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In 1974 the Devon Trust for Nature Conservation rented the site from the council and turned it into a nature reserve.

Both are delightful, with old Devon cob cottages and attractive gardens in an area of fine scenery. It is hard to imagine the crowded streets of Plymouth only a few miles away.

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

St Mary's is reputed to be the oldest church site in Devon.

The bridge is only 31 years old in this view; it is taken from the Devon bank, looking over to Saltash with its railway station, left, and ferry slipway below the bridge.

Queen Anne's Walk was built in 1709 by Richard Rolle, scion of one of the great landowning families of Devon.

This charming Devon fishing village lies alongside the broad waters of the Torridge River, which swings left just beyond the point to join the Taw and the open sea.

heights of Timber Hill, is situated at the westernmost end of Dorset.Walking through the fields and cliffs of Lyme the visitor can never be quite sure whether he or she is in Dorset or neighbouring Devon

Before the days of motorways and bypasses, Honiton was the gateway to Devon for travellers coming from the south and east of England, who passed along this long straight road.

At this date the building of the new 12-arched viaduct across the Tamar is nearly finished, and the construction yard can be seen below on the Devon (right) bank.

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.

Once the town manufactured and exported cloth and built ships; it imported tobacco and salted cod, and wool from the Continent for the Devon weaving industry.

Before railways and metalled roads, there were only two main routes into Devon.

On 9 and 10 March 1891 the legendary Great Blizzard hit Devon and Cornwall.

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

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

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

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

Maiden Newton stands on the high road between Dorchester and Crewkerne, an old route connecting Dorset with Devon. Its old mill became a carpet factory in the 20th century.

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.

Otterton has some of the best examples of cob and thatch cottages in Devon. Many of the homes we see in this photograph date from between the 15th and 18th centuries.

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.