Kilkhampton, Village And Post Office c.1933
Photo ref:
K18009
Photo ref:
K18009
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Hawker's beloved church is secluded among trees, away from the roar and surge of the Atlantic waves. Here the odd but much loved cleric lived and preached. He kept a 'little shanty' on the cliffs to which it was his habit to retire, to 'be alone with his books, his thoughts and with God'.
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A Selection of Memories from Kilkhampton
For many years now, we've been inviting visitors to our website to add their own memories to share their experiences of life as it was, prompted by the photographs in our archive. Here are some from Kilkhampton
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My Great Great Grandfather was John Francis Dunstan,he was the minister but resigned and opened a school for learning a boarding school .He was well respected and his daughter Eliza was my great grandmother who also taught and married Christopher Kemp who was a teacher and came from Dolton in Devon.I believe that John francis Dunstan grave stone is very imposing and I hope to visit one day to see it .
Mr and Mrs George Cleave's house, on the left in white... used to give me sixpence when I collected clotted cream for my auntie May Alice and uncle, and Ernie Jeffery! Such a lovely man, high up in the military...related to Mr and Mrs Parker, North Close.... Susan Greenway (nee Barratt).
My grandparents Tom & Minnie Croucher lived at Cross Cottage (between Stibb and Kilk), their youngest son Derek married Jette after meeting her during the war in Denmark. They lived at 21 North Close Estate for many years but after my grandparents passed away they moved to Denmark with their two children, Susanne and Lynne. I was born in Plymouth but my father insisted my mother, Odene, and myself ...see more
My mother was born in Kilkhampton and I spent many holidays there at my gran's cottage which still stands next to Jolly Cottage at the north end of the village. My mother's sister Anne lives in Bude and she is the last remaing member of the family. She is 91 years old and still going strong!!!!. The family name is Jeffrey and two of the brothers had a well known "threshing" business in the late fifties (1950s). ...see more
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