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Rousdon, The Landslip And Whitlands Cottages 1900
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The great landslip of the coast between Axmouth and Lyme Regis took place on Christmas Day 1839, when a chasm nearly a mile in length was created when the existing cliffs fell towards the sea - carrying some cottages with them, though no one was hurt. In the decades that followed there were a number of minor landslips, forming the wild and jumbled wood and cliff that we see today. It is a hard walk between Axmouth and Lyme, and there are no exits, so use public transport to return home or retrace your steps. The landslip is now a National Nature Reserve.

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Memories of Rousdon, the Landslip and Whitlands Cottages 1900

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. These memories are of Rousdon, The Landslip And Whitlands Cottages 1900

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Relatives Buried At Rousdon Church
My great grandmother's sister Frances Ostler/nee Start (died 1889) is buried at Rousdon Church yard with her husband Luke Ostler (died 1916). They have a very strange looking memorial it is a long oak slab with an upright at either end, I have never seen a memorial like it before. It is now very weathered and starting to rot. There is an inscription on the oak slab "I have loved thy house and ...see more
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Evacuation To Combpyne
My sister Margaret and I (nee Rayner) were evacuated to the home and caring of a friend Olive Tuck who had a cottage next to a farm just out of Combpyne.  Across the fields where we were allowed to play, was the path to Landslip Cottage.  When mum and dad came to visit a special treat was to have afternoon tea at the cottage.  To this day I remember a pathway of bright orange nasturtiums,  the wooden tables ...see more
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Cream Teas At Landslip Cottage
My Greatgrandmother & Greatgrandfather lived at the Landslip Cottage for many years providing cream teas to visiting locals and tourists alike. My own mother married a Gapper born at the bungalow higher up the cliff. The visitors books, in our possession, for the cottage teas read like a script from PG Woodhouse with very reserved English expletives referencing the wasp population. The cottage was ...see more
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Added 24 December 2006

Formerly Whitlands Cottages
The cottage used to be called Whitlands Cottages. In 1881 my great grandparents Mr & Mrs French lived at no 3, next door to Mrs Gapper.
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Added 06 April 2006

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