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The town is said to be Devon's oldest resort. The commercial port was, and is, to the left of the picture where vessels of the era appear.

Courtenay is the family name of the Earls of Devon, who were the major landowners in the area and responsible for much of the Victorian expansion of Newton Abbot.

The quay at Appledore, built in 1846, still stands; but these coastal trading schooners, once the lifeblood of trading along this north Devon coast, are now only memories, superseded by motor transport

Beside him stands the post donkey, who was vital to efficient and regular deliveries in this isolated village in North Devon.

Each week, on market day, colourful stalls line the pavements of the High Street, and shoppers come from all over East Devon as they have for centuries.

This photograph epitomises Devon a century ago. Hay is being gathered at Chestwood buy horse power; traffic on the A39, which now roars across the valley below, is a mere nightmare for the future.

Once a sleepy Devon backwater, Croyde's beach and bay was discovered by holidaymakers in the 19th century. With two huge caravan parks, this area fills up dramatically in the short summer season.

These two forms of transport still battle for space in the lanes of South Devon.

Taken close to Junction station, this photograph shows the North Devon Infirmary, the white building below the church tower.

Taken from alongside the River Devon, this picture shows its confluence with the lesser arm of the Trent as they flow past what is now Newark Marina.

Woolsthorpe, but the village west of Grantham in rolling countryside right on the Leicestershire border; it has fine views of Belvoir Castle a mile away on its hill on the other side of the valley of the River Devon

He was also publisher and proprietor of the local newspaper, the full title of which was the `Bridport News & Dorset, Devon and Somerset Advertiser`. Wilfrid Frost lived at Glyn in Park Road.

Beer was the birthplace in 1788 of the smuggler Jack Rattenbury, who lived a life of adventure landing untaxed cargoes along much of the Devon coast.

Grinding up with slipping clutch and near-bursting radiators, it was, I recall, one of the trickiest parts of our summer holiday route in the 1950s to North Devon and Cornwall, with its

To the left is the confectionary shop of H Bovett; then comes the Volunteer Inn, and in the distance the premises of the East Devon Motor Company - unchanged in use today, for it is still

The curious broach spire - one of three in North Devon - was added in 1389, paid for by the corporation. S.

The 19th-century author Charles Kingsley was passionately fond of Devon; Rose of Torridge and the Brotherhood of the Rose feature in his best-known book, 'Westward Ho!'

Beside him stands the post donkey, who was vital to efficient and regular deliveries in this isolated village in North Devon.

He was also publisher and proprietor of the local newspaper, the full title of which was the 'Bridport News & Dorset, Devon and Somerset Advertiser'. Wilfrid Frost lived at Glyn in Park Road.

The Saxons were here and had a mint, one of four in Devon.

Fishermen from all over Devon and Cornwall worked the cod stocks of the Grand Banks, and Topsham sent more ships across the Atlantic than any other port.

Barclay's Bank, originally built for the East Cornwall Bank in 1885 with the town clock on its corner, placed there in 1922 and still running today; Lloyd's Bank (centre left), which took over the earlier Devon

Exmouth is Devon's oldest seaside resort, and this was reflected in the construction of several early and very prominent hotels.

With its steep, winding streets and pretty cottages, there is a definite hint of Devon or Cornwall about it.