Challaborough, Devon

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Old Photos of Challaborough
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Challaborough in 1950

Challaborough in 1960

Old Maps of Challaborough

Historic Maps of Challaborough and the local area.

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Map of Challaborough in 1897

Map of Challaborough in 1899-1900

Map of Challaborough in 1919

Map of Challaborough in 1946

Map of Challaborough in 1905

Sheet Maps of Challaborough

Historic Folded Sheet Maps of Challaborough and the local area, matching current OS Landranger Sheet Maps.

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Shows Challaborough in 1809

Shows Challaborough in 1899

Shows Challaborough in 1919

Shows Challaborough in 1809

Books about Challaborough
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7 photo books on Challaborough and the surrounding area.

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Memories of Challaborough
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Wonderful Memories

So many wonderful memories of the "old challaborough" my parents owned a caravan there so we were lucky enough to spend weekends and holidays there. I loved the dolphin cafe on the sea front and then there was another restaurant where we used to play bingo and win vouchers to spend in the ghastly gift shop. I never did get to go in the Nile pub on the corner. Bigbury was so much better with the tom crocker pub ...see more

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Added 02 May 2025

Early Days At Challaborough

My grandparents (named Holder) owned the Delphine before it became a cafe. The told me in the very early days the only access was by horse & cart from Ringmore. I think that they made good use of the horse & cart to get to the Journeys End pub. They later owned one of the three garages shown in your photo. I recall holidays there in the late 40's and 50's. My parents used to boil up ...see more

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Added 20 September 2016

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Early Days At Challaborough