Places
36 places found.
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- Torquay, Devon
- Salcombe, Devon
- Exeter, Devon
- Plymouth, Devon
- Ilfracombe, Devon
- Sidmouth, Devon
- Barnstaple, Devon
- Paignton, Devon
- Exmouth, Devon
- Dartmouth, Devon
- Teignmouth, Devon
- Tavistock, Devon
- Seaton, Devon
- Bideford, Devon
- Okehampton, Devon
- Dawlish, Devon
- Kingsbridge, Devon
- Totnes, Devon
- Newton Abbot, Devon
- Lynton, Devon
- Tiverton, Devon
- Budleigh Salterton, Devon
- Ashburton, Devon
- Axminster, Devon
- Honiton, Devon
- Ottery St Mary, Devon
- Ivybridge, Devon
- Crediton, Devon
- Great Torrington, Devon
- Buckfastleigh, Devon
- Northam, Devon
- South Molton, Devon
- Holsworthy, Devon
- Woolfardisworthy, Devon
- Millwey Rise, Devon
- Higher Dunstone, Devon
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Memories
314 memories found. Showing results 71 to 80.
The Girl Maureen
She was launched as a rowing lifeboat, Docea Chapman, and came to Padstow as a relief boat. She was only on station for nine moths then laid up. I am the girl Maureen. Father bought her in 1952 and converted her into a fishing ...Read more
A memory of Padstow in 1960 by
The Fair Organ
I was 19 years old when I was to move over to Newbury but at first I was roughing it until I could find cheap enough accommodation. At times, due to me being not able to get a good old scrub down and also a clean change of clothes; ...Read more
A memory of Newbury in 1968 by
The Fabulous Fez Heads Entertain Whitethorn Morris
For very many years the dancers and musicians of Whitethorn Morris have performed in the streets at Wimborne Folk Festival each June and have been fascinated to see another team known ...Read more
A memory of Winterborne Kingston in 2007 by
The Daccombe Treacle Mine
On reading peoples of Daccombe I'm surprised no one has mentioned the famous Treacle Mine, probably a secret closely guarded by the villagers themselves. Maybe I've now let the cat out of the bag! Anyway in 1921/22 ...Read more
A memory of Kingskerswell by
The Clarke Family Of Newton Tracey In The Early 19th Century
Frances “Fanny” Clarke was born about 1810 in Newton Tracey and my interest in both her and the village is because she married Henry Howard, a tin plate worker from Barnstaple. My ...Read more
A memory of Newton Tracey by
The Blue Boar Inn
My grandmother owned the Blue Boar Inn. Her name was Annie Dady. I believe she had the pub before the war and up until about 1960. Next door was Major Powell's racing stable and as a young lad I met Frankie Durr when he had ...Read more
A memory of Aldbourne in 1955 by
The Blake Family
My grandfather Edgar Blake was badly wounded in the First World War and had many operations on his face to rebuild it. He lived to the age of 89, passing away in 1977. He and my grandmother are buried in the Churchyard of St ...Read more
A memory of New Alresford in 1900 by
The Best Memories
I was born in Otley hospital as were most from Guiseley and all around. In 1969 I was posted there as a police officer and stayed until 1974. My daughter was born there in 1972 and my dad died there on his 81st birthday. I know ...Read more
A memory of Otley in 1969 by
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
The Beeches Avenue
We lived at number 20 from the early 50's to 1969 when we moved down to Devon. It was a lovely street to live in with the magnificent beeches all along. Nice neighbours- the Radfords at number 16 and the Huttons at 22. We had a ...Read more
A memory of Carshalton by
Captions
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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
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`.
With its steep, winding streets and pretty cottages, there is a definite hint of Devon or Cornwall about it.
The curious broach spire - one of three in North Devon - was added in 1389, paid for by the corporation.
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
He was also publisher and proprietor of the local newspaper, the full title of which was the 'Bridport News & Dorset, Devon and Somerset Advertiser'.
Beside him stands the post donkey, who was vital to efficient and regular deliveries in this isolated village in North Devon.
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!'
The Saxons were here and had a mint, one of four in Devon.
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
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.
Exmouth is Devon's oldest seaside resort, and this was reflected in the construction of several early and very prominent hotels.
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