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The pier looks out towards the North devon coast. 1907 saw a pavilion built on the seaward end, which was destroyed by fire in the 1930s.

Note also the pavement is already surfaced - not the most common sight in a Devon village at the start of the 20th century.

This photograph epitomises Devon a century ago.

Once a sleepy Devon backwater, Croyde's beach and bay was discovered by holidaymakers in the 19th century.

Seaton is Devon's easternmost resort, with only a few miles of rugged cliffs and landslips separating the town from neighbouring Dorset.

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

The first round-the-world solo yachtsman Sir Francis Chichester was part of the family, and he is buried in North Devon.

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 town is said to be Devon's oldest resort.

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but these coastal trading schooners, once the lifeblood of trading along this north Devon coast, are now only memories, superseded by motor transport

At the beginning of the last millennium, marauding Danes landed on these sandy Devon beaches and put the village of Exmouth to fire and sword.

The red sandstone parish church of St Mary was built by Roger Growdon and dedicated in 1450 by Bishop Lacey, whose name can still be seen on pub signs around Devon.

Otterton has some of the best examples of cob and thatch cottages in Devon.

Maiden Newton stands on the high road between Dorchester and Crewkerne, an old route connecting Dorset with Devon.

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.

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.

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

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