Maps

7,210 maps found.

1900, Popham Ref. RNC808912
1899-1900, Poughill Ref. RNC810218
1899-1900, Splatt Ref. RNC836487
1898-1900, Stockwell Ref. RNC839958
1898-1900, Whitford Ref. RNC869306
1898-1900, Wiltown Ref. RNC870845
1946, Lowertown Ref. NPO770005
1946, Lea Ref. NPO753769
1946, Littletown Ref. NPO758357
1946, Poughill Ref. NPO810218
1946, Pennsylvania Ref. NPO803844
1898, Bradfield Ref. RNE647817
1898, Cheriton Ref. RNE667353
1898, Clayhanger Ref. RNE669896
1895, Burford Ref. RNE655626
1896, Lowertown Ref. RNE770005
1898, Meldon Ref. RNE777802
1895, Norley Ref. RNE792704
1898, Northay Ref. RNE794159
1898, Killington Ref. RNE747213

Books

32 books found. Showing results 97 to 120.

Memories

318 memories found. Showing results 41 to 50.

Family History Dated 1781 Kings Somborne.

Please could any one in Kings Somborne let me know who to contact regarding my family history. I have a family tree that dates back to 1781. My decendents were from Kings Somborne. I have names from ...Read more

A memory of King's Somborne by First Name Last Name

The Newmans Of Sible Hedingham

Researching my maternal family tree, I have found that my Grandfather's family originally came from Sible Hedingham and Castle Hedingham. John Newman's occupation was given as stockman and his wife Jane worked as ...Read more

A memory of Sible Hedingham by Lin Harper

History Of Clayton Family 1700s

Descendants of George Clayton Generation No. 1 1. GEORGE1 CLAYTON was born 1788 in Pickhill, West Roxby, Yorkshire England. He married ANN MUDD 08 December 1806 in Pickhill, West Roxby, Yorkshire England. She was ...Read more

A memory of Pickhill in 1860 by Orrin Clayton

The Howard Family Of Barnes And Hammersmith

My Great-Great-Grandad, Henry Howard, lived in the early 1800’s - a time of great rural depression - and so he left his Devon home to look for work in London with the result that several generations of my ...Read more

A memory of Barnes in 1870 by John Howard Norfolk

The Village Stores

Our family, that is father Stan, mother Eve and five of we children moved in 1952 to this shop from our farm in North Devon. We were a general store, delivering papers and general goods to the surrounding area. After helping ...Read more

A memory of Hatch Beauchamp in 1952 by David Webber

St Mary's School

It is believed that this was a training college for Church of England vicars and then it was subsequently used as an orphanage run by the Catholic Rescue Society and staffed by the Sisters of Chariry, a French order of nuns. During ...Read more

A memory of Gravesend in 1930 by colingbedford

A Lucky Find Chestermans Farm.

Having started to work with a company in Fleet I needed to find somewhere to live that was commutable both to work and our home in Devon. Having spent a whole weekend looking at various properties in the ...Read more

A memory of East Tytherton in 1997 by Roger Steer

The Bell Hotel, Hare Street, Buntingford

I have recently discovered that my Great Grandfather John Main originally from Devon (a shoe maker) and then in Brixton, London as a Dairy Manager owned the Bell Hotel in Hare Street around 1905. My ...Read more

A memory of Buntingford in 1900 by Judith Irwin

The Two Bob Gun

At the top of Queens Road in Buckhurst Hill is a small newsagents shop. It was owned by the Mr & Mrs. Silk.  The shop sold papers magazines cigarettes, sweets and a few toys. Situated right across the road from where Princes ...Read more

A memory of Buckhurst Hill by Denman Lalonde

Evacuated To Hele....

I am guessing the year would have been 1944.... I would have been 6 and my brother would have been 5. I dont know how we were evacuated exactly...because we didnt go through the School system, we went with our Mother and our Grandmother ...Read more

A memory of Hele by Maurene Kauter

Captions

227 captions found. Showing results 97 to 120.

Caption For Chagford, Spinster's Rock C1871

Spinster's Rock is in Devon, near Drewsteignton.

Caption For Newton Ferrers, Bridge End 1931

Both are delightful, with old Devon cob cottages and attractive gardens in an area of fine scenery.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Low Tide C1955

Lyme Regis straddles the border between Dorset and Devon, between two stretches of very unstable coastline.

Caption For St Columb, Fair Street 1906

This was once a major sport: Polkinghorne, as Cornish Champion, fought in front of a crowd of 17,000 when he faced Devon Champion Abraham Cann in 1826.

Caption For Ladram Bay, From High Peak C1965

This wonderful view shows the East Devon coast from the great cliff of High Peak to distant Exmouth, circling part of the great sweep of Lyme Bay.

Caption For Two Bridges, The Hotel C1955

Crockern Tor, a mile to the north, is the site of the Devon Stannary Parliament which sat from 1305 to 1749.

Caption For Tavistock, Town Hall 1890

Tavistock's wealth was generated in early Victorian times by the nearby Devon Great Consols mine, which was dug on land owned by the 7th Duke of Bedford.

Caption For Sidmouth, Fore Street 1904

The red sandstone cliffs of East Devon break into the green and pastoral valley of the River Sid; Sidmouth lines the slopes of the gap.

Caption For Newton Abbot, The Market 1925

But farmers from all over South Devon still bring their animals to the town for the Wednesday livestock sales.

Caption For Exmouth, Morton Crescent 1906

Exmouth has a good claim to be the first resort in Devon.

Caption For Tiverton, The Canal C1955

In 1971, Devon council took over the canal from British Waterways and have retained it as a leisure amenity ever since.

Caption For Seaton, Fore Street 1895

Though never one of Devon's more fashionable resorts, it has a charm of its own and an attractive setting.

Caption For Sidmouth, The Esplanade And Beach 1934

In the distance we see the great cliff of High Peak - one of the highest points along the Devon coast.

Caption For Countess Wear, The Bridge Over The Exe 1906

The Exe was one of Devon's richest salmon rivers, although as early as the 19th century concern was being expressed about the level of the stocks - vast numbers were taken when they were on their way upstream

Caption For Chagford, Market Place 1906

Chagford was declared one of the first Devon Stannary towns in 1305, but by the late 16th century the tin was worked out and the town turned to spinning wool.

Caption For Tawstock, St Peter's Church 1890

Cruciform in plan, it is early 14th-century (one of only seven remaining in Devon) and contains the finest collection of monuments in the county.

Caption For Westward Ho!, The Pebble Ridge And Sands 1932

The land behind the long-disappeared beach huts is part of the Royal North Devon Golf Club.

Caption For Pilton West, From Railway Bridge 1900

Pilton is an ancient settlement, one of King Alfred's four original Devon burhs (burh means 'defended place'), and was built to guard the estuary.

Caption For Hope Cove, Cottages 1890

Hope is one of the more remote corners of Devon, located on the west side of the South Hams, six miles from Kingsbridge.

Caption For Sidmouth, The Esplanade And Beach 1934

In the distance we see the great cliff of High Peak - one of the highest points along the Devon coast.

Caption For Ilfracombe, The Harbour C1955

On the far right, opposite the end of the pier and hidden by the Devon mist, is Larkstone Cove, site of a lime kiln where Welsh coal burnt Welsh limestone to produce the lime that was vital to regulate

Caption For Ilsington, The Village And Church C1965

The latter are decorated with the only carved poppy-heads in Devon.

Caption For Bishopsteignton, Church Interior 1890

Over the old south doorway is one of the finest tympanums in Devon, the only one to show the adoration of the Magi.

Caption For Powderham, Castle C1874

The seat of the Courtenays, the Earls of Devon, Powderham Castle was first built on this site in the late 14th century.