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
Photos
20,191 photos found. Showing results 121 to 140.
Maps
7,210 maps found.
Books
32 books found. Showing results 145 to 168.
Memories
314 memories found. Showing results 61 to 70.
Memories Of A Descendant Of A Bratton Fleming Family
Although I live in Canada, I have a sentimental attachment to Bratton Fleming, where my grandmother, born Melia Ann Parkin, was born long ago. This attachment was fostered by my seeing ...Read more
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Memories Of My Life And Family In Bideford.
I was born in 1954 in Bideford. I went to a small private school near the strand but it closed down, then went to church infants school near St Mary's Church, then to another school near Abbotsham Road , then ...Read more
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Mr And Mrs A Garland
I remember spending many happy times in Shipley, staying with my grandparents, Mr and Mrs A Garland, or Arthur and Edith (Arlie) Garland, at 16, Church Close, Shipley, Sussex. I used to walk the dog with my grandad ...Read more
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My Esh Winning Childhood
I lived in Brandon Road in the house next door to the Majestic Cinema from about 1940 to 1946. The house in those days was called Dent Dale which was written on the glass panel above the door. I used to go to the school ...Read more
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My Home Town
I was born in Paignton in 1935 in 1 Stafford Rd our house backed on to Queens Park. When I was 6 years old we moved into a flat in 26a Torbay Rd under The Devon General Bus Station. Dellers Cafe was on the opposite corner & I went to ...Read more
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My Birth Place
I was born in woodgate street nine Ellms lane Battersea in November 1936, all the people older than me who were around at that time must have passed away. In our house lived my grandparents, my mum and dad, brother jock, sister ...Read more
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My Birth Place
I was born in woodgate street nine Ellms lane Battersea in November 1936, all the people older than me who were around at that time must have passed away. In our house lived my grandparents, my mum and dad, brother jock, sister ...Read more
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My Formative Years In Ashbourne
I was born at the maternity hospital in 1951, My parents and I lived at 24 Clifton Road while I was a baby but moved to 66 Park Avenue as my mother could not abide my father's mother. I attended St Oswalds C of E ...Read more
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My Life At Selgars Mills, Uffculme, Devon
I was an evacuee during the Second World War and was sent to Devon I wasn't quite 4 years old. I remember staying with Auntie Hetty and Uncle Jack I think their surname was Gay. I was there from 1939 until 1943 or ...Read more
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My Memories Of The Red Lion Area
Roger... After reading your recollections of the Woodsend Road I hope you don't mind me adding to your list of memories. It fair to say before I start to write we do know one another and by now we both have a lot of ...Read more
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Captions
227 captions found. Showing results 145 to 168.
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
In 1968, when work was underway on a new Devon Bridge, timber piles and some stonework were discovered on the river bed.
Now in Cornwall, Mount Edgecumbe, from where this picture was taken, was once part of Devon.
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.
The unusual octagonal lantern was installed in the 15th century when Colyton was one of the three richest wool towns in Devon.
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.
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.
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.
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