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 21 to 40.
Maps
7,210 maps found.
Memories
314 memories found. Showing results 11 to 20.
Awliscombe Lower Mill On River Wolf
I'm an Awliscombe Loaring descended from at least 2 generations of Loarings who operated the mill c1700 on the River Wolf just down the lane to the southwest of the Honiton Inn in Awliscombe. I'm hoping someone ...Read more
A memory of Awliscombe by
Axmister School
I attended the school I had a brilliant time I was the 1965 school boy shot put champion and east Devon champion . I was a bit of a wild boy Robert Hildred
A memory of Axminster by
Bellenden Road School
Having been born in Camberwell Hospital in 1935 and after being bombed out of three different houses during the war around Queens Road, (St Mary's Road, Consort Road and Raul Road), my sister and I were then evacuated to ...Read more
A memory of Peckham by
Bognor Childhoo Holidays
I came down to Bognor with my family for a three week holiday every summer in the late 50s early 60s, first from Redhill and then from Godalming, Surrey It was mostly on the train, and the last time we came it was in ...Read more
A memory of Bognor Regis by
Born 1942 Left In Late 1950s!
I lived in Lime Tree Road and I was called Rita Simmonds at that time. My gran and granddad lived in Lampton Road, at the Great West Road End. They lived in a terrace of cottages next to a large house which I think ...Read more
A memory of Hounslow by
Conker Arch
We used to live at 96, Church Road where I lived as a youngster between 1956 and circa 1962 when our family moved to a new house in New Haw. I was 11 years old when we moved there from Rodborough Hill near Milford. The canal was ...Read more
A memory of Byfleet by
Childhood
I was born in 1941. I lived in John Street, and hold fond memories of where I grew up, childhood friends were Alan Wilkinson, Maurice White, Jimmy Best, Glines Carr. Went to Blaydon West Boys School. Left Blaydon in 1953 to live in ...Read more
A memory of Blaydon by
Church Lane
I used to live in Church Lane, opposite the ‘Nipp Inn’ cafe, having moved from Reeves Avenue (at 8 years of age in 1954), via Fryent Way (at the age of 12). I left Church Lane in 1971 and moved to Devon to get married. I have lived Australia since 1972. Brian Hoare. 23/05/2020
A memory of Kingsbury by
Circa 1880s Blacksmith
I am tracing my ancestors as my mum and siblings were brought up in a home. Her grandfather was a Prison Warden at HMP Chelmsford around the 1900s and his father was a blacksmith. That's all we have apart from addresses ...Read more
A memory of Chelmsford by
Cofton Farm Camp Site
'Eee, when I were a lad'....... in the 1950's my dad and I would get the bus from Exeter to Dawlish and camp for a week at Cofton Farm, using a little WWII army-surplus 2-man ridge tent. My elder brother was in The Scouts, ...Read more
A memory of Starcross by
Captions
227 captions found. Showing results 25 to 48.
A feature of several East Devon villages is a brook running alongside a main street.
Not far away is Coryton Park, rebuilt in 1754-56 by Benedictus Mawood Tucker, afterwards Sheriff of Devon.
Lace-making has always been an important tradition in East Devon, though it would be a rare sight today to see it carried out in the street by a local cottager.
The line was eventually completed in 1890 - 41 years after the rival South Devon Railway reached Plymouth.
In 1282, the Countess of Devon, aggrieved with the merchants of Exeter, constructed a weir across the River Exe obstructing access to the city's port.
Axmouth, in East Devon, was an important port until its river entrance silted up.
Visitors approaching from Devon descend this steep hill to the sea at Lyme.
A network of footpath and bridleways offers excellent views across East Devon's pastoral landscape.
At this time, views such as these could be replicated a hundred times throughout the county of Devon.
Starkey, Knight & Ford's brewery was in Tiverton, and their trademark black horses could at one time be seen all over Devon.
Clay has been mined commercially in South Devon since the 17th Century.
It contains 17th-century panelling which originally came from Devon.
Both are delightful, with old Devon cob cottages and attractive gardens in an area of fine scenery.
The Devon and Somerset Stores, seen here amongst many excellent shop fronts, has posters in the window advertising Frister Rossmann Sewing Machines at £3 7s 6d and £2 18s 6d.
It was the library for years, and today it is home to the North Devon Museum.
Spinsters' Rock is in Devon, near Drewsteignton.
Hawkchurch is situated in wild and wooded country, close to where Devon slips imperceptibly into Dorset.
The red sandstone cliffs of East Devon break into the green and pastoral valley of the River Sid; Sidmouth lines the slopes of the gap.
But farmers from all over South Devon still bring their animals to the town for the Wednesday livestock sales.
Before being overtaken by Plymouth a couple of decades earlier, Brixham was the leading fishing port in Devon.
Its 'Gothick' design is conspicuous in a particularly beautiful corner of Devon, alongside the river Taw.
The Devon historian Hoskins, who seems not to have been a fan of Victorian church building, said 'It has nothing to recommend it'.
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.
Woodbury is one of Devon's largest parishes, and it occupies the great vale between Woodbury Common and the flood plains of the Exe.
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