Caption For Bude, The Town 1929
With its shallow sandy bays, broad grassy downs, civic gardens, and terraces of unpretentious lodging houses, Bude is almost completely an Edwardian construction.
Caption For Salcombe, The Quayside 1896
In 1811 the local boat builder at Salcombe completed the
ketch 'Ceres' for Capt William Lewis of Bude for trading
with north Spanish ports, though for much of 1813 and 1814
she was employed carrying
Caption For Bude, Lock And Breakwater 1893
This is Bude Canal Sea Lock in 1893, two years after the waterway had been reduced to the 1.25 mile stretch to Rodd's
Bridge; in reality it was little more than an extension of the harbour, which continued
Caption For Crackington Haven, 1931
Being one of the few beaches south of Bude that can be accessed by car ensured that Crackington Haven had its compliment of holiday facilities, such as the hotel we see here with players just visible on
Caption For Bude, Harbour 1890
The Bude Canal, in which these schooners are moored, was built in 1823 to carry sand inland to improve farmland, but it ended up carrying all manner of cargoes including coal from South Wales.