family. Jack Bastin worked on the farm. Devon teas at the Southern Cross B and B.

A memory of Newton Poppleford by Peter Ashford

Though Tis Dorset, I Thought Twere Devon

When I was a child, I lived at Axminster. My favourite seaside resort was Lyme Regis, about 6 miles away from home. Even though I was told, on countless occasions, that Lyme lay in Dorset, I would not ...Read more

A memory of Lyme Regis by Marjorie Alcock

Memories Of A Descendant Of A Bratton Fleming Family

Although I live in Canada, I have a sentimental attachment to Bratton Fleming, where my grandmother, born Melia Ann Parkin, was born long ago. This attachment was fostered by my seeing ...Read more

A memory of Bratton Fleming by Ted Hewlett

Devon Born And Bred!!

What a great web site! I was born at Tiverton Hospital in 1948. My mother, father and brother lived in Market Street. On a visit from Australia in 1995, my father and I visited Tiverton - to return to the place of my birth. We ...Read more

A memory of Tiverton by Pippa Westren(Nee Sims)

The Clarke Family Of Newton Tracey In The Early 19th Century

Frances “Fanny” Clarke was born about 1810 in Newton Tracey and my interest in both her and the village is because she married Henry Howard, a tin plate worker from Barnstaple. My ...Read more

A memory of Newton Tracey by John Howard Norfolk

Living In Binfield 1946 1971

I moved to Binfield with my parents Rose and Cyril Richardson and my brother Brian in 1946. We lived in Rose Hill at a house called “Athlone”.  It isn’t there any more, it was demolished and six houses built on the site. ...Read more

A memory of Binfield by Terry Richardson

Lord And Lady Of Hollacombe, Devon

Arthur Richard George Hamling with Lindsey Stark Hamling have assumed the Feudal Manorial Titles of Lord and Lady of Hollacombe, Devon, by way of appropriate conveyance and private treaty. 2011, USA.

A memory of Hollacombe

I Was A Boy Of 11 Walking From The Station To A Choir School Nearby

In 1953 I attended, as a boarder, the 'St Mary of the Angels Choir School' in Addlestone. You walked from the station, turned right up the High St and then left up a hill(?). The ...Read more

A memory of Addlestone by peter.beschorner

Captions

227 captions found. Showing results 73 to 96.

Caption For Newton Abbot, St Paul's Church 1890

St Paul's was built in the Early English style by the Earl of Devon in 1861.

Caption For Boscastle, The Village 1906

Local opinion is that the village is every bit as striking as the more famous Clovelly in nearby North Devon.

Caption For Teignmouth, From Torquay Road 1890

Teignmouth is the second-oldest seaside resort in Devon; it has attracted visitors from the middle of the 18th century.

Caption For Torquay, From Vane Hill 1901

An early visitor said of Torquay: 'It is not England, but a bit of sunny Italy taken bodily from its rugged coast and placed here amid the green places and the pleasant pastoral lanes of beautiful Devon

Caption For Teignmouth, From Torquay Road 1890

Teignmouth is the second-oldest seaside resort in Devon; it has attracted visitors from the middle of the 18th century.

Caption For Torquay, From Vane Hill 1901

An early visitor said of Torquay: 'It is not England, but a bit of sunny Italy taken bodily from its rugged coast and placed here amid the green places and the pleasant pastoral lanes of beautiful Devon

Caption For Torquay, From Vane Hill 1901

early visitor said of Torquay: 'It is not England, but a bit of sunny Italy taken bodily from its rugged coast and placed here amid the green places and the pleasant pastoral lanes of beautiful Devon

Caption For Exmouth, The Coastguard Station 1906

Smuggling was rife on the East Devon coast as an organised industry well into the 19th century, hence the strong coastguard presence in every town.

Caption For Teignmouth, Roman Catholic Church 1906

South Devon Railway purchased the first Catholic Church of 1854 for £2000 after deciding to open the rail- way tunnels beneath it.

Caption For Beer, The Village 1898

As with so many East Devon villages, a tiny stream - the Beer Brook - runs down the main street, first on one side of the road and then on the other.

Caption For Topsham, The Quay 1906

The 50 steps alongside the wall (centre) lead to a churchyard with one of the finest views in Devon.

Caption For Topsham, The Church 1906

The 50 steps alongside the wall (centre) lead to a churchyard with one of the finest views in Devon.

Caption For Barnstaple, High Street 1919

French-derived names are common in North Devon; there was an influx of Huguenots from France in 1685 when they were being persecuted.

Caption For Eastleigh, North Stoneham Church C1955

The church has a three-gabled east end and a west tower rather reminiscent of a Devon church.

Caption For Membury, Church And Schools 1902

Not far away is another of East Devon's prehistoric

Caption For Hope Cove, Cottages 1904

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.

Caption For Weare Giffard, The Harvest Field 1890

This idyllic scene hides a darker truth: Devon fell prey to an agricultural depression in the 1880s, and grain prices fell, causing thousands of acres of hitherto cultivated land to revert to grazing.

Caption For Beer, The Church 1922

The stone was used extensively for the arcades of many Devon churches.

Caption For Dawlish, The Seafront From The Royal Hotel 1890

A place familiar to all train travellers through Devon, Dawlish nestles across the sides of a broad combe, with the railway line protecting the town from the sea.

Caption For Hope Cove, Cottages 1904

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.

Caption For Kingsbridge, Promenade 1920

Kingsbridge church, seen here in the distance, is dedicated to St Edmund the Martyr, an unusual dedication for a Devon church.

Caption For Kingsbridge, Promenade 1920

Kingsbridge church, seen here in the distance, is dedicated to St Edmund the Martyr, an unusual dedication for a Devon church.

Caption For Torquay, Farmyard 1906

Until recently, when Torbay succumbed to urban sprawl, the green fields of Devon did come almost to the heart of the town.

Caption For Torquay, Farmyard 1906

Until recently, when Torbay succumbed to urban sprawl, the green fields of Devon did come almost to the heart of the town.