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This one was built by the Chichester family in the 18th century; it burned Welsh limestone, which was held to be superior to the Devon limestone.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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.

The unusual octagonal lantern was installed in the 15th century when Colyton was one of the three richest wool towns in Devon. The clock was made in 1710 by Lewis Pridham of Crediton.

The trees in the park have all been chamfered up to a certain height to prevent them being grazed by the Bankes family's famous herd of Red Devon cattle.

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

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 commercial port was, and is, to the left of the picture where vessels of the era appear.

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