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Two Bridges, Devon
Two Bridges maps
Historic maps of Two Bridges and the local area, hand-drawn by Ordnance Survey and Samuel Lewis. View all Two Bridges maps
Historic map of Two Bridges
Illustrated Victorian map of Devon
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Two Bridges books
Displaying 3 of 15 books about Two Bridges and the local area. View all Two Bridges books
Devon County Memories
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South Devon Coast Photographic Memories
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Devon A Century Ago Photographic Memoiries
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1 Two Bridges photos appear in 1 Frith book titles. You can read extracts and browse photos from these books.
Memories of Two Bridges
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All the sevens - the seventh of the seventh of the seventh. 7th July 2007 was the lucky sevens date chosen by Amanda and David for their wedding. Family and friends were invited to The Two Bridges Hotel on Dartmoor for the ceremony, reception and evening dance.
It was a beautifully sunny day at long last as we... [more]
Shared on 13 July 2007
Devon memories
The Duchy Hotel brings back many fond childhood memories, at that time it was run by a gentleman called Joe, Uncle Joe to me and my sis. Yes, the staff were all convicts. I remember being pushed around on a large floor broom by one of the convicts working there, my dad was a prison officer at Dartmoor Prison at the... [more]
Shared on 27 September 2008
The second building down on the right was Bowdens Cafe (now Fox Tor Cafe).....My Grandparents, George and Clare Moss had the cafe from 1946 and my parents took over in 1958 Eric and Clare Cragg....My Grandparents then moved to Duchy House and started a B&B. I remember a great childhood growing up in Princetown, playing by the leet and riding... [more]
Shared on 23 August 2007
This is a photo of The Duchy Hotel. This later became Dartmoor Prisons' "Prison Officers Mess". It has now become The Dartmoor National Park Visitor Centre. My dad was an officer or "screw" at Dartmoor Prison for many years and we used to have our Sunday lunch here. The kitchen and waiting staff were all convicts!
Shared on 10 August 2006
When I think of Devon, and in particularly Bellever I think of home.
I lived in Bellever from the age of 4 to 13, after moving with my family (dad Denis, mum Gracie, sisters Cyndy, Alison and Elaine, and brothers Bill and Steve). The thing I enjoyed most was swimming in the river, and going for walks on the moors... [more]
Shared on 09 September 2009
In the 1960s I took my parents to stay in a bungalow a short distance from the Warren House Inn. The bungalow was called The King's Oven, and we rented it for a week. It had been used as accomodation for the tin mine inspector when he visited the area. Sadly, it has since been demolished, but I can still discern... [more]
Shared on 26 August 2006
A section of this photograph was used by Peter Firmin and Oliver Postgate for one of the opening sequences in the programme Bagpuss. This was confirmed in 1978 when a Horrabridge resident wrote to the Bagpuss programme and received a reply from Mrs Joan Firmin giving an account of how the picture used came from an old postacrd album which now... [more]
Shared on 28 January 2007
When i was 11 I started school at Tavistock, and met a lovely girl called Helen Desmond who became my best friend. Helen's family (sister Sandra and brother Jonathan) lived at the Bullers Arms and I used to stay there every weekend and during the holidays, until she had to go to a boarding school in 1973. Friday's we used to... [more]
Shared on 09 September 2009
Extracts From Two Bridges & Devon books
Displaying a selection of extracts from Frith books about Two Bridges, inspired by Frith photos.
Down the Dart Photographic Memories
Crockern Tor, a mile to the north, is the site of the Devon Stannary Parliament which sat from 1305 to 1749. Two Bridges is at the junction of all the ancient packhorse trails that cross the moor, and was thus the obvious meeting place for miners from all points of the compass.
This is an extract from Down the Dart Photographic Memories.
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Around Plymouth Photographic Memories
The building of Mount Edgecumbe House was started by Piers Edgecumbe in 1539 and remodelled in the 17th and 18th centuries. It was badly damaged by German incendiaries in March 1941 and subsequently restored, but the highest tower in this picture was never rebuilt.
This is an extract from Around Plymouth Photographic Memories.
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Around Plymouth Photographic Memories
In the centre is the Edgecumbes' Winter Villa, which later became the convent and nursing home Nazareth House. It was completely rebuilt after a fire. The grassy area to the left is Devil's Point, a popular picnic and walking spot.
This is an extract from Around Plymouth Photographic Memories.
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