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NORTH  -  SOUTH  -  EAST    AND  WEST 

are  to  be  found  the  Policy-holders 
of  the  Company,  satisfied  in  mind 
that,  should  the  contingency  happen 
against  which  they  have  insured,  the 
consequent  monetary  loss  to  them  and 
theirs  will  be  made  good  immediately. 

Since  it  was  established  in   1836  the 

Company  has  paid  over  £l  12,000,000 

in    Claims    and    to-day    its    Assets 

exceed  £20,000,000. 

Head  Office  LONDON 

1.  DALE  STREET  Chief  Office 

LIVERPOOL  I.CORNHILL,  E.C.3 

Branche*    and    Agencies    throughout    the    World 
General  Manager  and  Secretary  '  HUGH  LEWIS 

THE 

LIVERPOOL  &  LONDON  &  GLOBE 

INSURANCE  COMPANY  LIMITED 


I: 


FIRE        -        LIFE        -        ACCIDENT  MARINE 

^ 


NATIONALPROVINGIALBANK 


LIMITED. 


Subscribed  Capital  -     £43,447,080 

Paid-up  Capital      -         -        £9,309,416 
Reserve  Fund  -         -      £9,000,000 


HEAD    OFFICE  : 

15,  BISHOPSGATE,  LONDON, 

E.G. 2. 


OVER  1,100  OFFICES  IN  ENGLAND   AND  WALES. 


TRAVELLERS'  CHEQUES  and  LETTERS  OF  CREDIT 

issued  available  throughout  the 
UNITED  KINGDOM  and  in  all  parts  of  the  WORLD. 


Affiliated  Banks: 

COUTTS    &    CO. 

GRINDLAY    &    CO.,   LTD. 

AUXILIARY: 
LLOYDS  AND  NATIONAL  PROVINCIAL  FOREIGN  BANK  LIMITED. 


WESTMINSTER 

BANK  LIMITED 

Authorized  Capital  '  £33,000,000 
Paid-up  Capital  *  £9,003,718 
Reserve    *         *         *     £9,003,718 


LETTERS  OF  CREDIT  and  Circular 
Notes  available  in  all  parts  of  the 
World  are  issued,  also  Circular  Letters 
of  Credit  payable  throughout  the 
United  Kingdom 


THE  liANK  is  represented  by  Branches  or  tAgents 

in  all  the  Principal  Cities  and  Toivns  of  the 

United  Kingdom  and  has  Correspondents 

throughout  the  World 


Head  Office 

41  LOTHBURY,  LONDON,  E.C.2 


\         A    FEW   REASONS 
^  for  the  esteem  in  which  the 

I  NORWICH  UNION 

^MUTUAL  LIFE    OFFICE 

is  held  by  the  thoughtful 
insuring  public: 

(1)  Office  Founded  1808. 

(2)  Funds  -        -        -        .    £19,989,922 

(3)  Increase  of  Funds  during 

1922         ....      £1,432,591 

(4)  Total  Income    -        -        -      £3,565,975 

(5)  Number  of  Policies  issued  9,820 

(6)  Amount  insured        -        -      £7,255,538 

(7)  Reserve  Basis  of  Life  and 

Endowment  Insurance 

business  -        -        -  £2  10s.  Od.% 

(8)  Rate    of  Interest    earned 

after  deduction  of  tax     £5     Is.  3d.",'j 

(9)  Profit    Margin   over   rate 

of  Interest  reckoned  on  £2  lis.  3d.°o 


Write    for    Prospectus     and 
latest  Report  to  the  Secretary. 


HEAD  OFFICE     -      -     NORWICH 


Series,  192;  2 j 


LONDON.  W.C.I. 


WHITE  HALL 

RESIDENTIAL  HOTELS 

RUSSELL  SQUAK]-:   (Close  to  the  British   Museum) 


WHITE  HALL.  BLOOMSBURY  SQUARE. 
Nos.  2,  3.  4  &  5.  MONTAGUE  STREET. 
Nos.  70,71  &  72.  GUILFORD  STREET. 
Nos.  21  &  22.  MONTAGUE  STREET. 
Nos.   15  &  16.  BEDFORD  PLACE. 
Nos.  18,  19,  &  20,  MONTAGUE  STREET. 
Nos.  22  &  23,  CORAM    STREET. 
No.  13,  WOBURN  PLACE. 

TERMS    ON  APPLICATION  to  the 
MANAGERESS  AT  EACH  Hi  TEL. 

DEAN   81   DAWSON, 

Established  over  50  years.  LIMITED. 

Travel  Organisers. 

SPRtNG,   SUMMER     AND    WINTER 
HOLIDAYS  AT  HOME  OR  ASROAD. 

Escorted  Parties  to  Holland,  Belgium,  France,  Switzerland, 
Italy,  Dalmatia,  Austria,  &c. 

INCLUSIVE  TOURS  ARRANGED. 

Cruisss  Round  the  Coast,  to  Norway,  Canary  Islands,  &c. 

BANKING   AND   FOREIGN   EXCHANGE. 

Travellers'  Cheques  issued  in  Sterling  and  Francs. 

Passports  and  Visas  Obtained. 

Steamship  Passages  Booked  to  All  Parts  of  the  World. 

Aerial  Travel  and  Motor  Ccach  Tours. 

WRITE  FOR  PROGRAMIVIE  OF  TOURS  TO 

DEAN   81  DAWSON,  LTD. 

84,  Piccadilly  -        -        LONDON,  W.I. 

BRANCHES  IN  PRINCIPAL  TOWNS. 


Somethinq  New  in  Motor  Coaching 

introducing  iheS  I LENTCU I  DE" 

%//iCKiE  BOY  yfDDS  ONE  MORE  JOY 
TO  THE  dOYS  OF  THE  OPEU  fiOAO. 


OV5C 

SILEHTCUIDE 

PJITENT£0  Age.  TTl^DE  M^Ak 
A  NOVEL  INVENTION  COUPLED 
WITH  SPECIALLY  PREPARED 
ITINERAAIES  FOR  IMPARTING  & 
RETAINING  INFORMATION  IN  A 
PARTICULAR  &  PLEASING  MANNER 
ABOUT  THE  MANY  PL  ACES  OF  INTEREST 
VDU  MAY  EITHER  VISIT  OR  PASS 
EN  ROUTE  ON  YOUR  FAVOURITE 
.  MOTOR  COACH  TOURS 


^ustwhat 

is  wanted 

to  make  - 

I  Motor  (bacMrfQ 

a  success 


f/o  need  to  be  in  ignorance  JVo  need  to  ask^ 

r/:c"SILE!WTCUIDE'Ve//5  yOU. SILENTLY 

of  ihe.  places  through  which  you  pa:  s 
You  will  find  it  installed  on  the  best-  y,e,,^  w^.nn  .-r-/ 
Mctor  Coaches  in  most  Holiday  Resorts    AoK  FOR.  IT! 


The  Most  Comfortable  Tea  Rooms. 

1 


BRIGHT0N~14,  East  St. 
BRISTOL— 24,  College  Green. 
CAIVIBR9DGE— 48,  Sidney  St. 
CHELTENHAM— 8,  Promenade. 
CHESTER— 27,  Eastgate  St. 
CROYDON— 44,  George  St. 
DUBLIN— 84,  Grafton  Sf. 
EASTBOURNE— 23,  Terminus 

Rd. 
EDINBURGH— 120  Princes  St. 
FOLKESTONE-  115,  Sandgate 

Rd. 
GLASGOW— 99,  Buchanan  St. 
GUILDFORD— 144,  High  St. 


HOVE— 47,  Western  Rt!. 
LEEDS— 32,  Bond  St. 
LINCOLN— 9,  Bailgate. 
LIVERPOOL— 33,  Bold  St. 

„  10,  Dale   St. 

„  1,Raneiagh  St. 

MANCHESTER— 42,  King  St. 
OXFORD— 24,  CornmarketSt. 
PLYMOUTH— 50,  George  St. 
SOUTHEND— 138,  High  St. 
SOUTH  SE  A— 72,Palmerston  Rd. 
SUTTON— 53,  High  Street. 
WINDSOR— 19,  Thames  St. 


LONDON  and  DISTRICT. 


209,  Regrent  St.,  W. 
203,  Regent  St.,  W. 
31,  High  St.,  Kensington, 

W. 
131,    Queen's   Rd., 

Bayawater,  W. 
Barons  Court  Station,  W. 
27,   The   Broadway, 

Ealing,  W. 
59,  Hi?h  Street,  Netting 

Hill  Gate,  W. 
113,  Victoria  Street,  S.W. 
190a,  Sloane  St.,  S.W. 
42,Buckin-liam  Palace  Rd., 
S.W. 


4,  Onslow  Place, 

S.  Kensi.ngton,  S.W. 
82,  Gloucester  Rd.,  S.W. 
38,  Hill  Rd.,  Wimbledon, 
S.W. 
71,  George  Street,  Richmond, 

358,  Strand,  W.C. 

S6,  Southampton  Row,  W.C. 

289,  Finchley  Rd., 

hampstead,  N.W. 

131a,  Finchley  Rd.,  Swiss 

Cottage,  N.W. 

Willcsden  Green  Stn.,  Met. 

RIy.,  N.W. 


52,  Golders  Green  Rd.,  N.W. 
101,    Broadway, 

Chcklewood,  N.W. 
68,  St.  Paul's  Churchyard, 
1,  Walbrook,  E.G.       [E.C. 
31,  Gracechurch  St.,  E.C. 
51,  Fenchurch  St.,  E.C. 

42,  Old  Broad  St.,  E.G. 

5,  Broad  St.,  Station,  E.G. 
53, Queen  Victoria  St.,  E.G. 

43,  Kolborn  Viaduct,  E.G. 
28,  Gopthall  Avenue,  E.C. 
28,  St.  Swithin's  Lane, 

E.C. 
56,  Cresham  St.,  E.C. 


wccts,  Cakes 


# 


ean  be  obtained  from 
AGENTS    IN    ALL    PRINCIPAL    TOWNS. 


LIFE  ASSURANCE  PLUS—! 

The  Australian  JTutual  Provident  Society  is  Mutual.  That  is  to  ?av.  all 
Surplus,  without  deduction,  belongs  to  the  Policy-holders  themselves  and 
is  distributed  yearly.  Moreover,  the  Society,  established  in  1849,  has 
been  toi  many  years  the  largest  and  most  prosperous  British  Mutual  Life 
Office.  Why  is  this  ?  Because  it  offers  to  Assurers  the  Acms  of  Security 
and  Profit,  and  because  its  satisfied  members  are  its  best  advertisement. 
Why  are  policies  with  the  .A.M.  P.  Society  so  profitable  ?  Because,  while 
its  premium  rates  are  below  the  average,  it  possesses  in  a  unique  degree 
the  combination  oi  a  low  expense  rate,  a  high  interest  return,  and  a 

favourable  mortality  e.xperience. 

The  A.M. P.   Society  should  be  covering  you.     You    will    be    sent  lull 

particulars  on  application.     Please  mention  this  Publication. 


EVERY     YEAR     A     BONUS     YEAR. 


Assets  £[3,000,000.  Annual  Income,  £7,800,000. 

New  Ordinary  Business  for  1923,  £12,205,2  j7. 

Cash    Surplus    (Ordinary   Department)    divided    for 

IQ2J,    £1,750,000. 

AUSTRALIAN  MUTUAL 
PROVIDENT    SOCIETY 

London  Office:    73-76,  King  William  Street,  E.C.4. 

W.  C.  FISHER,  Manager  for  the  United  Kingdom. 


TORQUAY,    DARTMOOR    &   ALL    RESORTS. 

If  you  cannot  get  suited  write  to  us  enclosing  Stamped  and  Addressed 

Envelope.     Fee  according  to  needs.      Be  sure  to  state  requirements 

fully  (WE  DO  NOT  SEND  LISTS)  and  mention  this  Guide  Boo'i. 

SATISFACTION  "OR  MONEY  BACK. 

We  are  FAMOUS  FOR  FARMHOUSES  (Illus  Booklet  1/-) 

HOLIDAYS  INFORMATION  BUREAU 

£OOA-/.yG  oi'fici:s  for  iorq''  -i  v  /.\  .:o  largj-  roirxs. 
'7ln%^ :  "Holidays  Bureau  575  Torquay."   INVALIDS,  &c.,  A  SPECIALITY. 

LONDON 

IN  THE  CENTRE  OF  EVERYTHING 

The  OPERA  HOTEL,  Bow  Street 

STRAND,   W.C.2. 

BEDROOM  AND  BREAKFAST    £t  I  ft 

No   extras  of   any  kind.  ^^/  ^^ 

Telegrams:   "  Opsraf  ul,  Loadon."  Telephone:   Gerrard   3625. 


Temperance  Permanent  Building  Society, 

4,  6,  &  8,  LUDQATE  HILL,   LONDON,  E.G. 


Prompt  Advances.    Light  Repayments.    Easy  Redemptions. 
Low  Costs. 

ABSOLUTE     SECURITY     FOR     INVESTORS. 

Shares,  ^'i  per  cant.        Deposits,  4  per  cent. 

RESERVE     FUNDS    exceed      £210,000. 

EDWARD  WOOD,  Manager. 

LOSE  YOUR  HOLIDAY 

YOUR  LIFE   SUFFERS. 
LOSE   YOUR   LIFE 

YOUR  WIFE  SUFFERS 

(AND   YOUR   CHILDREN   ALSO). 

PROTECT   THEM 

By   INSURING    with    the 

Pearl  Assurance  Company, 

HIGH    HOLBORN,   W.C.l/""^^° 

Accumulated  Funds       -       £29,400,003 
Claims  Paid     -        -        -       £35,470,000 

G.    SHRUBSALL,    Managing   Dikfxtor. 


HAGKBRIDGE  BOARDING  &  QUARANTINE  KENNELS 

20  minutes  from  Victoria,  Southern  Rly.  (Brighton  Section). 
FULLY     APPROVED     UNDER     THE     MINISTRY     OF 

AGRICULTURE     REGULATIONS    FOR  ' 

X]VEX»02ES.M7JE3X>     X^OC^-S. 

(UiiJcr  tlie  iManagement  of  the  Committee  of  the  Dogs'  Home,  I'.attersca.) 

These  thoroughly  Up-to-date  Kennels  are  always  available 

lor  the  reseption  oi   Dogs  coming  from   Abroad    or   tor 

hOAKOERS.  anJ    are   unler   the   control    ol  a   resident 

"^^~^~^~"    qualiiied  Veterinary  Surgeon. 

Terms   tor    boarding    imported   dogs  are  from  10/-  to  12/6  per  week 

(including  veterinary  supervision),  and  full  particulars  may  be  obtained 

from —  Inspection   invited. 

G.  GUY  S.  ROWLEY,  Secretary,  Dogs'  Home,  Hackbridge,  Surrey. 

vi 


Somethinrr  Worth  Knowing. 


CHURCH  of  ENQLASS^D 

TE:/1?I:RANCE   and   GEf^ESAL  PERrvlANENT 

BUILDiNG     SOCIETY 

(Incorporated  1382'. 


Telcpfione  : 
CENTKAL  5927. 


'J'flcgr.Tiiis : 
"  THRIFTDOM,  LONDON." 


Established  to  enable  the  Thrifty  Wa^e  Earners 
(o  invest  theiv  Savings  with  sa'ety  at  a  better  rate 
oi  Interest  than  that  giiJcn  by  the  t;a7in!?3  Bank. 


5 


A    GOOD    INVESTMENT. 

5  /    Interest  paid  on  Shares  of  £25  eaah. 
/  Siil>S(  riptioii  Sj.ucs  pay.iblitiy  monthly 

/r\         lii-t.iliiK'nti   of    3'-  .itid  upwards  have 
similar  interest  added  each  year. 

D  /  Interest  paid  on  all  Deposits. 

/  Shares   and    Deposits   withdrawable  in 

/  full  at  short  notice.     .\ll  Interest  paid 

'O  1-KI;E  of  IXCOMK    1A.\. 

ASSETS    -    over  £590.000 

II  )("','  f<r    />-^s/.,T/i(s   !n  Die  Sccicluy   (l)cpi.  25), 

Thriftdom,"  2G,  King  William  Street,  London,  E.C.4. 


INSURANCE       SOCSETY       LIMITED, 

No.  114,  CHANCERY  LANE,  LONDON,  \V.C.2. 


Caiital  Redemption,  Personal  AcciJent  and  Disease.  Burglary. 

Fidelity  Guarantee.    Workmen's  Compensaticr,  ncludin?  Dome3tic  Servants. 

Pioperiy  i/wuer  s  Indemnity.        Third  Party.        Motor  Car.        Plate  Glass. 

HOUSEHOLDERS'  &  HOUSEOWNERS'  COMPREHENSIVE  POLICIES. 

BONOS.  The  Directors  desire  to  draw  special  attention  to 
the  fact  that  the  Fidelity  Bonds  of  this  Society  are  accented  by 
His  Majesty's  Government  and  in  the  High  Court  of  Justice. 

CH.AKI.ICS   PLUMFFRE  JOHNSO.N,  Esq.,  J.P.,  Chairm.m 

(I'oriiierly  of  Johnson,  RajnioiKi-Barker  &  Co.,  Lincoln's  Inn). 

K0MI;R  WILLIAMS,  Esq.,  D.L.,  J.P,  Vicc-Chairmaii 

(Formerly  of  Williams  &  James),  Norfolk  House.  Thames  Embankment. 

Seiratary  -H.  T.  OWEN  LEOG.A  IT 
/■.sFisiaiit  bccretaiy— \V .  R    LAWRENXE. 

SECURITY     UNSURPASSED. 

Ilvcry  f.icility  is  afTorilcd  for  the  transaction  of  Insurance  IhisIiii-ss  on  the  mnit  'avo  ir. 
able  terms,  and  surveys,  where  necessary,  are  undertaken  by  the  .Society  free  of  cllari^e. 
rrospectuses  and  Proposal  Forms  and  full  ii\forniation  m.aybe  had  at  the  Society's  Otiice. 
'Ihc  business  of  this  Society  is  confined  to  the  United  Kingdom. 

vii 


For  ov:r  fifty  years  a  tin.  tube  or  bo'tle  of 
VAS:r!ine  '  Petroleum  Jeily  has  b:en  indjsp-n- 
sable  to  every  weil-orginised  house 
Its  prompt  applrcation  m  cases  of  cuts.  scr.-p?s. 
bums  and  minor  ac:idents  ofte  i  p  events  s  n  .  us 
re5ulis. 

Also   for  internal  use,  for  the  relief  of  coughs 
and   sore  throats. 

Write  for  Book'ef  : 
'For  Health  and  Beauty.'  FREE. 

CHESEBROUGII    MANFG.    CO.,    COXSD. 
\ViLLi;sDEN    Junction,    LONDON',     N.W.io 


THE  QUEEN'S    HOSPITAL  FOR   CHILDREN, 

HACKNEY  ROAD.  LONDON,  E.2, 

and  LITTLE  FOLKS  HOME,  BEXHILL. 

President         -         -         HRH.  THE  DUKE  0!^  YORK,   KG. 

170  })eds.     Over  129,000  attendances  of  Sick  and    Injured 
Children  in  a  year. 

Endowment  Income  £1,500.     Expenditure  £33,000  a  year- 
Co/.  Lord  Win.  Cecil.  C.V.O.,  Chainnin.  T.  Glcnlon-Kerr,  Sec. 
Haitkern:  Iiarcl<iY<:.  Lomhnrd  Strc:l. 

VITALI  S  ITALIAN  WINES' 

Vi  tali's      C3Hi-A-3xr'a7i, 

SPARKLING    ASTI 

and    "VJESitiVEOijrTcia: 

ARE   HIGHLY   RECOMMENDED. 

At  the  Leading  Hotels  &  Restaurants 
and  of  all  Wine  Merchants. 

Wholesale  Depot:  26,  Upper  Thames  Street,  London,  E.G. 

FREE    CHURCH    TOURING    GUILD 

GRAND    ITALIAN    TOUR,    via    St.    Gothard    and 

Simplon.     Short  Sea  Route. 

X'HMCI';,  STRES.\  (tar  Lake  Mageiore). 

GARI)()\E-RIVIER.\  (for  Lake  Garda). 

U'<;aN(),    14     days,    Excursions,    MIL.AN,    LAKE 

C(JMO  (Menaggio,   Bcllagio). 

LAKE  OF  LUCERNE,   m  days'  Hotels. 

Extensions  Grindelwald,  Engeiberg,  txc. 

BRUGES,  YPRES,  ZEEBRUGGE,  including  journey 

and   7  davs'  Hotels,  with  3  Excursions. 

BELGIAN      SEA  -COAST      HOLIDAY,     including 

joiirney  and  14  days'  Hotels,  with  3  Excursions. 


£39 

17  6 

£16 

16  0 

£12 

12  0 

£10 

10  0 

£  5 

5  0 

£  7 

7  0 

Secretary,     129,    IMemorial    Hail,     Farringdon    Street,     E.C.4 


Vrieiiilic 


DR.  BARNARDO  S  HOMES 

7,308  Children  Need  Your  Help. 

WILL     YOU     SEND     THEM 
HALF-A  CROWN    for    FOOD! 

e  Yourself  th^  Joy  of  Helping  tc.  Feed  One  DeslituU- 

LUtle  One. 
[IKS  and  Orders  payable  "Dr.  Barnardo's  Homes  Eol 
\ ,"'  and     cro£ied,    ^nav    be   addressed    to  the  Hunor.^ry 
surer,    Howard  Williams,   Esq.  (Dept.    W..\'  ),    ii-26, 
otepney  C.iufsway,  London,  i;.i. 


IX 


Shaftesbury   Society 

AND 

RAGSSD  SCHOOL  UNION. 

Patrons  :    Thtir  Majesties  the  Kin?  and  the  Queen. 

■p  (    Edwin  Dodd,  Hsn. 

Ireasurers    -     ■.,,,,       c     i        i^ 

I     NValter  Scoles,  Esq. 

EIGHTY    YEAl^S    SERVICE 
FOR     CHILD    WELFARE. 

140  Branches  and  Cripple  Parlours  in 

POOREST  LONDON 


ifiijTHIS   GREAT 
,^^  WORK 
\J    URGENTLY 
Plea.eHel,!  NEEDS: 

ARTHUR  BLACK, 


L  egacies 

S  ubscriptions 

D  ©nations. 


Gen.  S^c,    John    Kirk  House, 
^r.    John    St..   London,   W.C.i. 


Best  and  Most    Up-to-date 
Maps  Published. 

A  Complete  List  of  Maps  and  Plans  of  all    Districts  in 

England,  Scotland,   and   Ireland,  will  be  sent  on  receipt 

of  request  to  the  Publishers — 

JOHN   BARTHOLOMEW  &  SON,  Ltd., 
The   Geographical    Institute,    EDINBURGH. 


DELICIOUS     FRENCH     COFFEE. 


&  BLUE 


For  Breakfast  &    after    Dinner. 

lu  making,  use  LESS  QUANTITY,  it  bein;j  so  much  stronger  than 
ORDINARY  COFFEE. 


PROTECTION   AGAINST  LOSS 


F9RE,   BURGLARY,  SICKNESS, 

AOCBDENT,      WORKBVSEN'S 

COMPENSATION^,  Ac. 

CAN    BE    OBTAINED    BY     INSUIUXG    WITH     THE 

Prudential 

ASSURANCE    COMPANY,     LSMBTED 


THE 

"ibeartb  aiiMbomc"  POLICY 

lias  been  specially  designed  1:o  meet  the  needs  of  the 

HOUSEHOLDER. 


Chief  Office: 
HOLBORN  BARS,   LONDON,    E.C.I 


ALL  CLASSES  OF  LIFE  ASSURANCE  BUSLNESS 
TRANSACTED. 


ON  THE  RIVER 

LAKES,  BROADS,  or  SEA 

the   greatest  pleasure  is  derived  from  the  use  of 

The  Evinrude  Detachable  Motor 

Slipped  on  to  the  stern  of  any 
Rowboat — your  own  or  hired — 
without  any  alteration  to  the  wood- 
work, you  at  once  convert  her 
into  a  sturdy  reliable  Motor  Boat. 

Requires  no  Previous  Knowledge  and 
no  Skilled  Attention. 

Running  Cost  Fractional. 

Cuts  out  fag  of  rowing.  Takes  you 
there  and  brings  you  back  without  effort. 

GLORIOUS  SPORT   AT   iWINIMUM 
EXPENSE. 

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BIDEFORD, 

CLOVELLY,    HARTLAND, 
BARNSTAPLE,   ILFRACOMBE 

AND 

NORTH-WEST  DEVON. 

EIGHT  MAPS  AND  PLANS. 
SIXTY  ILLUSTRATIONS. 

ELEVENTH  EDITION— REVISED 


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Annex 

GO  e^4(5 
MAPS  AND  PLANS 

Bideford,  Barnstaple  and  District         .         .  Frontispiece 

Sketch  Map  showing  areas  included  in  North  Devon 

Guides  .  •  .  •    PP-  xvi-xvii,  Introduction 

Plan  of  Bideford Faces  p.  i 

Plan  of  Barnstaple     ....  Faces  p.  i,  Barnstaple 

Plan  of  Ilfracombe     ....  Faces  p.  i,  Ilfracombe 

North  Devon  Coast  and  Pait  of  Somerset 

Faces  p.  21,  „ 

The  Bristol  Channel        .         .         .         pp.  24-25,  ,, 

LuNDY  Island  ....../>.  40,  „ 

CONTENTS 

PAGE 

Introduction  :  Scope  of  Book — Chief  Holiday  Centres — 
"  The  Combes  of  the  West  " — Rail,  Steamer  and  Motor 
Routes — Climate — Sport — Golf — Motoring — A  Literary 
Note — Hotels  and  Tariffs      ......     ix 

BIDEFORD. 

Bideford  .........       i 

Excursions  from  Bideford — 

Northam     .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  •     13 

Appledore  .........     14 

Instow         .........     16 

Westward  Ho !    .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .17 

Abbotsham  Cliffs  .         .         .         .         .         .         -19 

Wear  Gifford       ........     20 

Great  Torrington  .  .  .  .  .  .  .20 

Monkleigh  .........     23 

Littleham 24 

Clovelly  .........     25 

Mouth  Mill  to  Hartland  Point        .         .         .         .31 

Hartland  .........     33 

Morwenstow    .........     38 


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vi  CONTENTS 

PAGE 
BARNSTAPLE. 

Barnstaple       .........       x 

Walks  and  Excursions  from  Barnstaple        .         .         .16 

ILFRACOMBE. 

Ilfracombe         .........         I 

Excursions  from  Ilfracombe  ......     16 

LuNDY  Island  .........     38 

INDEX       .......  See  end  of  Guide 

Directory  of   Hotels,  Boarding-Houses,  Schools,  Estate  Agents 
and  Business  Establishments  in  Great  Britain 

Sc'e  after  p.  viii  and  at  end 


ILLUSTRATIONS 


BIDEFORD. 


FACES 
PAGE 

Bideford  and  the  Torridge  .  4 

The  Church    ....  3 

Kingsley  Statue   ...  5 
Bideford      from    East-the- 

Water 12 

Northam 13 

Appledore  and  Instow  .     .  16 

Instow  Quay      .      .      .      .  17 

Appledore  Quay      .      .      .  17 

Westward  Ho  !   .      .      .      .  18 

Wear  Gifford      .      .      .      .  19 
Frithclstock    Church      and 

Abbey  ruins       .      .      .19 

Abbotsham 22 

Clovelly,  from  the  Hobby 

Drive 23 

"  Up  Along ".      .      .      .  26 


FACES 
PAGE 

ClovcUy :  His  Majesty's  Mails  27 

The  Hobby  Drive     .      .  30 
Black  Church  Rock,  Mouth 

Mill 31 

Waterfall  at  Speke's  Mill  .  31 
Hartland  Lighthouse    .      .  32 
Hartland  Abbey      •      •      •  33 
Screen,  Stoke  Church,  Hart- 
land       33 

Breaking     Waves,     North 

Cornish  Coast       .      .      -34 

The  Coast  at  Bude  •      .      •  35 

Morwenstow  Church      .      .  38 

Morwenstow  Vicarage  .      .  39 
Hawker's  Cottage,  Coombe 

Valley 39 

Tonacombe 39 


BARNSTAPLE. 


Taw  Vale  Parade    ...  4 

Queen  Anne's  Walk      .      .  4 
Parish     Church     and     Old 

Grammar  School        .      .  5 

Taw  Bridge 12 

Rock  Park 12 

Pilton  Church     .      .      .      .  13 
Bishops  Tawton       .      .      .13 


Tawstock  Church     . 

Tawstock  Court 

Screen     and     Rood     Loft, 

Atherington  Church 
Swimbridge  Church 

Font  and  Canopy 
Saunton  Sands  .... 


1 8 


19 


23 


ILFRACOMBE. 


Parade 

and    Wilders 

from  an  aero 


Ilfracombe 
Capstone 
Capstone 
mouth, 
plane 
The  Bathing  Pools 
The  Tors  Walks  . 
Below  the  Capstone  Pro- 
menade       .... 
Hillsborough    Hill  from 

the  Pier    ....         14 
The  coast  road  to  Lee  .     15 

Lee  Bay 16 

Old  Cottages,  Lee    .      .      .17 
Mortehoe  Church     .     .      .17 


13 


an    aero- 


Bull  Point  Lighthouse  . 
Watermouth  Castle 
Combe   Martin  : 

plane  view      .... 
Great  and  Little  Hangman 
Hunter's  Inn      .... 
Heddon's  Mouth 
Woody  Bay        .... 
Lj-nton  and  Lynmouth 
Lynmouth  Harbour 
Lundy     Island:     Landing- 
place      

Templar  Rock 

Slipper  Rock  .... 


17,  18 
•     19 


31 
32 
32 
33 
36 
37 

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ILFRACOMBE. 


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INTRODUCTION. 

Scope  of  Book — Chief  Holiday  Centres — "  The  Combes  of  the 
West  " — Rail,  Steamer  and  Motor  Routes — Climate — 
Sport— Golf— Motoring— A    Literary    Note — Hotels. 

THIS  book  deals  with  North-West  Devon,  one  of 
the  most  beautiful  portions  of  a  beautiful  shire. 
Well  served  by  rail,  steamer  and  motor  routes,  the 
district  is  easily  reached  from  all  parts,  though  there  are 
still  large  tracts  untouched  by  the  railway. 

The  extension  of  motor  travel  in  particular  has  brought 
this  attractive  region  within  reach  of  a  great  body  of 
tourists  to  whom  it  was  formerly  but  little  known.  In 
the  past  few  years  Ilfracombe,  Barnstaple,  Bideford  and 
Westward  Ho  !  have  been  included  in  the  popular  tour 
programmes  of  the  motor  coach  services  from  London, 
Birmingham,  Bristol  and  other  great  centres,  and  the 
glimpses  of  Devonshire  scenery  obtained  in  this  way  have^ 
determined  many  to  revisit  the  shire  on  a  longer  holiday,' 
and  to  enjoy  at  greater  leisure  the  delights  of  "  The  Land 
of  Junket  and  Cream." 

Comparatively  few  towns  are  included  in  the  area 
described.  West  of  Lynton  on  the  coast,  Ilfracombe  is 
the  only  place  of  any  size  ;  Combe  Martin,  Lee,  Woola- 
combe,  Mortehoe,  Appledore,  Westward  Ho  !,  Clovelly, 
and  Hartland  Quay  are  the  chief  places  of  interest  where 
hotels  will  be  found.  Inland  there  are  numerous  villages, 
but  only  three  towns  of  importance — Barnstaple,  Bide- 
ford and  Great  Torrington. 

Ilfracombe  may  well  congratulate  itself  on  its  con- 
venient position  in  a  district  so  attractive  to  visitors. 
The  "  deeps  and  hollows,"  from  which  the  county  de- 
rives its  name,  are  on  all  sides  of  the  town,  as  well  as 
high  cliffs  and  hills.     The  Tors  to  the  west,  and  Hills- 

ix 


X  THE    COMBES    OF   THE   WEST 

borough,  nearly  500  ft.  high,  to  the  east,  connected  by 
a  lofty  ridge  of  downs  on  the  south,  form  an  imposing 
screen  to  the  town  that  rival  holiday  haunts  may 
pardonably  envy.  The  number  of  hotels  and  boarding- 
houses  testifies  to  the  appreciation  of  Ilfracombe  by 
health-seekers  and  holiday-makers,  and  every  year  the 
popularity  of  the  town  seems  to  grow. 

The  town  most  visited  by  Americans  is  undoubtedly 
Bideford.  Beyond  the  sentimental  interest  experi- 
enced when  walking  the  old  streets,  conjuring  up  visions 
of  Salvation  Yeo,  Amyas  Leigh,  Sir  Richard  Grenville, 
and  courtier  Raleigh — and  perhaps  endeavouring  to 
trace  a  resemblance  between  the  modern  pretty  maids 
of  Bideford  and  the  Rose  of  Torridge — the  charms  of 
Bideford  are  of  the  passive  order,  but  the  surroundings 
are  beautiful  to  a  degree. 

Barnstaple,  the  chief  business  centre  of  North  Devon, 
presents  a  pleasant  combination  of  ancient  interests  and 
modern  industry.  Many  visitors  at  Ilfracombe  go  to 
Barnstaple  for  no  other  reason  than  the  pleasure  of  the 
drive,  but  the  town  is  well  worth  a  short  stay,  being 
indeed  an  excellent  centre  from  which  to  explore  the 
whole  of  North-West  Devon. 

"The  Combes  of  the  West." 

No  one  can  read  the  chapter  in  Westward  Ho  !  en- 
titled "  The  Combes  of  the  Far  West  "  without  experi- 
encing an  ardent  longing  to  see  for  himself  the  natural 
wonders  Kingsley  so  graphically  describes.  These 
combes  intersect  the  long  line  of  North  Devon  cliffs, 
and  are  characteristic  also  of  North  Cornwall.  There 
may  be  similarity  among  them,  but  the  effect  is  certainly 
not  monotonous,  and  a  tour  along  the  coast  (a  walk 
held  in  great  esteem  by  pedestrians  sufficiently  hardy  to 
undertake  it)  only  makes  one  long  for  more  of  these 
delightful  combes  so  typical  of  the  county. 

Nature  has  also  endowed  North  Devon,  here  and 
there,  with  stretches  of  sand  such  as  are  seldom  equalled 
and  never  surpassed  by  other  English  seaside  resorts. 


RAILWAY  ROUTES  xi 

The  superb  Woolacombe  sands,  nearly  three  miles  long 
and  of  great  breadth,  are  a  favourite  playground  for 
children  ;  yet  what  a  contrast  do  the  extremities  of 
those  sands  present  !  Morte  Point,  the  maleficent,  and 
Baggy  Point — equally  dreaded — are  bold  rocky  head- 
lands ;  grand  in  fine  weather,  terrible  in  storm.  No 
wonder  their  names  are  "  writ  large  "  on  Bristol  Channel 
charts.  Well  have  they  earned  this  deadly  distinction 
by  a  deplorable  notoriety  in  the  matter  of  wrecks  and 
casualties. 

The  more  easterly  part  of  the  North  Devon  coast  is 
described  in  the  Guide  to  Lynton  and  Lynmouth,  which 
also  contains  a  section  on  Minehead. 

For  South  Devon  the  reader  is  referred  to  the  volumes 
on  Dartynoor,  Plymouth,  Torquay,  and  Exeter  and  South' 
East  Devon,  the  last-named  including  Seaton,  Sidmouth, 
Budleigh  Salterton,  Exmouth,  Dawlish  and  Teignmouth. 
Visitors  to  Bideford  and  Clovelly  who  extend  their 
journey  over  the  Cornish  border  should  consult  the  Guide 
to  Bude  and  North  Cornwall.   {See  map,  pp.  xvi-xvii.) 

How  to  Reach  North-West  Devon. 

1.  By  Southern  Railway  (South-Western  Section).^  Direct 
through  service  from  Waterloo  to  Ilfracombe  (220  miles) 
in  about  5-6  hours.  The  train  divides  at  Barnstaple, 
the  front  portion  going  to  Bideford  (for  Westward  Ho  !, 
Clovelly  and  Hartland)  and  Torrington,  the  rear  portion 
proceeding  to  Ilfracombe. 

2.  By  Great  Western  Railway.  Through  carriages  are 
run  from  Paddington  to  Ilfracombe.  Passengers  for 
Bideford,  Torrington  and  Clovelly  change  to  the  Southern 
Railway  at  Barnstaple  Junction. 

Ordinary  Return  Fares  from  London,  by  either  route  : 
Ilfracombe  :     845.   'zd.   first  ;     50s.   6i.   third.     Tourist 

Tickets, available  two  months,  77s.  ^d.  first  ;  46s.  bd.  third. 

Period  Excursion  Tickets  are  also  issued  during  the  season. 
Barnstaple  :   785.  ^d.  first  ;  475.  third.     Tourist  Tickets, 

1  Current  time-tables  and  announcements  should  be  consulted 
for  details  as  to  times,  fares,  etc. 


xii        RAILWAY   AND    STEAMER   ROUTES 

available  two  months,  725.  first  ;  435.  3^.  third.  Period 
Excursion  Tickets  during  the  season. 

Bideford  :  82s.  2d.  first  ;  49s.  4^.  third.  Tourist 
Tickets,  available  two  months,  755.  6d.  first  ;  45s.  3^. 
third.     Period  Excursion  Tickets  during  the  season. 

Circular  Tour  Tickets  (first  and  third)  are  also  issued 
by  the  Southern  Railway  allowing  the  tourist  to  travel 
by  train  to  Bideford,  then  to  Clovelly  by  motor,  and 
back  to  Ilfracombe,  returning  thence  direct  to  London. 

3.  By  Railway  and  Steamer.  Rail  to  Bristol  ;  then  by 
direct  steamer,  during  the  summer,  to  Ilfracombe. 
There  is  also  a  constant  service  in  summer  between 
CardiflE  and  other  South  Wales  ports  and  the  North 
Devon  resorts. 

The  coast  scenery  between  Clifton  and  Ilfracombe  is 
remarkable  for  its  grandeur.  Passing  through  the 
beautiful  gorge  of  the  Avon,  the  steamers  call  at  Portis- 
head,  Clevedon,  Weston-super-Mare  or  Cardiff  and 
Minehead.  After  Minehead  the  coast  is  rugged  as  far 
as  Lynmouth,  and  the  view  from  the  sea  of  the  little 
fishing  village  is  indescribably  picturesque.  Lynmouth 
passengers  disembark  by  small  boats,  and  the  steamer 
continues  its  course  by  Duty  Point,  past  snug  little 
Combe  Martin,  to  Ilfracombe. 

4.  By  Railway  and  Motor.  By  Great  Western  Railway 
to  Minehead  ;  thence  by  motor-coach  to  Lynton  and 
in  summer  on  to  Ilfracombe.  This  is  a  pleasant  and 
speedy  mode  of  reaching  Ilfracombe,  the  well-appointed 
motors  following  the  old  coach  route  {see  the  Guide  to 
Lynton  and  Lynmouth). 

The  railway  does  not  run  to  Clovelly,  but  through 
tickets  are  issued,  passengers  leaving  the  train  at  Bide- 
ford and  proceeding  by  motor  (12  miles).  Passengers 
for  Westward  Ho  !  and  Appledore  leave  the  train  at 
Bideford  and  complete  the  journey  by  motor-' bus. 

Climate, 

The  mild  and  salubrious  climate  is  undoubtedly  one 
of  the   most  valuable  assets   of   Devonshire,   and   has 


CLIMATE— SPORT  xiii 

induced  many  chance  visitors  to  make  a  permanent 
home  within  its  borders.  The  hohday-seeker  who  is 
unable  to  do  this  will  still  be  interested  in  the  statistics 
as  to  climate  and  sunshine,  which  we  give  by  permission, 
on  the  authority  of  The  Book  of  the  South-West,  a  valu- 
able work  of  reference  published  on  the  occasion  of  a 
meeting  of  the  British  Medical  Association  at  Exeter, 
and  prepared  expressly  for  the  medical  profession. 
Ilfracombe  shows  an  average  yearly  rainfall  of  32'5 
inches  ;  average  summer  temperature  57°  ;  average 
winter  temperature  44-9°  ;  whilst  the  mean  daily  range 
during  ten  years  has  been  remarkably  small,  only  8-4°. 
Cool  summers  and  mild  winters  make  the  climate  most 
equable.  Old  age  is  of  remarkable  frequency.  In 
1923,  for  instance,  over  50  per  cent,  of  the  deaths  at 
Ilfracombe  were  of  persons  over  70  years  of  age,  a 
large  proportion  of  these  being  over  80.  The  Exmoor 
portion  of  Devon  generally  is  warm  and  very  equable 
wherever  shelter  can  be  obtained — and  there  is  abun- 
dance of  it  in  the  rather  narrow  valleys  under  its  steep 
hills — with  a  heavy  rainfall  but  a  quickly-drying  soil,  a 
great  deal  of  sunlight,  bracing  air,  bare  heights,  but 
beautifully-wooded  hollows  in  shelter. 


Sport. 

Devon  has  always  had  the  reputation  of  being  a 
sporting  shire,  and  there  is  no  more  sporting  part  than 
that  dealt  with  in  this  handbook.  Exmoor  was  a  royal 
forest,  although  there  appear  no  actual  records  of  a 
monarch's  hunting  visit,  but  from  time  to  time  court 
officials  were  sent  down  to  take  stags,  and  warrants  were 
occasionally  granted  to  others.  Licences  to  hunt  the 
fox  and  hare  were  frequently  granted  and  occasionally 
there  was  trouble  because  a  stag  was  also  hunted.  Thus 
in  1366  Robert  Coran  was  haled  before  the  Forest  Court 
for  killing  a  stag  when  hunting  foxes.  In  1508  Henry 
VII  leased  his  forest  rights  on  Exmoor  to  Sir  Edmund 


xiv  GOLF 

Carew,  who  has  sometimes  been  called  the  first  master 
of  the  Devon  and  Somerset  Staghounds,  and  in  the  time 
of  Elizabeth  the  ranger  of  Exmoor  kept  a  pack  of 
hounds,  but  nothing  can  be  said  of  the  hunting  with  any 
certainty  until  the  i8th  century.  Then,  and  up  to  1825, 
the  deer  were  hunted  with  the  old-fashioned  staghound, 
which  was  a  hound  more  after  the  style  of  the  blood- 
hound. That  breed  has  practically  been  lost  through 
the  pack  being  purchased  and  removed  to  Germany  in 
the  year  stated.  The  hounds  now  used  are  more  of  the 
build  of  foxhounds,  and  quite  different  from  the  old 
staghound.  A  census  made  in  1780  of  the  stags  on 
Exmoor — or  rather  a  calculation  made  as  carefully  as 
possible — stated  that  there  were  then  300  head.  In  a 
single  season  in  recent  years  nearly  400  deer  have  been 
killed  by  the  different  packs  hunting  Exmoor,  so  that 
the  wild  red  deer  are  increasing  rather  than  diminishing. 
For  the  meets  of  the  Devon  and  Somerset  Staghounds, 
the  principal  pack  hunting  Exmoor,  Lynton  and  Lyn- 
mouth  will  be  found  more  convenient  than  Ilfracombe. 
Those  visiting  the  district  purely  for  the  hunting,  how- 
ever, will  select  a  place  farther  on  the  moor.  Good  sport 
will  also  be  found  with  the  Stevenstone  Foxhounds,  which 
hunt  the  Bideford  and  Torrington  country,  and  the 
Exmoor  Foxhounds,  which  show  some  very  good  runs  near 
Lynton,  while  most  of  the  meets  of  the  Cheriton  Otter 
Hounds  can  be  reached  from  Barnstaple  or  Bideford. 

Golf. 

Golf  is  perhaps  the  sport  most  favoured  by  visitors, 
and  there  are  excellent  links  within  easy  reach  of  every 
town  in  North  Devon.  The  Royal  North  Devon  Golf  Club 
have  their  headquarters  at  Westward  Ho  !,  the  excellent 
links  on  the  Northam  Burrows  being  known  to  golfers 
the  country  over  and  included  in  the  championship  rota. 
Next  in  importance  is  the  eighteen-hole  course  at  Saun- 
ton,  within  easy  reach  of  Barnstaple,  and  connected  by 
a]  regular  motor-'bus  service.  The  i8-hole  course  at 
Ilfracombe  was  extended  in   1924 ;  particulars  of  this 


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and  other  links  in  the  district  covered  by  this  Guide 
will  be  readily  found  by  reference  to  the  Index. 

Motoring. 
The  motorist  regards  North  Devon  roads  as  hilly, 
narrow  and  winding.  The  importance  of  motor  traf&c 
is  fully  realized  by  the  authorities,  who  are  spending 
considerable  sums  on  road-widening  and  in  improving 
dangerous  corners.  A  new  road  affords  an  alternative 
route  to  Lynmouth  from  the  Somerset  side,  avoid- 
ing the  precipitous  Countisbury  Hill.  Another  new 
road  at  Braunton  allows  the  narrow  main  street  of  the 
town  to  be  avoided.  Up-to-date  and  fully-equipped 
garages  and  repair  shops  are  to  be  found  in  all  the  North 
Devon  towns,  the  garages  at  Barnstaple,  Bideford  and 
Ilfracombe  being  particularly  extensive.  Barnstaple 
makes  an  excellent  centre  for  motorists.  Those  who 
patronize  the  motor  coach  will  be  satisfied  to  know 
that  Ilfracombe  is  one  of  the  greatest  motor  coach 
centres  in  Devon.  All  the  well-known  places  of 
North  Devon  are  within  comparatively  easy  reach, 
while  those  who  count  the  enjoyment  of  the  day  by 
the  length  of  the  trip  need  have  no  fear  of  going  un- 
satisfied. 

Walking. 

Cyclists  will  probably  find  the  long,  steep  hills  of  North 
Devon  rather  tr^dng  and  the  secondary  roads  are  not  of 
the  best,  either  as  to  surface  or  gradient,  but  the  walker 
has  every  reason  to  rejoice,  whether  he  walks  merely  to 
enjoy  the  exhilaration  of  exercise  in  the  bracing  air  of 
this  breezy  district,  to  admire  ever-changing  views,  or 
merely  to  loiter  the  hours  away,  watching  the  play  of 
light  and  shade  and  the  varying  atmospheric  effects,  or 
studying  the  wild  life  and  flowers.  The  pedestrian  with 
a  cool  head  may  follow  the  cliff  paths,  which  should  be 
avoided  by  those  likely  to  turn  giddy,  for  whom  are 
many  pleasant  paths  and  roads  overlooking  the  sea,  but 
care  should  be  exercised,  as  the  cliffs  are  crumbling  in 
many  places  and  the  incautious  may  encounter  a  nasty 


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fall  or  find  themselves  involved  in  a  small  landslide. 
The  motor-'bus  services  help  those  whose  desire  to 
ramble  is  greater  than  their  capacity,  while  these  will 
also  find  the  cheap  tickets  issued  by  the  railway 
companies  of  much  advantage. 

A  Literary  Note. 

When  in  North  Devon  one  cannot  but  be  conscious 
of  the  romance  pertaining  to  its  every  nook  and  corner, 
and  the  wanderer  instinctively  recalls  the  vivid  por- 
traiture of  Kingsley  and  Blackmore,  the  charm  of  Bar- 
ing-Gould, and  the  master  hand  of  Whyte-Melville. 
Though  the  venue  of  Tennyson's  Revenge  was  far  from 
Devonshire,  it  was  the  heroism  of  "  Men  of  Bideford  in 
Devon  "  that  gave  inspiration  to  the  poet.  A  concise 
account  of  the  battle  is  given  in  Watkins'  Essay  towards 
a  History  of  the  Town  of  Bideford — a  most  interesting 
book,  dated  1792,  copies  of  which  may  be  seen  in  the 
libraries  at  Barnstaple  and  Bideford. 

Gosse  in  his  Devonshire  Coast  pays  eloquent  tribute 
to  the  loveliness  of  North  Devon,  and  Charles  Kingsley's 
eulogies  are  quoted  on  every  hand.  His  description  of 
Clovelly,  though  hackneyed  by  repetition,  invests  the 
place,  apart  from  its  own  fascination,  with  irresistible 
charm. 

Stag-hunting  has  been  the  sport  of  Exmoor  for  cen- 
turies, and  is  still  very  popular.  Whyte-Melville' s 
Katerfelto  as  a  romance  of  Exmoor  of  course  includes 
a  breezy  description  of  "  a  morning  with  the  chase." 
No  one  visits  this  neighbourhood  without  an  intimate 
acquaintance  with  Lorna  Doone.  Enthusiasts  are  occa- 
sionally disappointed  that  there  is  so  little  to  distinguish 
the  famous  Doone  Valley.  Visitors  who  penetrate  so 
far  as  the  Doone  Glen  will,  however,  have  their  reward 
in  other  ways,  for,  of  its  kind,  the  scenery  is  unsurpassed. 

To  many  visitors  not  the  least  attractive  feature  of 
Bideford  is  the  richly-decorated  apartment  at  the  Royal 
Hotel  known  as  "  Kingsley's  Room."  This  hotel  boasted 
intimate  acquaintance  with  another  distinguished  man 


BOOKS   TO   READ  xix 

of  letters,  J.  A.  Froude,  who,  like  Kingsley,  made  con- 
siderable use  of  the  collection  of  rare  works  possessed 
by  the  proprietor. 

James  Hervey,  curate  of  St.  Mary's  Church,  in  1789 
wrote  his  Meditations  among  the  Tombs  and  Contempla- 
tions at  Bideford.  Edward  Capern,  the  "  Postman 
Poet,"  lived  in  Mill  Street,  Bideford,  and  in  an  upper 
room  of  the  same  house  Charles  Kingsley  opened  a  night 
school  for  the  benefit  of  the  young  men  of  the  town. 
Capern  was  buried  at  Heanton  Punchardon,  and  the 
bell  he  used  on  his  rounds  may  be  seen  on  the  grave. 

Another  Devonian  who  has  achieved  no  small  measure 
of  fame  as  a  \vTiter  is  Charles  Kingsley' s  talented  daugh- 
ter, Mrs.  Harrison,  whose  husband  was  rector  of  Clo- 
velly.  The  Wages  of  Sin,  Colonel  Enderby's  Wife,  The 
Carissima,  The  Gafeless  Barrier,  Sir  Richard  Calmady, 
Deadham  Hard,  and  other  novels  published  under  the 
name  of  Lucas  Malet,  have  attained  great  popularity. 
Many  of  her  admirers  declare  that  she  surpasses  her 
father  in  the  realism  of  her  scenic  descriptions. 


Books  to  Read. 
Among  other  novels  dealing  with  North  Devon  are 
Lovers  of  Silver  and  Uncle  Lionel,  both  by  S.  P.  B.  Mais 
(Ilfracombe)  ;  Mortehoe  appears  in  Ivor  by  G.  H. 
Russell,  which  is  otherwise  an  exciting  tale  of  Lundy 
Island  ;  Woolacombe  in  Ropes  of  Sand  by  R.  E.  Fran- 
cillon  and  Alice  for  Short  by  W.  de  Morgan  ;  Braunton 
in  Blackmore's  Maid  of  Sker  ;  while  Combe  Martin  is 
the  locality  of  Marie  Corelli's  The  Mighty  Atom  ;  and 
Heddon's  Mouth  will  be  found  in  Blackmore's  Clara 
Vaughan  and  Maid  of  Sker.  A  Pier  and  a  Band,  by 
Mary  MacCarthy,  is  located  on  a  sea-board  which  is 
obviously  that  of  North  Devon.  Two  other  stories  of 
this  coast  are  Love  on  the  Happy  Hill  by  Violet  Pearn, 
and  Collins  &■  Co.  by  Captain  Jack  Elliott.  J.  Mills 
Whitham's  Silas  Braunton  includes  Ilfracombe  ("  Wid- 
mouth  "),  and  Combe  Martin  ("  Torberry  "). 


XX  BOOKS   TO   READ 

Barnstaple  in  1664  appears  in  His  Grace  0'  the  Gunne 
by  J.  Hooper,  and  in  17 14  in  The  Gipsy  King  by  May 
Wynne  ;  in  The  Maid  of  Sker  and  Ivor,  both  already 
referred  to  ;  as  "  Bidecombe  "  in  Dorin  Craig's  The 
Mist  in  the  Valley,  and  as  "  Bamley  "  in  Wolfgang  and 
The  Human  Circus  by  J.  Mills  Whitham.  Barnstaple 
is  further  seen  in  Devonshire  Idylls  by  H.  C.  O'Neill,  in 
Discovery  by  Harold  Williams  ;  and  in  a  clever  detective 
story  The  Peer  and  His  Plunder  by  Headon  Hill. 

Bideford  and  Northam  are,  of  course,  the  principal 
scenes  in  Kingsley's  Westward  Ho  I  Bideford  in  1675 
is  seen  in  The  Island  Providence,  by  F.  Niven  ;  with 
Appledore  in  the  modern  story  of  A  Man  of  Genius  by 
M.  P.  Willcocks  ;  and  with  Westward  Ho  !  in  The 
Happy  Elopement  by  E.  H.  Lacon  Watson.  Three 
smuggling  and  adventure  novels  by  I.  Weare  Gifiard, 
based  upon  Bideford  and  Appledore,  are  Lure  of  Contra- 
hand  (with  Braunton  Burrows),  The  Riddle  of  the  River 
(with  Wear  Gifford),  and  The  Golden  Bay.  Northam 
will  be  found  in  Shifting  Sands  by  Alice  Birkhead  ; 
Instow,  Appledore  and  Lundy  in  The  Last  of  the  Gren- 
villes,  by  Benet  Copplestone ;  Lundy  being  also  seen  in 
J.  Huntly  McCarthy's  Henry  Elizabeth;  in  The  Edge  of 
Circumstances,  by  E.  Noble;  in  The  Man  at  Odds,  by 
Ernest  Rhys  ;    and  in  The  Golden  Bay. 

Few  readers  of  the  Windsor  Magazine  are  likely  to 
forget  that  Stalky  6-  Co.  consists  of  stories  of  Mr.  Rud- 
yard  Kipling's  owti  school  days  at  the  former  United 
Services  College,  Westward  Ho  !,  and  that  "  the  egre- 
gious Beetle  "  flimsily  disguises  the  author's  own  per- 
sonality. 

Clovelly  Court  is  the  "  Aberalva  "  of  Charles  Kings- 
ley's  Two  Years  Ago,  and  probably  also  appears  in  Henry 
Kingsley's  Ravenshoe.  Lucas  Malet  utilized  Clovelly 
scenery  in  The  Wages  of  Sin.  Clovelly,  too,  with  an 
episode  at  Barnstaple,  is  the  village  of  Charles  Dickens's 
Christmas  story,  A  Message  from  the  Sea.  Its  vicinity 
is  seen  in  John  Oxenham's  My  Lady  of  Shadows,  and  it 
is  visited  by  Americans  in  K.  D.  Wiggin's  Penelope's 


BOOKS— HOTELS  xxi 

Postscripts,  and  An  English  Honeymoon  by  A.  H.  Whar- 
ton. Hartland  and  Clovelly  are  seen  in  The  Golden  Bay, 
and  Hartland  occupies  the  major  portion  of  The  Drawn 
Line  by  E.  Shaw  Cowley.  Hartland  enters  into  three 
works  already  referred  to,  The  Island  Providence,  Shifting 
Sands  and  A  Man  of  Genius,  and  Tonacombe  in  the 
latter  is  the  ancient  manor-house  at  Morwenstow.  The 
Vicar  of  Morwenstow,  by  S.  Baring-Gould,  will  also 
interest  visitors  to  this  neighbourhood.  Marsland 
Mouth  appears  in  Westward  Ho  !  and  is  probably  the 
locality  of  A  Daughter  of  the  Sea  by  A.  Le  Feuvre.  It 
is  also  seen  in  The  Gaverocks  by  S.  Baring-Gould.  Lastly, 
the  whole  of  this  seaboard  is  sketched  in  Set  in  Silver 
by  C.  N.  and  A.  M.  Williamson.  Excellent  holiday 
reading  is  J.  Henry  Harris's  My  Devonshire  Book. 

Highways  and  Byways  in  Devon  and  Cornwall  by  A. 
H.  Norway,  is  a  standard  work  of  topography  for  the 
two  counties,  and  other  interesting  books  are  S.  Baring- 
Gould's  Book  of  Devon,  The  North  Devon  Coast  by  C. 
G.  Harper,  North  Devon  by  F.  J.  Snell,  Lundy  Island 
by  J.  R.  Chanter,  Wanderings  in  North  Devon  by  J.  M. 
Chanter,  and  The  Coasts  of  Devon  and  Lundy  Island  by 
J.  L.  W.  Page.  Worth's  History  of  Devon  is  well  known. 
Geologically  the  county  is  dealt  with  in  The  History  of 
Devonshire  Scenery,  by  A.  W.  Clayden,  and  the  district 
described  in  this  Guide  more  particularly  in  The  Coast 
Scenery  of  North  Devon,  a  noteworthy  book  by  E.  Newell 
Arber. 

Nature-lovers  may  care  to  be  reminded  that  most  of 
the  nature  papers  in  The  Lone  Swallows,  by  Henry 
Williamson,  relate  to  the  coast  between  Ilfracombe  and 
Barnstaple. 

Hotels  and  Tariffs. 

The  following  list  of  the  principal  hotels  and  board- 
ing houses  in  the  district  covered  by  this  Guide  may 
be  useful  to  the  intending  visitor.  Where  tariffs  are 
appended  they  have  been  supplied  by  the  proprietors 
themselves,  but  as  changes  of  management  are  frequent 


HOTELS   AND   TARIFFS 


and.  prices  have  fluctuated  greatly  since  the  War  the 
terms  are  inserted  only  as  an  approximate  indication 
of  the  grade  of  establishment  and  should  be  verified  by 
previous  inquiry.  Nearly  all  the  larger  hotels  have 
motor  accommodation,  and  in  the  principal  centres  there 
are  numerous  other  garages.  Week-end  terms  include 
dinner  or  supper  on  Saturday  and  breakfast  on  Monday. 


[Abbreviatio!J3  ;    R.,  bedroom  ;    b.,  breakfast ; 
attendance  ;  /r.,  from  ;  temp.,  temperance.] 


/.,  luncheon  ;    t.,  tea  ;    d.,  dinner  ;    a.. 


Ilfracombe. 

Ilfracombe,    Capstone    Parade :     R.. 
single,  £r.  7/6  ;    double,  fr.   16/6  ; 
b.,  3/6;   /.,  4/-;    t;  1/6;    d.,  6/6. 
Boarding  terms  :  fr.  21/-  per  day  ; 
fr.  136/-  per  week. 
Royal  Clarence,  High  Street. 
Queen's,    High    Street :     B.    and    b., 
single,  fr.  7/6  ;   I.,  3/6  ;  t.,  It.  1/6  ; 
d;  4/-. 

Boarding   terms:     fr.    13/6    per 

day  ;    fr.  73/6  per  week  ;    fr. 

27/-  per  week-end. 

CliSe  Hydro:  i?.,  single,  6/- ;  double, 

12/-;    b.,  3/6;    t.,  1/6;    d.,  6/-; 

a.,  nil. 

Boarding  terms  :    :6/-  per  day  ; 
105/-   per    week ;     30/-    per 
week-end. 
Great  Western,  High  Street. 
Bunnacleave  :     R.,    single,    fr.    5/- ; 
double,  fr.  10/-;   b.,  3/6;   I.,  3/6  ; 
t,  1/6  ;  d.,  5/-. 

Boarding  terms  :  fr.  12/-  per 
day  ;    fr.  84/-  per  week. 

Private  Hotels  and  Boarding  Houses. 

Arlington  :  R.,  single,  4/6  ;  double, 
7/6;  b.,  2/-;  I.,  2/-;  t.,  1/6; 
d.,  2/6. 

Boarding  terms  :    10/6  per  day  ; 
fr.  73/6  per  week. 
Berkeley 
Blenheim  House 
Cavendish 
Cecil. 

Gilbert :  B.,  2/-  ;  /.,  3/-  ;  /.,  i/-  ; 
d.,  3/6. 

Boarding  terms  :    12/-  per  day  ; 
fr.   84/-  per  week  ;     25/-  per 
week-end. 
Granville  :    Boarding  terms  :   fr.  12/- 

per  day;   fr.  73/6  per  week. 
Grosvenor,  Wilder  Road  :    R.,  single, 
5/-  ;  double,  9/-  ;  b.,  2/6  ;  I.,  2/6  ; 
t.,  i/-;   d.,  3/6  ;   a.,  nil. 

Boarding  terms:  15/-  per  day; 
84/-  per  week  ;  30/-  per  week- 
end. 


Imperial,  Capstone  Parade  :  R.,  single, 

fr.  4/6  ;    double,  fr.  8/-  ;    b.,  3/-  ; 

l-i  3/-  ;    '•.  i/-  ;    d.,  4/6  ;    a.,  nil. 

Boarding   terms :     fr.    12/-   per 

day  ;    fr.  73/6  per  week  ;    fr. 

24/-  per  week-end. 

Montebello,  Fore  Street :    R.,  single, 

fr.  4/-  ;   double,  fr.  7/6  ;    b.,  3/-  ; 

L,  3/-;   t.,  I/-;   d.,4/-. 

Boarding   terms :     fr.    12/6    per 
day ;    fr.  84/-  per  week ;    fr. 
23/6  per  week-end. 
Montpelier  House. 

Moonta,  Capstone  Crescent :    R.  and 
b.,  single,  6/6  ;   double,  12/-. 
Boarding  terms  :    12/-  per  day  ; 
73/6  per  week;  21/- per  week- 
end. 
Seafleld,  Larkstone  Terrace  :  Boarding 

terms  :   fr.  63/-  per  week. 
St.  Petroe  :    R.,  single,  4/-;   double, 
7/6  ;    b.,   2/6  ;    I.,  2/6  ;    t.,    1/6  ; 
d.,  3/6. 

Boarding  terms  :  12/6  per  day  ; 
84/-  per  week  ;  37/6  per  week- 
end. 

House  and  Estate  Agents. 

VV.  C.  Hutchings,  High  Street. 
H.  C.  Cathcart. 


Barnstaple. 

Imperial :  R.,  single,  fr.  6/- ;  double, 
fr.  13/-;  6.,  3/-;  l.,3/6;  t.,  1/6; 
d.,  5/6. 

Boarding   terms :     fr.    15/-    per 
day  ;    fr.  105/-  per  week  ;    fr. 
40/-  per  week-end. 
Richmond. 

Victoria  [temp.)  :  R.,  single,  fr.  5/6  ; 
double,  fr.  10/-  ;  b.,  3/-  ;  /.,  3/6  ;. 
t.,  fr.  1/3  ;  d.,  V-. 

Boarding  terms :  fr.  i6/-  per 
day  ;  fr.  94/6  per  week  ;  fr. 
30/6  per  week-end. 


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(Abbkkviatioss  :    if.,  bedroom  ;    ».,  breaklairt ;    J.,  luncheon  ;    «..  tea ;    d.,  dinner  ;    a., 
attendance  ;  /r.,  from  ;  temp.,  temperance.] 


Bideford. 

Royal  :  R.,  single,  8/6 ;  double, 
i6/-;  b.,  3/6;  '•.  3/6;  t.,  i/6 ; 
d..  5/6. 

Boardtng  Urms  :    2i/-  per  day  ; 
126/-    per   week ;     42/-   per 
week-end. 
Tanton's. 
New  Inn. 

House  and  Estate  Agent 
R.  D>TQond   &  Son,  The  Quay. 

Appledore. 
RoyaL 

Braunton. 

New  Inn,  etc. 

Clovelly. 

Red  Lion:  i?.,single,  fr.  4/6  ;  double, 
£r.  7/-;  b..  it.  2/6;  J.,  3/-;  t., 
1/6  ;  d.,  4/6. 

Boarding   terms :     fr.    15/-    per 
day  ;    fr.  84/-  per  week  ;    fr. 
25/-  per  week-end. 
New  Inn. 

Combe  Martin. 

King's  Arms  :  R.,  single,  5/- ; 
double,  7/-;    6.,  2/6;   I.,  3/-;    t., 

I/-;  d.,3/6. 

Boarding  terms  :    12/6  per  day  ; 
84/-  per  week  ;  18/6  per  week- 
end. 
Marine. 

Great  Torrington. 

Globe  :  R.,  single,  3/-  ;  double,  6/-  ; 
b;  3/-;  I;  3/-;  t;  1/3;  <i.,4/-; 
a.,  nil. 

Boarding  terms  :  12/-  per  day  ; 
84/- per  week;  25/- per  week- 
end. 

Hartland. 

Hartland  Quay  :  R.,  single,  6/- ; 
double,  7/-;  b.,2/6;  I;  3/-;  t., 
1/6;  rf.,4/6. 

Boarding    terms :     fr.    12/6    per 
day  ;    fr.  70/-  per  week  ;    fr. 
21/-  per  week-end. 
King's  Arms. 

Heddon's  Mouth. 

Hunter's     Inn,     Parracombe  :      R., 

single,  5/-;  double,  7/6;  b.,  3/-; 
/.,  3/9  :   '•  .  2/- ;  d.,  5/-. 

Boarding  terms :  fr.  12/-  per 
day  ;   fr.  84/-  per  week. 

Hele. 
Hele  Bay. 


Instow. 

Marine:  R.,  single,  5/-;  double, 
8/6;  6.,  2/6;  I.,  3/-;  '•.  1/6; 
d.,  5/-. 

Boarding  terms  :  105/-  per  week. 
New  Inn. 

Lee  Bay. 

Lee  Bay. 

Lundy. 

Manor  House  (private)  :  R.,  single, 
10/-  ;    double,  20/-  ;    /.,  2/6  ;    t., 

I/-;  '^•■3/6. 

Boarding  terms  :  105/-  per  week. 

Lynton  and  Lynmouth. 

Tors,  Lynmouth  :    R.,  single,  fr.  7/6; 
double,  fr.  15/-  ;   6.,  3/6  ;   I.,  4/6  ; 
t.,  1/6  ;  d.,  6/6. 

Boarding   terms:     fr.    21/-    per 
day  ;   fr.  105/-  per  week. 
Valley  of  Rocks,  LjTiton  :    R.,  single, 
8/-;    double,   17/-;    b.,  3/6;    I., 
4/-  ;    t.,  1/6  ;   d.,  6/-. 

Boarding  terms  :    21/-  per  day  ; 
147/-  per  week. 
Royal    Castle,    L>Titon :     R.,    single, 
7/6 ;    double,   15/- ;    b.,  3/6 ;    I., 
3/6;   t.,  1/6;   d.,  5/6. 

Boarding  terms  :    20/-  per  day  ; 
126/-    per    week ;     37/6    per 
week-end. 
Lyndale. 

Imperial,  L>'nton  :  R.,  single,  fr.  6/-  ; 
double,  fr.  12/-;  b.,  3/6;  /.,  3/6; 
«.,  1/6;  d.,5/6. 

Boarding   terms :     fr.    15/-    per 
day  ;    fr.  105/-  per  week  ;    fr. 
30/—  per  week-end. 
Lyn  Valley,  Lynmouth  :   R.,  single,  fr. 
6/- ;    double,  fr.    10/6 ;    b.,   table 
d'hote,  3/6;   /.,  4/-;   /.,  fr.  i/-. 
Boarding    terms  :     fr.    13/6    per 
day  ;   fr.  84/-  per  week. 
Bath,   Lynmouth  :     R.,   single,    6/- ; 
double,  12/-;   6.,  3/6;   I.,  3/6;   t., 
1/6  ;  d.,  5/6. 

Boarding    terms  :     fr.    12/6    per 

day  ;    fr.   73/6  per  week  ;    fr. 

25/-  per  week-end. 

Private  Hotels  and  Boarding  Houses. 

Fairholm. 

North  Cliff,  Lynton  :    Boarding  terms  : 

15/-  per  day  ;   84/-  per  week. 
Granville  House. 
Green  House  Tea  Rooms. 

Mortehoe. 

Watersraeet  (private). 
Glen  Haven  (private). 
Fortescue. 


xxiv  HOTELS   AND   TARIFFS 

[Abbeeviations  :    R.,  bedroom  ;    6.,  breakfast ;    I.,  luncheon  ;    I.,  tea  ;    d.,  dinner  ;    a. 
attendance  ;  fr.,  from  ;  temp.,  temperance.] 


Saunton. 

rSaunton  Sands. 


Woolacombe. 


Westward   Ho  !  Woolacombe  Bay  :  R    single,  fr.  8/6  ; 

double,  fr.  12/6  ;   b.,  3/6  ;   {.,  3/6  ; 
"Golden  Bay.  /.,  1/6;  d.,  6/-. 

Pebble  Ridge.  Rathleigh  {private)  :    R.,  single,  7/6  ; 


Woody  Bay. 


double,    10/- ;    b.,   3/- ;    I.,   3/- 

t.,  1/6;  d.,5/- 


\Woody  Bay  :  R.,  single,  5/-  ;  double.  Boarding  terms  :    17/6  per  day  ; 

9/- ;    b.,  2/5 ;    I.,   3/- ;    /.,    1/6 ;  105/-    per    week ;     35/-    per 

d.,  4/-.  week-end. 

Boarding   terms :     fr.    73/6    per  Melrose  (private). 

week.  Bungalow  Caf6  (r^taurant). 


The  Little  Maids  of  Devon. 

Oh  !    the  Uttle  maids  of  Devon, 

They've  a  rose  in  either  cheelv, 
And  their  eyes  hke  bits  of  heaven 

Meet  your  own  with  glances  meek, 
But  within  them  there  are  tiny  imps 

That  play  at  hide-and-seek  ! 

Oh  !    the  little  maids  of  Devon, 

They  have  sldns  of  milk  and  cream, 

Just  as  pure  and  clean  and  even 
As  a  pool  in  Dartmoor  stream, 

But  who  looks  at  them  is  holden 
With  the  magic  of  a  dream. 

■Oh  !    the  little  maids  of  Devon, 

They  have  honey-coloured  hair 
Where  the  sun  has  worked  like  leaven, 

Turning  russet  tones  to  fair. 
And  they  hold  you  by  the  strands  of  it. 

And  drive  you  to  despair. 

'Oh  !    the  little  maids  of  Devon, 

They  have  voices  like  a  dove, 
And  Jacob's  years  of  seven 

One  would  serve  to  have  their  love, 
.But  their  hearts  are  things  of  mystery 

A  man  may  never  prove  ! 

Dorothy  Frances  Gurney. 


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BIDEFORD. 

Banks. — Lloyds,  Midland,  National  Provincial,  all  in  High  Street. 

Bathing  from  the  pontoon  moored  in  the  river  oS  the  Park. 

Boating  is  very  popular.  Both  rowing  and  saihng  boats  can  be  hired.  The 
pull  up  river  to  Wear  GifEord  when  the  tide  favours  can  be  strongly  recom- 
mended. The  river  is  wide  enough  to  sail  with  ease,  and  the  views  along 
the  wooded  banks  are  charming.  A  Regatta  is  held  annually  in  August  or 
September. 

Bowls.  -The  Bowling  and  Lawn  Tennis  Club  have  an  excellent  green,  where 
the  game  is  enthusiastically  played.     Visitors  are  always  welcomed. 

Early  Closing  Day.^Wednesday. 

Fishing. — ^Trout  fishing  in  the  Council's  Reservoirs.  Tickets  can  be  obtained  at 
the  Town  Clerk's  Otfice.  Season  (March  i  to  October  15)  tickets,  £1  is. 
(a  limited  number  are  issued)  ;  month,  10s.  6d.  ;  day  2S.  6d.  For  fishing 
in  waters  controlled  by  the  Taw  and  Torridge  Conservators  see  Barnstaple 
Section,  p.  i. 

Golf. — .■^t  Westward  Ho  !  See  pp.  17  and  ig.  There  is  also  a  putting  green  at 
Bideford. 

Hotels  and  Tariffs. — See  Introduction,  p.  xxiii. 

Lawn  Tennis  is  played  at  the  courts  on  the  Northam  Road,  where  extensive 
grounds  have  been  laid  out  by  the  Torridge  Vale  Lawn  Tennis  and  Croquet 
Club.  Hard  and  grass  courts  at  the  enclosure  of  the  Sports  Ground  Com- 
pany. 

Market  Days. — Tuesday  and  Saturday. 

Motor-'buses. — ^To  Barnstaple  and  Ilfracombe,  Northam,  Westward  Ho ! 
Appledore,  Clovelly,  Hartland,  Bude,  Torrington,  Hatherleigh,  Hols- 
worthy,  Exeter,  etc.  For  particulars  see  bills.  Most  of  these  services  start 
from  the  Quay,  except  that  to  Clovelly  in  connection  with  the  Southern 
Railway  {see  p.  25). 

Places  of  Worship.— S/.  Mary's  (Parish  Church),  St.  Peter's  (East-the-Water), 
Roman  Catholic  (North  Road),  Wesleyan  (Bridge  Street),  United  Methodist 
(High  Street),  Congregational  (Bridgeland  Street),  Baptist  (Lower  Gunstone), 
Plymouth  Brethren  (North  Road),  Salvation  .■irmy  (Lower  Meddon  Street), 
Bethel  (East-the-Water).     Simday  services  at  11  and  6.30. 

Post  Office. — High  Street,  8  a.m.  to  7  p.m. ;  Sunday,  9  to  10.30  a.m.  Bank 
Hohdays,  9.30  to  11  a.m.  Branch  Ofifices,  Lime  Grove  and  East-the- 
Water. 

Railway  Station.  (Southern  Railway)  on  east  side  of  river.  The  town  is  reached 
by  crossing  the  Bridge. 

BIDEFORD  is  charmingly  situated  on  the  Torridge, 
and  apparently  owes  its  name  to  the  fact  that  it 
is  "  by-the-Ford  "  on  what  in  Roman  times  was  a  very 
important  highway  along  the  coast  from  Cornwall 
tlxrough  Devon  into  Somerset.  During  excavations  on 
the  eastern  side  of  Bideford,  a  paved  footway,  12  ft.  in 
width,  presumed  to  be  part  of  the  old  Roman  fosseway, 
was  discovered.  In  later  periods  Bideford  and  Bide- 
ford men  played  a  prominent  part  in  the  history  of  the 
Bideford  (6)  j 


2  BIDEFORD 

country,  and    one   instinctively  feels,  as  the    postman 
poet  Capern  wrote — 

"  Whene'er  I  tread  old  By-the-ford 
I  conjure  up  the  thought 
'Twas  here  a  Grenville  trod, 
And  here  a  Raleigh  wrought." 

The  town  obtained  a  charter  of  incorporation  in  1574. 
To  the  lover  of  history  the  place  has  a  special  interest 
as  the  home  of  the  Grenville  family,  two  noble  scions 
of  which  were  Richard  Grenville,  who  subdued  Glamor- 
ganshire in  the  reign  of  Rufus,  and  Sir  Bevill  Grenville, 
described  as  "  the  handsomest  and  most  gallant  of  his 
generation,"  who  fought  and  won  for  Charles  at  Lans- 
down,  and  "  bravely  fighting  fell."  Then,  again,  there 
was  Sir  Richard  Grenville  of  Elizabeth's  time,  whose 
exploit  in  the  Revenge  "  off  Flores  in  the  Azores  "  won 
for  him  undying  fame.  For  nearly  700  years  the  manor 
of  Bideford  was  the  possession  of  the  Grenville  family, 
and  to  them  much  of  the  maritime  importance  of  the 
town  was  due. 

Bideford  is  the  nearest  town  of  any  size  to  Clovelly, 
and  motor  coaches  and  other  conveyances  run  thither 
daily.  It  is  also  within  easy  distance  of  Westward  Ho  ! 
Instow,  Appledore,  and  Wear  Gifford,  to  all  of  which 
pleasant  walks  or  drives  may  be  taken. 

The  streets,  especially  in  the  older  portion  of  the  town, 
are  narrow,  tortuous  and  steep,  but  in  the  High  Street, 
Grenville  Street  and  Mill  Street  there  are  some  good 
shops,  and  excellent  hotel  accommodation  is  at  the 
visitor's  disposal. 

The  Bridge. 

Bideford's  proudest  possession  is  the  Bridge,  a  noble 
and  picturesque  structure  of  twenty-four  arches,  of  a 
total  length  of  677  ft.  The  bridge  spans  the  Torridge 
and  connects  East-the-Water  with  Bideford  proper. 
By  the  townspeople  it  is  used  in  the  evenings  as  a  pro- 
menade, and  there  is  no  finer  sight  than  the  view  from 
the  Bridge  towards  Instow  at  high  tide  on  a  summer 


BIDEFORD   BRIDGE  3 

day,  especially  when  some  shipping  can  be  seen  in  the 
fairway.  The  bridge  was  built  about  the  middle  of  the 
fourteenth  century,  and  according  to  Westcote  "  the 
foundation  of  the  structure  is  very  firm  and  strong,  yet 
it  shakes  or  seems  to  do  with  the  slightest  step  a  horse 
makes  in  his  passage  over  it."  Readers  need  not  fear, 
however  ;  the  bridge  is  quite  safe,  and  the  shaking  may 
be  put  down  to  Westcote' s  imagination.  Concerning 
the  building  of  the  bridge  there  is  a  legend  that  Sir 
Richard  Gourney,  a  priest  of  the  place,  was  admonished 
by  a  vision  to  begin  the  work,  and  he  was  to  lay  the 
foundations  where  he  should  find  a  stone  fixed  in  the 
ground.  Upon  walking  by  the  river  he  espied  such  a 
stone  or  rock  there  rolled  and  fixed  firmly,  which  he 
never  remembered  to  have  seen  before,  and,  regarding 
his  dream  as  a  heavenly  inspiration,  he  disclosed  it  to 
the  Lord  Bishop  of  the  diocese,  who  granted  indulgences 
for  so  pious  a  work,  and  with  the  assistance  of  Sir 
Theobald  Grenville  the  bridge  was  finished.  Another 
legend,  which  we  repeat  for  what  it  is  worth,  is  that 
no  solid  bottom  could  be  found  for  the  bridge  until  the 
inhabitants  threw  in  bales  of  wool — there  was  formerly 
a  big  woollen  industry  in  the  town — and  upon  these  wool 
bags  the  bridge  was  built.  Mr.  R.  Pearse  Chope  tells  us 
the  present  stone  bridge  dates  from  the  sixteenth  century, 
and  quotes  from  the  "  Calendar  of  Papal  Letters"  to 
prove  that  in  1459  it  was  of  wood  and  with  the  two 
chapels  that  stood  upon  it  in  a  bad  state  of  repair. 

Generous  persons  in  the  past  left  lands  and  property 
to  the  bridge  "  in  trust  "  for  its  maintenance.  In  course 
of  time  the  Bridge  Trust  became  an  opulent  corporation, 
and  a  "  Bridge  Dinner  "  was  a  great  event  in  the  mental 
calendar  of  the  invited.  Charles  Kingsley's  summary 
of  the  virtues  of  the  Bridge  is  comprehensive  : 

"  Every  one  who  knows  Bideford  cannot  but  know  Bide- 
ford  Bridge,  for  it  is  the  very  omphalos,  cynosure  and  soul 
around  which  the  town,  as  a  body,  has  organized  itself  ; 
and  as  Edinburgh  is  Edinburgh  by  virtue  of  its  Castle  ; 
Rome,  Rome  by  virtue  of  its  Capitol ;  and  Egypt,  Egypt  by 


4  BIDEFORD   BRIDGE 

virtue  of  its  Pjrramids,  so  is  Bidef ord  Bideford  by  virtue  of  its 
Bridge.  But  all  do  not  know  the  occult  powers  which  have 
advanced  and  animated  this  said  wondrous  bridge  for  now 
five  hundred  years,  and  made  it  the  chief  wonder,  according 
to  Prince  and  Fuller,  of  this  fair  land  of  Devon  ;  being  first 
an  inspired  bridge  ;  a  soul-saving  bridge  ;  an  alms-giving 
bridge  ;  an  educational  bridge  ;  a  sentient  bridge  ;  and  last, 
but  not  least,  a  dinner-giving  bridge.  All  do  not  know  how, 
when  it  began  to  be  built  some  half-mile  higher  up,  hands 
invisible  carried  stones  down  stream  each  night  to  the  present 
site  ;  until  Sir  Richard  Gourney,  parson  of  the  parish,  going 
to  bed  one  night  in  sore  perplexity  and  fear  of  the  evil  spirit 
who  seemed  so  busy  in  his  sheepfold,  beheld  a  vision  of  an 
angel,  who  bade  him  build  the  bridge  where  he  himself  had 
so  kindly  transported  the  materials,  for  there  alone  was  sure 
foundation  amid  the  broad  sheet  of  shifting  sand.  All  do 
not  know  how  Bishop  Grandisson,  of  Exeter,  proclaimed 
through  his  diocese  indulgences,  benedictions,  and  '  partici- 
pation in  all  spiritual  blessing  for  ever,'  to  all  who  would 
promote  the  bridging  of  that  dangerous  ford,  and  so,  con- 
sulting alike  the  interests  of  their  souls  and  of  their  bodies, 
'  make  the  best  of  both  worlds.'  The  bridge  is  a  veritable 
esquire,  bearing  arms  of  its  own  (a  ship  and  a  bridge  proper 
on  a  plain  field)  and  owning  lands  and  tenements  in  many 
parishes  with  which  the  said  miraculous  bridge  has,  from 
time  to  time,  founded  charities,  built  schools,  waged  suits  at 
law  and  finally  given  yearly  dinners,  and  kept  for  that  pur- 
pose (luxurious  and  liquorish  bridge  that  it  is)  the  best- 
stocked  cellar  of  wine  in  all  Devon." 

Finally  we  may  quote  from  a  recent  article  in  the 
Daily  Telegraph  : 

"  For  six  hundred  years  successive  generations  have  gone 
and  come  across  this  venerable  bridge.  It  has  heard  the 
hoof  of  the  pack-horse,  the  creak  of  the  farm-wain,  the  rattle 
of  the  stage  coach ;  it  has  echoed  to  the  tramp  of  soldiery 
as  long  ago  as  the  Wars  of  Cavalier  and  Roundhead  and  as 
recently  as  the  great  conflict  from  which  we  have  just  emerged. 
Twice  a  day  for  six  hundred  years  it  has  felt  the  swirl  of  the 
swift  salt  tides  that  bear  the  wrack  and  foam  of  the  ocean 
far  inland  among  the  silent  hills,  where  the  trees  come  down 
to  the  water's  edge  and  the  kingfisher  flits  like  a  blue  flame 
in  the  shadow  of  their  overhanging  branches.     For  six  hun- 


Bideford  (b) 


Valentine  &  Sons,  Ltd.,] 

THE    PARISH    CHURCH,     BIDEFORD. 


[Dundee. 


Valentine  &  Sons,  Ltd.,]  [Dundee. 

STATUE    OF    CHARLES    KINGSLEY,    BIDEFORD. 


BIDEFORD  6 

dred  mellowing  years  it  has  felt  the  caress  of  the  soft  sea- 
winds,  and  listened,  in  the  stillness  of  the  night,  to  the  sound 
— faint  and  far  off  as  the  sighing  of  a  shell — of  the  billows 
breaking  on  the  long,  dark  pebble-ridge  of  Northam  or  raving 
over  the  treacherous  bar.  And  now  this  bridge,  the  silent 
witness  of  so  many  vicissitudes  ;  this  bridge  which  beheld 
the  little  contingent  of  swift-footed  craft  set  sail  to  join  Drake 
at  Plymouth,  and  to  meet  in  victorious  combat  the  towering 
galleons  of  Spain  ;  this  bridge  has  at  last  begun  to  yield  to 
the  unwonted  strain  that  modern  motor  traffic  has  imposed 
upon  it." 

Within  the  last  century  the  bridge  has  been  consider- 
ably altered.  It  was  formerly  so  narrow  that  in  1810, 
when  vehicles  generally  superseded  the  old  pack-horses, 
it  was  found  necessary  to  add  to  its  width  by  semicircular 
arches,  at  a  cost  of  ;^3,200.  After  the  opening  of  the 
railway  the  bridge  was  again  widened  at  a  cost  of  about 
;^6,ooo,  and  the  strengthening  of  the  pillars  has  been 
going  on  for  some  years.  In  recent  years  the  amount 
of  traffic  using  the  bridge  has  increased  to  such  an  extent 
that  further  widening  became  necessary  and  the  work 
was  begun  in    1923,  the  cost  being   estimated  at   over 

;^20,000. 

The  Municipal  Buildings 

face  one  on  entering  Bideford  from  the  Bridge.  On  the 
right  is  the  Bridge  Hall,  a  modern  building,  and  on  the 
left  the  Library,  a  portion  of  the  funds  for  which  were 
given  by  the  late  Andrew  Carnegie.  Room  is  also  found 
for  a  small  Museum,  which  shelters  the  old  parish  stocks, 
an  Armada  chest,  and  many  objects  of  geological  and 
local  interest.  The  Library  adjoins  the  Town  Hall,  and 
both  buildings  are  in  the  same  style.  At  the  end  of  the 
Quay  is  a  fine  Statue  of  Charles  Kingsley,  18  ft.  high. 
The  memorial  was  erected  by  public  subscription,  and 
stands  at  the  entrance  to  the  Park  {see  p.  10). 

The  Parish  Church 

(St.  Mary's)  is  almost  hidden  behind  the  Municipal 
Buildings.       The  sturdy  square  tower  with  clock  face, 


6  BIDEFORD 

however,  can  be  seen  peeping  over  the  top  of  the  Free 
Library.  The  said  tower  is  the  only  remaining  portion 
of  the  old  church,  the  main  portion  having  been  rebuilt 
in  1865.  Before  that  date  the  ruthless  modernizer  had 
laid  sacrilegious  hands  on  the  venerable  pile.  This  Dr. 
Oliver  pithily  described,  writing  of  the  Church  as  it  stood 
in  1842  :  "It  was  startling  as  we  approached  the  church 
to  behold  a  Doric  portal  knockt  up  to  lead  to  a  north 
gallery  ;  to  view  fluted  granite  columns  tumbled  out  of 
the  church,  and  broken  up  to  serve  for  gate  posts  about 
the  cemetery  ;  and  such  fantastic  doors  and  windows, 
etc.  We  were  prepared  for  a  worse  interior,  and  for 
patchwork,  and  detestable  and  outrageous  attempts  to 
convert  the  appearance  of  the  House  of  Prayer  into  that 
of  a  Lecture  Room  or  Theatre  ;  nor  were  we  disap- 
pointed." Much  of  the  old  oak  carving,  which  would  be 
priceless  now,  was  broken  up  and  sold  for  firewood. 
Some  that  remains,  by  which  the  beauty  of  that  which 
is  gone  may  be  judged,  can  be  seen  converted  into  a 
screen  for  the  choir  vestry  in  the  tower.  But  there  are 
several  old  monuments  and  inscriptions  that  will  repay 
examination. 

Like  the  present  building,  and  like  the  Bridge,  the  old 
church  was  built  of  local  stone.  Under  date  May  31, 
1504,  the  Church  is  styled  in  the  archiepiscopal  registers, 
"  The  Church  of  the  Blessed  Virgin  Mary."  Readers 
of  Westward  Ho  !  will  remember  that  Sir  Richard 
Grenville  in  1588  brought  to  Bideford  the  first  convert 
of  the  North  American  Indians.  That  this  is  a  fact 
beyond  dispute  is  proved  by  two  entries  in  the  earlier 
registers  belonging  to  the  Church  : 

"  1587-8.     Raleigh  a  Winganditoian  (was  baptized)  March  26th. 
1589.     Rawley  a  Winganditoian  (was  buried)  April." 

Variations  in  the  spelling  of  Raleigh  occur  in  other 
places  (the  great  Sir  Walter  uses  the  form  Ralegh  in 
his  famous  History).  In  the  second  instance  it  will  be 
noticed  that  the  word  is  spelt  as  it  is  pronounced  in 
Devonshire. 

It  is  commonly  believed  that  the  system  of  mortuaries 


THE   PARISH   CHURCH  7 

came  to  be  regulated  by  Act  of  Parliament  in  conse- 
quence of  a  scene  in  Bideford  churchyard.  In  the  reign 
of  Henry  VIII,  so  the  story  runs,  Sir  William  Coffin, 
of  Portledge,  a  Master  of  the  Horse  and  "  a  great  man 
about  Court,"  was  passing  Bideford  Church,  and  seeing  a 
disturbance  inquired  the  cause.  He  was  told  the  rector 
refused  to  bury  a  corpse  that  had  been  brought  to  the 
cemetery  until  his  mortuary  dues  had  been  paid,  and 
this  the  bereaved  relatives  either  could  not  or  would  not 
do.  Enraged  beyond  measure,  Sir  William  ordered  his 
retainers  to  seize  the  stubborn  cleric  and  bury  him  in 
the  grave  that  had  been  dug  for  the  other.  And  the 
Rector  was,  in  truth,  in  sore  peril  of  being  buried  alive 
when  he  relented  and  performed,  albeit  with  a  bad  grace, 
the  office  demanded  of  him.  Sir  William  had  to  answer 
for  his  conduct  before  Parliament,  but  the  result  of  the 
exposure  was  the  passing  of  an  Act,  21  Henry  VIII,  c.  6, 
regulating  the  mortuaries. 

The  visitor  should  not  fail  to  see  the  Norman  font, 
with  rude  cable  moulding,  and  the  fine  sixteenth-century 
monument  to  Sir  Thomas  Graynfyld  (Grenville).  In 
the  south  aisle,  at  its  eastern  end,  is  a  brass  erected  by 
the  Rev.  Roger  Grenville,  one-time  rector,  in  memory  of 
the  gallant  Sir  Richard  Grenville,  who  commanded  the 
little  Revenge.  On  it  is  inscribed  the  great  sailor's 
memorable  farewell  : 

"  Here  die  I,  Richard  Grenville,  with  a  joyful  and  quiet 
mind,  for  that  I  have  ended  my  life  as  a  true  soldier  ought  to 
do,  that  hath  fought  for  his  countrj',  his  Queen,  religion,  and 
honour ;  my  soul  willingly  departing  from  out  of  this  body, 
leaving  behind  the  everlasting  fame  of  a  valiant  soldier, 
having  behaved  as  any  is  in  duty  bound  to  do." 

Also  on  the  south  side  is  a  mural  tablet  to  the  memory 
of  John  Strange,  a  merchant,  in  more  humble  life  than 
Grenville,  but  none  the  less  a  hero.  Strange  died  in 
1646,  and  the  monument  is  said  to  have  been  erected  by 
a  mariner  who  had  received  generous  treatment  at  his 
hands  after  being  shipwrecked  on  the  North  Devon 
coast.     The  quaintly-worded  inscription  runs  : 


8  BIDEFORD 

"  Sacred  to  the  Memory  of  Mr.  John  Strange,  sometime  Merchant 
of  this  Towne,  who  for  sweetness  of  disposition,  affabiUty  in  dis- 
course, courteousness  in  carriage,  uprightness  in  commerce,  fidelitie 
in  magistracy,  largeness  of  heart,  and  liberality  of  hand  to  the 
needy,  bountifulness  in  hospitality,  humility  in  the  flow,  equability 
in  the  ebb  of  outward  things,  and  sincere  love  to  God,  His  gospel  and 
saints,  having  lived  beloved  and  deservedly  honour'd,  after  the 
pilgrimage  of  fiftie-six  years  ended,  dyed,  desir'd  and  not  without 
cause,  much  lamented,  Aug.  ist.  Anno  Dom.  1646,  in  his  fourth 
and  fatal  Maioraltie,  whose  better  part  returning  whence  it  came, 
he  left  unto  the  world  the  pretious  odour  of  a  good  name,  and  the 
choyce  example  of  a  sweet  conversation,  together  with  his  earthly 
tabernacle  put  off  and  heerby  interred,  till  being  refined  and  raised 
a  glorious  body,  the  more  glorious  soul  return  to  take  possession  of 
it,  and  both  be  rapt  up  to  enjoy  that  bliss  that  knows  neither  tearm 
nor  tedium." 

Strange  deserved  this  eulogy.  He  was  a  level-headed 
man,  and  when  the  panic-stricken  Mayor  of  the  borough 
had  fled  the  town,  then  smitten  with  plague  brought 
over  from  Spain,  he  took  the  reins  of  command  and 
did  all  that  was  then  humanly  possible  to  keep  the  plague 
within  bounds.  For  full  six  months  terrible  havoc  was 
wrought,  as  many  as  eighty-three  being  carried  to  their 
graves  in  a  month.  Strange  at  last  took  the  infection 
and  died,  richly  beloved. 

In  the  churchyard  are  many  curious  epitaphs.  One, 
upon  which  a  novel  with  a  moral  might  be  written, 
records  the  death  of  a  Captain  Henry  Clark,  whose  sad 
life's  story  is  inscribed  in  verse  on  his  tombstone. 

Bideford  was  the  birthplace  of  John  Shebbeare,  M.D., 
who  achieved  fame  by  his  political  writings.  He  ad- 
dressed A  Series  of  Letters  to  the  English  People,  support- 
ing the  Stuarts  and  strongly  opposing  the  House  of 
Brunswick.  For  his  animadversions  on  the  Government 
of  George  I  he  was  sentenced  to  stand  in  the  pillory  and 
to  suffer  imprisonment  for  two  years.  On  the  accession 
of  George  IH,  however,  he  obtained  a  pension  of  ;^2oo  per 
annum,  and,  like  the  Vicar  of  Bray,  from  that  period 
employed  his  abilities  in  defence  of  the  Government. 

Mention  must  also  be  made  of  Thomas  Stucley,  born 
in  1 68 1,  son  of  the  chaplain  to  Oliver  Cromwell.  Deep 
study  turned  his  brain,  and  he  lived  a  strange  life. 
Watkins  adds,  "  When  the  Duke  of  Marlborough  laid 


BIDEFORD    QUAY  9 

siege  to  any  town  in  Flanders,  IVIr.  Stucley  would  draw  a 
plan  of  the  place  upon  his  kitchen  floor,  which,  according 
to  the  Devonshire  custom,  was  made  of  lime  and  ashes  ; 
and  by  the  intelligence  of  the  newspapers  he  would  work 
at  the  plan  with  a  pick-axe,  so  that  every  conquest  cost 
him  a  new  floor."  An  old  house  in  Bridgeland  Street, 
Bideford,  is  pointed  out  as  the  place  where  this  singular 
man  died,  in  1730,  surrounded  by  dirt  and  money. 

Other  Public  Buildings. 
There  is  a  busy  Pannier  Market  at  the  top  of  Bridge 
Street  (principal  markets,  Tuesdays)  and  a  Cattle  Mar- 
ket above.  In  Meddon  Street  is  the  Infirmary,  opened 
in  the  Jubilee  year.  For  the  size  of  the  town  the  political 
clubs  are  well  equipped.  The  Conservative  Club  is  in 
Bridgeland  Street,  where  there  is  now  also  a  Women's 
Unionist  Club,  and  the  Liberal  Club  is  at  the  top  of  High 
Street.  There  is  a  Music  Hall  (The  Palace),  at  which 
entertainments  are  given,  in  Bridgeland  Street,  and 
close  to  it  is  the  Masonic  Hall.  In  Mill  Street  is  the 
Palladium  Cinema.  Near  the  river  bank  and  park  are  the 
Science,  Art  and  Technical  Schools.  There  is  a  Grammar 
School  for  boys,  which  is  recognized  as  a  secondary 
school,  and  the  Edgehill  United  Methodist  College  provides 
secondary  education  for  girls.  The  latter  building  was 
destroyed  by  fire  in  1920,  but  the  task  of  reconstruction 
was  put  in  hand  almost  immediately,  the  school  being 
meanwhile  carried  on  in  temporary  quarters. 

The  Quay. 

The  Broad  Quay,  which  belongs  to  the  town,  having 
been  purchased  by  the  Corporation  in  1881,  has  been 
several  times  widened,  and  presents  a  very  different 
appearance  from  that  it  bore  when  Amyas  Leigh  trod 
its  cobble  paving.  At  that  time,  with  the  exception 
of  the  Ship  Inn,  barely  a  house  stood  on  it,  and  it  was 
but  a  fourth  of  the  present  width.  Now  it  is  a  broad 
promenade,  tree-sheltered  on  one  side,  and  fronting  the 
other  are  shops  and  private  residences,  to  say  nothing 
of  the  Ship,  which  is  supposed  to  stand  on  the  site  of 


10  BIDEFORD 

the  original  inn  of  that  name.  From  the  inscription  on 
the  wall  we  read  that  here  the  Brotherhood  of  the  Rose 
was  founded,  and  surely,  painted  high  upon  the  front, 
is  the  portrait  of  Rose  Salterne  herself  !  This,  however, 
is  not  claimed  to  be  an  old  masterpiece.  As  a  matter 
of  fact,  the  enterprising  innkeeper,  with  an  eye  to  the 
advertisement  it  would  bring  him,  had  it  painted  in 
1905.  At  different  times  this  Inn  has  been  variously 
named  The  Blue  Anchor  and  Newfoundland  Inn,  but  it 
now  goes  under  the  original  name. 

The  Bideford,  Westward  Ho  I   and  Appledore  Railway,  opened  in 

1901,  was  closed  early  in  1917,  owing  to  the  exigencies  of  the  War, 
and  communication  between  the  places  named  is  now  maintained 
by  means  of  motors  and  other  conveyances.  The  track  formerly 
laid  on  the  Quay  was  taken  up  in  1920.  The  line  taken  by  the 
railway  can  be  traced  through  much  of  its  length,  and  its  use  as 
a  new  road  is  advocated. 

Victoria  Park. 

Like  its  neighbour  Barnstaple,  Bideford  possesses  a 
pretty  riverside  park.  At  the  entrance  is  the  Statue  ol 
Charles  Kingsley,  already  referred  to.  Many  acres  of 
marshland  have  been  purchased  by  the  town  and  gradu- 
ally laid  out,  with  the  result  that  there  is  a  large  open 
space  for  sports,  encircled  by  a  good  cycle  track,  the 
whole  being  bounded  by  a  pleasant  riverside  walk,  pro- 
vided with  seats,  along  a  beautiful  avenue.  The  view 
from  this  walk  is  magnificent,  embracing  the  river  and 
the  hills  as  far  down  as  Instow,  whilst  on  the  other 
hand  is  the  ancient  Bridge.  Altogether  the  Park  would 
do  credit  to  larger  towns. 

The  Armada  Guns. 
Until  their  historic  interest  was  discovered  these 
relics  of  the  days  when  Bideford  men  and  Bideford  ships 
conquered  the  Spaniard  were  used  as  mooring  posts  on 
the  Quay.  Experts  from  the  Royal  Artillery  and  the 
British  Museum  have  inspected  these  weapons,  but  no 
one  can  indicate  their  origin  with  absolute  certainty. 
Some  say  they  are  Armada  guns,  others  call  them  Span- 
ish guns  of  the  sixteenth  century,  but  not  necessarily 


THE   ARMADA   GUNS  U 

Armada  guns.     Without  question,  they  are  very  old  and 

of  foreign  make.     Captain  Enthoven,  R.H.A.,  who  made 

a   careful   examination   at   the   request   of   the   Royal 

Artillery  Institution,  Woolwich,  reported  : 

"  It  is  only  reasonable  to  suppose  that  a  port  of  the  distinction 
of  Bideford  would  become  possessed  of  some  of  the  guns 
captured  from  the  Armada.  These  guns  are  not  English,  are 
of  the  sixteenth  century,  and  four  out  of  five  [the  number  then 
examined]  correspond  in  a  remarkable  degree  with  the  authen- 
ticated guns  at  Inveraray.  It  is  therefore  more  than  probable 
that  in  these  guns  Bideford  possesses  guns  captured  from  the 
Spanish  Armada." 

At  Westward  Ho  !  several  guns  were  formerly  seen 
at  very  low  tides.  One  has  been  recovered  and  orna- 
ments the  Golden  Bay  Hotel.  At  Instow  two  of  these 
old  cannon  were  for  years  to  be  seen  on  the  Quay.  A 
few  years  ago,  however,  Mr.  A.  L.  Christie,  who  owns  the 
foreshore  and  quay,  had  them  removed  to  his  house  at 
Tapeley.  At  Portledge,  beyond  Westward  Ho  !,  three 
similar  guns  were  recovered  about  fifty  years  ago,  and 
are  at  the  rear  of  the  mansion.  Finally,  at  Clovelly 
can  be  seen  three  more  guns  of  the  same  character. 
When  the  mystery  surrounding  these  old  guns  is  un- 
ravelled— if  it  ever  is — we  shall  doubtless  hear  a  most 
interesting  story.  There  may  be  more  guns  about  the 
coast,  in  not  very  deep  water,  waiting  to  be  discovered. 
At  present  the  collection  comprises — 
At  Bideford       .      .      8  guns.      Cleaned  and  preserved. 


At  Portledge 

At   Westward   Ho 

At  Clovelly 

At   Westward   Ho 


3     ..  do- 

I     ,,  do. 

3     ,,  Built  into  Quay. 

?      ,,  Several   have    been   seen   at 

low  tides. 
At  Instow    .      .      .      2     ,,  Removed  from  the  Quay  to 

Tapeley  Park. 

On  the  river  bank,  just  beyond  the  park,  efforts  have 
been  made  in  recent  years  to  revive  the  shipbuilding 
industry  of  Bideford. 

Chudleigh  Fort. 

By  climbing  a  short  distance  up  the  hill  behind  the 
red-brick  church  of  St.  Peter,  East-the-Water,  and  then 


12  THE   TORRIDGE 

crossing  a  field,  Chudleigh  Fort  is  reached.  When 
Barnstaple  and  Bideford  declared  for  the  Parliament 
against  the  King,  two  forts  were  built  by  Major-General 
Chudleigh,  one  on  each  side  of  the  Torridge.  That  at 
East-the-Water  remains,  and  is  visited  both  on  account 
of  its  historic  memories  and  for  the  splendid  views  it 
affords  of  the  town  and  up  and  down  the  river.  In  the 
summer  of  191 9  it  was  purchased  by  public  subscription 
in  the  town  as  a  site  for  the  War  Memorial,  and  is  laid  out 
as  public  gardens.  The  site  of  the  fort  on  the  other  side 
is  conjectural.  It  has  always  been  referred  to  as  the 
Appledore  Fort. 

The  River  Torridge, 

one  of  Bideford' s  chief  attractions,  rises  but  a  few  miles 
from  the  sea,  close  to  the  source  of  the  Tamar,  near 
Bursdon  Moor.  In  the  form  of  a  large  loop  it  wanders 
inland  for  fifty-three  miles,  until  it  joins  the  Taw  before 
Bideford  Bar.  Great  Torrington  is  the  town  of  next 
importance  to  Bideford  on  its  banks.  The  great  width 
of  the  Torridge,  except  at  low  water,  renders  sailing 
most  enjoyable,  and  boating  is  highly  popular.  Rowing 
is  a  sport  much  indulged  in,  and  the  little  town  has  in 
recent  years  sent  out  the  champion  oarsmen  of  the 
county.  It  is  expedient  to  have  a  knowledge  of  the 
tides.  Oarsmen  well  know  the  advantage  and  comfort 
of  rowing  with  the  stream.  By  carefully  watching  the 
tide  and  selecting  the  right  time,  excursions  can  be 
made  with  the  current  each  way.  The  trip  to  Wear 
Gifford  and  back  is  about  ten  miles,  with  the  perfection 
of  river  scenery.  There  is  no  great  depth  of  water  at 
Wear  Gifford,  but  enough  for  ordinary  requirements. 
Care  should  be  taken  to  avoid  shoals.  Down  stream, 
Appledore,  Instow,  or  Braunton  Burrows  may  be  visited. 
For  fishing  in  the  Torridge  see  -p.  i,  Barnstaple  section. 


iSHHPtSMiiM: :  'M 


EXCURSIONS   FROM    BIDEFORD. 

FROM  Bideford  can  be  visited  all  the  places  of  interest 
in  the  "  West  Countree,"  as  the  great  railway-less 
tract  of  land  extending  to  Hartland  Quay  is  called. 

Motor  and  other  conveyances  run  to  Clovelly  daily  in 
the  summer  and  to  other  places  as  noted  on  p.  i.  For 
times  and  other  particulars — too  variable  to  be  quoted 
here — see  current  announcements. 

TO   NORTHAM. 

Bank. — National  Provincial,  Monday  and  Thursday,  ii  to  i. 

Distance. —  IJ  miles  north  of  Bideford.    There  is  a  'bus  service. 

Golf  Links. — Working  Men's  Golf  Club,  i8  holes. 

Places  of  Worship. — St.  Margaret's  (Parish  Church),  Congregational  and  Wesleyan; 

Sunday  services,  ii  and  6.30. 
Post  Office. — 9  a.m.  to  7  p.m. ;  Simday,  9  to  10.30  a.m. ;  Bank  Holidaj^,  9.30 

to  II  a.m. 

There  is  little  of  interest  in  Northam,  except  a  few 
quaint  old  houses,  and  at  the  cross-roads  a  beautiful 
War  Memorial.  The  Church  has  an  imposing  interior 
and  a  handsome  organ.  On  one  of  the  pillars  is  the 
inscription  "  This  Yele  (aisle)  was  made  Anno  1593." 

Fine  views  of  Northam  Burrows  and  the  Bay  are 
obtained  from  Bone  Hill,  a  public  place  where  seats  are 
provided,  close  to  the  church.  Here  is  a  cairn  of  West- 
ward Ho  !    pebbles  inscribed  to  naval  heroes. 

With  admirable  foresight,  the  Northam  Urban  Coun- 
cil have  provided  a  good  water  supply,  which  is  brought 
in  from  Melbury,  some  miles  beyond  Bideford.  West- 
ward Ho  !  and  Appledore  come  in  the  same  urban 
district  and  have  the  advantage  of  this  supply. 

Burrough  House,  has  been  rebuilt  since  Amyas  Leigh 
lived  here,  as  recorded  in  Kingsley's  Westward  Ho  I 
Stephen  Burrough  and  William  Burrough,  two  doughty 
seamen,  lived  here  about  the  year  1550.     The  former 

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14  NORTHAM— APPLEDORE 

became  chief  pilot  of  England,  and  was  of  great  assist- 
ance to  Sir  Hugh  Willoughby's  expedition  to  the  Arctic 
Seas.  The  present  Burrough  House  dates  from  1868. 
It  is  a  pleasant  walk  from  Northam  to  Appledore. 
The  visitor  will  note  with  interest  an  inscription  on  a 
stone  raised  by  the  roadside  at  a  spot  locally  known 
as  Bloody  Corner.     It  reads — 

"  Bloody  Comer. 
Stop  !    Stranger,  stop  ! 
Near  this  spot 
lies  buried 
King  Hubba  the  Dane, 
Who  was  slain  by 
Alfred  the  Great 
In  a  bloody  retreat. 

A.D. DCCCLXXXII." 

The  stone  was  erected  by  the  late  Mr.  Charles  Chap- 
pell.  According  to  tradition,  the  Danes  landed  near 
here  and  laid  siege  to  Kenwith  Castle,  but  the  Devon 
men  made  a  desperate  attack  and  cut  off  the  invaders 
from  their  vessels.  King  Hubba  was  killed  and  his 
followers  overpowered.  Hubba' s  stone  lies  nearer  the 
beach. 

TO   APPLEDORE. 

Aeeess. — By  motor-'bus  trom  Bideford  via  Northam.  Or  by  a  pleasant  riverside 
walk  of  3J  miles. 

Ferry  to  Instow,  3d. 

Places  of  Worship. — St.  Mary's  (Parish  Church),  erected  1838,  Baptist,  Congre- 
gational, Wesleyan,  Plymouth  Brethren,  and  Sailors'  Missio>t,  ii  and  6.30. 

One  of  the  most  beautiful  walks  in  the  district  is  that 
by  the  river  bank  from  Bideford  to  Appledore  (3^  miles). 
The  way  from  the  Quay  is  past  the  Park  and  shipyard, 
continuing  by  the  waterside  to  Cleavehouses,  where  the 
path,  after  turning  up  a  narrow  lane,  winds  through 
lovely  woods,  enchanting  glimpses  of  the  river  being 
obtained  through  the  trees.  (Precise  directions  should 
be  obtained,  as  the  walker  may  otherwise  find  himself 
coming  out  on  the  main  road  to  Northam.)  In  places  the 
path  reaches  a  considerable  height,  and  the  views  of 
Westleigh  nestling  among  the  trees  on  the  other  bank, 
with  Instow  close  to  the  water's  edge,  will  make  the 


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artist  long  to  fix  the  scene  on  canvas.  From  this  path, 
too,  the  best  view  can  be  obtained  of  Tapeley  Park  and 
House. 

Quaint  little  Appledore,  called  by  Kingsley  the  "  little 
white  fishing  village,"  is  situated  directly  opposite 
Instow,  at  the  Junction  of  the  rivers  Taw  and  Torridge. 
Like  Bideford,  it  is  built  on  the  side  of  a  hill,  but  has  no 
architectural  pretensions.  Some  of  the  private  resi- 
dences in  the  newer  portions  are  pretty,  but  the  older 
streets  are  narrow  and  mostly  cobbled.  There  is  much 
material  for  the  artist,  the  quaint  quay,  with  its  shipping, 
making  a  pleasing  picture.  Shipbuilding  and  repairing 
is  the  local  industry,  there  being  several  docks,  and 
fishing  is  extensively  carried  on. 

Visitors  should  walk  through  the  long  cobbled  street 
of  Old  Appledore,  turning  to  the  right  past  the  site  of  the 
railway  station — signboard  to  Lifeboat  House  points  the 
way — to  the  open  space  opposite  the  spot  where  Taw 
and  Torridge  unite  their  waters  and  flow  into  the  sea 
between  Braunton  and  Northam  Burrows.  Here  are 
seats,  welcome  after  the  cobble  stones.  By  continuing 
round  the  corner  across  the  lifeboat  slip — the  lifeboat  is 
launched  from  a  carriage  which  runs  on  a  long  line  of 
rails — then  along  the  shore  at  low  tide  or  the  path  above 
it  at  other  times,  to  the  gasworks,  the  road  can  be  taken 
to  Northam  or  Westward  Ho  !,  not  much  more  than 
half  an  hour's  walk. 

With  the  advent  of  the  railway,  for  which  Appledore 
waited  many  years,  the  place  became  popular  with 
visitors,  and  the  hotel  accommodation  improved  in 
consequence.  The  railway  was  sacrificed  to  the  exigen- 
cies of  War,  but  the  motor-' buses  keep  Appledore  in  close 
touch  with  Bideford  and  Westward  Ho  ! 

Fishing  and  river  shooting  can  be  indulged  in,  and 
sailing  or  rowing  boats,  in  charge  of  competent  boatmen, 
may  be  hired. 

There  is  a  choice  of  routes  for  the  return  journey  ; 
(a)  afoot  or  by  motor-' bus  by  way  of  Northam,  on  the 
same  side  of  the  river  ;    (6)  by  ferry  to  Instow  ;   then  to 


16  INSTOW 

Bideford  by  train,  or  walk  the  three  miles  along  the  high 
road. 

TO   INSTOW. 

Access. — By  train  or  motor-'bus. 

Bank. — Lloyds,  Thursday,  lo  to  12. 

Distance. — JFrom  Bideford  3  miles,  by  rail,  road,  or  river. 

Ferry  to  Appledore,  s^i. 

Hotels. — MarineandNew  Inn  {Seep,  xxiii).     There  are  several  apartment  houses. 

Places  of  Worship. — St.  John  the  Baptist  and  Wesleyan  Chapel.    Sunday  services 

11  and  6.30. 
Post  Office.- — Between  pier  and  station,  9  a.m.  to  7  p.m.,  but  closed  i  to  2  p.m. 

Sundays  and  Bank  Holidays,  9  to  10.30  a.m.  j 

For  years  Instow  has  been  a  favourite  resort  of  artists, 
who  delight  in  the  abundance  of  land  and  sea-scapes. 
The  picturesque  vessels  lying  in  the  Pool  or  on  the 
beaches  at  Appledore  form  splendid  studies.  The  pano- 
rama from  the  hills  which  protect  Instow  from  east 
winds  is  unsurpassed  for  "  breadth."  The  wide  Tor- 
ridge,  with  Bideford  in  the  distance  and  Appledore  in  the 
middle  distance,  always  provides  a  beautiful  view.  To 
the  north,  the  mouth  of  the  Taw  and  the  lowlands  of 
Braunton,  with  the  heights  beyond,  make  a  fine  picture 
of  quietness  and  solitude,  the  effect  heightened  by  lonely 
Braunton  Lighthouse.  Beyond  the  confluence  of  the 
two  rivers  the  great  waves  of  the  Atlantic  roll  over  the 
bar,  and  in  the  far  distance  mysterious  Lundy,  twenty 
miles  away,  lies  like  a  huge  flat  tableland  against  the 
horizon.  Over  Appledore  the  eye  follows  the  dim,  dark 
blue  line  of  coast  past  Clovelly  and  Gallantry  Bower  to 
Hartland  Point,  with  the  Lighthouse,  like  a  dot,  at  the 
foot.  On  a  moderately  clear  evening  the  lights  of  Lundy 
Island  and  Hartland  are  well  seen. 

The  splendid  stretch  of  firm  sand  makes  Instow  an 
ideal  place  for  children.  The  bathing  from  the  beach  is 
quite  safe.  For  a  place  of  this  size  the  Parade  is  very 
creditably  kept.  Sailing  is  a  popular  pastime,  and 
boats,  with  experienced  men  in  charge,  may  be  hired. 
Bass  fishing  is  much  indulged  in.  The  ground  of  the 
North  Devon  Cricket  Club  (which  is  considered  the  oldest 
in  Devon)  is  pleasantly  situated  beyond  the  sandhills. 
There  is  also  a  lawn  tennis  and  croquet  club. 

Instow  Quay,  though  not  large,  is  substantially  built. 


Bideford  (c) 


Vaelntine  &  Sons,  Ltd.,] 


INSTOW   QUAY. 


[Dundee. 


F.  Frith  &  Co.,  Ltd.,] 


[Reigate. 


APPLEDORE    QUAY. 
6 


WESTWARD   HO  !  17 

It  makes  a  convenient  landing  for  ferry  passengers  from 
Appledore,  but,  except  at  high  tide,  a  long  stretch  of  sand 
must  be  crossed.  This  ferry  is  most  useful  for  anyone 
staying  at  Instow,  as  it  brings  Westward  Ho  !  and  the 
Pebble  Ridge  within  easy  reach. 

In  Plantagenet  days  Instow  belonged  to  the  St.  John 
family,  and  the  name  is  a  corruption  of  John's  Town. 
To  find  the  Old  Church  we  must  walk  beyond  the  houses 
of  Instow  Quay  about  tlxree-quarters  of  a  mile,  to  Instow 
Town.  The  Church,  which  has  an  embattled  west  tower, 
was  thoroughly  restored  in  1875.  It  is  worth  looking 
into  :    there  are  some  memorials  to  Devon  worthies. 

Less  than  a  mile  along  the  Bideford  road  is  Tapeley, 
where  are  two  of  the  Armada  Guns  referred  to  on  pp.  10- 
II.  The  obelisk  was  raised  to  the  memory  of  Cornet 
Cleveland,  of  the  17th  Lancers,  who  fell  at  Inkerman. 

TO    WESTWARD    HO  ! 

Access. — By  motor-'bus  from  Bideford. 

Church. — Holy  Triuity,  built  1870  (chapel-of-ease)  ;    Baptist.     Sunday  services 

at  both,  II  and  6.30. 
Distance  from  Bideford. — By  road  via  Northam,  3  miles.     By  road  and  footpath 

about  2  miles.     Signposts  point  ttie  way. 
Golf  Links. — Royal  North  Devon  Golf  Club.     18  holes.     Entrance  fee,  £10  los.  ; 

subscription,  £3  3s.     Visitors,  6s.  day,  30s.  week,  £"4  month' 
Hotels. — The  Golden  Bay ;  Pebble  Ridge. 
Post  Office. — 9  a.m  to  7  p.m. ;    Sunday  and  Bank  Holiday,  9  to  10.30  a.m. 

With  its  natural  advantages,  it  is  remarkable  that 
Westward  Ho  !,  except  for  its  well-deserved  reputation 
in  golfing  circles,  remained  so  long  in  the  background. 
Even  now,  though  largely  visited,  it  hardly  gains  the 
patronage  such  surroundings  merit.  The  name  was 
given,  after  Charles  Kingsley's  famous  novel,  in  1863, 
when  the  Countess  of  Portsmouth  laid  the  foundation- 
stone  of  what  is  now  the  Golden  Bay  Hotel  (formerly 
the  Royal),  and  much  was  hoped  of  the  "  settlement." 
However,  things  seemed  to  go  contrary.  The  Kingsley 
Memorial  College  did  not  last  ;  the  tide  washed  away 
the  pier  and  some  houses  as  well  ;  and  some  years  ago 
the  United  Services  College  (in  which  Mr.  Rudyard 
Kipling  was  educated  and  which  he  rendered  famous  in 
Stalky    &>    Co.)    was    removed    nearer    London.     More 

Bideford  (c) 


18  WESTWARD   HO! 

recently  another  school  has  been  opened.  Retired 
officers  form  a  large  proportion  of  the  residents,  and  use 
the  Union  Club.  The  equable  climate  is  appreciated  by 
many  who  have  spent  some  years  in  the  East. 

The  sands  at  Westward  Ho  ! — from  which  there  is 
good  bathing — are  superb,  and  extend  for  about  three 
miles.  In  summer  many  tents  are  dotted  around.  A 
distinctive  feature  is — 

The  Pebble  Ridge, 

about  two  miles  long,  composed  of  smooth,  oval,  grey 
stones.  It  is  supposed  that  each  of  these  pebbles  was 
once  a  piece  of  rock  torn  from  the  Hartland  cliffs  by  the 
waves,  worn  smooth  in  transit,  and  finally  deposited, 
after  miles  of  wandering,  on  the  beach  of  West- 
ward Ho  !  To  lend  support  to  this  statement  it  is 
said  that  a  Clovelly  boatman,  who  had  long  been  in 
the  habit  of  securing  the  painter  of  his  boat  to  an  iron 
spike  embedded  in  a  piece  of  rock  on  the  beach,  one  day 
discovered  that  the  spike  was  missing.  Years  after- 
wards, walking  across  the  Pebble  Ridge,  he  caught  his 
foot  against  what  proved  to  be  his  own  spiked  pebble. 

The  Ridge  is  to-day  much  smaller  than  it  has  been. 
Formerly  it  was  the  custom  annually  to  collect  the  stones 
which  had  been  flung  over  the  Burrows  by  the  waves. 
These  stones  were  collected  and  replaced  by  the  inhabit- 
ants of  Northam,  who  went  by  the  old  but  not  very 
euphonious  name  of  "  potwallopers."  They  enjoy  valu- 
able common  rights  of  pasturage.  The  work  is  now 
supervised  by  a  Burrows  Committee,  working  in  con- 
junction with  the  lords  of  the  manor  (the  Royal  North 
Devon  Golf  Club)  and  the  manor  court,  an  ancient 
institution  which  is  zealously  maintained. 

Beyond  the  Ridge  is  a  Submerged  Forest,  of  great 
interest  to  geologists.  Petrified  portions  of  trees  are 
sometimes  found,  specimens  of  which  can  be  seen  in  the 
Barnstaple  Athenaeum.  The  gradual  retreat  of  the 
Ridge  before  the  Atlantic  billows  has  laid  bare  a  patch 
of  blue  clay,  and  from  this,  at  intervals,  relics  of  the 


Bideford  (c*) 


Valentine  &  Sons,  Ltd.,]  [Dundee. 

FRITHELSTOCK    CHURCH    AND    ABBEY    RUINS. 


Valentine  &  Sons,  Ltd.,] 


[Dundee. 


WEAR    GIFFORD. 


ABBOTSHAM  19 

Palaeolithic  age  are  obtained.  Many  flint  weapons  and 
human  remains  have  been  found  ;  also  the  antlers  of 
a  red  deer  in  excellent  preservation.  Some  of  these 
objects  can  be  seen  at  the  Museum  connected  with  the 
Bideford  Library. 

Protected  by  the  Pebble  Ridge  are  the  famous  Golf 
Links  of  the  Royal  North  Devon  Golf  Club,  one  of  the 
courses  on  the  Championship  rota.  These  links  are  the 
chief  glory  of  Westward  Ho  !  and  many,  both  amateurs 
and  professionals,  claim  them  to  be  unexcelled  in  the 
South  or  West  of  England.  The  great  majority  of 
visitors  who  stay  at  Westward  Ho  !  for  any  length  of 
time  are  golfers.  There  is  a  well-appointed  club-house, 
and  the  large  membership  includes  some  of  the  best 
players  in  the  country.  Water  is  laid  on  to  all  the 
putting  greens.     J.  H.  Taylor  learnt  his  golf  here. 

TO   ABBOTSHAM   CLIFFS. 

Distance  from  Bideford — 4  miles. 
This  is  an  enjoyable  walk,  which  can  also  be  made 
from  Westward  Ho  !  (i|  miles).  From  Bideford,  take 
the  Abbotsham  Road  at  the  top  of  High  Street.  This 
leads  directly  to  the  village  of  Abbotsham.  The  Parish 
Church  (St.  Helen's),  in  the  Early  English  style,  was 
restored  in  1870.  A  monument  to  Anthony  Hony  is 
dated  1639.  The  beautifully  carved  bench-ends — a 
feature  of  so  many  North  Devon  churches — should  not 
pass  unnoticed.  To  reach  the  cliffs,  go  through  the 
village  and  take  the  lane  on  the  right  past  the  Post 
Of&ce  ;  turn  right  at  second  opportunity,  then  past  a 
prosperous  farm  with  a  water-garden  opposite  until  after 
a  lane  (left)  a  track  (right)  leads  to  cliffs.  A  better  way 
is  to  take  the  first  turn  to  the  right  soon  after  turning  up 
past  the  Post  OfS.ce,  joining  a  road  coming  in  on  the 
right  and  going  left  soon  after,  continuing  to  the  lodge  of 
Abbotsham  Court,  close  to  which  a  gate  gives  access  to 
a  narrow  lane  eventually  leading  to  the  cliffs.  Tourists 
are  recommended  to  ask  precise  directions  in  the  village 
to  prevent  them  going  wrong.     From    the    cliffs    the 


20  WEAR   GIFFORD 

view  is  very  beautiful.     The  return  by  way  of  Westward 
Ho  !    is  the  best. 

TO    WEAR    GIFFORD. 

Distance  from  Bideford. — 3  miles  by  road  (on  public  motor  route)  or  river. 

This  idyllic  spot  can  be  reached,  easily  and  pleasantly, 
by  water  when  the  tide  serves.  It  is  also  a  favourite 
drive  from  Bideford. 

Wear  Gifford  is  noted  throughout  North  Devon  for  its 
strawberry  teas.  The  old  Hall,  embattled  and  ivy-clad, 
makes  a  strikingly  pretty  picture,  with  the  Torridge 
sweeping  round  it,  and  set,  as  it  were,  in  a  little  amphi- 
theatre of  cliffs  and  hills.  The  scenery  calls  to  mind 
similar  places  in  the  Wye  Valley.  The  Hall,  which 
contains  splendid  wood  carvings,  has  survived  periods 
of  varying  good  and  bad  fortune.  It  was  defended 
against  the  forces  of  the  Parliament,  but  surrendered. 
Cromwell's  men  have  not  the  reputation  of  adding  to 
the  beauty  or  even  preserving  the  property  of  Royalists. 
A  couple  of  centuries  later  it  was  used  as  a  farmhouse, 
but  it  has  now  reverted  to  its  proper  use  as  a  mansion. 
The  Hall  has  belonged  to  the  Fortescue  family  from  the 
fifteenth  century,  and  in  the  adjoining  Church  (Holy 
Trinity)  are  numerous  inscriptions  to  their  memory. 
Over  the  chancel  door  on  the  south  wall  is  a  mural 
painting  in  good  preservation  representing  the  martyr- 
dom of  St.  Edmund.  There  are  six  bells  in  the  tower, 
the  tenor  being  inscribed,  "  Religion,  death  and  pleasure 
make  me  ring." 

TO   GREAT   TORRINGTON. 

Access  from  Bideford. — 6  miles.  By  train  or  motor-'bus,  the  latter  preferable 
on  account  of  the  charming  scenery,  unless  time  is  limited.  Great  Torrjng- 
ton  is  3  miles  beyond  Wear  Gifford.  Visitors  using  a  privately- hired  vehicle, 
would  do  well  to  instruct  the  driver  to  take  the  road  by  the  river  for  the 
forward  journey,  returning  via  Frithelstock  and  Monkleigh.  This  will  only 
add  about  two  to  three  miles  to  the  distance. 

Banks. — Barclays,  Lloyds,  Midland,  National  Provincial — all  near  one  another  in 
High  Street  and  Fore  Street. 

Bowls. — On  the  Castle  Mound  is  the  oldest  bowling  green  in  North  Devon. 

Early  Closing  Day.— Thursday. 

Fishing. — Excellent  fishing  may  be  had.  For  licences  issued  by  Taw  and 
Torridge  Conservators  see  Barnstaple  Section,  p.  i. 

Golf. — On  high  ground  at  Darracott,  two  miles  from  Torrington.  9  holes. 
Green  fees  (which  should  be  paid  at  the  Globe  Hotel),  2s.  6d.  per  day,  los. 
week. 


GREAT   TORRINGTON  21 

Botel— Globe. 

Places   ot    Worship.^Si.    Michael's   (Parish),    Baptist,   Congregational,    United 

Methodist,  Wesley  an.    Sunday  services  at  ii  and  6.30. 
Post  Ofllce.— Fore  Street,  8  a.m.  to  7  p.m. ;  Sunday  and  Bank  Holidays  9  to  10.30 

a.m. 

Railway  Service. — Torrington  is  the  terminus  of  the  North  Devon 
line  of  the  Southern  Railway.  The  station  is  a  mile  from  the 
town,  at  the  bottom  of  the  hill.     An  omnibus  meets  all  trains. 

The   North  Devon   and   Cornwall  Junction   Light  Railway. — In 

1922  was  begun  a  new  railway  to  connect  Torrington  with  Halwill 
Junction,  on  the  North  Cornwall  Line  of  the  Southern  Railway. 
The  first  si.x  miles  from  Torrington  are  along  the  route  of  the  former 
Light  Railway  to  Peters  Marland,  the  gradients  being  reduced  and 
the  curves  widened.  A  new  bridge  has  been  constructed  over  the 
Torridge,  and  part  of  the  old  wooden  viaduct  across  the  valley 
filled  in  to  form  an  embankment.  The  old  railway  was  constructed 
by  Mr.  Fell,  the  engineer  of  the  Mont  Cenis  Railway. 

Great  Torrington,  so  called  to  distinguish  it  from  Little 
and   Black  Torrington,   is  an  old-fashioned  municipal 
borough  and  market  town,  occupying  the  summit  and 
slope  of  a  high  hill.     It  is  of  great  antiquity.     The  old 
Church,  in  which  Cardinal  Wolsey  had  preached,  was 
accidentally  blown  up  by  gunpowder  during  the  Civil 
War  ;   the  present  fane  was  erected  in  1651.     Warriors 
returned  from  Palestine  affirm  that  Torrington,  by  reason 
of  its  situation  and  approach,  bears  a  striking  resem- 
blance   to    Jerusalem.     In   the   centre   of   the   Market 
Square    is    a    prettily-designed    fountain.     The    Market 
(market-day,   Saturday)   is  close  to  the  Town   Hall,  in 
which  are  several  interesting  portraits.     A  door  at  the 
farther  end  of  the  Market  leads  on  to  the  Castle  Mound, 
which  is  also  reached  by  way  of  South  Street  and  Castle 
Street.     From  the  Mound  there  is  a  sviperb  view  of  the 
surrounding   country,   the  Torridge  flowing   peacefully 
at  the  foot  of  the  liill,  which  was  once  crowned  by  a 
castle.     Seats  are  conveniently  placed  for  those  who 
wish  to  enjoy  the  view.     Close  to  the  flagstaff  is  a  well- 
kept  Bowling  Green,  for  the  ancient  and  honourable  game 
of  bowls  has  here  as  strong  adherents  as  has  golf  at 
Westward  Ho  !     A  little  to  the  south-east  of  the  Castle 
Mound,  at  the  edge  of  the  escarpment  above  the  river,  is 
a  curious  Obelisk  commemorating  the  battle  of  Waterloo. 
A  glove-making  industry  provides  considerable  employ- 
ment. 


22  GREAT   TORRINGTON 

The  Cottage  Hospital  was  erected  as  a  memorial  of  the 
Hon.  Mark  Rolle  and  other  benefactors  of  the  town. 
There  are  an  Institute  with  reading  room  and  a  Cinema. 

The  slopes  above  the  Torridge,  intersected  with  paths 
and  dotted  with  seats,  with  extensive  views  of  the  sur- 
rounding country,  are  one  of  the  attractions  of  Torring- 
ton,  while  on  the  other  side  of  the  town  are  extensive 
undulating  gorse-covered  commons.  Fishing  is  to  be 
had  in  abundance,  and  is  highly  popular  with  residents 
and  visitors.  Considering  its  surroundings,  it  was  only 
to  be  expected  that  Torrington  would  bring  itself  up-to- 
date  by  catering  for  golfers,  the  g-hole  links  of  the 
Golf  Club  being  a  short  distance  from  the  town.  The 
Stevenstone  Foxhounds,  whose  kennels  are  not  far  from 
Rothern  Bridge,  hunt  the  district. 

A  few  miles  from  Torrington  is  the  beautiful  park  and 
mansion  of  Stevenstone,  so  long  identified  with  the  Rolle 
family. 

Historical  Note. 

Great  Torrington  has  a  pre-Norman  ancestry.  In  old 
records  it  is  called  Cheping-Torrington,  a  proof  of  the 
antiquity  of  its  market.  A  Castle,  of  which  few  traces 
remain,  was  erected  during  the  Norman  period.  The 
town  long  "  enjoyed  "  the  right  of  sending  representa- 
tives to  Parliament,  but  in  1368  successfully  petitioned 
for  exemption  from  the  privilege,  as  the  expense  was 
more  than  it  could  afford.  In  the  reign  of  Mary  the 
town  received  its  charter  of  incorporation. 

Torrington  was  the  centre  of  stirring  scenes  during  the 
Civil  War.  In  December,  1642,  a  body  of  about  five 
hundred  Royalists  possessed  themselves  of  the  town,  in 
order  to  form  a  base  for  active  operations  against  Barn- 
staple and  Bideford,  and  endeavoured  to  raise  more 
forces.  Barnstaple  attacked  them,  hoping  to  destroy, 
before  it  could  increase  in  size,  this  leaven  of  loyalty 
which  had  suddenly  appeared.  The  party  chroniclers 
on  each  side  claimed  the  victory,  but  the  Royalists  fled 
from  the  town.     After  various  skirmishes.  Colonel  Digby 


Bideford 


MONIi:LEIGH  23 

occupied  Torrington  again  (July,  1643)  with  a  strong 
Royalist  force.  Again  the  Barnstaple  men  attacked, 
but  were  defeated.  Colonel  Digby  then  marched  upon 
and  took  Bideford,  and  subsequently  Barnstaple.  In 
February,  1645,  Fairfax  himself  left  Exeter  for  Torring- 
ton with  ten  thousand  men,  and  after  severe  fighting 
the  town  was  taken,  with  "  three  thousand  stands  of 
arms,  the  whole  of  the  baggage  and  money,  and  more 
than  six  hundred  prisoners."  This  victory  utterly 
crippled  the  Royalist  forces  in  Devon.  In  the  church 
the  Royalists  had  stored  their  powder,  and  during  the 
engagement  this  exploded,  entirely  wrecking  the  build- 
ing. It  was  re-erected  in  1651,  and  John  Howe  was 
"  intruded  "  as  vicar.  Ten  years  later  he  was  ejected, 
and  became  the  founder  of  the  Congregational  body  in 
Torrington,  whose  church  is  known  as  the  Howe  Congre- 
gational Church.  It  was  James  Buckpitt,  the  minister 
of  this  church,  who,  when  a  Bishop  of  Exeter  refused  to 
consecrate  the  conformist  part  of  the  cemetery  unless  it 
was  divided  from  the  unconsecrated  part  by  a  wall, 
made  such  an  emphatic  protest  that  the  Bishop  retracted 
his  refusal,  and  the  circumstances  had  national  results. 

TO   MONKLEIGH. 

Distance  from  Bideford — 4  miles. 
A  pleasant  return  journey  from  Torrington,  if  one  is 
driving,  is  by  way  of  Monkleigh,  a  pretty  village  high 
among  the  hills.  Included  in  the  parish  are  some  fine 
residences,  among  them  Annery,  which  descended  from 
the  family  of  that  name  to  the  Hankfords,  one  of  whom 
was  Lord  Chief  Justice.  It  is  said  that,  having  given 
instructions  to  his  keeper  to  shoot  anyone  he  met  in 
the  park  with  designs  upon  the  deer,  the  faithful  man 
one  "  dark  tempestuous  night  "  met  his  master  in  the 
park  and  challenged  him.  Receiving  no  reply,  he 
notched  an  arrow  and  shot  the  marauder,  as  he  thought 
him.  The  judge  fell  dead  beneath  Hankford  Oak.  He 
w-as  buried  in  Monkleigh  Church,  where  a  monument 
depicting    him    in    robes    may    be    seen.     While    some 


24  LITTLEHAM 

historians  thus  ascribe  his  death  to  accident,  others,  less 
charitable,  suggest  that  he  was  tired  of  life,  but,  fearing 
to  put  an  end  to  his  existence  by  his  own  hand,  adopted 
the  strange  course  detailed  above. 

Those  interested  in  churches  may  be  recommended  to 
make  their  drive  a  little  longer  by  taking  in  Frithelstock, 
where  there  are  scanty  remains  of  an  Early  English 
Priory  beside  the  church.  Then  return  to  Bideford  via 
Buckland  Brewer,  where  in  the  rebuilt  church  is  a  fine 
Norman  doorway  with  beaked  heads.  Buckland  Brewer 
is  also  notable  from  its  connection  with  Edward  Capern, 
the  postman-poet. 

TO    LITTLEHAM. 

Distance  from  Bideford — 2  miles. 
A  pretty  walk  southward,  showing  the  surrounding 
villages  dotted  over  the  landscape,  and  several  church 
towers.  Bideford  and  the  bridge  are  also  seen  to  ad- 
vantage. The  Church  (St.  Swithin's)  dates  from  1319, 
and  has  many  features  of  interest.  A  few  years  ago  it 
was  restored  and  lavishly  decorated.  A  white  marble 
altar-tomb,  some  five  feet  high,  to  Lieut. -General  Crea- 
lock,  occupies  about  a  fourth  of  the  whole  church. 
Littleham  once  had  a  splendid  screen,  but  lost  it.  The 
present  oak  screen  is  quite  unlike  the  usual  Devon  type, 
but  the  carved  seat-ends  and  choir  stalls  are  interesting. 
During  restoration  a  fresco  representing  a  bishop  was 
discovered  behind  a  thick  covering  of  plaster.  Visitors 
having  inspected  this  beautiful  church  will  not  regret 
the  stiff  climb  to  Littleham. 


CLOVELLY. 

Access. — Daily  in  summer  (June  to  September)  and  thrice  weekly  in  winter,  a 
regular  service  of  passenger  motors  is  maintained  between  Clovelly  and 
Bideford  in  connection  with  the  Southern  Railway.  (For  times  see  current 
time-tables.)  There  are  also  the  motor  mail  brake  service  (twice  daily)  and 
motor-'bus  services  from  Bideford  and  Bude.  Clovelly  is  also  much  visited 
by  public  motors  from  almost  all  parts  of  Devon  and  North  Cornwall. 
Thousands  come  also  by  steamer  from  Ilfracombe  and  the  Bristol  Channel 
ports. 

Bank. — National  Provincial.  At  the  Reading  Room  at  the  top  of  the  street, 
the  first  Friday  in  each  month,  12  to  2  p.m.,  andfrom  July  16  to  September  11 
every  Friday. 

Distance  from  Bideford. — 11  miles. 

Hotels. — New  Inn,  near  the  top  of  High  Street ;  Red  Lion,  on  the  Quay.  There 
are  many  refreshment  places  which  provide  tea  and  Ught  luncheons. 

Places  of  Worship. — All  Saints'  (Parish  Church),  and  WesUyan  Chapel. 

Post  Office. — About  halfway  down  the  street. 

Reading  Room. — At  top  of  street.     Visitors  pay  xd.  per  day. 

"  Clovelly,  ah,  sweet  Clovelly,  beside  the  western  ocean  sleeping, 
Thy  rocks  and  woodlands  the  noontide  steeping  in  golden  ray  ; 
And  when  I  wander  sad  and  friendless,  in  lands  a  thousand  leagues 

away, 
I  long  and  long  for  my  returning,  but  nevermore  will  come  the 
day." 

VERNE,  in  A  Song  of  Devon,  quoted  above,  was  the 
first  to  immortalize  Clovelly  in  song,  but  Charles 
Kingsley  had  already  fixed  the  spot  for  ever  in  the 
minds  of  readers  by  his  beautiful  prose  description. 
He  had  a  true  affection  for  the  little  village  of  which 
his  father  was  at  one  time  rector,  an  affection  which 
can  be  traced  through  every  word  of  his  eulogy  : 

"  Take  the  steepest  hillside  with  which  you  are  acquainted  ; 
let  the  Atlantic  roll  at  its  base  ;  cover  it  with  ancient  trees 
and  tangled  undergrowth  to  its  summit ;  suppose  a  brawling 
stream  to  fall  in  a  deep  and  narrow  channel  from  the  heights 
to  the  shore  ;  in  your  mind's  eye  people  its  banks  with  a 
straggling  village  of  irregularly  shaped  lichen-covered  cottages, 
on  so  sharp  an  incline  that  the  base  of  the  one  is  on  a  level 
with  the  roof  of  its  neighbour  ;  pave  the  street  with  miniature 
boulders  from  the  shore,  arranged  in  a  series  of  terraces,  and 

25 


26  CLOVELLY 

terminate  the  descent  by  an  antique  pier  of  wave-worn  stones, 
from  which  the  only  approach  to  the  sea  at  low  water  is  by 
ladders,  whose  perpendicular  depths  may  well  startle  the 
inexperienced  traveller  ;  and  then  you  will  obtain  something 
which  would  resemble  Clovelly,  if  it  were  not  indeed  unique 
in  its  singular  construction  and  beauty,  and  did  not  surpass 
all  descriptive  powers,  whether  of  pen  or  pencil." 

It  is  claimed  that  Kingsley  "  discovered  "  Clovelly, 
but  there  are  those  who  advance  a  much  older  claim, 
and  in  support  of  a  contention  that  the  Romans,  seventy 
years  before  the  Clixistian  era,  enjoyed  the  charms  of 
Clausa  Vallis  quote  Virgil's  ^neid  : 

"  Within  a  long  recess  there  lies  a  bay  : 
An  island  shades  it  from  the  open  sea, 
And  forms  a  port  secure  for  ships  to  ride : 
Broke  by  the  jutting  land,  on  either  side 
In  double  streams  the  briny  waters  gUde." 

Lundy  is  presumed  to  be  the  island,  and  Clovelly  is 
suggested  as  an  Anglicized  form  of  Clausa  Vallis — the 
enclosed  valley.  The  description  might  equally  apply 
to  other  places  on  the  North  Devon  coast,  iDut  the 
quotation  is  of  interest.  Clovelly  Dykes — a  peculiar 
formation  of  earthworks  at  Clovelly  Cross,  on  the  Hart- 
land  road — if  they  are  of  Roman  origin,  or  adapted  by 
the  Romans  from  British  entrenchments,  as  is  probable, 
would  bear  out  the  theory. 

Clovelly,  though  far  from  railways,  is  not  difficult  of 
access.  From  Bideford  there  is  regular  connection  by 
the  motor-'buses  run  in  conjunction  with  the  Southern 
Railway,  besides  other  motor  services,  and  in  summer  all 
cars  from  Ilfracombe  to  Clovelly  call  at  Bideford.  Shoals 
of  day  visitors  come  also  from  Bude,  and  even  from 
places  as  distant  as  Torquay.  For  cycling  and  motoring 
the  road  is  fair,  though  somewhat  hilly.  The  best  and 
most  popular  route,  however,  is  by  the  steamers. 

The  drive  from  Bideford  is  along  the  summit  of  a 
ridge  sufficiently  high  to  command  a  succession  of 
extensive  views,  with  the  sea  away  on  the  right,  and  on 
the  left  the  church  towers  of  Parkham  and  Buckland 


George  S.  Keilly,] 


"   UP-ALONG,   "    CLOVELLY. 


[Clovelly. 


George  S.  Reilly,]  [Clovelly. 

HIS  majesty's  mails  at  clovelly. 


CLOVELLY  27 

Brewer,  which  can  be  seen  for  miles  around.  There  are 
plenty  of  hamlets  on  the  road  with  old-world  inns,  and 
if  one  takes  a  horsed  vehicle  the  driver  does  not  need 
much  persuasion  to  stop  at  Fairy  Cross,  Horns  Cross  and 
Hoop's  Inn.  The  entrance  to  the  famous  Hobby  Drive 
is  passed  before  the  steep  descent  to  Clovelly  begins. 
The  conveyances  stop  at  the  top  of  the  cobbled  descent, 
and  an  extensive  garage  and  parking  place  for  motors 
has  been  constructed  just  off  the  road. 

Clovelly  streets  (or  street,  for  it  is  one  winding  path) 
culminate  in  a  series  of  wide  cobble-paved  steps,  upon 
which  the  usual  beasts  of  burden  are  pannier-laden 
donkeys.  In  1920  the  street  was  for  the  first  time 
climbed  by  a  motor-car,  which  was  considered  so  excep- 
tional a  feat  that  it  was  "  filmed." 

Clovelly  has  been  truly  described  as  "  a  place  unlike 
any  other  in  the  kingdom,"  and  this  is  the  secret  of  its 
popularity  with  many  visitors.  The  one  street  is  often 
so  crowded  with  visitors  as  to  resemble  a  queue  awaiting 
entrance  at  a  theatre.  Looking  down  the  street  one 
sees  a  narrow  torrent  of  flower-decked  cottages,  no  two 
exactly  alike,  either  in  design  or  colouring.  Flowers 
bloom  all  over  the  place.  Giant  fuchsias,  almost  wild, 
quite  cover  the  fronts  of  some  of  the  tiny  cottages,  and 
the  air  is  so  mild  that  later  than  at  almost  any  other 
place  in  Devon  may  be  seen  in  flower  honeysuckle, 
hydrangeas,  jessamine,  camellia,  japonica,  and  rhodo- 
dendrons. Originally  a  stream  ran  down  the  street, 
but  the  water  was  long  ago  diverted. 

The  two  Inns  are  comfortable,  and  the  terms  moder- 
ate. The  New  Inn  (rebuilt)  is  in  the  main  street  ;  the 
Red  Lion  on  the  Quay.  The  Quay  is  a  strongly-built 
stone  Pier,  constructed  by  George  Cary,  whose  family 
held  the  manor  so  far  back  as  the  reign  of  Richard  II. 
Sheltered  by  the  harbour  is  a  Lifeboat  House,  and  the 
hardy  Clovelly  fishermen  will  man  the  boat  in  any 
weather.  Near  the  top  of  the  village  is  a  Reading  Room, 
maintained  by  the  generosity  of  the  Hamlyn  family,  of 
Clovelly  Court. 


28  CLOVELLY 

Clovelly  Church. 
Quite  close  to  Clovelly  Court,  at  what  may  be  called 
the  entrance  to  Clovelly,  is  the  Church.  In  passing 
note  the  inscription  on  the  lodge  at  the  Court  entrance, 
placed  there  by  the  former  owner  on  his  return  from 
abroad,  "  Go  North,  Go  South,  Go  East,  Go  West  ; 
Home's  Best."  The  present  mansion  is  of  later  date 
than  that  occupied  by  the  Carys.  The  Church  (All 
Saints')  is  an  ancient  structure  of  mixed  architecture. 
There  is  a  lych  gate,  a  rebuilt  Norman  porch,  and  a  low 
embattled  west  tower.  A  sundial  is  dated  1678,  but  the 
register  dates  from  a  few  years  later,  1686.  Within  the 
altar  rails  is  a  brass,  dated  1540,  representing  a  knight  of 
the  period,  with  the  request,  "  Praye  for  the  soule  of 
Walter  Robert  Cary,  Esquire."  Two  other  epitaphs  bear 
witness  to  the  loyalty  of  this  famous  Devonshire  family  : 

"  In  memory  of  William  Cary,  Esqr.,  who  served  his  King  and 
country  in  ye  office  of  a  Justice  of  Peace  under  three  Princes — 
Qu.  EUzabeth,  King  lames,  and  King  Charles  I.  And  having  served 
his  generation,  dyed  in  the  76  yeare  of  his  age,  An.  Dom.  1652, 
Omnins  caro  fceniim." 

"  In  memory  of  Sir  Robert  Cary,  Kt.  (Sonne  and  Heyre  of 
Wilham,)  Gentleman  of  the  Privy  Chamber  vnto  King  Charles  2d., 
who,  having  served  faithfully  the  glorious  Prince,  Charles  I.,  in  the 
long  civil  warr  against  his  rebellious  subjects,  and  both  him  and 
his  Sonne  as  Justice  of  the  Peace.  He  died  a  Bachelour,  in  the 
65th  yeare  of  his  Age,  An.  Dom.  1675,  Peritura  perituris  relique." 

A  curious  Cary  memorial  is  to  be  seen  on  the  window  sill 
in  the  north  side  of  the  chancel,  a  square  brass,  depicting 
a  skeleton  holding  a  spade,  commemorating  the  young 
daughter  of  Dr.  George  Cary  who  died  in  1655. 

One  simple  inscription,  on  the  left  of  the  little  chancel, 

always  gathers  a  silent  respectful  crowd .  The  brass  reads — 

June  12th,  i8ig. — -January  23rd,  1875. 

In  memory  of 

Charles  Kingsley, 

Rector  of  Eversley,  Canon  of  Westminster, 

Poet,  Preacher,  NoveUst, 

Son  of  Charles  Kingsley,  sometime  Rector 

of  this  Parish,  and  of  Mary  Lucas,  his  wife. 

The  old  peal  of  four  bells  was  increased  to  five  in  1900. 
and  in  1905  a  sixth  was  added.  The  latest  bell  bears 
the  inscription  :    "  Ring  out,  ye  bells  of  Clovelly." 


CLOVELLY  29 

The  Hobby  Drive. 

The  Hobby  Drive  is  so  named  because  its  construction 
was  the  hobby  of  its  projector,  Sir  J.  H.  WiUiams.  The 
entrance  from  the  Clovelly  road  is  just  beyond  the 
eighth  milestone  from  Bideford,  and  Clovelly  itself  can 
be  reached  by  this  route.  The  "  Drive  "  consists  of  a 
winding  carriage  road,  three  miles  long,  through  the 
thickly-wooded  combes  to  the  east  of  Clovelly.  The 
views  obtained  by  peeps  through  the  trees  are  most 
enchanting  and  beyond  description.  Certainly  this  is 
an  idyllic  spot.  Being  private  property,  a  charge  of  ^d. 
each  (devoted  to  charities)  is  made  to  pedestrians  for 
admission  ;  cycles  and  donkeys,  6d.  ;  carriages,  is.  6d. 
It  is  not  a  motor  road. 

At  the  top  of  the  street,  opposite  the  entrance  to  the 
Hobby  Drive  on  one  side  and  the  Yellery  Gate  entrance 
to  the  grounds  of  Clovelly  Court  on  the  other,  is 
Mount  Pleasant,  the  open  space  presented  by  Mrs. 
Hamlyn  to  the  National  Trust  for  the  use  of  the  public 
as  a  memorial  to  the  local  men  who  fell  in  the  war. 
From  it  fine  views  over  the  Bay  naay  be  obtained.  Here 
is  the  War  Memorial. 

Clovelly  Dykes. 

Close  to  the  junction  of  the  main  road  (Bideford  to 
Hartland)  and  the  road  to  Clovelly  village  are  remains 
of  extensive  earthworks.  The  plan  of  the  ancient 
encampment  can  be  traced,  and  shows  that  the  place 
must  have  been  of  great  strategical  importance  in  early 

British  days.     Clovelly  Dykes  are  three  encampments,  .— 

each  with  its  own  vallum  and  ditch.  The  outer  embank- 
ment surrounds  an  area  of  some  thirty  acres.  There  is" 
a  splendid  view  from  the  top.  /Jt.*.-^    Lt^ —  /3  <^y'v->^ 

Bucks  Mill,         ^    /jCt^^    (>^^rz>^ 

or  "  Buckish,"  is  the  collection  of  little  white  houses 
which  may  be  seen  from  Clovelly  Pier  some  2.\  miles  to 
the  east,  perched  in  a  seemingly  most  precarious  position 
on  the  cliffs.     At  one  time  all  the  inhabitants  of  Bucks 


30        GALLANTRY   BOWER— MOUTH   MILL 

were  "  Braunds,"  and  many  of  that  name  live  there  still. 
They  seem  to  be  a  distinct  race,  swarthy  to  a  degree, 
and  are  held  to  be  the  offspring  of  a  party  of  Spaniards 
who  some  say  were  wrecked  near,  and  others  contend 
were  taken  prisoners  at  the  time  of  the  Armada;  A 
Braund  was  at  one  time  locally  known  as  the  "  King 
of  Bucks."  At  low  tide  Bucks  Mill  may  be  reached  by 
walking  along  the  shore,  which  course  enables  one  to  see 
the  Freshwater  Cascade  which  originally  flowed  through 
Clovelly,  but  which  now  adds  to  the  countless  attrac- 
tions of  the  Hobby  Drive.  The  fall  can  be  seen  from 
Clovelly  harbour,  tumbling  from  the  cliff  to  the  beach. 

Gallantry  Bower. 

Admission  to  Park,  Gallantry  Bower,  etc.,  daily  ticket  6d.,  weekly  is. 

The  walk  here  is  again  through  private  property. 
The  entrance,  called  the  Yellery  Gate,  is  at  the  top  of 
Clovelly  village,  on  the  right  (the  Hobby  Drive  gate 
being  opposite  on  the  left).  The  footpath  passes  in 
sight  of  Clovelly  Court   {see  p.  28.) 

Gallantry  Bower  is  the  inappropriate  name  bestowed 
on  a  huge  cliff  of  four  hundred  feet,  almost  perpendicular 
and  wonderfully  smooth.  Venturous  folk  lie  flat  down 
on  the  grass  and  look  over.  This  is  not  recommended. 
Peeps  at  the  cliff  are  easily  obtainable  by  following  the 
right  path  to  one  or  two  snug  coigns  of  vantage  at  the 
side.  The  path  continues  across  a  common-like  expanse 
with  wide  views  and  by  a  zigzag  descends  to  the  entrance 
gate  to  The  Wilderness,  affording  fine  views  of  Gallantry 
Bower.  Then  it  ascends  to  a  cliff  nearly  as  high  and 
just  as  perpendicular,  overlooking  the  little  bay  at — 

Mouth  Mill, 

a  charming  dell  opening  on  to  the  sea,  with  a  gorgeous 
background  of  sloping  hills  clothed  with  semi-tropical 
luxuriance.  It  can  be  reached  by  the  road  just  below 
the  entrance  gate  of  The  Wilderness.  Of  course,  there 
is  a  stream,  which  bubbles  a  noisy  course  through  the 
wood,  races  joyfully  through  the  open  vale,  and  is  quietly 


im»K^^t-^<, 


ij^>«»5^:-, 


IN    THE    HOBBY    DRIVE,    CLOVELLY. 
13 


F,  Frith  &  Co.,  Ltd.,] 

BLACK    CHURCH    KUCK,    MOUTH    MILL. 


Valentine  &  Sons,  IJii.,\ 

WATERFALL    AT    SPEKIi'S    MILL. 


IDundee. 


MOUTH   MILL   TO   HARTLAND   POINT       31 

swallowed  by  the  ocean.  By  the  stream  is  a  cottage 
where  tea  and  light  refreshments  may  be  had.  Each 
year  sees  an  increasing  number  of  visitors  to  this  neigh- 
bourhood, and  the  demand  for  accommodation  at  sur- 
rounding farms  is  growing  considerably. 

The  rocks  at  Mouth  Mill  are  stupendous,  notably 
Black  Church  Rock,  eighty  feet  high,  with  a  natural  arch 
worn  by  the  waves.  Mouth  Mill  is  a  delightful  place  for 
a  picnic.  The  walk  up  the  combe,  through  a  fairyland 
of  ferns,  trees  and  stream,  is  recommended,  and  a  more 
lovely  place  for  a  ramble  it  would  be  hard  to  find.  To 
return  to  Clovelly  there  is  no  better  way  than  to  retrace 
one's  steps.  Visitors  should  remember  that  these  are 
private  grounds  and  keep  to  the  paths  indicated. 

MOUTH   MILL  TO   HARTLAND  POINT. 

Before  further  investigation  is  made  of  this  superb 
coast,  which  becomes  grander  and  wilder  at  every  step 
westward,  it  must  be  clearly  understood  that — 

(a)  There  is  plenty  of  rough  climbing,  and  each  adventurer 
practically  makes  his  own  path,  and  that  parts  of  it  are  hardly 
worth  the  exertion  entailed,  while  at  one  or  two  points 
fields  reach  right  to  the  cliff's  edge. 

{b)  The  distances  are  :  Hartland  Point  and  the  Lighthouse, 
four  miles  from  Mouth  Mill,  with  a  return  road  to  Clovelly 
of  about  seven  or  eight  miles.  The  destination  is  Hartland 
Quay,  three  miles  south  of  Hartland  Point. 

(c)  There  is  no  hotel  on  the  coast  nearer  than  Hartland 
Quay,  three  miles  beyond  the  Lighthouse  at  the  Point.  In 
the  event  of  being  belated,  travellers  must  us  i  their  own 
discretion  whether  they  make  for  Hartland  Town  or  Hartland 
Quay.     The  latter  is  nearer  the  Lighthouse. 

Pedestrians  sometimes  find  that  towards  the  end  of  the 
day  they  have  not  accomplished  the  full  route  intended.  In 
case  of  this  eventuality,  or  other  mishap,  there  are  always 
vehicles  at  the  Hartland  Quay  Hotel,  or  the  King's  Arms, 
Hartland  Town. 

After  mounting,  by  a  very  stiff  climb,  the  cliff  on  the 
west  side  corresponding  to  the  cliff  descended  from  Gal- 
lantry Bower,  we  cross  another  ravine.  Next  comes 
Windbury  Head,  on  which  are  some  earthworks.  Soon 
after  we  cross  Exmansworthy  Cliff,  a  hundred  feet  higher 


32  HARTLAND    POINT 

than  Gallantry  Bower.  The  Chapman  Rocks  are  next 
passed,  then  Fatacott  Cliff- — the  highest  on  this  part  of 
the  coast.  Shipload  Bay  is  a  mile  beyond  Chapman 
Rocks.  Here  a  road  leads  inland  to  Hartland  Town,  and 
those  bound  for  Hartland  Point  will  lose  little  by  turning 
inland  past  East  Titchberry  Farm  and  continuing  right 
by  the  road  to  the  lighthouse.  Shipload  Bay  is  about 
the  only  place  hereabouts  where  it  is  possible  to  descend 
to  the  shore.  From  Shipload  Bay  the  first  cable  to 
Lundy  Island  was  laid.  On  the  right-hand  side,  looking 
towards  the  sea,  will  be  noticed  the  peculiarly  contorted 
rocks  of  Eldern  Point.  Titchberry  Cliffs  are  next  sur- 
mounted, and  about  half  a  mile  beyond  is  Hartland 
Point,  three  hundred  and  fifty  feet  high.  A  path  leads 
from  the  summit  down  to  the  plateau,  near  the  foot,  on 
which  the  Lighthouse  stands.  From  the  Lighthouse  the 
road  inland  leads  to  Hartland  Town,  from  which  we  can 
return  to  Clovelly,  or  the  cliff  path  can  be  continued  to 
Hartland  Quay,  three  miles,  the  direction  being  due 
south,  passing  Blackmouth. 


15 


F.  Frith  &  Co.,  Ltd.,1 


[Rei^ate, 


HARTLAND    ABBEY. 


Wm.  Ellis,]  [Clapton. 

SCREEN.    STOKE    CHURCH.    HARTLAND. 

i6 


HARTLAND. 

AT  Hartland,  13^  miles  from  Bideford  and  five  miles 
from  Clovelly,  we  reach  practically  the  western 
limit  of  Devonshire,  and  the  coast-line  assumes  a  rougher 
and  bolder  character  as  we  approach  the  north  coast 
of  Cornwall.  The  town  of  Hartland  is  three  miles  inland, 
about  equi-distant  from  the  Point  and  the  Quay  ;  but 
along  the  coast  we  come  to — 

Hartland  Quay. 

Approach. — The  motor  mail  leaves  Bideford  every  morning  and  afternoon, 
bringing  letters  or  passengers  as  far  as  Hartland  Town.  One  or  two  general 
carriers  return  from  Bideford  to  Hartland  Town  on  Tuesdays,  Thursdays, 
and  Saturdays.  The  motor-'bus  service  between  Bideford  and  Bude  passes 
through  Hartland  Town.  Many  of  the  motor  coaches  from  Bideford,  Bude, 
and  other  centres,  include  Hartland  in  their  routes  and  allow  for  a  short 
stay  at  the  Quay  and  for  an  inspection  of  the  Church  at  Stoke. 

Distance.' — 16  miles  from  Bideford. 

Hotel. ^ — Hartland  Quay  Hotel  {see  also  p.  xxiii). 

Besides  the  Hotel  there  are  scarcely  any  houses  here 
and  the  Quay  is  more  a  name  than  a  reality.  The  sea- 
views,  however,  are  magnificent,  and  after  a  glance  at 
the  jagged  rocks  one  can  imagine  the  heartrending 
scenes  witnessed  in  case  of  shipwreck. 

When  approaching  from  Stoke  or  from  Hartland 
Town  the  houses  at  the  Quay  are  not  seen  until  almost 
the  edge  of  the  cliff  is  reached,  when  a  road  and  pathway 
descend  very  steeply  to  the  rocks  below. 

At  the  top  of  the  steep  hill  behind  the  Hotel  is  the 
building  containing  the  rocket  apparatus.  Beside  this 
is  a  stile.  Cross  this  stile  and  proceed  along  the  cliffs, 
passing  the  ruins  of  a  stone-built  summer  house.  Black- 
mouth  soon  comes  in  sight.  This  is  sometimes  called 
Blackpool  Mill,  or  Blackpole  Mill  in  some  old  documents, 
temp.  Queen  Elizabeth.  Of  course  the  mill  has  vanished, 
but  the  Mouth  at  all  seasons  is  a  place  of  wonder.  In 
rough  weather  the  spectacle  is  grand  in  the  extreme. 
In  calm  weather  the  scene  has  a  sweetness  and  fascina- 
Bideford  (d)  33 


34  HARTLAND   ABBEY 

tion  that  never  fail  to  charm.  A  Httle  bridge  crosses 
the  stream  which  flows  from  the  valley  down  through 
the  Mouth.  About  a  hundred  yards  below  the  bridge 
is  a  cascade. 

Take  the  path  up  the  valley  on  the  left,  passing 
through  various  gates  which  enclose  the  private  grounds 
of  Hartland  Abbey.  The  path  ends  in  a  road,  beyond 
which  is  seen  the  Abbey  itself,  most  romantically  situated. 

Hartland  Abbey  is  a  mansion  built  on  the  site  and  incor- 
porating the  cloisters  of  an  ancient  abbey  founded  early 
in  the  eleventh  century  by  Githa,  wife  of  Earl  Godwin, 
and  the  mother  of  Harold,  as  a  thankoffering  to  St. 
Nectan  for  the  preservation  of  her  husband  from  ship- 
wreck.    The  house  is  private,  and  visitors  are  not  admitted. 

Other  authorities  afi&rm  that  Githa  established  not  an 
abbey  but  a  college  of  secular  canons.  All  agree  that  she 
built  a  church  also.  If  Githa  was  not  the  foundress  of  the 
Abbey  it  was  probably  one  Geoffrey,  son  of  Oliver  de  Dynham, 
who  obtained  from  Henry  II  licence  to  change  the  college  of 
secular  canons  into  regular  canons  of  the  order  of  St.  Augus- 
tine, and  to  found  a  monastery.  The  transfer  was  confirmed 
by  Bartholomew,  Bishop  of  Exeter.  Richard  I  granted  to 
the  Abbey  the  ecclesiastical  "  Right  of  Gallows."  By  various 
grants  Hartland  was  made  opulent.  In  1312  the  cloisters 
were  built. 

To  meet  the  requirements  of  the  fairly  large  population  of 
Hartland,  it  would  appear  that  the  present  St.  Nectan's 
Church  was  built  about  the  year  1350,  on  the  site  of  the  old 
church  which  had  accommodated  the  saint  himself.  At  the 
Dissolution  the  Abbey  Church,  which  stood  on  the  east  side 
of  the  Abbey,  was  pulled  down.  With  the  commodious 
erection  of  St.  Nectan's  close  by,  it  doubtless  appeared  un- 
necessary to  maintain  the  Abbey  Church,  which  had  probably 
been  in  existence  over  five  hundred  years.  In  1545  Henry 
VIII  granted  "  the  site  of  the  priory  "  to  one  William  Abbott 
— a  most  appropriately-named  gentleman.  The  old  buildings 
had  already  shown  signs  of  decay,  but  they  do  not  appear  to 
have  been  substantially  restored,  either  by  the  Abbott 
family  or  by  the  Luttrells,  who  next  held  them.  The  property 
passed  by  marriage  to  Paul  Orchard  in  1722,  and  in  1740  to  his 
son,  who  bore  the  same  name.  This  gentleman  is  credited 
with  having  built  on  the  old  foundations,  in  1779,  the  mansion 
now  known  as  Hartland  Abbey,  incorporating  into  his  new 
building  the  cloisters  and  part  of  the  then  existing  walls. 


Bideford  {d) 


HARTLAND   CHURCH  35 

From  Orchard  the  Abbey  descended  to  his  great-nephew, 
L.  W.  Buck,  and  from  him  to  his  son,  who  became  Sir  George 
Stucley,  Bart.  The  property  is  still  in  the  possession  of  the 
Stucley  family. 

The  valley  in  which  the  Abbey  stands  is  very  pictur- 
esque. Magnificent  woods  clothe  the  sides,  and  at  the 
foot  flows  a  lovely  stream. 

The  tall  tower  of — 

St.  Nectan's  Church, 
at  Stoke,  between  Hartland  Town  and  the  Quay,  is  seen 
from  many  a  long  mile  away  to  impinge  on  the  skyline  ; 
consequently  the  view  from  the  top  (not  a  difficult 
ascent)  is  extensive.  The  tower,  which  also  serves  as  a 
landmark  for  mariners,  is  144  ft.  high,  including  pin- 
nacles, and  contains  in  the  east  wall  a  large  figure  re- 
presenting St.  Nee  tan.  The  tower  dates  from  1400, 
the  Church  from  about  1350.  The  Norman  font  has 
some  grotesque  carving.  On  the  north  side  of  the 
Church  is  a  Norman  doorway.  There  are  numerous 
memorials  dating  back  to  1619.  A  modern  cross,  15  ft. 
high,  stands  in  the  churchyard.  Excavations  for  its 
erection  disclosed  a  very  early  font  and  an  altar-slab 
with  five  crosses.  The  most  treasured  possession  of 
the  Church  is  its  nobly-proportioned  fifteenth-century 
screen,  lavish  in  design,  ornate  in  decoration,  marvellous 
in  workmansliip,  and  nearly  perfect  in  preservation. 
The  screen  is  45  ft.  wide,  the  entire  width  of  the  Church. 
The  height  is  about  15  ft.  The  staircase  to  the  rood 
loft  still  exists. 

The  Lady  Chapel — restored  several  years  ago — has  a 
magnificent  roof.  This  was  formerly  known  as  "  Our 
Lady  Aisle,"  and  was  probably  the  chapel  of  the  Guild 
of  St.  Mary.  In  it  Mass  was  said  until  some  years  after 
the  Reformation.  The  priest  was  paid  by  one  Hugh 
Prust,  who  provided  the  seats,  made  in  Bideford,  and  the 
initials  "  H.P."  may  be  found  on  some  of  the  bench  ends 
in  other  parts  of  the  Church.  There  is  a  Norman  font. 
The  main  altar  came  from  the  Abbey.  Some  panels  of 
the  old  pulpit,  on  which  is  "  God  save  Kinge  James 


36  HARTLAND 

Fines,"  are  kept  in  a  chamber  over  the  north  porch. 
No  one  has  satisfactorily  explained  the  meaning  of  the 
word  "  Fines."  Here  are  also  the  parish  stocks.  It 
is  commonly  said  that  this  room  was  called  the  "  Pope's 
Chamber,"  a  mistake  arising  from  the  name  of  Thos. 
Pope,  last  Abbot  of  Hartland. 

The  vestry  contains  a  "  Register  of  Births  and  Deaths, 
1558-1652,"  written  in  beautiful  "  copper-plate." 

There  are  six  bells  in  the  tower,  recast  in  1826,  four 
bearing  characteristic  inscriptions.  In  the  plantation 
adjoining  the  churchyard  are  two  of  the  old  pinnacles 
from  the  tower.  The  Church  was  restored  in  1850. 
In  1901  it  narrowly  escaped  destruction  by  fire.  The 
roof  suffered  much  damage,  but  the  flames  were  subdued 
before  the  priceless  screen  was  harmed. 

St.  Nectan,  the  eldest  son  of  Brechan,  King  of  Brecknock, 
came  over  from  Wales,  it  is  said,  with  the  twenty-three  other 
children  of  the  king,  in  the  year  595,  to  preach  Christianity 
and  remove  Druidical  superstitions.  The  name  of  this  saint 
is  preserved  not  only  here  at  Hartland,  but  also  at  Welcombe, 
near  the  county  boundary,  and  at  Lostwithiel. 

Leaving  the  Church  by  the  east  gate  we  pass  through 
the  hamlet  of  Stoke.  The  road  goes  steeply  down  into 
the  valley  again,  but  at  a  point  beyond  the  Abbey. 
Half-way  along  this  romantic  valley  is  little  Bow  Bridge, 
affording  a  most  pleasing  view  of  the  Abbey,  with  its 
surrounding  woodland. 

Hartland  Town. 

Bank. — Lloyds,  Monday  and  Thursday,  12  to  3. 

Communication. — With  Bideford  by  motor  mail  brake.     By  motor-'bus  with 

Bideford  and  Bude.      By  motor  coaches  from  Bideford,  Bude,  etc. 
Hotel. — King's  Arms.     Inns. — Anchor  and  Neiv  Inn. 
Places  ol  Worship. — St.  John's  (Chapel-of-Ease).    Services  8  and  10  a.m.,  6.30 

p.m. ;  United  Methodist  and  Wesleyan. 
Post  Office. — 9  a.m.  to  7  p.m. ;   Smiday,  9  to  10.30  a.m. 

Hartland  Town,  once  an  important  borough,  is  so  no 
longer.  Its  charter,  d^ted  1285,  has  lapsed,  the  mayor 
and  town  council  no  longer  exist,  and  the  municipal 
functions  have  fallen  into  desuetude.  The  Town  Hall 
has  vanished,  and  on  its  site  was  built,  in  1839,  St. 
John's  Chapel-of-Ease. 


HARTLAND   POINT  37 

Hartland  Point. 

To  reach  Hartland  Point  from  the  Quay  (3  miles) 
take  the  same  route  as  to  Blackmouth,  whence  the  path 
to  Hartland  Point  will  be  seen  creeping  up  the  steep 
opposite  (north)  side  of  the  Mouth.  The  path  continues 
along  the  cliff  top,  passing  a  stream  which  ends  in  a 
waterfall.  The  rocks  near  the  Point  are  fearfully  and 
wonderfully  made. 

Hartland  Point  (350  ft.  high)  affords  the  finest  coast 
view — both  ways — in  North  Devon.  Ptolemy  called 
the  Point  "  The  Promontory  of  Hercules."  The  cliff 
scenery  is  very  grand.  The  Lighthouse  (open  on  weekdays 
from  I  p.m.  to  one  hour  before  sunset)  stands  on  a 
plateau  below  the  cliffs,  120  ft.  above  sea-level.  The 
keepers  exhibit  parts  of  the  interior,  such  as  the  fog- 
signalling  apparatus,  the  lantern  and  reflectors,  to  visitors. 

An  enjoyable  walk  from  Hartland  Quay  is  that  to 
Speke's  Mouth  Waterfall  ;  it  can  be  continued  to  Wel- 
combe,  a  village  most  appropriately  named,  as  it  is  the 
first  the  visitor  reaches  on  entering  Devonshire  from  the 
Cornish  side.  The  village  has  of  late  become  popular 
with  visitors,  for  whom  several  good  farmhouses  provide 
accommodation.  The  surrounding  scenery  is  very 
attractive,  and  those  seeking  a  restful  holiday,  with  the 
best  of  sea  and  country  air,  would  do  well  to  make  a 
note  of  this  hospitable  spot  (nearest  station,  Bude). 
Hartland  Moors  are  health-giving  and  expansive,  and  the 
West  Country  Inn  is  near.  Close  by  also  may  be  found 
the  source  of  the  rivers  Torridge  and  Tamar.  They  rise 
about  five  miles  from  the  sea  and  flow  nearer  fifty  before 
reaching  the  ocean  on  opposite  sides  of  the  county. 

Between  three  and  four  miles  south  of  Speke's  Mouth, 
and  about  two  miles  north  of  Morwenstow,  is  Marsland 
Mouth,  a  beautiful  combe  which  with  its  stream  helps  to 
divide  Cornwall  from  Devon.  Readers  of  Kingsley's 
Westward  Ho  f  will  remember  how  "  the  fair  Rose  of 
Torridge  "  carried  out  at  Marsland  Mouth  the  "  White 
Witch's  instructions,"  and  how  the  scheming  Jesuits 
were  discomfited. 


MORWENSTOW. 

APART  from  the  fine  drive  that  an  excursion  over 
the  border  into  Cornwall  affords,  the  memory  of 
that  remarkable  personage,  the  Rev.  R.  S.  Hawker, 
brings  a  great  many  visitors  to  pretty  Morwenstow. 

The  romantically  placed  Church  of  St.  Morwenna  is 
one  of  the  most  interesting  in  Cornwall.  Its  ancient 
foundation  is  borne  out  by  the  record  of  the  endowment 
which  still  exists.  "  The  striking  point  of  this  ancient 
document  is  that  whereas  the  date  of  the  endowment  is 
1296,  the  church  is  therein  referred  to  by  name  as  an 
old  and  well-known  structure.  To  such  a  remote  era, 
therefore,  we  must  assign  the  Norman  relics  of  antiquity 
which  still  survive." 

Leaving  the  green,  with  the  Bush  Inn  on  the  left,  the 
Church  is  reached  by  the  road  turning  down  on  the 
right.  It  stands  on  the  side  of  a  deep  valley  running 
in  from  the  sea.  Here  it  was  that  R.  S.  Hawker,  the 
divine,  the  literate,  the  poet,  the  eccentric,  lived, 
preached  and  worked  from  1834  to  1875.  The  porch 
has  numerous  points  of  interest  besides  the  fine  Norman 
doorway.  This  and  the  three  arches  on  the  north  side 
are  said  to  be  the  remains  of  the  former  Church,  dedicated 
to  the  same  saint  about  the  year  875.  Hawker  had  a 
wonderful  knack  of  reading  a  significance  in  the  smallest 
detail  of  his  church.  The  late  S.  Baring-Gould,  in  his 
The  Vicar  of  Morwenstow,  mentions  : 

"  When  I  first  visited  the  church,  I  exclaimed  at  the  beauty 
of  the  zigzag  moulding.  '  Zigzag  !  zigzag  !  '  echoed  the  vicar, 
scornfully,  '  do  you  not  see  that  it  is  near  the  font  that  this 
ornament  occurs  ?  It  is  the  ripple  of  the  lake  at  Gennesareth, 
the  spirit  breathing  upon  the  waters  of  baptism.  Look 
without  the  church — there  is  the  restless  old  ocean  thundering 

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MORWENSTOW    CHURCH. 
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MORWENSTOW    VICARAGE HAWKER's    COTTAGE,    COOMBE 

VALLEY TONACOMBE. 


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MORWENSTOW  39 

with  all  his  waves  ;  you  can  hear  the  roar  from  here.  Look 
within — all  is  calm  ;  there  plays  over  the  baptismal  pool 
only  the  Dove  who  fans  it  into  ripples  with  His  healing 
wings.'  " 

The  same  zigzag  moulding  over  the  door  will  be 
noticed  at  Kilkhampton  and  at  one  or  two  other  Cornish 
churches.  Hawker's  interpretation  is  beautiful  and 
poetic,  but  not  strictly  accurate. 

The  not  uncommon  decoration  found  in  the  carved 
woodw^ork  of  many  West  of  England  churches,  and  of 
which  there  are  some  good  examples  in  Morwenstow 
Church,  inspired  the  following  lines  : 

"  Hearken  !     There  is  in  old  Morwenna's  shrine, 
A  lonely  sanctuary  of  the  Saxon  days. 
Reared  by  the  Severn  sea  for  prayer  and  praise. 

Amid  the  carved  work  of  the  roof,  a  vine. 
Its  root  is  where  the  eastern  sunbeams  fall 
First  in  the  chancel,  then  along  the  wall ; 

Slowly  it  travels  on,  a  leafy  line. 

With  here  and  there  a  cluster,  and  anon 

More  and  more  grapes,  until  the  growth  hath  gone 

Through  arch  and  aisle.     Hearken  !    and  heed  the  sign. 
See  at  the  altar  side  the  steadfast  root  : 
Mark  well  the  branches,  count  the  summer  fruit  ! 

So  let  a  meek  and  faithful  heart  be  thine. 
And  gather  from  that  tree  a  parable  divine." 

The  font,  said  to  be  800  years  old,  is  irregularly  shaped 
and  ornamented  with  a  cable  pattern.  The  bench-ends, 
dating  from  1575,  are  all  finely  carved.  The  handsome 
screen  of  the  Perpendicular  period  was  erected  in  1575. 
In  1825  one  of  the  churchwardens  had  it  removed,  but 
it  was  replaced  in  1845.  The  fresco  on  the  north  chancel 
wall  was  discovered  in  1884.  The  register  dates  from 
1558.     There  are  numerous  ancient  memorials  here. 

Chiefly  owing  to  the  interest  of  Lord  Rosebery,  as- 
sisted by  other  admirers  of  Hawker's  work,  a  beautiful 
window  has  been  erected  in  the  church  to  the  famous 
Vicar's  memory,  embodying  scenes  and  legends  com- 
memorated in  his  verse.  In  the  churchyard  the  figure- 
head of  the  brig  Caledonia  marks  the  spot  where  are 


40  MORWENSTOW 

buried  many  of  her  shipwrecked  sailors  (1842).  A 
cross,  erected  by  Hawker,  stands  by  the  church  stile. 
There  is  also  in  the  churchyard  an  altar-tomb  to  John 
Manning  and  Christina  his  wife,  who  died   1546. 

The  Vicarage  nearly  adjoins.  It  was  built  by  Hawker, 
and  over  the  doorway  is  an  inscription  reading — 

"  A  house,  a  glebe,  a  pound  a  day, 
A  pleasant  place  to  watch  and  pray. 
Be  true  to  Church,  be  kind  to  poor, 
O  Minister,  for  evermore  !  " 

The  chimne3^-stacks  of  the  Vicarage  were  built  to 
represent  different  church  towers  in  miniature  :  Strat- 
ton,  Whitstone,  North  Tamerton  (with  which  places 
Hawker  was  associated),  and  two  Oxford  lowers.  The 
kitchen  chimney  represents  his  mother's  tomb. 

From  the  west  side  of  the  churchyard  a  palh  leads 
along  high  ground  to  Hawker's  Hut,  a  favourite  retreat 
of  the  Vicar's,  and  one  affording  beautiful  views  in  all 
directions. 

A  difficult  path  leads  to  St.  Morwennas  Well,  on  the 
cliff.  The  arched  covering  still  remains.  Near  the 
churchyard  is  the  Well  of  St.  John  in  the  Wilderness. 

About  a  mile  from  Morwenstow  is  Tonacombe,  probably 
the  best  specimen  of  a  fifteenth  and  sixteenth-century 
manor-house  in  the  West. 

For  a  fuller  description  of  this  neighbourhood  and  of 
Bude  the  reader  is  referred  to  the  Guide  to  Bude  and  North 
Cornwall  in  this  series. 


Barnstaple  (b) 


BARNSTAPLE. 

Banks. — Barclays,  Lloyds,  Midland,  National  Provincial,  Devon  &  Exeter  Savings 
Bank. 

Boating. — ^There  are  two  stations  where  boats  may  be  hired.  Pleasant  trips 
caa  be  made  up  the  Taw  and  in  the  estuary. 

Bowls. — The  principal  green  is  that  of  the  Barnstaple  Bowling  Club,  in  Ashleigh 
Road.  The  town  has  provided  the  champion  bowling  club  in  the  county. 
There  is  also  a  green  at  Newport. 

Cinema. — At  the  Theatre  Royal. 

Early  Closing  Day. — \A'edncsday. 

Fishing. — ^The  Taw  and  the  Torridge  are  noted  for  salmon  and  trout.  The 
Fox  and  Hounds  Hotel,  Eggesford,  is  popular  with  anglers  on  the  Taw. 
Both  rivers  are  under  the  supervision  of  the  Taw  and  Torridge  Fishery 
Board,  which  controls  fishing  infall  waters  flowing  into  the  sea  between 
Somerset  and  Cornwall  borders,  and  licences  are  issued  by  the  Clerk  to  the 
Board  (Barnstaple)  and  distributors  in  the  different  districts.  For  the 
upper  waters  of  the  Torridge,  Torrington  is  a  good  centre.  Licences :  For 
Salmon  and  migratory  trout  (including  trout),  £2  the  season  (March  18 
to  October  3:)  ;  7s.  6d.  per  day;  Trout,  75.  Od.  the  season  (March  i  to 
September  30),  2s.  6d.  per  week.  Local  inquiries  must  be  made  as  to  the 
waters  available. 

Golf,  at  Saunton  {see  p.  23).  Instow  Ferry  or  Bideford  Bridge  also  bring  the 
famous  Westivard  Ho  !    Links  within  easy  reach  {see  Bideford  section). 

Hotels. — See  Introduction,  p.  xxii. 

Market  Days. — Fridays  and  Tuesdays. 

Motor-'buses. — ^To  llfracombe  (via  Braunton)  ;   Saunton  and  Croyde ;    Bideford 

^>— '  and  Westward  Ho  !   (via  Instow)  ;     Swimbridge  and  South    Molton,  etc. 

Post  OiRce.— General  Post  Office,  Cross  Street,  between  High  Street  and  the 
Strand,  and  near  St.  Anne's  Walk,  8  a.m.  to  7  p.m.  ;  Sundays  and  Bank 
Holidays,  9  to  10.30  a.m.    There  are  several  sub-offices. 

Bailway  Stations. — ^The  Southern  Railway  stations  are  Barnstaple  Junction,  on 
the  south  side  of  the  river,  and  Barnstaple  Town,  on  the  north  side,  close 
to  the  principal  thoroughfares.  The  former  is  the  junction  for  trains  from 
London  (and  everywhere)  for  the  llfracombe  branch  line  and  the  Bideford 
and  Torrington  branch  line.  The  Town  Station  is  on  the  llfracombe  branch 
and  is  also  the  station  for  the  L>Titon  Railway. 

The  Great  Western  Railway  station  is  at  the  east  end  of  the  town,  with 
a  through  service  of  trains  from  Paddington,  vid  Bristol  and  Taunton. 
This  station  connects  by  a  loop  line  with  Barnstaple  Junction  (Southern 
Railway)  and  by  this  means  conveys  through  passengers  to  llfracombe 
direct. 

Barnstaple  and  Lynton  Railway  (19  miles),  now  part  of 
the  Southern  Railway.  The  gauge  of  this  useful  little 
line  is  only  i  ft.  ii|  in.  It  was  the  first  railway  in 
England  of  this  gauge  for  passenger  service.  So  far, 
the  only  ones  like  it  are  the  Welsh  Highland  Railway 
from  Dinas  to  Tremadoc  and  the  Festiniog  line.  The 
"Toy"  railway,  as  it  is  called,  passes  through  fine 
Barnstaple  (6)  j 


2  BARNSTAPLE 

scenery.  The  intermediate  stations  are  :  Chelfham, 
Bratton,  Blackmoor  Gate,  Parracombe,  and  Woody 
Bay.  The  Chelfham  Viaduct  is  about  350  ft.  long,  and 
70  ft.  above  the  valley.  The  views  from  the  line 
embrace  some  of  the  finest  scenes  in  North  Devon. 

BARNSTAPLE,  whilst  ranking  among  the  oldest 
boroughs  in  the  kingdom,  strikes  the  visitor  as  a 
progressive  little  town,  and  for  the  tourist  who  has  but  a 
few  days  in  which  to  "  do  "  North  Devon  there  is  no  more 
convenient  headquarters.  Geographically,  and  in  regard 
to  roads  and  railway  routes,  it  is  centrally  situated.  Rail- 
ways run  in  five  directions  from  three  different  stations. 
From  the  Great  Western  station  there  is  a  direct  line  to 
Taunton  ;  from  the  Southern  Railway  Junction  the 
main  line  runs  up  to  Exeter  and  down  in  the  other 
direction  to  Bideford  (for  Clovelly)  and  Torrington  ; 
and  from  the  Southern  Railway  Town  Station  passengers 
usually  book  to  Ilfracombe  and  Lynton.  The  railways 
issue  excursion  tickets  to  places  of  interest  and  the 
motor-'bus  services  not  only  supplement  the  railway  but 
open  up  country  rather  off  the  beaten  track,  especially 
for  walkers. 

Of  late  years  Barnstaple  has  become  popular  with  all 
classes  of  summer  visitors.  There  are  several  pretty 
public  parks  and  pleasure  grounds,  the  principal  being 
Rock  Park,  bounded  by  a  pleasant  river  walk. 

Visitors  can  play  bowls  and  lawn  tennis,  indulge  in 
boating  and  take  motor-coach  trips  to  places  of  interest. 
Good  angling  can  be  obtained  within  easy  distance,  and 
the  motor-'bus  services  keep  golfers  in  close  touch  with 
the  best  links  in  North  Devon.  For  indoor  entertain- 
ment there  is  the  cinema  at  the  Theatre  Royal,  with 
occasional  dramatic  performances,  and  concerts  and  so 
on  elsewhere. 

The  town  has  some  good  shops,  and  is  a  busy  agricul- 
tural centre,  besides  possessing  several  important  fac- 
tories for  cabinet-making,  lace-net  manufacture,  glove- 
making,  pottery,  milling,  etc. 

In  recent  years  attempts  have  been  made  to  revive 


BARNSTAPLE  3 

the  old-time  shipbuilding  industry  which  flourished  at 
Barnstaple. 

The  majority  of  visitors  approach  the  town  from  the 
Bridge,  700  ft.  long,  which  spans  the  river  Taw,  and  the 
first  impression  is  a  pleasant  one.  The  town  proper 
lies  in  a  pretty  valley,  and  the  residential  streets  meander 
up  the  hillsides  away  from  the  business  thoroughfares. 
On  the  right  hand  is  the  valley  of  the  Taw  ;  on  the  left 
the  river  widens  out  until,  at  Instow,  six  miles  below,  it 
joins  the  Torridge,  and,  thus  augmented,  flows  into  the 
sea. 

At  the  north  end  of  the  Bridge  is  an  open  space  called — ■ 

The  Square, 

neatly  laid  out  with  lawns  and  flower-beds  surrounding 
a  fountain  and  the  handsomely-proportioned  Albert 
Memorial  and  Clock  Tower.  Close  by  is  the  North  Devon 
Athenaeum,  and  adjoining  it  is  the  Taw  Vale  Parade,  a 
favourite  promenade  which  skirts  the  river  as  far  as 
the  Park  ;  as  the  South  Walk  it  continues  as  a  riverside 
promenade  as  far  as  the  G.W.R.  bridge  over  the  Taw. 
Running  parallel  with  the  Parade  is  Litchdon  Street,  lead- 
ing to  the  Penrose  Almshouses,  the  Old  Barum  Pottery, 
Trinity  Church,  and  the  Great  Western  Railway  Station. 

The  Parish  Church, 
dedicated  to  SS.  Peter  and  Paul,  is  one  of  the  oldest  in 
North  Devon,  and  not  so  many  years  ago  was  the  only 
church  in  the  town.  Pilton,  however,  was  not  then 
included  in  the  borough.  Portions  of  the  present  fabric 
date  from  1318  ;  the  church  was  then  rebuilt,  but  re- 
cords earlier  than  this  are  vague.  The  curiosity  of 
visitors  is  always  aroused  by  the  Twisted  Steeple,  much 
out  of  the  perpendicular.  This  malformation  is  attri- 
buted by  some  to  a  severe  storm  in  1810,  when  the 
spire  was  struck  by  lightning.  At  one  time  there  was 
a  movement  afoot,  when  the  church  was  restored,  to 
put  the  steeple  straight,  but  Sir  Gilbert  Scott,  who  was 
consulted,  said  he  would  decline  to  have  anything  to  do 
with  the  work  if  the  steeple  were  touched.     In  1910, 


4  BARNSTAPLE 

however,  it  was  found  that  the  steeple  was  getting  into 
a  dangerous  condition  through  the  deterioration  of  the 
timbering,  and  after  much  anxious  thought  a  thorough 
restoration  was  decided  upon.  The  whole  of  the  lead 
was  stripped  off — after  careful  photographic  records 
had  been  taken,  and  each  sheet  measured  so  that  it 
might  all  be  accurately  replaced — and  the  internal 
timbers  were  all  examined  and  strengthened  where 
necessary.  A  temporary  workshop  was  erected  in  the 
churchyard  and  the  lead  melted,  remade  into  sheets, 
cut  to  shape  and  eventually  replaced  on  the  tower,  the 
spire  now  presenting  exactly  the  same  appearance  as 
before  it  was  touched.  The  lead  is  believed  to  have 
originally  come  from  Combe  Martin  and  is  rich  in  silver, 
which  would  account  for  its  particularly  good  colour. 
The  restoration  of  the  twisted  steeple  was  looked  upon 
by  the  inhabitants  of  Barnstaple  as  a  townspeople's 
work,  and  Nonconformists  joined  in  raising  funds  to 
defray  the  expense.  According  to  Sir  Lawrence  Weaver, 
F.S.A.,  an  authority  on  leaded  spires,  this  is  the  finest 
existing  lead  broach  spire. 

In  the  Church  itself  are  a  number  of  interesting 
17th-century  monuments  of  Barnstaple  worthies. 
There  are  also  some  good  stained-glass  windows.  The 
Corporation  pew — with  a  "  state  seat"  for  the  mayor — 
will  be  seen  in  front  of  the  pulpit,  and  there  are  the 
remains  of  a  wall  painting.  In  1910  an  old  and  beautiful 
chasuble,  which  appears  by  an  inventory  in  theAthenaeum 
to  have  been  used  in  the  church  three  and  a  half 
centuries  ago,  was  presented  by  Mrs.  Peard. 

St.  Anne's  Chapel. 

In  the  churchyard  of  the  Parish  Church  is  an  edifice 
small  in  size,  but  of  great  historic  interest,  and  the  cause 
■of  much  archaeological  speculation.  In  early  years  it 
was  used  as  a  chantry  of  St.  Anne,  and  after  the  Dissolu- 
tion became  by  purchase  the  property  of  the  Corpora- 
tion, who  used  it  as  a  Grammar  School  until  the  new 
premises  elsewhere  referred  to  were  erected. 


F.  Frith  &  Co.,  Ltd.,] 

TAW    VALE    PARADE,     BARNSTAPLE. 


[Reigate. 


F.  Frith  &■  Co.,  Liu.,\  [Reigate, 

QUEEN    ANNE's    WALK,    BARNSTAPLE, 
Barnstaple  (6)  i 


ST.   ANNE'S   CHAPEL— PILTON  5 

Accurate  information  concerning  the  Chapel  is  difficult 
to  obtain.  Some  authorities  believe  it  was  the  chapel 
of  St.  Sabinus,  an  early  Irish  missionary  who  came  to 
preach  Christianity  and  was  wrecked  at  Woolacombe. 
Barnstaple's  archives  certainly  show  that  a  chapel  to 
St.  Sabinus  once  existed  in  the  town,  and  where  it  could 
have  stood,  unless  on  this  spot,  no  one  can  conjecture. 
The  upper  portion  of  the  building  is  believed  to  date  from 
1456,  but  there  is  no  doubt  the  lower  portion  is  much 
older.  An  interesting  reference  to  the  former  use  of  the 
chapel  is  made  in  Mr.  Chanter's  Memorials  of  St.  Peter's 
Church.     He  says  : 

"  In  the  latter  part  of  the  seventeenth  century,  concur- 
rently with  its  occupation  as  a  school,  the  building  was  for 
some  years  used  for  a  purpose  more  congenial  with  its  original 
intent,  as  a  place  of  worship  for  a  body  of  French  Protestants, 
who  escaped  here  and  settled  in  the  town  after  the  Revocation 
of  the  Edict  of  Nantes,  1685.  A  picturesque  description  of 
their  arrival  and  reception  here  has  been  handed  down.  They 
left  Rochelle  in  a  small  crowded  vessel,  in  the  height  of  the 
Protestant  persecution.  They  were  tossed  about  in  tempes- 
tuous weather  for  a  long  time,  and  at  length  found  themselves 
in  Bideford  Bay  ;  they  sailed  over  the  bar,  up  the  Taw, 
and  landed  on  the  Quay  at  Barnstaple  on  a  Sunday  morning 
during  divine  service.  In  their  miserable  destitution  they 
ranged  themselves  in  the  market  place.  The  inhabitants, 
when  they  came  out  of  church,  flocked  to  see  the  poor  refugees. 
An  old  gentleman — would  his  name  had  been  recorded  ! — 
took  two  of  them  home  with  him  and  recommended  his 
fellow-townsmen  to  follow  his  example  ;  thus  in  a  few 
minutes  they  were  all  distributed  through  the  town." 

St.  Anne's  Chapel  was  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the 
refugees  by  the  Corporation,  and  there  for  seventy-five 
years  service  was  conducted  in  the  French  language, 
but  the  congregation  dissolved  in  1761,  on  the  death  of 
the  last  minister.  Dr.  Duncan.  Samuel  Pepys,  the 
immortal  diarist,  married  a  daughter  of  one  of  the 
refugees. 

Pilton  Church, 

dedicated  to  St.  Mary  the  Virgin,  is  a  building  of  great 
age  and  much  interest.     From  the  road  the  Church  is 


6  BARNSTAPLE 

almost  hidden  by  the  Almshouses  at  the  top  of  the  main 
street  of  Pilton,  a  place  now  within  the  administrative 
area  of  Barnstaple,  but  which  some  years  ago  was  quite 
distinct  and  managed  its  own  affairs.  The  site  of  the 
Church  was  originally  that  of  a  Priory  founded  by  King 
Athelstan,  and  a  list  of  the  Priors  of  Pilton  from  1200  to 
1527  is  in  existence.  Bishop  Bronescombe  dedicated 
Pilton  Church  in  1259,  and  the  present  building  was 
probably  erected  anterior  to  1320.  It  has  been  restored 
at  various  times  and  in  1914  much  was  done  to  improve 
and  beautify  the  chancel.  A  remarkable  feature  of  the 
interior  is  that  many  of  the  columns  and  even  the  pulpit 
and  screen  are  out  of  the  perpendicular.  As  a  tablet 
above  the  south  porch  records,  the  Church  did  not  go 
unmolested  during  the  Civil  War — 

"  The  tower  of  this  Parish  being  by  force  of  arms  pul'd  down  in 
ye  late  unhappy  Civil  wars,  Anno  Dom.  1646,  was  rebuilt  1696." 

As  to  how  the  tower  was  demolished  there  is  much 
controversy,  some  holding  that  it  was,  as  the  inscription 
hints,  literally  "  pulled  "  down,  others  suggesting  that 
it  was  bombarded  until  it  fell.  The  oldest  inscription, 
dated  1494,  is  that  on  a  Chichester  grave  slab  in  the 
chancel  not  far  from  the  more  celebrated  memorial  of 
Sir  Robert  Chichester,  who  died  in  1627,  and  his  two 
wives.  On  the  other  side  of  the  Church  is  the  Renais- 
sance memorial  to  Sir  John  Chichester  (1569).  There 
are  other  elaborate  monuments,  mostly  with  Latin 
inscriptions.  The  carved  oak  canopy  and  cover  over 
the  font  are  unusual,  and  the  cover  itself  is  considered 
by  many  the  most  beautiful  in  the  West.  The  screen  is 
good  but  unlike  most  of  those  in  Devon  ;  formerly  there 
were  figures  in  the  panels,  but  it  is  said  that  someone, 
considering  they  required  cleaning,  did  it  to  such  purpose 
that  the  paintings  afterwards  faded  away.  On  one  of 
the  bells  is  inscribed  a  curious  doggerel — 

"  Recast  by  Thomas  Taylor  &  Son, 
Who  the  best  prize  for  Church-bells  won 
At  the  Great  Ex-hi-bi-ti-on 
In  London,  1-8-5-  and  one." 


QUEEN  ANNE'S  WALK  7 

Extended  from  the  pulpit  is  the  iron  arm  for  the 
preacher's  hour-glass,  and  over  it  is  a  canopy  or  sounding 
board .     Altogether  this  Church  repays  careful  inspection . 

Holy  Trinity  Church, 
a  modern  building,  is  in  the  eastern  portion  of  the  town. 
For  internal  decoration  dark  green  and  gold  are  used 
throughout,  which  colours,  with  some  choice  brass  work, 
give  a  quiet  harmony,  rich-looking  yet  unpretentious. 

The  Grammar  School. 

One  of  the  most  important  and  most  recent  additions 
to  Barnstaple's  public  buildings  is  the  Grammar  School, 
a  County  Secondary  School  which  cost  about  ;^i 4,000, 
and  is  healthily  situated  at  the  Newport  end  of  the  town, 
overlooking  the  river  Taw  and  Tawstock  woods.  Al- 
though not  in  the  strict  sense  of  the  term  a  boarding- 
school,  arrangements  are  made  for  scholars  to  be  placed 
in  hostels  belonging  to  the  Governors  and  in  properly 
accredited  houses.  The  title  preserves  a  name  associated 
with  Barnstaple  for  over  350  years.  For  a  long  time 
the  school  was  housed  in  the  old  chantry  in  the  church- 
yard, and  among  the  many  distinguished  men  who  were 
educated  at  Barnstaple  Grammar  School  were  Bishop 
Jewell,  John  Gay,  the  poet,  and  John  Doddridge,  Solici- 
tor-General to  James  I.  Barnstaple  is  also  justly  proud 
of  its  Science  and  Art  School,  whose  scholars  have  won 
many  successes,  the  object  of  its  governors  being  to 
teach  the  importance  of  industrial  art. 

Queen  Anne's  Walk, 

a  piazza-like  structure  in  the  Strand,  opposite  the  bottom 
of  Cross  Street,  arouses  interest.  There  is  a  covered 
way,  67  ft.  long  by  12  ft.  broad,  having  a  series  of 
stone  columns  which  support  the  roof,  and  a  parapet  on 
which  is  a  full-length  statue  of  Queen  Anne,  in  whose 
reign  the  structure  was  rebuilt.  It  served  at  the  time 
as  a  walk  or  exchange  for  the  merchants  of  Barnstaple. 
The  Quay  then  extending  to  this  part,   the  Walk  was 


8  BARNSTAPLE 

doubtless  of  great  convenience.  The  statue  is  dated 
1708  and  was  the  gift  of  Robt.  Rolle  of  Stevenstone. 
The  walk  was  last  restored  by  the  Corporation  in  1859 
under  the  supervision  of  Mr.  R.  D.  Gould.  The  heraldic 
designs,  with  which  it  is  profusely  ornamented,  are  said 
to  be  the  armorial  bearings  of  those  who  contributed  to 
its  re-erection  in  1713.  Immediately  under  the  statue 
of  Queen  Anne  is  a  small  "  table  "  of  stone  standing 
on  a  pillar  or  column.  This  is  the  "  Tomb  "  or  "  Tome  " 
stone  which  formerly  stood  on  the  quay,  and  on  which 
merchants  are  said  to  have  paid  their  accounts.  From 
the  names  of  the  mayor,  ex-mayor,  and  alderman  carved 
on  the  rim  [John  Delbridg(e),  Richard  Fer(r)is,  and 
Nicholas  Delbridg(e)]  it  is  estimated  that  it  dates  from 

1633- 

The  North  Devon  Athenaeum, 

{Open  to  the  public  daily,  lo  a.m.  to  12.45  P-ni-  and  2.15  to  8  p.m. ;  on  Thursday, 
10  a.m.  to  I  p.m.) 

a  fine  building  in  the  Square,  near  the  Bridge,  was 
presented  to  Barnstaple  for  the  encouragement  of  art, 
literature  and  science,  by  Mr.  W.  F.  Rock,  who  also  gave 
the  town  a  park.  Among  its  treasures  is  a  valuable 
collection  of  manuscripts,  and  the  endowment  by  Mr. 
Rock  enables  frequent  additions  to  be  made.  The 
library  of  over  twenty  thousand  volumes  is  also  aug- 
mented continually.  There  is  a  fine  collection  of  shells, 
fossils,  and  minerals.  Visitors  are  welcomed.  Future 
chroniclers  will  have  cause  to  be  grateful  to  the  late  Mr. 
Wainwright,  the  curator,  for  the  valuable  translations 
he  made  of  the  town's  old  manuscripts.  The  Doddridge 
Library,  chiefly  consisting  of  theological  works  left  by 
John  Doddridge  in  1664  for  the  benefit  of  the  town,  and 
formerly  kept  in  the  vestry  of  the  Parish  Church,  is  now 
preserved  at  the  Athenaeum.  The  well-stocked  reading- 
room  is  much  used. 

The  Market. 
One  of  the  sights  of  Barnstaple  is  the  Pannier  Market 
on  market  day — Friday.     It  is  a  huge  covered  building 
occupying  a  space  of  about  45,000  square  feet,  being 


BARNSTAPLE  9 

no  ft.  wide  by  445  ft.  in  length,  and  connecting  High 
Street  with  Boutport  Street.  Farmers  and  their  wives 
bring  in  their  produce,  which  is  sold  from  low  stalls  at 
which  the  vendors  sit.  To  the  Londoner,  especially, 
the  scene  is  a  remarkable  one.  A  great  deal  of  business 
is  done  here  weekly,  and  dealers  buy  up  large  supplies 
for  the  London  and  Midland  markets.  Adjoining  is 
Butchers'  Row,  where  there  are  some  twenty  to  thirty 
butchers'  shops,  each  with  a  frontage  of  about  eleven 
feet,  and  "  all  in  a  row."  Barnstaple  is  one  of  the  few 
towns  where  the  practice  of  placing  butchers'  shops 
together,  as  far  as  possible,  still  obtains. 

In  Litchdon  Street  are  the  interesting  old  Almshouses 
founded  by  John  Penrose  in  1627.  The  quaint  colon- 
nade, with  its  granite  pillars,  is  a  remarkable  feature. 

The  Royal  Barum  Ware. 
The  souvenir-hunter  will  enjoy  a  visit  to  one  of  the 
potteries,  which  are  among  the  most  cherished  of  Barn- 
staple's industrial  possessions,  and  have  come  down, 
naturally  much  improved,  from  remote  centuries.  In 
Litchdon  Street  is  the  pottery  belonging  to  Messrs.  C.  H. 
Brannam,  Ltd.,  and  attached  to  it  are  beautiful  show- 
rooms. Visitors  who  so  desire  are  allowed  to  watch  the 
process  of  manufacture.  This  Barum  ware  was  patron- 
ized by  Queen  Victoria,  and  other  royal  personages  have 
made  purchases.  The  productions  of  this  pottery  are 
noteworthy  for  the  wealth  of  colour,  the  rich  glaze,  and 
the  quaintness  of  pattern  of  the  ornamental  pieces. 

Rock  Park. 

Originally  marsh  land,  this  is  now  a  beautiful  park, 
with  a  frontage  on  the  river  bank  of  about  a  third  of  a 
mile.  Adjoining  is  the  Sports  Ground,  which  covers 
another  ten  acres.  The  park  is  a  pleasant  resort  for 
visitors  and  residents,  and  in  the  summer  months 
band  concerts  are  given.  The  Park  gives  access  to  two 
pleasant  rambles,  one  along  the  river  bank,  the  other 
through  the  romantically-named  Lovers'  Grove,  which 
has  lost  most  of  its  trees. 


10  BARNSTAPLE   BRIDGE 

Barnstaple  Bridge. 

It  is  on  record  that  Daniel  Defoe  described  Barnstaple 
Bridge  as  "  more  noble  "  than  that  at  Bideford,  but 
•visitors  generally  give  pride  of  place  to  Bideford  Bridge, 
for  the  latter  has  an  added  charm  from  the  more  exten- 
sive view  to  be  obtained  from  it.  Still,  the  Long  Bridge 
(as  it  is  known,  probably  to  distinguish  it  from  the 
shorter  Pilton  Bridge  over  the  Yeo,  which  has  also  a 
romantic  story  connected  with  its  original  construction), 
with  its  sixteen  arches,  is  no  mean  structure,  and,  like 
that  of  Bideford,  has  some  legendary  lore.  The  story 
runs  that  once  Tom  Faggus,  who  plays  so  notable  a  part 
in  the  story  of  Lorna  Doone,  was  in  extremity  on  Barn- 
staple Bridge,  both  ends  being  blockaded  by  parties  in 
pursuit.  At  a  word,  however,  the  highwayman's 
strawberry  mare  cleared  the  parapet,  and  the  twain 
swam  safely  away  before  the  eyes  of  their  astonished 
assailants.  Like  the  sister  bridge  at  Bideford,  authentic 
information  is  not  forthcoming  as  to  the  date  of  its 
■construction.  Leland  says  :  "  Some  say  that  one  of 
the  Tracys  made  the  right  grete  and  sumeptus  bridge 
■of  stone  having  sixteen  high  arches  of  Berstaple." 
Camden,  in  his  Britannia,  calls  it  :  "A  stately  bridge 
built  by  Stamford,  a  citizen  of  London."  Several  his- 
torians refer  to  its  existence  in  the  time  of  Henry  de 
Tracy,  and  he  died  in  1274. 

An  interesting  account  in  Barnstaple  Records  includes 
the  following  : 

"  This  Bridge  at  the  beginning  of  the  sixteenth  century  had 
thirteen  arches  only,  and  was  then  described  in  a  contem- 
poraneous document  as  much  dilapidated  ;  but  a  few  years 
subsequently,  at  Leland's  visit,  it  was  described  as  having 
sixteen  arches,  the  last  two  or  three  of  which  were  probably 
of  wood,  as  in  1589  Philip  Wyot  records  the  north  piles  being 
rebuilt  on  arches  called  maiden  arches.  The  Bridge  was 
originally  very  narrow,  as  was  usual  in  those  days,  and  only 
suited  to  foot  passengers  and  to  the  pack-horse  traffic  then  in 
use,  with  deep  recesses  over  the  cutwater  or  chevron  of  each 
pile.     These  piles  projected  very  considerably — so  much  so 


THE   GUILDHALL  11 

that  when  the  carriage-way  was  widened  in  1 796  they  served 
as  the  only  abutments  for  the  supplementary  arches,  about 
four  feet  wide  on  each  side,  and  at  the  more  modern  extension 
in  1832  they  were  still  found  sufficient  to  support  the  addi- 
tional width  and  weight.  In  some  parts  at  least  the  founda- 
tion appears  to  have  been  on  wooden  piles,  but  they  are  all 
strengthened  or  supported  externally  by  piling,  which  may 
be  seen  when  the  water  is  low.  The  original  piles  still  remain, 
though  now  recased  throughout,  and  the  original  pointed 
inner  arches  are  altogether  intact.  Some  of  the  arches  have 
been  widened  at  various  periods,  thus  causing  some  irregu- 
larities of  appearance,  and  there  were  formerly  tablets  in  the 
parapets  recording  the  dates  of  the  various  alterations,  but 
they  were  hidden  from  view  when  the  stone  parapets  and  the 
character  of  the  Bridge  were  destroyed  by  the  process  of 
widening  and  the  substitution  of  iron  railings." 

The  Guildhall, 

in  High  Street,  w^as  erected  in  1826.  The  Council 
Chamber  is  in  the  same  building,  the  Mayor's  Parlour 
being  underneath.  Several  old  flintlocks,  halberds  and 
staves,  the  latter  dated  1826,  may  be  seen  on  the  principal 
stairway,  and  there  are  also  some  thirty  portraits  of 
members  of  the  Corporation  and  others  in  1730, 
painted  by  Thos.  Hudson,  who  is  said  to  have  been 
assisted  by  his  illustrious  pupil.  Sir  Joshua  Reynolds. 
A  recent  addition  to  this  fine  collection  is  a  paint- 
ing of  "  F.C.G.,"  the  famous  caricaturist,  the  work  of 
his  son,  given  to  the  Corporation  at  the  time  Sir  F. 
Carruthers  Gould  was  made  a  freeman  of  his  native 
town  of  Barnstaple. 

HISTORICAL   NOTE. 

Though  Barnstaple  has  the  appearance  of  a  modern 
well-to-do  town,  its  history  can  be  traced  so  far  back 
that  it  is  lost  in  the  obscurity  of  the  pre-Norman  period. 
Probably  Barum  was  the  Artavia  of  the  Romans.  Le- 
land  and  other  authorities  say  the  name  was  Abertaw, 
signifying  "  At  the  mouth  of  the  Taw."  The  sufl&x 
"  staple  "  is  indicative  of  the  markets  which  have  been 
held  here  from  time  immemorial.     Records  show  that 


12  BARNSTAPLE   HISTORY 

Barnstaple  was  an  important  Saxon  stronghold  ;  it 
appeared  in  the  list  of  Wessex  boroughs  in  900,  and  once 
possessed  its  own  mint.  Athelstan  is  reported  to  have 
repaired  its  walls  about  938.  The  town  claims  to  have 
received  from  Athelstan  a  charter  dated  928,  but  this 
cannot  now  be  proved.  "  Wise  Men  "  of  Barum  sat 
at  the  Saxon  Witenagemote.  Barnstaple's  first  Norman 
Lord  was  Judhel  of  Totnes,  son  and  heir  of  the  Earl  of 
Britanny,  who  received  the  barony  from  William  the 
Conqueror,  and  who  added  to  the  strength  of  the  walls. 
After  a  few  years,  in  the  reign  of  Henry  H,  Barnstaple 
was  formally  incorporated,  and  from  the  time  of  Edward 
I  its  representatives  sat  in  Parliament.  Since  the  re- 
distribution in  1885  the  town  has  given  its  name  to  a 
county  division.  To  instance  the  antiquity  of  Barn- 
staple's woollen  manufactured  goods,  the  borough  records 
show  a  petition  to  Edward  H  in  1308  to  have  a  certain 
duty  imposed  by  Edward  I  removed. 

As  a  maritime  port  Barnstaple  had  been  steadily  grow- 
ing, and  in  1346  could  send  ships  with  the  English  fleet 
to  the  siege  of  Calais.  Ten  years  later,  Lord  Audley, 
who  held  the  manor,  greatly  distinguished  himself  at  the 
battle  of  Poictiers.  Nearly  three  hundred  years  having 
elapsed  since  the  grant  of  Henry  II,  this  pushful  com- 
munity obtained  from  Henry  VI,  in  the  year  1444, 
another  important  charter.  Fifty  years  later  we  find 
"  The  Great  Reformer,"  Henry  VIII,  exercising  his  con- 
scientious scruples  and  diverting  into  the  capacious 
royal  pockets  the  incomes  of  the  religious  houses.  Dur- 
ing this  reign  energetic  Barnstaple  put  in  another  claim 
for  a  charter,  which  was  granted. 

In  1588  the  town  promptly  responded  to  the  national 
call,  and  sent  five  ships  against  the  Spanish  Armada, 
as  was  tersely  recorded  by  the  then  Town  Clerk,  "  Five 
ships  went  over  the  bar  to  join  Sir  F.  D.  at  Plymo." 
The  resources  of  the  port  were  such  that,  after  the 
Spanish  defeat,  privateers  were  fitted  out,  and  played 
sad  havoc  with  Spanish  shipping.  For  the  expedition 
to  Cadiz  in  1596  Barnstaple  ships  were  again  requisi- 


S.  U'.  Wood,]  [Barnstaple. 

THE    TAW    BRIDGE,    BARNSTAPLE. 


F.  Frith  &  Co.,  Ltd.,] 

ROCK     PARK,    BARNSTAPLE. 


[Keisate. 


iUII  Lv 

Valentine  &  Sons,  Ltd.,]  [Dundee. 

PILTON    CHURCH,    BARNSTAPLE. 


F.  Frith  &  Co.,  Ltd.,] 


[Reigate. 


BISHOPS    TAWTON. 

4 


BARNSTAPLE   HISTORY  13 

tioned.  Queen  Elizabeth  increased  by  two  more  charters 
the  privileges  of  the  town.  The  foreign  trade  of  the  port 
was  now  considerable,  notably  in  wine  and  wood.  Vari- 
ous manufactories  flourished,  particularly  woollen  indus- 
tries, and  the  manufacture  of  Bayes  (baize)  The  trade 
in  woollen  fabrics  had  been  introduced  by  the  Flemish. 
James  I,  to  show  his  good  will,  followed  the  example  of 
Elizabeth,  and  gave  two  more  charters  to  the  borough, 
dated  respectively  1610  and  161 1.  The  former  gave 
the  borough  the  privilege  of  appointing  a  High  Steward, 
which  office  has  been  maintained  from  1637,  when  the 
first  appointment  was  made,  to  the  present  time. 

At  the  outbreak  of  the  Civil  War  in  1642,  the  town 
promptly  took  sides  with  the  Parliament,  and  in  the 
course  of  the  struggle  changed  hands  no  fewer  than  four 
times.  About  December,  1642,  hearing  that  a  small 
Royalist  army  had  reached  Torrington,  the  men  of  Barn- 
staple determined  to  attack  them  rather  than  to  await 
attack.  The  newsmongers  of  those  days  were  as  much 
addicted  to  garbling  war  news  as  are  some  of  their  kind 
to-day.  The  Royalist  papers  claimed  a  victory,  but 
significantly  added  that  their  army  had  decided  to  leave 
the  town.  The  Roundheads,  however,  reported  that 
they  "  drove  out  500  Royalist  troops  from  Torrington, 
slew  10  of  them,  took  40  prisoners  and  200  arms,  and  so 
freed  that  part  of  the  country  also  from  these  rebellious 
plundering  pilferers."  The  battle  of  Sourton  Dowti  soon 
followed,  where  the  Royalists  were  defeated  ;  but  in 
May,  1643,  Sir  Bevill  Grenville  inflicted  a  great  defeat 
on  the  Parliamentarians  at  the  battle  of  Stratton,  cap- 
turing sixteen  pieces  of  ordnance,  four  thousand  arms,  a 
hundred  barrels  of  gunpowder,  ^3,000  in  money,  besides 
a  large  number  of  prisoners,  including  Major-General 
Chudleigh,  builder  of  the  Forts  at  Bideford.  Bideford 
was  soon  menaced  by  the  Royalists,  and  Barnstaple  sent 
supplies  to  enable  the  town  to  hold  out  against  "  ye 
seidge  of  Coll.  Digby."  They  succumbed,  however,  and 
the  royal  standard  was  soon  hoisted  on  Appledore  Fort. 
Cut  off  on  all  sides,  Barnstaple  surrendered  on  Septem- 


14  BARNSTAPLE   HISTORY 

ber  2,  1643,  and  was  occupied  by  the  King's  forces  until 
June,  1644,  when  the  Barumites  revolted,  overpowered 
the  Royalists,  and  came  again  to  their  own.  Embold- 
ened by  success,  they  endeavoured  to  restore  Appledore 
Fort  to  the  Parliament,  but  had  to  abandon  the  siege 
on  account  of  assistance  arriving  from  Exeter  for  the 
Royalists.  In  September  of  the  same  year  General 
Goring  marched  against  Barnstaple,  and  the  King  was 
once  more  supreme  in  the  town.  During  this  period, 
the  King's  forces  being  shattered  in  the  rest  of  the 
country,  the  Prince  of  Wales,  afterwards  Charles  II, 
then  a  lad  of  fifteen,  was  sent  to  Barnstaple  for  security. 
The  site  of  the  house  in  High  Street  at  which  he  stayed 
is  now  occupied  by  the  local  of&ces  of  the  Prudential 
Assurance  Company.  In  July,  1645,  he  retired  for 
further  safety  to  Cornwall. 

The  following  autumn  saw  a  decided  movement  by 
Parliament.  Both  Fairfax  and  the  great  Oliver  himself 
reached  Devon.  The  Royalist  forces,  "  utterly  dis- 
organized and  mutinous,  and  hated  by  the  people  for 
their  incredible  profaneness  and  unmerciful  plundering," 
gave  way  before  the  excellent  generalship  of  Fairfax. 
A  detachment  left  the  main  Parliamentary  forces  and 
laid  siege  to  Barnstaple  in  April,  1646.  After  five  weeks 
the  town  surrendered,  and,  the  rest  of  the  country  being 
already  occupied  by  Cromwell,  the  Royal  cause  received 
for  the  time  its  quietus. 

At  a  later  period  Charles  II  helped  the  town  with 
another  charter,  and  she  then  settled  down  during  the 
next  century  to  recuperate,  and  to  develop  her  resources 
both  as  a  port  and  a  manufacturing  town. 

Kean  is  said  to  have  acted  once  in  Barnstaple  ;  it  is 
believed  that  Shakespeare  visited  the  town  in  1605. 

John  Gay,  author  of  The  Beggars'  Opera,  was  born  in 
Joy  Street  in  1685.  His  opera,  stage-managed  at  Drury 
Lane  by  Rich,  was  so  successful  that  it  was  said  to  have 
"  made  Rich  gay  and  Gay  rich."  It  has  in  recent  years 
been  revived  with  enormous  success  in  London.  Gay's 
poems  were  published  by  admiring  subscribers  in  1720, 


BABNSTAPLE   HISTORY  15. 

but  the  proceeds  were  lost  in  the  South  Sea  vortex.  At 
an  auction  sale,  his  arm-chair  was  put  up  and  sold,  and 
the  purchaser  was  lucky  enough  to  find,  hidden  in  the- 
seat,  a  secret  drawer  containing  genuine  documents  in 
Gay's  handwriting  and  one  or  two  short  poems,  which 
have  since  been  printed.  The  chair  is  now  in  the  pos- 
session of  Mr.  Sydney  Harper,  of  27  High  Street,  who  has 
also  a  very  interesting  collection  of  Devonshire  books 
and  pictures  of  old  Barnstaple. 

As  befitting  a  town  of  such  antiquity  and  importance, 
Barnstaple  possesses  some  valuable  civic  plate  and 
regalia,  which  are  publicly  displayed  at  the  time  of  the- 
annual  Fair.  Some  of  the  pieces  date  from  1425.  A 
punch-bowl  dated  1745  is  not  only  curious  in  form, 
being  indented  at  the  rim  to  hang  glasses  round,  but  has- 
a  curious  history.  An  inscription  records  that  it  was 
the  gift  of  Thomas  Benson,  and  the  accompanying  ladle 
is  inscribed,  "  He  that  gave  the  bowl  gave  the  ladle." 
Benson,  who  was  M.P.  for  the  borough  in  his  time, 
suffered  the  terrible  sentence  of  outlawry  and  had  his 
property  confiscated.  He  is  stated  to  have  contracted 
to  carry  convicts  oversea,  but  landed  them  at  Lundy, 
which  he  had  leased,  and  there  employed  them  in  smug- 
gling. A  silver  gilt  flagon  and  two  silver  gilt  goblets 
resembling  church  chalices  are  notable  features  of  the- 
coUection.  A  recently-acquired  treasure  is  a  Corona- 
tion Mayor's  chain  of  beautiful  design,  with  a  com- 
munity badge  consisting  of  the  borough  arms  and  the 
three  seals  of  the  town,  decorated  with  the  Barnstaple 
ships  of  the  Armada. 

The  Great  Fair,  held  at  Barnstaple  near  the  end  of 
September,  has  been  called  "  The  Saturnalia  of  North- 
Devon."  It  is  always  opened  by  the  Mayor,  who  invites 
the  townspeople  to  a  feast  of  spiced  ale,  toast  and  cheese. 
This  is  followed  by  a  full-dress  parade  of  the  municipal 
officials,  and  the  Fair  begins,  to  last  for  three  days.  The- 
Fair  has  latterly  been  shorn  of  many  of  its  old-time 
characteristics,  but  the  "  pleasure  fair  "  is  as  popular  as- 
ever,  and  in  one  day  attracts  20,000  visitors  to  the  town. 


WALKS  AND  EXCURSIONS  FROM  BARNSTAPLE. 

THE  ever-extending  road  motor  services  have 
greatly  added  to  the  advantages  of  Barnstaple 
as  a  centre.  The  regular  services  from  Ilfracombe  to 
Clovelly,  Bideford,  Westward  Ho  !  and  South  Molton 
all  pass  through  the  town,  and  there  are  a  number  of 
locally-owned  motor  and  horse-drawn  vehicles.  There 
is  also  a  regular  service  between  Barnstaple  and  Croyde, 
which  takes  in  Braunton  and  Saunton,  considerably  im- 
proving the  accessibility  of  the  latter  place,  the  station 
at  Braunton  being  some  three  miles  from  the  sands. 
The  'bus,  however,  runs  direct  to  Saunton,  and  is  very 
convenient  both  for  the  golf  links  and  the  sands. 

There  are  numerous  pretty  walks  around  Barnstaple, 
one  of  the  best  being  the  popular  riverside  walk — 

TO   ANCHOR   WOOD, 

though  the  wood  exists  in  name  only,  the  trees  having 
been  all  cut  down.  From  Barnstaple  Bridge  take  the 
pathway  down  the  left  bank  of  the  river,  entered  by  a 
swing  gate  on  the  railway  ;  continue  ahead  between 
the  cabinet  works  buildings  and  then  between  palings 
beside  the  shipyard  (beware  of  crossings  over  railway 
sidings)  to  the  river  bank.  Should  the  tide  be  up,  the 
view  is  beautiful,  extending  to  Fremington  Point  on  the 
one  hand  and  to  Heanton  Court  on  the  other.  There  are 
seats  at  intervals.  After  about  half  a  mile  the  path 
runs  under  a  low  railway  arch,  on  the  other  side  of  which 
is  the  Riiie  Range.  At  the  entrance  to  what  was  the 
wood,  and  through  which  there  is  still  a  public  path, 
is  the  famous  Dripping  Well,  which  has  been  fenced  off 
and  rescued  from  threatened  oblivion.     Local  tradition 

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TAWSTOCK— BISHOP'S   TAWTON  17 

credits  the  water  with  medicinal  virtues,  and  it  was  at 
one  time  beUeved  that  the  blind  would  recover  sight 
after  bathing  their  eyes  at  the  well.  The  new  road  to 
Bideford  is  reached  at  the  top  of  Bickington  village,  a 
little  over  a  mile  from  Barnstaple,  or  by  keeping  to  the 
upper  path  and  turning  up  through  the  fields  to  a  lane 
the  walk  can  be  shortened.  Return  by  road.  Total 
distance,  about  three  miles. 

TO   TAWSTOCK. 

Seven  Brethren  Bank  is  the  name  given  to  the  river  bank 
opposite  the  Rock  Park  up  the  river.  Access  is  gained 
through  the  wicket  gate  on  the  Bridge,  opposite  the 
entrance  to  the  walk  previously  described. 

By  taking  the  Lake  road  at  the  bottom  of  Sticklepath 
Hill,  just  beyond  the  Junction  Railway  Station,  instead 
of  going  by  the  river  bank,  there  is  a  pretty  walk  to 
Tawstock,  a  village  about  two  and  a  half  miles  from 
Barnstaple.  Here  is  beautiful  Tawstock  Court,  long  the 
seat  of  the  Wrey  family.  The  visitor  should  spare 
time  to  see  the  beautiful  little  St.  Peter's  Church,  which 
contains  costly  tombs  erected  in  the  sixteenth  and 
seventeenth  centuries  to  the  Earls  of  Bath.  Returning 
from  the  Church,  the  interesting  old  gates  of  Tawstock 
Court  will  be  seen  on  the  right.  The  quaint  and  pictur- 
esque village  school  in  the  hollow  below  the  village 
will  also  repay  a  visit. 

TO   BISHOPS   TAWTON   AND   CODDON   HILL. 

Distance. — To  Bishops  Tawton,  2J  mUes  by  road.     The  railway  does  not  serve. 

This  is  a  slightly  longer  walk,  or  the  cycle  may  be 
used  with  advantage,  but  if  the  visitor  explores  Coddon 
Hill  he  should  leave  his  machine  in  the  village. 

Bishops  Tawton  is  on  the  Exeter  road,  and  boasts  two 
churches,  one  built  by  the  Chichester  family  at  Herner, 
some  little  distance  to  the  south,  and  the  Parish  Church 
(St.  John  the  Baptist)  in  the  centre  of  the  village,  near 
the  railway.  This  Church  has  some  good  stained-glass 
windows  and  two  beautiful  white  marble  tablets,  the 
workmanship  in  the  drapery  of  the  figure  being  exquisite. 

Barnstaple  (c) 


18  CHITTLEHAMPTON 

Close  to  the  Church  are  the  remains  of  the  Bishop's 
Palace,  now  a  farmhouse.  The  two  small  towers  are 
noteworthy.  The  village  is  close  to  the  railway  line  and 
midway  between  Barnstaple  and  Chapelton  stations. 
On  the  opposite  side  of  the  river  (cross  by  New  Bridge, 
one  and  a  quarter  miles  upstream)  is  Tawstock  Court. 
Coddon  Hill  (630  ft.),  the  highest  point  in  this  district, 
is  a  furze-covered  slope  at  the  back  of  the  village  ;  the 
view  from  the  top  well  repays  a  climb,  for  great  stretches 
of  Dartmoor  and  Exmoor  can  be  seen,  and  Lundy  Island 
is  in  the  distance.  At  the  summit  is  a  mound  upon 
which  beacon  fires  were  formerly  lit.  A  broad  path  leads 
up»the  face  of  the  hill  from  the  roadway,  at  a  point  a 
short  distance  beyond  the  last  houses  in  Bishops  Tawton 
and  where  the  road  forks.  The  road  skirting  the  hillside 
leads  to  Chittlehampton. 

TO   CHITTLEHAMPTON. 

Distance. — 2}  miles  eastward  from  Umberleigh  station,  an  uphill  walk,  parts 
of  the  road  being  bad  for  cycling.  lo  miles  by  road  from  Barnstaple 
through  Bishops  Tawton — a  good  road. 

Post  Office,  next  the  Bell  Inn,  faces  the  open  square  in  front  of  the  Church. 

In  this  land  of  fine  churches  comparisons  are  invidious. 
Atherington,  Swimbridge  and  Stoke  have  their  screens, 
but  the  tower  of  Chittlehampton  is  unsurpassed.  With 
the  Church,  it  has  between  eighty  and  ninety  pinnacles. 
There  are  three  churches,  not  far  from  each  other,  the 
respective  merits  of  which  gave  rise  to  a  proverbial 
Devon  folk  saying.  It  is  said  that  one  architect  de- 
signed the  three  edifices,  but  in  the  absence  of  evidence 
in  black  and  white,  legends  are  sometimes  distorted. 
Some  now  say  that  the  three  churches  were  built  by  an 
architect  and  his  two  pupils,  and  that  the  pupils  excelled 
the  teacher.  A  current  saying,  of  which  there  are  several 
variants,  is — 

"  Bishop's  Nympton  for  length. 
South  Molton  for  strength, 
Chittlehampton  for  beauty." 

The  Church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Hieritha,  "  foundress  of 
this  church,"  as  the  inscription  on  an  empty  niche  on 
the  left  of  the  chancel  explains.     The  carved  ceilings  of 


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TAWSTOCK    CHURCH. 


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'JT-^J'^-  '^'nr^^ 


I'alfiUinc  &  Sons,  ltd., 
Barmtaple  (c) 


[Dundee. 


TAWSTOCK    COURT. 
5 


F.  Frith  &  Co.,  Ltd.,] 


[Reigate. 


SWIMBRIDGK    CHURCH. 


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SCREEN    AND    ROOD    LOFT,    ATHERINGTON    CHURCH. 


UMBERLEIGH— ATHERINGTON  19 

the  Rolle  and  Giffard  aisles — on  the  right  and  left  of  the 
chancel  respectively — are  fine.  Underneath  the  matting 
by  the  pulpit  are  some  good  brasses  to  the  Cobleigh 
family,  and  there  are  many  memorials  to  the  Giffards 
and  one  or  two  to  the  RoUes.  The  Church  was  carefully 
restored  by  the  munificence  of  the  Bishop  of  Crediton. 

TO   UMBERLEIGH. 

Distance. — ^About  lo  miles  by  rail  or  road. 

This  is  a  pretty  little  village,  just  a  cluster  of  houses 
amid  lovely  scener}',  through  which  the  Taw  gushes 
with  alternate  courses  of  calm  and  weir  water.  By  the 
station  is  a  bridge,  commanding  a  charming  peep  of  the 
river,  but  something  of  the  picturesqueness  of  this  corner 
has  gone  since  the  old  bridge  was  replaced  by  one  more 
suited  to  modern  traffic,  which  connects  the  two  parishes 
of  Chittlehampton  and  Atherington.  The  great  attrac- 
tion here  is  the  fishing.  Full  particulars  can  be  obtained 
at  the  Rising  Sun.  The  inns  and  cottages  provide  good 
quarters  for  anglers. 

TO   ATHERINGTON. 

Route. — From  Umberleigh  station,  i  mile  westward,  up  a  very  steep  hill.  Cyclists 
will  find  the  road  from  the  station  not  only  too  steep  to  ride,  but  often  in 
bad  condition.     By  road  from  Barnstaple  7J  miles. 

The  road  from  Barnstaple  through  Bishops  Tawton, 
and  via  New  Bridge  and  Chapelton  station,  is  usually 
good,  but  hilly  in  places.  (At  the  cross-roads,  one  and 
a  half  miles  south  of  Chapelton,  the  left  leads  to  Umber- 
leigh, straight  forward  for  Atherington.) 

The  Church  is  dedicated  to  St.  Mary,  and  according  to 
Risdon,  the  historian,  was  founded  by  Athelstan  and 
"  endowed  with  two  hides  of  land."  The  splendid  screen 
retains  its  loft,  the  only  instance  of  the  kind  in  Devon. 
Several  authorities  have  pronounced  this  the  finest  screen 
in  the  county.  It  is  small,  however,  and  a  visit  to 
Swimbridge  and  Stoke  may  make  admirers  of  the 
Atherington  screen  waver  in  their  faith.  Still,  the  loft 
is  absolutely  unique.  Harry  Hems,  of  Exeter,  wrote  : 
"  This  loft  appears  to  have  been  made  originally  for 
another  building,  as  it  does  not  fit  its  present  position 


20  HIGH   BICKINGTON— SWIMBRIDGE 

properly."  Visitors  are  allowed  to  enter  the  rood  loft 
if  they  so  desire.  The  ascent  of  the  tower  is  not  recom- 
mended to  any  but  robust  climbers.  In  the  north  aisle 
of  the  chancel  are  some  nameless  monuments  ;  one  fine 
altar  tomb  has  brasses  of  a  knight  between  two  ladies 
with  a  number  of  children  with  shields  of  arms,  supposed 
to  represent  Sir  John  Basset  and  his  two  wives.  Two 
other  tombs  are  said  to  be  of  Sir  Ralph  Willington  and 
wife,  while  the  damaged  stone  figure  of  a  knight  at  the 
other  end  of  the  Church  probably  represents  the  last  of 
the  Champernounes  who  held  the  estate.  It  is  usually 
said  that  some  of  these  tombs  and  some  other  fittings 
of  the  Church  came  from  the  chapel  at  Umberleigh, 
pulled  down  over  a  century  ago. 

The  manor  of  Umberleigh  is  connected  with  John  of 
Gaunt  in  a  well-known  Devonshire  folk  rhyme  : — 

"  I  John  of  Gaunt 
Do  give  and  grant 
To  thee  and  thine 
From  me  and  mine 
The  manor  and  fee 
Of  Umberleigh. 
And  in  token  of  my  truth 
Do  seal  it  with  my  tooth  !  " 

TO    HIGH   BICKINGTON. 

Distance. — 2  miles  south  of  Atherington,  on  the  same  main  road  from  Barnstaple, 
from  which  it  is  about  9J  miles  distant. 

This  Church  is  also  reported  to  have  been  erected  by 
King  Athelstan  and  endowed  by  him  as  follows  : 

"  Iche  Athelstane,  King,  Grome  of  this  home,  geve  and 
graunt  to  the  preist  of  this  church,  one  Yoke  of  mye  Land, 
frelith  to  holde,  Wood  in  my  holt  (Saxon  term  for  a  wood). 
House  to  buyld,  bitt  grass  for  all  hys  beasts,  fuel  for  hys 
Hearth,  pannage  for  hys  Soweand  piggs,  world  without  End." 

TO   SWIMBRIDGE. 

Access. — 4  miles  from  Barnstaple  by  raU  (Great  V\estem).     Also  bymotor-'bus 

from  Barnstaple. 
Post  and  Telegraph  Office. — In  the  village. 

The  road,  good  either  for  cycling  or  walldng,  passes 

Landkey  (2  miles) .     Cyclists  should  keep  to  the  main  road 

on  the  left  above  the  village,  but  pedestrians  may  well 

use  the  right-hand  one,  passing  Landkey  Church. 


SWBIBRIDGE  21 

Parson  Jack  Russell,  of  fox-hunting  fame,  was  vicar 
of  Swimbridge  for  forty-eight  years,  and  was  buried  in 
the  churchyard,  where  his  tomb  may  be  seen.  Russell's 
Life  finds  a  place  in  most  sporting  libraries.  The  Church 
is  most  interesting  (the  latch  of  the  door  is  very  stiff  and 
hea\y,  the  ring  which  raises  it  requiring  a  strong  wrist 
or  both  hands),  and  contains  one  of  the  finest  of  Devon- 
shire screens.  It  extends  the  whole  width  of  the  Church 
and  is  of  beautiful  design.  The  assigned  date  is  1420. 
It  has  been  suggested  that  the  two  square  empty  spaces 
in  the  screen  were  intended  for  pictures.  Another 
treasure  is  the  finely-carved  oak  case  of  the  font,  with  a 
tall  cover  of  the  usual  conical  shape,  but  unusual  orna- 
mental carving,  the  whole  surmounted  by  a  canopy  of 
choice  design  and  workmanship.  The  roof  of  the  nave 
is  likewise  a  study,  and  if  the  quaint  bosses  in  the  roof 
above  the  organ  are  examined,  the  observer  will  detect 
the  figure  of  St.  Dunstan  seizing  the  devil  by  the  nose 
with  a  pair  of  pincers.  The  hagioscope,  or  "squint," 
between  the  aisle  containing  the  organ  and  the  altar,  is 
interesting.  Among  a  number  of  memorials  is  a  curious 
one,  dated  1658,  referring  to  John  Rosier,  "  one  of  the 
attorneys  of  the  Court  of  Common  Bench,"  and  there  is 
a  painting  (near  organ)  on  copper  of  a  member  of  the 
Cutcliffe  family.  The  stone  pulpit  with  figures  of 
Apostles  is  also  worth  noting. 

The  short  spire  is  of  the  "  twisted  "  variety,  like  St. 
Peter's,  Barnstaple,  and  St.  Brannock's,  Braunton. 

The  walk  from  Swimbridge  to  Bishops  Tawton,  four 
miles,  is  through  pretty,  narrow  lanes,  and  is  well  worth 
the  trouble  of  finding  the  right  road,  which  starts  at 
the  back  of  the  tannery.  This  is  not,  however,  a  road 
to  be  attempted  by  the  cyclist. 

TO   BRAUNTON. 

Access. — 6  miles,  by  road  or  rail,  from  Barnstaple  (the  Ilfracombe  branch  line 
closely  follows  the  road).  Also  reached  by  motor-'bus  from  Barnstaple. 
The  road  is  good  and  level  for  cycling. 

Banks. — Lloyds  and  National  Provincial. 

Golf. — At  Saunton  :    see  p.  23. 

Places  of  Worship. — St.   Brannock's,  Wesleyan,  Congregational,   Brethren. 

Post  OfTice. — 9  a.m.  to  7  p.m.  ;    Smidays  and  Bank  Holidays,  9  to  10.30  a.m. 


22  BRAUNTON 

Most  of  the  places  of  note  inland  from  Barnstaple 
having  been  explored,  we  now  go  seaward.  Braunton 
is  on  one  road  to  Ilfracombe,  and  as  the  "  going  "  is  per- 
fectly level,  the  journey  thither  is  a  favourite  cycle  run. 
On  the  way  are  passed  Heanton  Punchardon,  where  the 
postman-poet  Capern  lies  buried,  and  Wrafton.  The 
castle-like  building  on  the  left  is  Heanton  Court  (now  a 
farmhouse),  which  figures  prominently  in  Blackmore's 
romance.  The  Maid  of  Sker. 

Braunton 

is  between  a  village  and  a  township,  aspiring  to  some- 
thing greater  than  the  former  but  lacking  the  dignity 
of  the  latter.  A  good  water  supply  and  electric  light 
have  given  an  impetus  to  building  here,  and  Braunton  is 
a  growing  place.  The  new  road  between  the  main  street 
and  railway  is  an  improvement  and  the  entrance  to  the 
town  from  Saunton  has  also  been  widened.  Braunton 
dates  from  the  fourth  century.  St.  Brannock  arrived  on 
a  preaching  tour  about  a.d.  300.  The  Church  is  named 
after  him,  and  a  legend  is  told  that  he  tried  to  build  the 
Church  in  various  places,  but  the  stones  and  materials 
were  miraculously  removed,  until  at  last  the  saint 
dreamed  that  he  was  to  build  the  Church  on  the  spot 
where  he  should  first  find  a  sow  and  a  litter  of  pigs.  In 
support  of  this  legend  will  be  found  represented  on  one 
of  the  bosses  of  the  roof  (over  north  door)  a  sow  and  her 
litter.  A  similar  story  is  related  in  connection  with  the 
Church  of  Newton  St.  Cyres,  near  Exeter,  and  other 
churches.  Braunton  Church  has  been  described  by  an 
old  writer  as  "  the  fayrest  church  in  these  parts  of  one 
span,"  and  by  another  as  "  the  strangest  collection  of 
odds  and  ends  to  be  found  in  the  county."  There  is 
much  truth  in  both  assertions.  The  oak  seats  are  the 
pride  of  the  Church,  the  ends  being  most  elaborately 
carved  and  including  St.  Brannock  himself.  Among  the 
memorials  is  a  palimpsest  brass  commemorating  Lady 
Elizabeth  Bourchier,  on  the  back  of  which  is  part  of  a 
figure  of  a  knight.     The  old  Portuguese  Chest  is  inter- 


Wm.  Ellis,]  [Clapton. 

FONT    AND    CANOPY,    SWIMBRIDGE    CHURCH. 

7 


SAUNTON   SANDS  23 

esting,  and  many  other  things  are  worth  noting,  including 
a  stone  at  the  foot  of  the  wall  to  the  right  of  the  south 
door  showing  the  date  1055.  There  is  a  dwarf  tower 
surmounted  by  a  short  leaden  spire.  Whether  this  spire 
is  really  twisted  from  the  vertical  one  hesitates  to  say. 
On  the  right-hand  side  of  the  south  porch  is  an  old 
tablet  with  a  date  that  looks  wonderfully  like  iioo,  but 
close  inspection  seems  to  resolve  it  into  1-9 1,  the  second 
figure  too  mutilated  to  read. 

TO   SAUNTON   SANDS. 

Access. — Braunton  Railway  Station  is  zj  miles  distant.  Vehicles  ply  between 
the  two  places.  Also  reached  by  motor-'bus  from  Barnstaple,  and  by 
motor  coach  from  llfracombe. 

Golf. — Saunton  Golf  Club.  Sandy  course  of  18  holes.  Entrance  fee  :  gentlemen 
£5  5s.,  ladies  £2  2S. ;  subscription,  gentlemen,  £3  3s.,  ladies  £2  2S.  Visitors : 
gentlemen  5s.  day,  25s.  week,  £3  month  ;  ladies  3s.  6d.  day,  17s.  6d.  week, 
£2  month. 

Hotel. — Saunton  Sands  ;    several  boarding  houses. 

Saunton  Sands  are  a  very  popular  summer  resort. 
The  sands  are  most  extensive,  and  skirt  the  Braunton 
Burrows,  where  there  are  excellent  golf  links,  a  very 
sporting  course  of  i8  holes,  among  sand  hills.  There  is 
a  good  club  house. 

It  is  a  fine  walk  along  the  sands  to  Braunton  Lighthouse. 
In  addition  to  the  interest  always  attaching  to  a  light- 
house, there  is  the  reward  of  a  charming  view.  On  the 
left  in  the  far  distance  can  be  seen  busy  Barnstaple,  and 
flowing  thence  the  wide  river  Taw  ;  that  is  to  say,  wide 
if  the  tide  be  high,  but  narrow  and  showing  innumerable 
sandbanks  at  low  water.  Close  at  hand,  but  on  the 
opposite  side  of  the  river,  is  pretty  Instow,  making  a 
pretence  of  maritime  importance  with  its  substantial 
little  quay.  This  is  at  the  mouth  of  the  Torridge,  with 
Appledore  on  the  bank  opposite. 

The  lighthouse  shows  (low)  a  fixed  white  light  from 
half-flood  to  half-ebb  tide  and  a  fixed  red  light  when 
there  is  less  than  15  ft.  of  water  over  the  bar  ;  by  day 
a  red  ball  is  hoisted  at  same  state  of  tide.  The  high 
light,  visible  14  miles,  occults  once  every  30  seconds. 
To  the  north-west  is  an  iron  skeleton  tower  showing  an 
occulting  light  having  red  and  white  sectors. 


24  CROYDE   BAY— PARRACOMBE 

For  returning  from  the  lighthouse,  the  path  leads  back 
to  Braunton  or  to  Wrafton  railway  station — the  latter  is 
actually  nearer  (4  miles). 

TO    CROYDE    BAY. 

Motor-'bus  from  Barnstaple. 

Railway  Station. — Braunton,  5  miles  distant. 

This  is  really  a  continuation  of  the  walk  or  drive  from 
Saunton,  by  the  new  coast  road.  From  it  beautiful 
marine  views  are  obtainable.  The  village  is  small,  but 
the  situation  is  delightful,  up  a  sheltered  combe  with  a 
stream  running  down  one  side  of  the  road.  Croyde  Bay 
is  a  little  further  along  the  coast  where  a  new  settlement 
seems  likely  to  spring  up.  A  mile  inland  is  Georgeham 
Church,  rebuilt  in  1876. 

TO    BRATTON   FLEMING. 

Access  from  Barnstaple. — By  road  (8  miles)  or  by  the  Lj-nton  and  Barnstaple 
Railway. 

A  popular  motor  route  to  Lynton  is  via  Bratton  Fleming, 
a  village  with  a  population  of  some  500.  Accommoda- 
tion here  is  much  sought  after  on  account  of  the  healthy 
situation  of  the  place,  about  900  ft.  above  sea-level. 
By  rail  it  is  easy  to  get  to  Barnstaple  or  Lynton.  Good 
walkers  will  find  it  a  first-class  centre  for  exploring 
the  western  side  of  Exmoor. 

TO    PARRACOMBE. 

Distance  from  Barnstaple.— About  12  miles,  by  the  Lynton~'and  Barnstaple 
Railway. 

Parracombe  is  an  interesting  village  with  a  population 
of  between  300  and  400.  There  are  two  parish  churches. 
The  old  one  at  the  top  of  the  hill  has  an  old  screen, 
similar  to  that  across  the  nave  at  Atherington,  with  a 
curious  post-Reformation  tympanum.  The  new  Church 
was  consecrated  in  1878.  There  is  in  existence  a  list 
of  rectors  from  1308. 


ILFRACOMBE. 

Banks.—  Barclays,  Lloyds,  Midland,  National  Provincial,  all  in  High  Street. 

Boating. — ^The  charges  for  sailing  boats  are  5s.  per  hour  for  five  persons,  each  one 
above  this  number  is.  ;  for  rowing  boats  3$.  per  hour  for  four  persons, 
for  each  extra  one  u.  Tolls  must  be  paid  on  landing  or  embarking  on  the 
piers  and  certain  beaches.     Motor-boats  may  also  be  hired. 

Bowk. — ^There  are  good  greens,  belonging  to  the  local  club,  in  Highfield  Road. 
Public  Green  at  the  Victoria  Pleasure  Grounds. 

Early  Closing  Day.— Thursday. 

Fishing. — For  variety  of  fishing.  North  Devon  can  hardly  be  excelled.  Sea- 
fishing,  for  bass  and  smaller  fry,  is  followed  by  many  visitors.  Good  catches 
are  obtainable  not  far  from  the  shore,  off  Hillsborough.  The  fishermen 
usually  charge  3s.  an  hour  to  take  out  their  boat  with  hooks  and  bait. 
Sixpence  to  is.  for  each'  person  over  four.  Another  favourite  place 
is  the  other  side  of  Hillsborough,  in  Hele  Bay.  An  obliging  boatman  will 
indicate  the  best  grounds.  Fishing  from  the  pier  frequently  results  in 
good  sport.  Conger  fishing,  too,  is  exciting.  Trout  fishing  can  be  had  in 
the  town  reservoirs.  For  tickets  apply  at  Town  Hall.  For  particulars  of 
freshwater  fishing,  under  control  of  the  Taw  and  Torridge  Conservators, 
see  p.  I  Barnstaple  Section. 

Golf. — Ilfracombe  Golf  Club.  Eighteen  holes,  near  cliffs  beyond  Hele  (frequent 
service  of  motor-'buses).  Green  fees:  gentlemen,  3s.  6d.  per  day,  15s.  per 
week,  25s.  fortnight,  40s.  month  ;  ladies,  2S.  6d.  day,  10$.  week,  17s.  6d. 
fortnight,  25s.  month.  Simday  play.  Membership  : — Entrance  Fee : — 
Ladies,  jf2.  2S. ;  Gentlemen,  £3  3s.  .Annual  Subscriptions  (Full  Mem- 
bers) : — Ladies,  £1  us.  6d.,  Gentlemen,  £3  3s. ,  Countn.-  members,  £1  us.  dd. 
A  country  member  is  one  who  lives  outside  a  radius  of  10  miles  from  Ilfra- 
combe. if  he  resides  within  the  radius  for  more  than  three  months,  he  quali- 
fies ipso  facto  for  full  membership. 

At  the  Victoria  Pleasure  Grounds  is  a  putting  green  (18  holes),  including 
use  of  club  and  ball,  6d.  ;   9  holes,  ^d. ;   there  is  another  at  Larkstone, 
at  the  foot  of  Hillsborough,  and  one  in  the  grounds  of  the  Ilfracombe  Hotel. 
See  also  under  Lee  Bay,  p.  17;    and  W'oolacombe,  p.  21.) 

Hotels  and  Boarding  Houses.    See  Introduction,  p.  xxii. 

Motor-'Buses. — To  Lviiton,  Combe  Martin,  Lee  Bay,  W'oolacombe,  Braunton, 
Barnstaple,  South  Molton,  Bideford,  Westward  Ho  !,  etc. 

Places  of  Worship,  with  hours  of  Sunday  services  (some  of  these  may  vary 
at  different  seasons)  : 


Holy  Trinity  (Parish  Church)  :  8.30, 
10,  U.15,  3.30,  and  6.30. 

St.  Philip  and  St.  James,  near  Cap- 
stone :    10,  II,  3.30,  and  6.30. 

St.  Peter's,  Highfield  Road :  8,  11, 
and  6.30. 

Christ  Church,  Free  Church  of  Eng- 


Wesleyan,  Wilder  Road  :    11  and  6.30. 
United   Methodist,   the   Hall,    Oxford 

Grove  :    11  and  6.30. 
Brethren,  Assembly  Hall,  High  Street : 

11  and  6.30. 
Roman  Catholic,  Runnacleave  Road  : 

8,  9-30  (in  summer  only),  10.30  and 


land,  Portland  Street :    11  and  6.30.  j        6.30. 
Congregational,  High  Street :    11  and       Salvation    Army,    Brookfield    Place: 

6.30.  I        II,  3,  and  6.30. 

Baptist,  High  Street :     11   and  6.30.  ! 

Population. — During  the  season  (June  to  October)  a  census  would  show  some- 
times over  30,000  persons.     Out  of  season  the  population  is  about  12,000. 

Ilfracombe  (&)  j 


2  ILFRACOMBE 

Post  Office. — The  head  office  is  in  High  Street  (8  a.m.  to  7  p.m. ;  Sundays  and 
Bank  Holidays,  9  to  10.30  a.m.)  ;  and  there  are  sub-offices  at  Chamber- 
combe,  Church  Street,  Portland  Street,  and  St.  James'  Place,  near  the 
Capstone. 

Railway  Station,  a  mile  from  the  Capstone,  high  on  a  hill  overlooking  the  town, 
Motor 'buses  meet  trains  to  take  passengers  to  main  parts  of  the  town  for 
IS.,  jmd  other  conveyances  from  and  to  are  to  be  had  in  abundance. 

Situation. — Ilfracombe  is  12  miles  by  road  from  Barnstaple,  17  miles  by  road 
from  Lynton,  52  miles  from  Exeter,  and  220  miles  by  rail  from  London. 

Steamers. — Daily  trips  by  well-appointed  steamers  to  most  places  up  and  down 
the  coast,  the  most  popular  trips  being  to  Clovelly  and  to  Lynmouth. 

Tennis.— Courts  at  Ilfracombe  Hotel.  Tournaments  are  held  in  the  season. 
There  are  also  grass  courts  at  Bicclescombe  Park  and  grass  and  hard  courts 
at  Larkstone,  below  Hillsborough. 

Water  Supply. — ^The  water  is  obtained  direct  from  Exmoor.  An  analysis  made 
by  the  Clinical  Research  Association  states :  "  This  is  a  water  of  great 
purity,  and  from  a  chemical  point  of  view  admirably  suitable  for  drinking 
purposes." 

ILFRACOMBE  lays  justifiable  claim  to  being  the 
premier  watering-place  of  North  Devon.  For 
variety  of  scenery,  magnificent  cliffs,  seascapes,  pictur- 
esque walks,  and  marine  and  motor  excursions,  it  has 
few  rivals  in  the  kingdom.  A  progressive  Council  has 
provided  a  capital  water  supply  and  a  first-rate  drainage 
system.  Next  to  its  scenery,  Ilfracombe's  greatest 
charm  is  its  mild  and  equable  climate  ;  its  advantages 
as  a  winter  resort  deserve  to  be  better  known.  Charles 
Kingsley  was  not  given  to  overpraise,  and  he  spoke  of 
the  climate  of  Ilfracombe  as  heavenly,  with  "  its  rich, 
soft,  sham  winter." 

Climate. 

Ilfracombe  prides  itself  on  the  statement  of  Mr. 
Symonds,  F.R.S.,  that  in  endeavouring  to  ascertain  the 
mildest  places  in  England  during  the  winter  months, 
chiefly  as  indicated  by  the  mean  minimum  temperatures, 
he  found  the  stations  ranged  themselves  in  the  following 
order  :  Guernsey,  Ilfracombe,  Falmouth,  Ventnor, 
Teignmouth,  Weymouth,  Llandudno  and  Babbacombe. 
The  smallness  of  the  daily  range  of  temperature  was  an 
important  factor  in  the  determination  of  the  climatic 
conditions  of  any  place,  and  giving  weight  to  this  con- 
sideration as  well  as  to  the  average  degree  of  cold  ex- 
perienced, the  following  order  was  obtained  :  Ilfra- 
combe, Guernsey,  Falmouth,  Ventnor,  Llandudno,  Wey- 
mouth, Teignmouth  and  Babbacombe. 


Ilfracombe 


Valentine  &  Sons,  Ltd.,] 


[Dundee. 


CAPSTONE    HILL. 


Valentine  &  Sons,  Ltd.,]  [Dundee. 

CAPSTONE    PARADE    AND    WILDERSMOUTH. 


ILFRACOMBE  3 

"  The  result  of  observations  extending  now  over 
a  period  of  about  twenty  years  is  to  confirm  in  every 
particular  all  previous  observers  who,  in  discussing  the 
comparative  climatology  of  England,  assign  to  Ilfra- 
combe  the  mildest  climate  which  is  to  be  found  within 
the  United  Kingdom." 

It  is  not  surprising  that  Ilfracombe  has  steadily  grown 
in  favour  as  a  winter  resort.  It  is  less  relaxing  than 
South  Devon.  If  the  town  can  be  said  to  face  any 
particular  point  of  the  compass,  it  looks  to  the  north — 
a  great  advantage  during  the  summer.  The  Victoria 
Pavilion  has  a  southerly  aspect,  and  is  sheltered  from 
north  winds  by  the  Capstone  Hill,  over  150  ft.  high. 

The  average  death-rate  for  several  years  past  (exclud- 
ing non-residents)  has  been  about  ii-o. 

Amusements. 

No  town  in  North  Devon  is  so  well  provided  with 
amusements  and  opportunities  for  social  enjoyment  as 
Ilfracombe.  Some  of  the  outdoor  sports  are  indicated 
in  the  introductory  chapter,  but  it  may  be  briefly  stated 
here  that  there  are  exceptional  opportunities  for  fishing, 
boating,  cricket,  golf,  tennis.  Badminton,  swimming, 
sailing  and  bowls,  the  last-named  being  a  game  which 
finds  increasing  favour  with  those  to  whom  more  arduous 
pastimes  are  denied.  During  the  season  there  are  indoor 
amusements  galore.  Concerts  and  theatrical  perform- 
ances are  given  by  good  travelling  companies. 

The  Alexandra  Hall,  near  the  Town  Hall,  is  a  fine  con- 
cert room  and  dance-hall,  in  which  theatrical  perform- 
ances also  are  given  during  the  season  ;  opposite  the 
Capstone  is  the  Gaiety  Concert  Hall ;  the  Runnacleave 
Theatre  adjoins  the  Runnacleave  Hotel  ;  there  is  the 
Scala  Cinema  near  the  Post  Office  ;  the  Empire  Cinema  in 
Northfield  Road  ;  the  Palace  Cinema  in  High  Street,  and 
the  Victoria  Pavilion,  a  striking  glass  structure  at  the  foot 
of  the  Capstone  Hill.  There  are  also  frequent  outdoor 
amusements  on  the  Pier  and  in  an  open  space  below  the 
Arcade. 


4  ILFRACOMBE 

The  Victoria  Pavilion  (of  glass),  was  erected  at  a  cost  of 
/6,ooo  to  commemorate  the  Jubilee  of  Queen  Victoria. 
The  interior  is  ornamented  with  flowering  shrubs  and 
climbing  plants,  and  on  a  wet  day  visitors  repair  there 
with  their  books,  or  to  listen  to  the  frequent  concerts. 
So  useful  and  so  popular  has  the  Pavilion  proved,  that 
the  Council  recently  decided  to  add  accommodation  for  a 
further  800  people. 

The  gardens  in  front  of  the  Pavilion  have  a  Bowling 
Green,  and  a  Putting  Green,  both  open  to  the  public 
at  a  small  charge. 

Bathing. 

As  far  back  as  181 1  we  read  :  "  The  town  is  frequented 
in  summer  as  a  bathing-place  "  (with  a  packet  to  Swan- 
sea twice  a  week),  and  in  1822  :  "  Ilfracombe  has  of  late 
years  been  much  frequented  as  a  bathing-place,  and 
there  are  warm  baths  for  the  accommodation  of  invalids.' ' 
The  following  are  the  chief  resorts  : 

1.  The  Tunnels  (enclosed  pools  ;  mixed  bathing).  This 
is  a  passage  cut  through  the  solid  cliff  to  give  access  to 
the  beach  below  the  Tors.  The  entrance  is  in  Wilder 
Road,  at  west  end  of  Runnacleave  Road.  By  building 
up  walls  to  connect  various  rocks,  two  good  pools 
have  been  made.  The  charge  is  6d.  for  a  machine, 
including  all  essentials  [admission  fee  for  non-bathers  id.). 
An  arm  of  the  cliff  shelters  each  bath  from  the  other. 
In  these  large  pools  the  safest  of  bathing  can  be  had. 

2.  Rapparee  Cove.  A  good  beach  at  the  end  of  the 
Harbour,  free  from  rocks.  Mixed  bathing  is  also  allowed 
here. 

3.  Blythe  Cove,  under  the  cliffs  of  Hillsborough,  on 
the  farther  side  from  the  town.  The  distance  is  about 
a  mile,  and  bathing  here  is  free,  the  cove  being  town 
property. 

4.  Hele  Beach.  Every  convenience  for  bathers  is 
supplied  at  this  beach,  where  an  ample  supply  of  tents 
will  be  found. 

5.  A  large  public  Swimming  Bath  is  attached  to  the 


Jlfracombe 


GOLF— STEAMER   AND   MOTOR   TRIPS  5 

Ilfracombe  Hotel.  Open  daily  from  7  a.m.  Mixed 
bathing  at  stated  times.  Tickets,  is.  each,  or  six  for 
35.     Also  hot  and  cold  baths. 

6.  Tepid  Swimming  Bath  at  the  Baths  near  the  entrance 
to  the  Tunnels.     Here  are  also  hot  and  cold  baths. 

Golf.      ' 

Golfers  are  well  catered  for  on  the  sporting  i8-holes 
course  (5,105  yards)  overlooking  the  sea  a  short  distance 
beyond  Hele.  It  possesses  a  well-appointed  Club  House 
where  lunches  and  teas  can  be  obtained,  while  a  frequent 
motor-'bus  service  brings  it  close  to  the  centre  of  Ilfra- 
combe (fees,  etc.,  see  p.  i).  The  annual  open  meeting 
is  in  August.  Special  competitions  are  arranged  for 
visitors,  weekly  during  the  summer. 

At  the  Victoria  Pleasure  Grounds,  as  already  stated, 
is  a  public  Putting  Green  (18  holes,  6d.  ;  9  holes,  3^.  ; 
including  use   of  club  and  ball). 

Steamer  Trips. 

The  daUy  steamer  trips  are  one  of  Ilfracombe's  greatest 
attractions.  The  trips  vary  from  an  afternoon  or 
evening  cruise  in  Barnstaple  Bay  to  day  trips  to  the 
South  Wales  and  Bristol  Channel  ports.  Excellent 
meals  are  provided  on  all  the  boats.  The  services 
are  fixed  weekly,  and  advertised  in  the  town  and 
district  and  at  the  Steamship  Company's  offices  on  the 
Quay.  Thousands  of  visitors  who  come  to  Ilfracombe 
every  year  from  South  Wales  travel  by  these  boats, 
which  also  form  a  cheap  and  pleasant  means  of  reaching 
Ilfracombe  from  Bristol.  Trips  may  be  taken  to 
Lynmouth,  Clovelly,  Lundy  Island,  Minehead,  Bude, 
Weston-super-Mare,  Newquay,  Tintagel,  and  to  Swansea, 
Tenby  and  other  places  on  the   South  Wales  coast. 

Drives  and  Motor  Trips. 

Here,  as  elsewhere,  the  horse-drawn  coach  is  being 
steadily  limited  to  the  shorter  trips  by  the  competition 
of  the  motor  coaches.     Booking  offices  abound  in  the 


6  ILFRACOMBE 

town,  and  many  of  the  vehicles  call  at  the  principal 
hotels  and  boarding  houses. 

Lee,  Sterridge  Valley,  Watermouth  Caves  and  Woola- 
combe,  etc.,  are  among  the  delightful  places  easily 
reached  by  horse-drawn  vehicles.  The  motor-coach, 
however,  has  immensely  widened  the  scope  of  the  day 
trip,  and  places  as  far  distant  as  Exeter,  Torquay, 
Dartmoor  and  Bude  are  included  in  the  tours  which  a 
few  years  since  rarely  extended  beyond  Clovelly — thirty- 
three  miles  each  way.  This  trip  is  still  one  of  the  most 
popular,  and  every  day  in  the  season  a  number  of  cars 
go  down  in  the  morning  and  return  in  ample  time  for 
the  evening  meal.  Barnstaple  and  Bideford  are  visited 
en  route.  The  scenery  is  pleasing  and  varied.  Between 
Barnstaple  and  Bideford  there  are  good  views,  first 
of  the  river  Taw  and  then  of  the  Torridge  and  the 
estuary  at  Instow  and  Appledore,  with  Lundy  Island 
in  the  distance — though  not  too  plainly  visible,  let  us 
hope,  for  a  local  couplet  only  too  truthfully  afi&rms  : 

"  When  Lundy's  plain 
There  will  be  rain." 

The  Exeter  and  Dartmoor  trips  are  through  well- 
wooded  scenery  following  the  Taw  Valley  upward. 
From  Barnstaple  to  Exeter  is  the  most  level  forty 
miles  of  road  in  Devonshire,  but  few  points  of  interest 
are  seen  from  the  road,  and  the  largest  place  one 
passes  is  Crediton.  Eastward,  Lynton,  Lynmouth  and 
Hunter's  Inn  are  much  visited  by  the  cars. 

In  addition  to  these  excursion  trips,  well-appointed 
enclosed  motors  maintain  regular  services  to  Combe 
Martin  and  to  Lynton,  Barnstaple,  Bideford,  Westward 
Ho  !  and  South  Molton,  to  many  of  them  several  times 
a  day,  and  as  they  stop  at  various  intermediate  points 
and  run  to  a  regular  time-table  they  enable  the  visitor 
to  reach  interesting  villages  and  other  places  not  easily 
accessible  by  train.  South  Molton  is  rather  beyond  the 
scope  of  this  Guide,  but  makes  a  delightful  trip  by  road. 
Details  of  fares  and  times  are  posted  in  Messrs.  Colwill's 


HISTORICAL   NOTE  7 

office  in  High  Street,  and  all  the  motor  trips  are  well 
advertised  in  the  town. 

Historical  Note. 

Ilfracombe  is  said  to  have  derived  its  Saxon  name, 
Alfreincombe,  from  a  supposed  residence  of  Alfred  the 
Great.  It  was  subsequently  known  as  Hilfrincombe, 
Ilfridcombe,  Ilfordcombe,  and  other  variations.  To  its 
small  natural  harbour — a  rarity  on  the  north  coast  of 
Devon — the  town  undoubtedly  owed  most  of  its  past 
importance.  Edward  III  had  reason  to  thank  Ilfra- 
combe as  a  port  for  assistance,  inasmuch  as  the  place 
contributed  six  ships  and  ninety-six  mariners  to  the  fleet 
destined  for  the  expedition  to  France  in  1346  and  the 
capture  of  Calais  in  1347.  Several  historical  records 
mention  that  "  Ilfracombe,  having  been  a  garrison  of 
the  Parliament,  was  taken  in  September,  1644,  for  the 
King,  by  Sir  Francis  Doddington,  with  twenty  pieces  of 
ordnance,  twenty  barrels  of  powder,  and  two  hundred 
stands  of  arms."  In  1685  Colonel  Wade  and  his  com- 
panions unsuccessfully  endeavoured  to  reach  the  Con- 
tinent from  Ilfracombe  after  the  defeat  of  the  Duke  of 
Monmouth  at  Sedgemoor. 

Rapparee  Cove,  which  forms  part  of  the  Harbour,  was 
the  site  of  the  wreck  of  a  large  treasure  vessel,  a  portion 
of  the  combined  Spanish  and  French  fleets  captured  by 
Lord  Rodney  in  1782.  Skulls,  gold,  and  silver  have 
been  washed  ashore  at  various  times  here. 

In  1797  four  French  ships  appeared  in  the  harbour 
and  scuttled  all  the  vessels  there. 

From  the  prosperous  days  of  Edward  III,  Ilfracombe 
gradually  declined  as  a  port,  owing  partly  to  the  energy 
and  rising  importance  of  the  neighbouring  towns,  Barn- 
staple and  Bideford.  From  Norman  days  the  manor 
has  been  held  at  different  periods  by  the  Champer- 
nounes,  Martyns,  Greys,  Sir  Philip  Sidney,  the  Audleys, 
and  the  Wreys.  Camden,  the  celebrated  antiquary  and 
historian,  held  the  prebend  of  Ilfracombe  from  the  year 
1589  to  1628. 


A  STROLL   THROUGH   THE   TOWN. 

AN  advantage  of  arriving  at  Ilfracombe  by  rail  is 
that  one  has  immediately  a  panoramic  view  of 
the  town.  The  Station  is  the  terminus  of  the  railway, 
which  here  ends  abruptly  at  the  top  of  the  hill,  from 
which  a  steep  road  leads  down  into  the  town.  The  dis- 
tance to  the  Capstone  is  about  a  mile.  Outside  the 
station  one  looks  directly  over  the  town.  On  the  left 
is  a  high  range  of  switchback  hills — the  Tors.  The 
green  slopes  on  this  side,  however,  give  no  idea  of  the 
grandeur  of  the  other  side.  But  that  is  a  walk  to  be 
taken  later.  The  Capstone  appears  small  in  the  dis- 
tance, especially  in  comparison  with  Hillsborough. 
Running  back  into  the  valley,  or  combe,  away  from  the 
sea,  is  the  residential  part  of  Ilfracombe  proper.  Dotted 
about  on  prominent  points  which  give  them  a  command- 
ing appearance  are  some  of  the  principal  hotels,  and 
beyond  is  the  Bristol  Channel,  with  glimpses,  if  the  day 
be  moderately  clear,  of  the  Welsh  coast  in  the  distance. 
Station  Road  leads  down  to  the  town  ;  at  the  bottom, 
on  the  left,  is  the  Parish  Church  (Holy  Trinity),  and 
close  at  hand  the  site  of  the  War  Memorial.  To  the 
right  is  Church  Street,  the  beginning  of  the  main  artery 
of  the  town.  The  shops — Ilfracombe  is  an  admirable 
shopping  centre — begin  here.  Church  Street  merges 
into  High  Street,  and  we  pass  the  Congregational  and 
Baptist  Chapels.  On  the  left  is  the  Scala  Cinema.  Running 
along  a  considerable  distance  on  one  side  of  High  Street 
is  a  high  bank  which  rather  detracts  from  the  appearance 
of  the  street  and  makes  it  in  places  unduly  narrow. 
Proposals  to  level  the  bank  have  been  made  from  time 
to  time,  but  the  expense  would  be  considerable.  At  one 
end,  however,  a  little  has  been  taken  away.     There  are 

8 


ILFRACOMBE  9 

some  good  shops  in  this  street,  and  the  Chiel  Post  OfQce 
is  on  the  left,  as  is  also  the  Palace  Cinema.  Half-way 
along  High  Street  is  the  Town  Hall,  also  on  the  left,  at 
the  corner  of  Market  Street,  with  the  Alexandra  Hall  just 
a  little  behind  it,  and  a  few  yards  farther  we  reach  the 
Arcade.  At  the  fork,  the  right-hand  road,  starting  as 
Portland  Street,  is  the  high-road  to  Barnstaple,  vid 
Muddiford  and  Pilton. 

The  left.  Fore  Street,  which  we  take,  slopes  steeply 
down.  Through  the  little  streets  on  the  left  glimpses  ol 
the  sea  and  the  Capstone  are  obtained.  At  the  end  of 
Fore  Street  is  the  Harbour,  above  which,  on  the  right, 
rise  several  fine  terraces.  Keeping  the  Harbour  on  the 
right,  we  reach  the  entrance  to  the  Pier  and  Lantern  Hill. 
On  Cheyne  Beach,  approached  by  a  narrow  passage,  seats 
have  -been  placed.  There  is  a  fine  view  of  Lantern  Hill 
from  here,  and  the  approaching  and  departing  steamers 
can  be  watched.  Turning  westward,  we  walk  along  St. 
James's  Place,  with  the  pleasant  green  vista  of  the  Cap- 
stone lawn  at  the  end.  So  far,  houses  and  shops  have 
denied  "  views,"  but  as  soon  as  the  Capstone  is  reached 
(a  huge  rock  nearly  200  ft.  high,  with  grassy  slopes  on 
the  land  side),  the  town  is  more  open,  and  one  sees 
something  of  Ilfracombe  proper.  The  Capstone  is  on 
the  right,  with  the  Victoria  Pavilion  sheltering  itself  at  the 
foot.  In  front  are  the  artistically  laid  out  Victoria 
Pleasure  Grounds,  on  one  side  a  bowling  green,  and  on  the 
other  a  putting  course.  Opposite,  on  the  other  side  of 
the  road,  is  a  row  of  smart  shops  and  cafes,  with,  at  the 
end,  the  Gaiety  concert  hall. 

When  looking  at  the  tidy  lawns  here,  in  the  calm  of 
a  sunny  summer  day,  it  is  difficult  to  realize  the  havoc 
that  a  storm  will  sometimes  cause  in  this  apparently 
sheltered  spot.  The  great  tidal  wave  of  December,  1910, 
will  be  long  remembered  in  the  town.  The  sea  then 
rose  over  Wildersmouth  Beach,  destroyed  a  low  wall, 
and,  carrying  lamp-posts  and  seats  before  it,  turned 
the  Pleasure  Grounds  into  a  seething  whirlpool  and 
wrought  great  damage  to  the  shops  along  the  front. 


10  ILFRACOMBE 

Just  beyond  the  Capstone  is  Wildersmouth  Beach, 
studded  with  great  rocks  and  boulders.  A  large  portion 
of  what  would  otherwise  have  been  open  frontage  to  the 
sea  is  occupied  by  the  building  and  grounds  of  the 
Ilfracombe  Hotel.  The  castellated  building  above  is  the 
Granville  Boarding  House.  Facing  the  sea  and  the  Cap- 
stone Parade  is  the  Imperial  Private  Hotel. 

We  now  enter  Wilder  Road,  with  its  many  private 
hotels.  Market  Street  and  the  Market  are  on  the  left. 
A  little  farther  along,  where  several  roads  converge,  we 
notice  the  Baths  on  the  right,  and  the  entrance  to  the 
Tunnels — passages  which  pierce  the  cliff  and  thus  provide 
access  to  another  beach  largely  resorted  to  for  bathing. 
Here  we  can  keep  to  the  right  for  Tors  Park  Road  and 
turn  up  Granville  Road  for  the  entrance  to  the  Tors 
Walk,  or,  by  keeping  to  the  left  along  Wilder  Road,  can 
complete  the  circuit  of  the  town,  arriving  at  Church 
Street  again. 

Having  taken  a  preliminary  survey,  greater  attention 
may  be  given  to  certain  more  important  features  of  the 
town. 

The  Pier  and  Harbour. 

Admission. — 2d. ;    day  tickets,  34. ;    weekly,  is.  6d. ;    monthly,  3s.    Landing 
and  embarking,  ^d. 

The  Pier,  a  substantial  construction  of  wood,  to  which 
considerable  improvements  have  in  recent  years  been 
made,  is  a  favourite  place  from  which  to  watch  the 
arrival  and  departure  of  steamers.  At  the  same  time 
visitors  can  listen  to  open-air  entertainments  and  band 
concerts.  Fetes,  aquatic  and  otherwise,  are  also  held 
at  intervals.  Within  the  boundaries  of  the  Pier  are 
housed  the  Board  of  Trade  rocket  life-saving  apparatus 
and  the  Lifeboat. 

Of  the  antiquity  of  Ilfracombe  Harbour,  proof  is 
found  in  the  roll  of  Edward  HFs  fleet,  taken  in  1346, 
where  the  town  is  described  as  having  provided  six 
vessels  and  ninety-six  men,  whereas  the  Mersey  found 
but  one  vessel  and  five  men.     The  course  of  years,  how- 


LANTERN   HILI^-THE    CAPSTONE  11 

ever,  has  dealt  very  differently  with  Ilfracombe  and  with 
Liverpool. 

The  old  Pier  to  the  right,  protecting  the  inner  harbour, 
was  built  by  the  Wrey  family,  when  Lords  of  the  IManor 
of  Ilfracombe,  as  an  inscription  records.  The  tolls  now 
benefit  the  town. 

The  conical — 

Lantern  Hill, 

a  hundred  feet  high,  is  crowned  by  a  small  building 
dating  back  about  seven  hundred  years,  the  pride  of 
"  old  "  Ilfracombe.  Originally  a  Chapel  dedicated  to 
St.  Nicholas,  the  patron  saint  of  sailors,  it  is  now  used 
as  a  Lighthouse,  showing  a  red  light  to  point  the  entrance 
to  the  Harbour.  The  popular  idea  is  that  long  before 
Trinity  House  took  up  the  guardianship  of  our  shores, 
the  lights  burning  on  the  altar  were  sufficient  to  guide 
mariners  when  negotiating  dangerous  passages  in  the 
Channel.  It  is  more  probable  that  the  'Combe  sailors 
and  fishermen  combined  worldly  wisdom  with  piety,  and 
placed  a  good  light  in  the  roof  of  the  little  building  both 
to  light  the  interior  and  to  shed  a  reflection  across  the 
water  for  the  guidance  of  their  comrades  at  sea.  Pretty 
winding  paths  lead  from  the  Pier  to  the  old  chapel,  and 
the  seats  make  the  hill  a  pleasant  lounge,  from  which 
splendid  views  are  gained. 

The  Capstone  and  Capstone  Parade. 

The  Capstone  is  the  most  popular  promenade  in  Ilfra- 
combe. If  the  town  can  be  said  to  have  a  "  front," 
this  is  it.  The  Capstone  rises  abruptly  from  the  sea, 
and  is  a  huge  rock  156  ft.  high,  almost  precipitous  on 
the  north  (or  sea)  side,  dizzily  sheer  on  the  west,  but 
with  a  steep  grassy  slope  on  the  town  side.  From  the 
top  fine  views  of  the  Channel  and  of  Lundy  Island  are 
obtained,  with  the  South  Wales  coast  in  the  distance. 
Local  enterprise  has  hewn  a  broad  walk  round  the  base, 
and  built  a  protecting  wall  on  the  sea  side.  At  intervals 
there  are  steep  steps  from  the  promenade  to  the  rocks 


12  THE   TORS 

beneath,  and  here  and  there  steps  have  been  cut  in  the 
lower  rocks  themselves  to  facihtate  a  scramble  at  low 
water  in  search  of  anemones,  of  which  many  varieties  are 
found.  Seats  are  placed  in  every  possible  nook  and  corner 
of  the  Parade,  as  well  as  along  the  paths  which  scale 
the  Capstone.  Comfortable  Shelters  are  provided  facing 
the  sea,  and  a  Bandstand  is  close  by.  To  the  south- 
east is  a  Rockery  with  alcoves  and  seats.  As  protection 
from  the  wind  can  always  be  had  on  one  side  or  other 
of  the  Capstone,  visitors  can  remain  in  the  open  air  even 
on  rough  days  without  inconvenience,  a  matter  of  no 
slight  importance  to  invalids.  By  ascending  the  Cap- 
stone after  dark  a  unique  effect  can  be  witnessed,  the 
town's  innumerable  lights  not  quite  illuminating  the 
darkness,  but  "  rendering  darkness  visible." 

Viewed  either  from  the  Capstone  or  the  Parade  a 
rough  sea  at  Ilfracombe  is  a  magnificent  and  never-to-be- 
forgotten  sight.  Wildersmouth  Beach  is  then  a  mass 
of  tumbling  foam,  the  waves  breaking  among  the  rocks 
in  grand  confusion. 

The  Tors  Walks. 

The  walks  are  private  property,  and  a  charge  of  $d.  is  made. 

To  visit  Ilfracombe  without  seeing  the  Tors  is  to  miss 
its  most  attractive  feature.  This  famous  beauty  spot 
is  situated  at  the  western  end  of  the  town.  Go  along 
Wilder  Road,  turning  right  and  at  once  left  where  the 
entrance  to  the  Tunnels  is  noticed,  and  then  a  short 
distance  along  Tors  Road  turn  up  Granville  Road  to  the 
right,  and  beyond  tke  houses  on  the  left  will  be  found 
the  entrance  to  the  Tors,  or,  as  the  signboard  declares, 
"  The  Alps  of  England."  The  roads  here  are  a  little 
confusing,  but  the  signboards  show  the  way. 

By  a  succession  of  zigzag  paths  the  hills  rise  abruptly 
one  above  the  other  to  a  height  of  some  500  feet  above 
the  sea.  Ferns  and  all  kinds  of  wild  growth  fringe  the 
way,  with  here  and  there  walls  of  solid  rock,  which  also 
peeps  above  the  greenery  in  many  places.  The  paths 
slope  gently  enough  for  the  walk  not  to  be  fatiguing. 


Gale  &  Poldeii,  Ltd., 

BELOW    THE    CAPSTONE    PROMENADE. 


HILLSBOROUGH  HILL  13 

But  in  no  case  would  one  "  rush  "  the  Tors.  The  ever- 
changing  views  of  the  Channel,  then  a  glimpse  of  the 
Capstone,  followed  by  a  peep  at  another  point  down 
over  the  cliffs  to  the  bathing  beaches  at  the  Tunnels 
below,  compel  countless  pauses.  In  cosy  nooks  seats 
are  provided  in  plenty,  and  at  the  summit  is  a  refresh- 
ment pavilion.  From  the  lower  paths  are  ways  of 
getting  down  to  the  beaches  below.  From  the  summit 
one  looks  down  on  the  railway  station,  which  itself  seems 
such  a  height  when  one  first  arrives.  Ilfracombe  is  far 
below  that  again.  Across  in  the  direction  of  Bull  Point 
Lighthouse  stretch  the  Do\vns,  through  which  the  clifE 
path  runs  to  Lee  and  Mortehoe. 

Cairn  Top. 

A  popular  picnic  resort  is  Cairn  Top,  a  hill  511  ft, 
high,  reached  from  the  top  of  Station  Road,  near  the 
Railway  Station.  It  is  the  property  of  the  town.  The 
climb  to  the  top  is  stiff,  but  rewards  the  energetic  with 
splendid  views  in  all  directions.  The  name  of  the  height 
is  derived  from  the  pile  of  rocks  at  the  summit. 

Bicclescombe  Park. 

In  the  same  direction  from  the  town  is  a  charming 
ramble  by  way  of  Bicclescombe  Park  to  Score  Woods. 
At  the  bottom  of  Station  Hill  keep  to  the  lower  road — 
St.  Brannock's — soon  branching  again  to  the  left  along 
Bicclescombe  Park  Road.  Some  little  way  out  is 
Bicclescombe  Park,  an  athletic  ground  which  has  of  late 
been  considerably  improved,  and  where  facilities  for 
tennis  are  provided. 

Hillsborough  Hill. 

This  noble  headland,  447  ft.  high,  and  from  the  sea 
practically  perpendicular,  is  another  of  the  public 
pleasure  grounds  of  the  town.  It  is  one  of  the  few 
points  of  vantage  from  which  the  sun  appears  to  rise 
out  of  and  to  set  in  the  sea,  and  commands  a  grand  view 


14  ILFRACOMBE 

of  the  town  and  its  surroundings.  The  ascent  is  not 
difficult  ;  signboards  indicate  the  easiest  route.  The 
hill  is  reached  by  a  walk  through  the  fields  from  the 
front  of  Larkstone  Terrace,  and  past  the  lawn  tennis 
ground  and  putting  green.  The  District  Council  have 
thoughtfully  provided  not  only  a  good  supply  of  seats, 
but,  what  are  sometimes  a  great  convenience,  Storm 
Shelters,  and  on  the  west  side  overlooking  the  harbour  is 
a  Tea  Pavilion.  These  shelters  are  not  ornamental  sum- 
mer-houses, but  solidly-constructed  iron-roofed  sheds, 
built  into  the  rock,  intended  to  serve  as  temporary 
refuges  in  case  of  sudden  storms.  From  the  highest 
point  a  magnificent  panorama  is  seen.  The  Welsh  coast 
is  discernible  twenty  miles  distant,  and  the  intervening 
sea  has  an  ever-changing  interest  by  reason  of  the  ships 
of  all  nationalities  making  their  way  up  or  down  the 
Bristol  Channel.  Eastward  are  the  Hangman  Hills, 
Great  and  Little,  the  former  over  1,000  ft.  high.  At 
our  feet  lie  the  sheltered  hamlet  of  Hele  and  Hele  Bay, 
Inland  the  wooded  heights  of  Berry  Down  are  seen  ; 
and  the  other  half  of  the  picture  is  completed  by  the 
superb  view  of  beautiful  Ilfracombe,  with  the  Harbour, 
Lantern  Hill,  the  Capstone,  the  Tors  and  Tors  Park, 
Cairn  Top  and  Score  Wood,  enclosing  and  sheltering  the 
town  on  all  sides. 

For  those  who  are  not  good  climbers  there  is  a  delight- 
ful walk  round  the  base  of  Hillsborough.  Approaching 
through  the  field  path  from  Ilfracombe,  the  path  leads 
to  the  right  of  Hillsborough — at  the  back,  so  to  speak — 
and  presently  overlooks  Hele.  The  steep  path  which 
appears  to  descend  to  Hele  Beach  leads  nowhere.  Keep 
on  the  same  level,  and  the  path,  which  has  several  seats, 
will  lead  right  round  the  hill,  passing  Blythe  Cove. 
After  walking  parallel  with  the  sea  for  some  time, 
Ilfracombe  is  once  more  in  sight,  and  a  steep  and  slippery 
path  descends  to  the  beach  opposite  the  Pier.  Here 
can  be  inspected  at  low  water  several  fine  cavities  in  the 
rocks,  veritable  chambers  and  halls  worn  by  the  action 
of  the  waves. 


THE   PARISH  CHURCH  15 

Heights. 

The  following  are  the  approximate  heights  of  hills  in 
and  near  Ilfracombe  : 

Feet.  Feet. 
Lantern  Hill      .      .      .      loo  Coddon     Hill,     Barn- 
Capstone  Hill    .      .      .      156  staple        ....  630 
Gallantry   Bower,   Clo-  Slade  Down       .      .      .  673 

velly 387  Little  Hangman  Hill  .  716 

Hillsborough      .      .      .     447  Great  Hangman  Hill     .  1044 

The  Tors      .      .  (about)  600  Kentisbury  Down  .      .  1105 

Cairn  Top    .      .      .      -511  Holdstone  Down    .      .  1146 

Chapman  Burrows       .  1500 

Ilfracombe  Parish  Church. 

The  Parish  Church  (Holy  Trinity)  is  close  to  the  foot 
of  the  hill  leading  to  the  Railway  Station.  It  is  an  old 
church,  presenting  a  mixture  of  styles.  Records  show 
that  in  1322  it  was  enlarged,  and  it  is  suggested  that  to 
this  enlargement  is  due  the  fact  that  the  tower  occupies 
its  unusual  position  in  the  middle  of  the  church.  There 
are  a  number  of  monuments,  including  one  to  members 
of  the  Cutcliffe  family,  dated  1637,  which  forms  a  double 
acrostic.  In  the  churchyard,  on  the  tomb  of  George 
Stanbury,  who  died  in  1740,  is  a  curious  nautical  epitaph. 

On  the  outer  side  of  the  eastern  wall  of  the  Church 
is  a  list  of  centenarians  who  have  lived  in  the  parish. 
The  stone  contains  the  names  of  ten,  the  earliest  buried 
in  1784,  the  last  in  I9i3,aged  103.  The  longevity  of  its 
inhabitants  says  much  for  the  healthful  air  of  Ilfracombe. 


EXCURSIONS   FROM   ILFRACOMBE. 


THE  following  distances  by  road  to  the  principal 
places  of  interest  round  Ilfracombe  will  assist 
the  tourist,  and,  perhaps,  decide  his  mode  of  locomo- 
tion : 

Distances  by  Road. 


Appledore     (vid      Instow 

ferry). 
Barnstaple 

,,  (by  rail) 

Berrynarbor 
Braunton    . 
Bideford 
Bull  Point  (by  coast  road' 

,,         „    (vid   Mortehoe 
Clovelly  (by  boat) 

,,  (by  rail  and  road 

Croyde  Bay 
Combe  Martin  . 
Instow  .... 
Lee  (by  coast  road) 
Lynton  (road)  . 


Miles. 


20^ 
12 

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3i 
8 


Miles. 
Lynton  (steamer)  ...     13 
Minehead 37 


35 
II 

5i 


Mortehoe  (coast  road) 
,,  (main  road) 

,  from     Mortehoe 

Railway  Station 
Parracombe      .... 

Porlock 

Saunton  Sands 
Watermouth  .... 
Woolacombe  (coast  road) 
Westward  Ho !  (vid 
Bideford)  .... 
Westward       Ho !         {vid 

Instow    ferry) 
Woody  Bay  (road) 


12 

30 

II 

3 

7 

25 

22J 
I4i 

Several  of  the  foregoing  places  are  described  in  the 
Bideford  and  Barnstaple  sections  of  this  book. 

Of   excursions   from    Ilfracombe   we   deal   first   with 
that— 

TO    LEE    AND    BULL    POINT. 

There  is  no  prettier  place  near  Ilfracombe  than — 
Lee. 

Church. — St.  Matthew's.    Sunday  services,  11  and  6.30. 

Distance. — ^Three  miles. 

Golf.— Lee  Golf  Club  (18  holes).     See  p.  17. 

Hotel. — Lee  Bay. 

Station. — Mortehoe,  2J  miles. 

Lee  lies  in  a  combe  aptly  known  as  the  Fuchsia  Valley. 
The  last   part   of   the   carriage-road   is  leafy,   but  the 

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LEE  17 

gradient  is  steep  and  trying  for  horses.  Pedestrians 
usually  prefer  the  Coast  Road,  entered  from  the  Tors 
estate.  Signboards  point  the  way  ;  from  the  refresh- 
ment pavilion  at  the  top  of  the  Tors  walk  the  path  can 
be  traced  onwards,  through  a  gateway  or  two  and  over 
a  stile  to  its  junction  with  the  road,  hardly  deserving  the 
name  in  places.  Soon  after  it  begins  to  drop  to  Lee  Bay, 
a  signpost  on  the  left  beside  a  stUe  indicates  the  path 
down  to  the  village.  Alternatively,  one  may  go  by  way 
of  Church  Hill  and  Langleigh  Road,  or  through  the 
hamlet  of  Slade. 

With  residents  in  the  happy  village  of  Lee,  longevity 
is  a  fascinating  pursuit,  and  several  "  centuries  "  have 
been  scored.  It  is  recorded  that  one  old  lady,  with 
excusable  nervousness,  rose  at  four  o'clock  on  the  hun- 
dredth celebration  of  her  birthday,  lest  she  should  not 
live  to  tell  the  tale.  Her  neighbours  gave  her  a  purse  of 
gold,  and  she  was  also  presented  with  a  hundred  bunches 
of  white  roses.  Several  veterans  had  nearly  reached 
the  coveted  age,  but  from  extraneous  circumstances,  not 
from  innate  weakness,  were  snatched  away  prematurely 
at  the  age  of  ninety-nine.  The  one  hotel  and  licensed 
house  is  the  Lee  Bay  Hotel,  formerly  the  manor-house, 
beautifully  situated  in  its  own  grounds  of  about  fifteen 
acres.  Just  before  the  carriage-road  enters  the  village, 
there  is  on  the  right  a  pretty  little  Dripping  Well.  The 
Old  Post  Office  is  a  popular  place  for  luncheons,  teas,  etc., 
as  also  is  Warcombe  Farm,  reached  by  a  pleasant  walk. 

The  links  of  the  Lee  Golf  Club  are  on  the  cliffs  between 
the  Bay  and  Bull  Point,  within  a  short  distance  of  the 
hotel.  It  is  a  sporting  course  with  good  natural  turf 
and  has  recently  been  increased  to  i8  holes  after  the 
design  of  James  Braid.  There  is  a  club  house  on  the 
course  and  three  shelters.  Entrance  fee  £'i  35.  ;  annual 
subscription  £2,  3s.  Green  fees,  2s.  6d.  per  day ;  los. 
per  week. 

St.  Matthew's  Church,  built  in  1834,  contains  several 
monuments  and  a  window  to  descendants  of  Sir  Bernard 
Drake  of  Ashe,  who,  according  to  Prince,  boxed  the  ears 

Ilfiracombe  (c) 


18  BULL   POINT 

of  his  distant  though  more  famous  kinsman  Sir  Francis, 
because  the  latter  assumed  the  wyverns  on  his  coat  of 
arms.  The  manor  of  Lee  belonged  to  the  Cutcli£fe 
family,  one  of  whom  married  a  descendant  of  Sir  Bernard. 
John  Cutcliflfe,  a  well-known  reforming  friar,  was  born  at 
Damage  Barton,  the  old  manor  house  of  the  family,  passed 
on  the  way  to  Mortehoe  by  footpath,  in  1340,  and  there 
are  Cutcliffe  memorials  in  Ilfracombe  and  Swimbridge 
churches. 

Lee  Bay  is  small,  but  the  view  of  the  sea,  the  cottages, 
the  combe,  and  the  thickly-wooded  hills  makes  a  perfect 
picture. 

About  two  miles  west  of  Lee  is — 

Bull  Point  Lighthouse. 
The  road  ascends  very  steeply  from  Lee.  To  reach 
the  Lighthouse,  continue  by  the  road  until  a  signboard 
on  the  left,  pointing  to  a  track  on  the  right,  indicates  a 
Footpath  to  Mortehoe  and  Bull  Point  Lighthouse.  After 
crossing  several  fields  and  a  brook,  another  signboard 
points  To  the  Lighthouse.  The  pathway  traverses  most 
beautiful  scenery.  The  Lighthouse  can  generally  be 
seen  in  the  afternoons  under  guidance  of  the  keeper. 
(Those  who  drive  from  Mortehoe  must  obtain  the  key  to 
the  road  gate  at  Sea  view  Cottage,  towards  the  end  of  the 
village,  and  give  it  back  on  return.)  The  white  light 
gives  three  flashes  in  quick  succession  every  thirty 
seconds  and  is  visible  eighteen  miles.  The  fixed  red 
light,  18  ft.  below  the  flashing  light,  gives  warning  to 
mariners  of  the  proximity  of  the  dreaded  Morte  Stone. 
During  fog  the  siren  gives  one  blast  every  minute, 

TO    MORTEHOE. 

Distance  from  Ilfracombe. — By  coast,  5  miles  ;  by  road,  6  miles.    Mortehoe  can 

also  be  reached  by  rail.     Station  about  2  miles  from  village.     Conveyances 

ply  between. 
Golf. — Lee  Golf  Club,  2|  miles  from  Mortehoe  Station.     Eighteen  holes.     See 

p.  17. 
Places  of  Worship. — St.  Mary  Magdalene;  Sunday  services,  11  and  6.30.     Wes- 

leyan  Chapel,  11  and  6.30. 

Morte  Point  is  a  cliff  with  a  deadly  reef  of  rocks  ex- 
tending a  mile  from  the  shore.     It  is  easily  recognized. 


Iljracombe 


MORTEHOE  19 

In  Prose  Idylls,  Kingsley's  comment  is  :  "a  chaos  of 
rock  ridges.  The  Death  Rock  does  not  belie  its  name. 
See  how,  even  in  this  calm,  it  hurls  up  its  column  of 
spray  at  every  wave  ;  and  then  conceive  being  en- 
trapped between  it  and  the  cliffs  on  some  blinding, 
whirling,  winters  night,  when  the  land  is  shrouded 
thick  in  clouds,  and  the  roar  of  the  breakers  hardly 
precedes  by  a  minute  the  crash  of  your  bows  against 
the  rock." 

The  landowner  has  presented  the  Point  as  a  public 
space  and  it  is  controlled  by  the  National  Trust. 

Various  legends  connect  Mortehoe  with  the  scene  of 
the  supposed  perpetual  doom  of  the  family  of  Tracy, 
Norman  lords  of  the  barony  of  Barnstaple,  on  account 
of  the  participation  of  Sir  William  de  Tracy  in  the 
murder  of  Thomas  a  Becket.  The  old  Church  of  St. 
Mary  Magdalene  (probably  twelfth-century),  in  which 
may  be  seen  some  fine  bench  ends,  contains  the  tomb  of 
"  Sir  William  Tracy,"  but  it  has  been  conclusively 
shown  that  this  "  Sir "  William  was  a  priest  of  the 
church,  not  a  knight  militant.  He  was,  in  fact,  rector 
of  Mortehoe  from  1257  to  1322,  and  died  146  years  later 
than  Becket' s  assassin.  It  was  an  old-world  custom  to 
bestow  on  clergy  in  priests'  orders  who  were  not  univer- 
sity graduates  the  title  of  Sir. 

While  on  the  subject  it  may  be  well  to  say  that  there 
were  two  Tracy  families,  and  that,  strictly  speaking, 
the  murderer  was  not  a  Tracy  at  all,  being  the  son  of 
Sir  John  de  Sudeley,  and  only  assuming  the  name  on 
his  marriage  with  Grace,  the  daughter  of  Sir  William 
de  Tracy,  said  to  be  a  natural  son  of  Henry  I.  The 
Tracys,  who  were  overlords  of  the  manors  belonging  to 
the  barony  of  Barnstaple,  of  which  Mortehoe  was  one, 
were  descended  in  the  maternal  line  from  the  Domesday 
Baron  Judhel  of  Totnes,  and  were  settled  in  the  neigh- 
bourhood long  prior  to  the  year  1170,  so  that  the  fre- 
quent occurrence  of  the  name  in  North  Devon  does  not 
justify  the  common  assumption  of  a  connection  with 
the  murderer  of  the  "  pestilent  priest."      Nevertheless, 


20  MORTEHOE— BARRICANE 

it  is  curious  to  observe  that  the  church  of  Newton 
Tracey,  near  Barnstaple,  is  dedicated  to  St.  Thomas  a 
Becket  ;  and  that  yet  again,  local  legends  connect  the 
founder  of  the  church  at  Nymet  Tracey,  near  Yeoford 
Junction,  with  the  murderer  of  Becket.  Bovey  Tracey 
Church  has  the  same  distinction  and  dedication.  A 
chapel  to  St.  Thomas  a  Becket  once  stood  by  Barnstaple 
Bridge,  and,  according  to  Cribble's  Memorials  (1830), 
"  obtained  some  celebrity  from  being  said  to  have  been 
built  by  Sir  William  de  Tracy,  one  of  the  prelate's 
assassins,  in  expiation  of  his  crime."  There  are  at  least 
six  accounts,  each  totally  different,  of  "  the  end  "  of 
Sir  William  de  Tracy.  It  is  conjectured  that  the  well- 
known  saying,  or  curse — 

"  Oh,  woe  to  the  Trades 
With  ever  the  rain  and  the  wind  in  their  faces," 

may  have  arisen  from  the  fact  that  Sir  William  de  Tracy 
and  others  of  the  family  vainly  endeavoured  to  make  a 
pilgrimage  to  the  Holy  Land,  but  were  always  driven 
back  by  contrary  winds  and  violent  gales.  According 
to  a  letter  to  Notes  and  Queries  from  one  of  the  numerous 
descendants  of  the  Tracys,  "  the  fate  of  members  of  the 
family  has  been  very  similar  to  that  of  most  other 
families.  Some  have  been  fortunate  in  their  lives, 
and  others  have  had  '  the  rain  and  the  wind  in  their 
faces.'  " 


TO   BARRICANE. 

By  taking  the  cliff  road  southward  from  Mortehoe 
Barricane  is  soon  reached.  It  is  a  quaint  little  rocky 
cove,  very  narrow,  noted  for  its  beach  of  minute  shells. 
Zoolites  are  found  here. 

As  Mortehoe  points  with  proud  boast,  but  unquestion- 
able inaccuracy,  to  the  tomb  of  Sir  William  de  Tracy, 
Barricane  retaliates  by  claiming  him  as  a  ghostly  resi- 
dent. 


i/hrd. 


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NORTH    DEVON    COAST  AND    PART  OF   SOMERSET 


MojtoPoitir'^ 


WOOLACOMBE  21 

TO   WOOLACOMBE. 

Access. — By  motor-'bus  from  Mortchoe  Station — also  a  service  from  Ilfracombe. 

Bank. — Lloyds  (Wednesday,  lo  to  12.     During  season,  Friday  also). 

GoU. — Woolacombe  Bay  Golf  Course,  18  holes.     Visitors,  3s.  day,  20s.  two  weeks, 

30S.  month.     Ladies,  2s.  day,  15s.  two  weeks,  22s.  6d.  month. 
Hotel. — Woolacombe  Bay. 

Places  ol  Worship. — St.  Sabinus  ;    United  Methodist. 
Post  Office. — 9  a.m.  to  j  p.m.,  2  to  7  p.m.    Sundays  and  Bank  Holidays,  9  to 

10.30  a.m. 

Woolacombe  is  a  seaside  resort  of  rapidly-growing 
importance,  reached  by  way  of  Mortehoe  station,  ij 
miles  distant,  with  which,  as  with  Ilfracombe,  it  is  con- 
nected by  motor-'bus.  An  excellent  water  supply  is 
obtained  by  arrangement  with  the  Ilfracombe  Urban 
District  Council,  and  there  is  a  good  gas  supply.  It  is 
necessary  to  write  some  time  ahead  for  accommodation 
both  at  Woolacombe  and  Mortehoe,  which  are  now 
separated  only  by  a  short  distance  of  cliff  road. 

Parents  find  Woolacombe  a  paradise  for  children, 
who  have  for  their  enjoyment  a  fine  stretch  of  sands, 
perfectly  safe,  about  three  miles  in  length.  Such  a 
superb  stretch  is  in  delightful  contrast  to  the  severity 
of  the  surrounding  rock  and  cli£f.  Several  charming 
drives  can  be  taken,  including  that  by  the  Marine  Drive, 
running  parallel  with  the  sands  and  commanding  exten- 
sive views. 

Woolacombe  prides  itself  upon  its  equable  climate, 
the  advantages  of  which  are  being  discovered  by  in- 
creasing numbers  each  year,  as  is  evidenced  by  the  many 
pretty  viUas  which  have  been  erected  on  the  high  ground. 
Taking  Torquay  as  the  best  example  on  the  South 
Coast  for  comparison  with  regard  to  bright  sunshine, 
the  official  records  give  Woolacombe  a  decided  advan- 
tage in  the  five  dullest  months  of  the  year  of  nearly  107 
hours.  It  is  claimed  that  Woolacombe,  being  sheltered 
from  the  north,  east,  and  south-east,  facing  due  west, 
and  overlooking  the  open  Atlantic,  has  a  far  more  brac- 
ing air  than  any  place  on  the  South  Coast  open  only  to 
the  south. 

The  attractive  Woolacombe  Bay  Hotel  is  surrounded  by 
extensive  pleasure  grounds.     Close  to  the  hotel  are  the 


22  CHAMBERCOMBE   VALLEY 

Golf  Links,  a  sporting  i8-hole  course  nearly  two  miles 
in  length.  The  hazards  are  formidable  sand  hills,  some 
60  ft,  in  height,  loose  sand  bunkers,  a  road  with  open 
ditch,  and  other  obstacles.  The  greens  are  well  main- 
tained and  the  lies  are  good.  There  are  good  public 
Tennis  Courts  in  addition  to  those  at  the  hotel.  There 
is  a  Church,  consecrated  in  1912,  and  dedicated  to  St. 
Sabinus,  who  came  over  from  Ireland  to  preach  Chris- 
tianity and  was  wrecked  at  Woolacombe.  The  place 
includes  several  boarding-houses,  a  chapel,  post  and 
telegraph  office,  and  a  convalescent  home. 

TO   CHAMBERCOMBE   VALLEY. 

This  is  a  pretty  and  popular  walk,  with  charmingly 
varied  scenery,  within  easy  distance  of  the  town.  Pro- 
ceed by  way  of  Portland  Street  to  the  Hillsborough 
road,  east  of  the  town  ;  pass  the  thatched  cottage  on 
the  right  and  follow  the  Chambercombe  Road  to  Manor- 
House  and  Comyn  Farm.  The  farm-house  at  Chamber- 
combe is  historic,  and  was  formerly  the  residence  of  the 
Champernoune  family.  Recently  a  coat-of-arms  was 
discovered,  carved  in  stone,  beneath  the  plaster  in  one  of 
the  rooms.  Some  interest  attaches  to  an  antique  oak 
bed,  and  many  traditions  are  associated  with  the  house, 
the  interior  of  which  repays  inspection.  (A  charge  is 
made  for  admission  and  lunches  and  teas  can  be  obtained. ) 

At  Comyn  Farm,  near  by,  where  also  teas  may  be 
obtained,  is  the  entrance  to  the  Valley  and  Woods,  which 
are  private  property,  but  open  to  visitors.  The  farm  is  less 
than  half  an  hour's  walk  from  High  Street,  Ilfracombe. 

From  the  Woods,  return  again  to  Comyn  Farm — there 
is  no  outlet  through  the  Woods — and  take  a  path  to  the 
left  leading  over  fields  to  the  Barnstaple  Road,  by  which 
the  return  may  be  made  to  Ilfracombe,  or  the  walk 
extended  to  the  Sterridge  Valley. 

TO  BERRYNARBOR. 

This  is  a  pretty  walk.     There  are  two  ways  : 

[a)   (About  three  miles.)      Via  Hele  village,  which 
is  practically  a  suburb  of  Ilfracombe.     At  the 


BERRYNARBOR  23 

turnpike  turn  to  the  right,  and  go  by  the  old 
Berry narbor  Road  over  the  hill, 
(b)  to  Comyn  Farm,  as  on  p.  22,  thence  by  a  lane 
skirting  the  woods  and  past  Lower  Trayne 
Farm  to  a  road  reached  at  a  signpost  which 
points  to  Chambercombe  by  the  route  just 
traversed.  Here  by  turning  left  and  later  right 
Berrynarbor  can  be  reached  by  road,  a  dull 
route,  the  better  one  being  to  descend  to  the 
Sterridge  Valley.  Opposite  the  signpost  is  a- 
stile  leading  to  a  continuing  footpath ;  this  slopes 
do\\Ti  rightwards  to  a  combe,  eventually  reach- 
ing a  footbridge  over  the  little  stream.  Sheep 
tracks  are  somewhat  bewildering,  but  the  path 
to  this  point  is  pretty  plainly  marked.  Cross 
the  bridge  and  follow  a  path  that  keeps  fairly 
close  to  stream,  over  stiles  or  through  gates  until 
a  road  is  struck,  when  turn  left  and  into  that 
along  this  beautiful  valley,  which  is  followed 
until  Berrynarbor  is  reached. 

The  return  can  be  made,  if  a  longer  walk  is  desired, 
through  Combe  Martin,  or  by  turning  left  down  past  the 
church  and  then  right,  down  the  valley  past  the  lake,  the 
motor  route  will  be  reached  not  far  from  Watermouth. 

Berrynarbor  is  a  staid  little  village,  taking  its  name  from 
one  Berry  de  Nerbert,  a  former  lord  of  the  manor,  whose 
monument  is  in  the  church.  The  Church,  dedicated  to 
St.  Peter,  has  a  good  tower,  80  ft.  high,  and  an  interesting 
interior.  There  are  memorials  to  the  Berrys,  and  the 
squire's  pew,  containing  a  fireplace,  on  the  right  of  the 
chancel,  is  an  interesting  survival. 

The  village  is  noted  for  an  old  farmhouse,  Bowden, 
the  birthplace,  in  1522,  of  Bishop  Jewell,  whose  Apologia 
EcclesicB  AnglicancB  so  pleased  Queen  Elizabeth  that  it 
was  ordered  to  be  chained  in  the  parish  churches. 

Outside  the  church,  opposite  the  tower,  is  all  that 
remains  of  the  Berry  manor  house,  which,  after  having 
been  divided  into  cottages,  is  now  incorporated  in  an 
Institute  room. 


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26     WATERMOUTH— COMBE  MARTIN 

The  hamlet  of  Hele  is  divided  into  two  parts,  one  clus- 
ter of  houses  nestling  between  the  hills  and  among  the 
trees,  the  remaining  houses  filling  the  entrance  to  Hele 
Bay,  Running  beside  this  last-named  row  of  cottages 
are  a  stream  and  a  pathway,  which  lose  themselves  on 
the  little  beach.  A  disused  lime  kiln  adds  an  "  ancient  " 
touch  to  the  scene.  The  bay  and  beach  are  miniature, 
but  mighty  Hillsborough  towers  above  like  a  protecting 
giant. 

TO   WATERMOUTH. 

Distance  from  lUracombe. — 3  miles  (on  Combe  Martin  'bus  route). 

About  half-way  between  Ilfracombe  and  Combe 
Martin  is  a  pretty  castellated  residence,  Watermouth 
Castle,  belonging  to  the  Basset  family.  The  gardens 
are  among  the  finest  in  North  Devon.  Opposite  the 
grounds,  on  the  left-hand  side  of  the  road,  will  be  seen 
a  small  gate,  close  to  which  a  board  conveys  the  informa- 
tion that  the  caves  {admission  ^d.)  can  be  visited  on 
week-days  from  June  to  September.  The  views  are 
magnificent,  and  if  the  morning  be  a  little  hazy,  with  a 
hot  sun,  the  effect  of  Great  Hangman  Hill  looming  in 
the  distance  is  grand.  A  boatman  is  usually  waiting 
to  take  visitors  on  a  little  tour  of  inspection.  This  is 
undoubtedly  the  best  way  of  seeing  the  caves.  The 
formation  of  the  rocks  here,  especially  at  Briary  Cave,  is 
most  peculiar.  In  1919  a  landslip  occurred,  when  some 
hundreds  of  tons  of  shale  and  limestone  supporting  the 
clifiE  road  fell  into  the  sea.  A  new  road  was  completed 
in  1920,  and  is  used  by  the  motor  service  between  Ilfra- 
combe and  Combe  Martin. 

TO   COMBB    MARTIN. 

Access. — By  a  regular  and  frequent  motor-'bus  service  between  Ilfracombe  and 

Combe  Martin. 
Banks. — Lloyds,  Midland,  and  National  Provincial. 

Boating. — Rowing  boats  can  be  hired,  and  there  are  a  number  of  motor-boats. 
Clubs. — Conservative  and  Liberal,  both  in  High  Street. 
Early  Closing  Day. — Wednesday. 
Golf.— Ilfracombe  Golf  Club.     {See  pp.  1  and  3.) 
Institute  (billiards,  etc.). — Visitors  6d.  per  week. 
Motor-'buses. — ^To  Ilfracombe,  Lynton   (in  summer)   and    (on    certain  days) 

Barnstaple. 
Places  of  Worship. — Parish  Church. — Sunday  services  at  8,  11  and  6.30;  daily 

9.30  a.m.     Baptist  and  Wesleyan. — Sundays,  11  and  6.30. 


COMBE   MARTIN  27 

Popnlatlon. — About  2,000.     Doubled  in  summer. 

Post  OEQce. — High  Street,  9  a.m.  to  7  p.m. ;  Wednesday,  9  a.m.  to  3  p.m.  (closed 

12.30  to  1.30  p.m.  every  day) ;   Bank  Holidays,  9  to  10.30  a.m.    Sub-of&ce 

at  Seaside. 

The  road  from  Ilfracombe  is  on  high  ground  nearly 
all  the  way,  necessitating  a  sharp  dip  as  the  village  is 
approached.  (Cyclists  will  note  the  danger  board  at 
the  top  of  the  hill.)  This  is  regarded  as  one  of  the 
prettiest  marine  drives  in  the  district. 

Combe  Martin,  situated  amid  delightful  scenery,  has 
become  very  popular  with  visitors,  and  has  grown  so 
much  that  it  aspires  to  the  dignity  of  an  Urban  District 
Council.  The  name  is  derived  from  combe — "  a  low  and 
deep  valley  surrounded  by  very  high  hills,"  and  Martin — 
"  Le  Sieur  Martin  de  Tours,"  a  man  of  much  worth  and 
assistance  to  William  Duke  of  Normandy.  The  view 
from  the  hill  on  the  Ilfracombe  side  of  the  bay  is  charm- 
ing. Green  fields,  well-cultivated  market  gardens,  quaint 
thatched  cottages  and  tasteful  modern  villas  nestling  in 
cosy  corners,  make  a  picture  contrasting  well  with  the 
wild  scenery  of  the  coast. 

The  little  bay,  snugly  tucked  away  among  the  cliffs, 
is  picturesque  at  all  times,  and  at  low  water  the  stream 
meanders  seawards  across  the  sands,  but  the  visitor 
should  heed  warning  notices  about  the  danger  of  falling 
cliffs,  as  these  falls  occur  from  time  to  time.  Over- 
looking the  bay  on  the  west  side,  and  shaded  by  trees  in 
part,  is  a  walk  and  promenade  provided  with  seats  which 
is,  perhaps,  the  best  loitering  place  in  Combe  Martin, 
especially  towards  evening  when  the  lowering  sun  sets 
off  the  varied  colouring  to  perfection. 

Combe  Martin  itself  consists  principally  of  a  single 
long,  straggling  street,  a  mile  or  more  in  length.  There 
are  a  number  of  good  shops.  To  the  artist  and  the  lover 
of  quiet,  the  place  is  an  ideal  holiday  resort.  A  number 
of  houses  are  let  furnished  during  the  summer  months, 
and  there  are  apartment  houses  close  to  the  picturesque 
harbour,  for  the  place  has  developed  greatly  in  the  last 
few  years.  A  correspondent,  long  resident  in  the  village, 
contributes  the  following  note  : 


28  COMBE   MARTIN 

"  The  surroundings  are  indescribably  beautiful,  the  village 
winding  through  a  fertile  valley  alongside  a  rushing  brook. 
The  climate  is  almost  perfect.  Rain  falls  during  the  winter 
(which  scarcely  ever  starts  before  January)  ;  but  it  quickly 
runs  off  the  high  hills,  and  the  soil  being  shale,  gravel  and 
rock,  the  roads  dry  quickly.  The  air  is  mild  and  would  be 
relaxing  were  it  not  for  the  sea  breezes  which  blow  from  the 
north-west  and  seem  to  come  straight  from  the  Atlantic. 
A  stay  here,  even  of  short  duration,  is  wonderfully  beneficial 
to  those  suffering  from  threatened  lung  trouble.  The  neigh- 
bourhood is  much  frequented  by  Anglo-Indians." 

A  great  proportion  of  the  inhabitants  are  engaged  in 
market  gardening  and  fruit-growing,  the  soil  and  climate 
being  very  favourable,  and  the  produce  finding  a  ready 
sale  in  Ilfracombe,  Lynton  and  Lynmouth.  Straw- 
berry-growing is  largely  practised,  and  many  tons  of 
fruit  are  dispatched  to  London,  South  Wales,  and  other 
large  centres  every  summer.  Of  late  years  a  jam  fac- 
tory has  been  established  and  has  manufactured  large 
quantities.  In  1924  the  Parish  Council  entered  into  a 
lease  of  80  acres  of  Little  Hangman  Hill  {see  p.  31),  which 
has  been  made  more  accessible  by  a  new  path  by  way 
of  Pear  Beach. 

The  Church, 

the  chancel  of  which  is  vaguely  dated  at  about  the 
twelfth  century,  was  built  by  Lord  Martin,  a  lord  of 
the  manor  (Combe  Martin  was  originally  known  as 
Martin's  Combe).  The  fine  tower,  99  ft.  high,  is  of 
later  date.  The  interior  of  the  church  is  most  interesting. 
The  key  by  which  the  door  is  opened  is  five  hundred 
years  old,  and  looks  its  age. 

The  feature  of  the  Church  which  claims  most  atten- 
tion is  the  Screen,  of  wood.  The  central  doors  are  three 
inches  wider  than  the  opening,  so  that  they  cannot  be 
closed.  This  is  a  peculiarity  of  this  screen,  and  does 
not  help  to  indicate  the  age,  which  is  of  the  late  fifteenth 
century.  It  has  figures  of  prophets  and  saints  in  most 
of  the  panels,  but  it  has  been  altered  and  "  restored,"  and, 
as  Devonshire  screens  go,  tliis  is  certainly  not  one  of  the 
best.     The  organ  is  new,     A  brass  of  1587  to  William 


COMBE   MARTIN  29 

Hancock  will  be  noticed,  also  the  elaborately  sculptured 
monument  to  Judith  Hancock  (1637),  the  lace  on  her 
dress  being  particularly  noteworthy.  Some  fragments 
of  old  glass  may  be  seen  in  one  of  the  windows.  An  old 
door — eight  hundred  years  is  somewhat  doubtfully  given 
as  its  age — leads  into  the  vestry,  and  is  worthy  of  note. 
Inside  this  vestry  is  an  ancient  oak  chest  containing  a 
curiously  wrought  silver  and  lead  communion  service. 
Combe  Martin  Church  was  made  widely  known  by  the 
late  ]\Iarie  Corelli's  novel.  The  Mighty  Atom. 

The  King's  Arms  Hotel  was  formerly  known  to  fame 
as  "  The  Pack  of  Cards  "  as  it  was  said  to  have  been 
built  in  the  eighteenth  century  from  winnings  at  card- 
playing  and  constructed  on  the  principle  of  a  child's 
house  of  cards. 

Besides  being  very  fertile,  the  valley  is  rich  in  geolo- 
gical treasures.  Blended  with  the  prevalent  formation 
of  argillaceous  slate  are  limestone,  iron,  copper,  lead, 
tin,  silver  and  gold.  Silver,  tin,  and  lead  mines  were 
discovered  here  as  far  back  as  the  reign  of  Edward  I, 
when  337  men  were  brought  from  the  Peak  of  Derby- 
shire to  work  them.  Records  state  that  in  the  twenty- 
second  year  of  that  reign  "  William  Wymondham 
accounted  for  270  lb.  weight  of  silver,  forged  for  Lady 
Eleanor,  Duchess  of  Barr,  and  daughter  of  Edward  I. 
...  In  the  twenty-fourth  year  was  brought  to  London 
in  finest  silver,  in  wedges,  704  lb.  3  dwt.  ;  and  the  next 
year  260  miners  were  pressed  out  of  the  Peak  and  Wales 
— and  great  was  the  profit  in  silver  and  lead." 

Camden  states  that  Combe  Martin  silver  helped  to 
pay  the  cost  of  the  French  wars  in  the  reigns  of  Edward 
III  and  Henry  V.  From  that  period  to  the  reign  of 
Elizabeth  the  mines  appear  to  have  been  neglected  ; 
but  then  Adrian  Gilbert  discovered  a  new  lode,  which 
was  subsequently  worked  by  Sir  Beavis  Bulmer,  Knt., 
with  such  skill  that  the  mines  again  yielded  a  consider- 
able revenue.  In  1593  he  presented  to  the  then  Lord 
Mayor  of  London — Sir  R.  Martin,  Knt. — a  cup  and  cover 
of  Combe  Martin  silver  which  bore  the  inscription  : 


30  COMBE  MARTIN 

"  When  water-workes  in  Broken-Wharff 
At  first  erected  were  ; 
And  Beavis  Bulmer,  by  his  art 
The  waters  'gan  to  rear ; 

Dispersed  I  in  earth  did  lye, 

Since  all  beginning  olde, 
In  place  called  Combe,  where  Martin  long 

Had  hid  me  in  his  mold. 

I  did  no  service  on  the  earth  ; 

Nor  no  man  sate  me  free. 
Till  Bulmer  by  his  skiU  and  charge 

Did  frame  me  this  to  be." 

In  November,  1643,  it  was  decided  to  recast  these  as 
"  Lesser  Potts,"  and  some  time  afterwards  they  were 
made  into  three  tankards,  still  to  be  seen  at  the  Man- 
sion House,  London. 

After  Bulmer's  time  the  mines  fell  into  desuetude. 
Since  1648  repeated  attempts  have  been  made  to  work 
them,  but  without  permanent  success.  Combe  Martin, 
however,  is  still  regarded  by  many  eminent  geologists 
as  a  highly  valuable,  though  neglected,  mineral  district. 

There  is  a  farmstead.  West  Challacombe,  close  to  the 
village,  built  partly  inside  an  old  abbey  or  church,  the 
oak  roof  of  which  may  be  seen  in  the  passage  at  the  back 
of  the  living-rooms.  The  front  door  is  of  worm-eaten 
oak,  and  on  the  panels  are  figures  of  a  gentleman  and 
a  lady,  apparently  of  the  Stuart  period.  West  Challa- 
combe is  now  a  private  residence. 

Walks  from  Combe  Martin. 

Combe  Martin  abounds  in  delightful  walks.  The  favourite 
is  to  the  Great  Hangman  Hill.  Turn  up  a  flight  of  stone  steps 
in  the  High  Street  and  cross  a  vegetable  garden  known  as 
The  Shackies.  Pass  down  a  lane  on  the  left  until  a  gate 
across  the  lane  is  reached.  On  the  other  side  enter  a  field 
immediately  on  the  left  and  climb  the  footpath.  On  no 
account  must  dogs  be  taken  beyond  this  point.  On  the  way 
to  Great  Hangman  a  path  is  passed  which  leads  down  the 
face  of  the  clifi  to  Hangman  Beach,  a  delightful  spot  for 
picnics.  On  the  north  side  of  the  beach  is  a  stream  of  drink- 
ing water. 

If  a  shorter  walk  is  desired  one  can  be  taken  by  following 


HUNTER'S  INN  31 

this  route  only  as  far  as  Little  Hangman.  As  already- 
stated,  a  shorter  path  from  Combe  Martin  to  Little 
Hangman  was  opened  in  1924. 

Great  Hangman  (1,044  ft-)  a-nd  Little  Hangman  (716  ft.), 
derive  their  ominous  names,  according  to  Fuller,  from  the 
following  somewhat  curious  incident : 

"  Near  Combe  Martin  is  the  hanging  stone,  one  of  the 
boundary  stones  which  part  Combe  Martin  from  the  next 
parish.  It  received  this  name  from  a  thief,  who,  having 
stolen  a  sheep  and  tied  it  about  his  neck  to  carry  it  on  his 
back,  rested  himself  for  a  time  upon  this  stone,  which  is  about 
a  foot  high,  until  the  sheep,  struggling,  slid  over  the  stone  on 
the  other  side  and  strangled  the  man." 

Hunter's  Inn,  about  six  miles  eastward,  can  be  reached  by 
turning  up  Shute  Lane  to  Stoney  Corner  and  taking  the 
Trentishoe  road,  which  follows  the  slight  dip  between  Hold- 
stone  and  Trentishoe  Downs,  passing  a  little  below  Trentishoe 
Barrows  and  through  the  village  of  Trentishoe.  Alternatively, 
Trentishoe  village  can  be  avoided  by  keeping  to  the  right  at 
the  fork  beyond  the  Barrows,  and  walkers  may  be  recom- 
mended to  go  one  way  and  return  by  the  other,  which  will 
afford  different  and  dissimilar  views.  Stoney  Corner  can  also 
be  reached  through  Buzzacot  Lane,  near  the  top  of  the  village. 

Another  delightful  walk  is  to  Berry  Down  by  way  of  the 
Barnstaple  road,  and  back  to  Combe  Martin  through  the 
Sterridge  Valley  and  Berrynarbor  village. 

Watermouth  Caves  (p.  26)  are  about  i^  miles  along  the 
road  to  Ilfracombe.     Teas  are  provided  here. 

The  walk  to  Blackmoor,  4^  miles,  is  hilly  and  uninteresting, 
but  from  Blackmoor  there  are  frequent  trains  to  Lynton  and 
Barnstaple  on  the  "  Toy  "  Railway. 

TO  HUNTER'S  INN,  HEDDON'S  MOUTH  AND  WOODY 
BAY. 

From  Combe  Martin  many  of  the  conveyances  con- 
tinue along  the  Lynton  road  to- — 

Hunter's  Inn. 

This  is,  indeed,  one  of  the  most  popular  drives  both 
from  Ilfracombe  and  Lynton.  The  scenery  in  this  dis- 
trict is  generally  considered  the  most  romantic  in  Devon, 
and  it  is  impossible  to  over-praise  it. 

Hunter's  Inn  is  an  idyllic  spot  in  the  combe  which 


32  HEDDON'S   MOUTH 

runs  down  to  Heddon's  Mouth.     It  can  also  be  approached 

vid  the  Lynton  and  Barnstaple  Railway,  with  a  delight- 
ful walk  either  from  Woody  Bay  station  or  Parracombe. 
The  Inn  itself  is  a  picturesque  building  beloved  by 
anglers,  artists  and  others. 

Fishing  tickets  for  the  River  Heddon  may  be  had  here 
by  the  day.     The  trout  are  considered  excellent. 

There  is  a  marked  contrast  between  the  wooded  love- 
liness of  the  valley  in  the  vicinity  of  the  Inn  and  the 
bare  rocks  where  the  combe  opens  to  the  sea  at  Heddon's 
Mouth.  As  one  proceeds  seawards  the  hills  close  in, 
making  it  a  narrow  glen  or  gorge,  which  varies  with  the 
seasons,  it  bearing  a  softer  aspect  in  summer,  when  the 
greens  hide  much  of  the  rock,  than  in  winter,  when  the 
growth  dies  down  and  the  rusty  reds  and  browns  with 
a  full  stream  foaming  over  the  boulders  give  it  an  air  of 
wild  grandeur.  The  valley  can  be  followed  on  either 
side  of  the  stream,  that  on  the  left  or  west  bank  (ap- 
proached by  keeping  to  the  road  on  the  left  of  the  Inn 
and  taking  a  gate  beyond  a  subsidiary  stream)  being 
more  level  than  that  on  the  right  or  east  (the  path  starts 
close  to  the  back  of  the  Inn).  Further  on  this  path 
forks,  one  climbing  the  hillside  and  forming  the  clifi 
path  to  Woody  Bay,  which  should  only  be  traversed  by 
those  with  clear  heads,  the  other  keeping  more  or  less 
beside  the  stream  until  the  shore  is  reached.  Tourists 
must  be  careful  about  clambering  up  the  steep  hillside, 
as  falls  of  cliff  have  lately  been  frequent. 

All  with  little  time  to  spare,  especially  those  proceed- 
ing to  Woody  Bay  or  Lynton  along  the  coast,  may 
obtain  a  fine  view  of  the  Heddon's  Mouth  gorge  by  tak- 
ing the  cliff  road  which  starts  to  the  right  of  Hunter's 
Inn.  This  gradually  ascends,  winding  round  sub- 
sidiary combes  and  then,  turning  Highveer  Point,  comes 
out  on  the  open  coast,  with  sheer  drops  to  the  sea  in 
places,  until,  nearing  Woody  Bay,  woods  cut  it  off  from 
the  sea.  The  views  are  ever  changing,  those  eastward 
across  the  bay  towards  Duty  Point,  the  Castle  Rock 
near  Lynton,  and  the  Foreland  being  especially  fine. 


Montaeue  Cooper,] 


hunter's  IMN. 


[Lynton. 


Photochrom  Co.,  LIU.,] 


HEDDON  S   MOUTH. 
15 


[London. 


MARTINHOE— WOODY  BAY  33 

This  road,  however,  is  a  private  one  and  not  fit  for 
heavy  traffic,  and  with  its  soft  surface,  in  places  covered 
with  stones,  and  its  sharp  corners  is  really  not  fitted  for 
motors.  Above  Woody  Bay  it  joins  the  zig-zag  grid- 
iron of  roads  that  descends  to  the  shore.  By  continuing 
straight  ahead,  avoiding  turns  up  and  down,  and  then 
through  a  gate,  the  road  crosses  a  bridge  over  the  Woody 
Bay  stream  and  passes  the  hotel,  eventually  joining  the 
private  drive  through  the  grounds  of  Lee  Abbey.  By 
turning  to  the  left  at  the  zig-zag,  where  a  notice  forbids 
motors,  the  road  to  the  beach  may  be  reached,  a  turn 
right  lower  down,  crossing  the  stream  by  Inkerman 
Bridge  (built  in  1857  to  commemorate  the  victory),  being 
the  road  to  Lee  Abbey  and  Lynton. 

An  alternative,  but  less  attractive,  route,  and  very 
steep,  is  that  through  Martinhoe  ;  a  track  or  path  on  the 
left  some  little  way  past  the  Church  cuts  a  corner, 
joining  the  descending  roads  where  the  cliff  drive  goes 
ofi.  It  begins  on  the  right  of  the  Inn,  striking  immedi- 
ately uphill  towards  a  house,  and  is  apt  to  be  overlooked 
as  a  mere  track,  continuing  upwards  through  woods, 
somewhat  thinned,  with  a  stream  bubbling  near,  until 
after  passing  the  farm  at  Mannacott,  a  turn  to  the  left 
must  be  taken.  Motorists  will  find  the  best,  if  round- 
about, way  is  by  continuing  up  the  valley  to  the  main 
road — more  hills  on  the  way  ! — turning  left  in  the 
direction  of  Lynton  and  left  at  Martinhoe  Cross.  The 
roads  here  cannot  be  called  good  and  at  Woody  Bay 
itself  are  distinctly  bad,  nor  are  they  improved  by 
disagreements  over  ownership  and  responsibility  for 
upkeep. 

The  parish  of  Martinhoe  will  always  be  associated  with 
the  memory  of  James  Hannington,  the  martyred  first 
bishop  of  Eastern  Equatorial  Africa,  who  for  some  time 
laboured  here  and  at  Trentishoe. 

Woody  Bay, 
a  charming  glen,  has,  like  every  true  Devonshire  combe, 
a  rushing  torrent.     The  place  has  been  opened  up  of 
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34  ILFRACOMBE   TO   LYNMOUTH 

late,  and  finds  much  favour  with  motor  parties  and 
others.  (Motorists  proceeding  to  Hunter's  Inn  should 
read  the  preceding  remarks  about  the  reverse  route. 
Motor  parties  can  be  recommended  to  alight  at  the  top 
of  the  zig-zags,  sending  the  motor  on  by  the  best  road 
and  themselves  proceeding  by  the  cliff  drive.)  The 
cliffs,  covered  with  foliage  to  the  water's  edge,  fall 
steeply  to  the  sea,  and  perhaps  more  enjoyment  can  be 
obtained  by  looking  at  the  scene  from  the  roads  which  en- 
circle it  high  on  the  down  than  by  exploring  the  various 
descending  zig-zags  through  the  trees,  although  some 
charming  peeps  may  be  had  here  and  there. 

Round  the  west  side  of  the  bay  the  downs  soar  some 
hundreds  of  feet,  and  are  dotted  with  attractive  villas. 
Below,  near  the  strand,  is  Mariinhoe  Manor  House.  The 
precipitous  western  horn  of  the  inlet,  wooded  from  base 
to  summit,  is  Wringapeak. 

LYNMOUTH   AND   LYNTON. 

The  road  from  Ilfracombe  to  Lynton  (i8  miles)  winds 
up  hill  and  down  dale,  amid  lovely  scenery,  passing 
Hele  and  Combe  Martin.  Then  there  is  a  stiff  climb 
almost  to  the  summit  of  Kentisbury  Down  (1,105  f^-)- 
From  the  cross-roads  by  Blackmoor  Gate  (station  on 
Lynton  and  Barnstaple  Railway)  the  road  descends  to 
Parracombe  {Fox  and  Goose  Inn).  The  next  hill  is  also 
steep. 

After  another  steep  ascent  the  road  passes  the  station 
for  Woody  Bay  at  Martinhoe  Cross,  and  thence  continues 
over  Caf&ns  Heanton  Down  to  Lynton  and  Lynmouth. 

Walkers  can  be  recommended  to  go  by  the  route  vid 
Hunter's  Inn  (described  on  pp.  31-2),  obtaining  a  good 
lift  on  the  way  by  taking  the  'bus  to  the  top  of  Combe 
Martin  village,  and  going  over  Trentishoe  Down,  but 
avoiding  the  village.  From  Hunter's  Inn,  the  route 
continues  by  the  cliff  road  to  Woody  Bay,  past  the  hotel 
by  the  road  leading  to  the  Lee  Abbey  drive,  and  so  to 
Lynton  by  the  Valley  of  Rocks.  This  affords  varying 
scenery  of  hill  and  valley,  coast  and  woodland. 


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BY  STEAMER   TO   LYNIIOUTH  35 

Ilfracombe  to  Lynmouth  by  Steamer  (13  miles). 

The  depth  of  water  is  sufficient  to  allow  the  steamer 
to  make  the  passage  quite  close  to  the  coast  in  safety. 
The  cliffs  are  lofty  and  precipitous  and  remarkable  for 
the  succession  of  little  cascades  which  discharge  into 
the  sea.  From  Ilfracombe  the  principal  features  of 
interest  are  passed  in  the  following  order  :  Hillsborough, 
Hole  Bay  and  Hele,  Rillage  Point,  Watermouth  Castle 
and  Caves,  Combe  Martin  (lying  back),  Little  Hangman 
(716  ft.),  and  Great  Hangman  Hill  {1,044  ft.).  Be- 
yond is  a  cascade  called  Sherracombe,  with  a  fall  of 
about  60  ft.,  nicknamed  "  Sherry-come-out."  Next 
comes  Heddon's  Mouth,  and  shortly  afterwards  the 
superb  Woody  Bay,  aptly  named,  and  Lee  Bay.  Wring- 
cliff  Bay  and  the  celebrated  Castle  Rock  are  followed 
immediately  by  LyDmouth  in  the  hollow,  and  Lynton 
perched  above  to  the  right.  Should  it  be  low  water 
when  the  steamer  arrives,  the  landing  and  walk  (or  hop) 
over  the  boulders  up  to  the  quay  is  certainly  trying. 
If  distinctions  are  not  invidious,  the  principal  sights 
are  : 

[a)  The  walk  up  the  East  Lyn  (cross  the  water  by  the 
second  bridge,  and  continue  by  the  path  close  to  the  river) 
to  Watersmeet,  two  and  a  half  miles,  and  return  by  the 
road. 

[b)  Glen  Lyn,  a  glen  of  beautiful  cascades  and  waterfalls 
entered  from  the  foot  of  the  hill  leading  to  Lynton.  Small 
charge  for  admission. 

[c)  The  Valley  of  Rocks,  Lynton.  (Take  the  Cliff  Railway 
up  to  Lynton,  and  proceed  by  North  Walk.) 

Note. — It  is  almost  impossible,  during  the  short  time 
allowed,  to  visit  the  three  places  above  named  without  "  rush- 
ing." Allowing  a  reasonable  time  for  luncheon,  (a)  and  (6) 
can  be  managed  easily  ;  or — to  make  a  contrast — (a)  and  (c) 
might  be  tried,  but  longer  time  must  be  allowed  to  visit  (c) 
than  (b). 

For  full  details  as  to  scenery  and  objects  of  interest  in 
this  incomparable  district  our  Guide  to  Lynton  and  Lynmouth 
should  be  consulted. 

Ilfracombe  (d*) 


36  ILFRACOMBE   TO   CLOVELLY 

TO   CLOVELLY. 

Visitors  from  Ilfracombe  have  here  a  choice  of  routes  : 
(i)  By  steamer,  the  journey  occupying  about  an  hour, 

(2)  By  motor  coach  {see  p.  6). 

(3)  By  train  and  motor,  viz.,  train  to  Barnstaple  Junc- 

tion, change,  and  cross  the  footbridge  for  the  train 
to  Bideford.     During  summer  there  is  frequent 
motor    communication    between    Bideford    and 
Clovelly  ;    at  other  times  the  service  may  be  too 
infrequent  to  allow  sufficient  time  at  Clovelly. 
See  current  timetables. 
The  steamer  from  Ilfracombe  does  not  follow  the  coast, 
but  runs  across  Bideford  Bay.     The  following  are  the 
places  of  interest  passed,  in  order,  from  Ilfracombe  : — 
The  Tors,  cosy  Lee,  Bull  Point  and  Lighthouse,  Rock- 
ham  Bay,  Morte  Point  and  Bay,  with  the  grand  stretch 
of  Woolacombe  Sands,  Baggy  Point — another  dangerous 
headland — Croyde  Bay,  Saunton  Sands,  and  the  wide 
estuaries   of  the  Taw  and   Torridge.     In  the  far  dis- 
tance is  seen  Westward  Ho  !,  and  then  the  long  stretch 
of  high  cliffs,  completely  hidden  by  thick  woods,  in  the 
midst  of  which — straight  ahead — the  vision  of  Clovelly 
is  quietly  revealed.     The  landing  at  Clovelly  is  effected 
by  means  of  boats.     This  charming  village  is  described 
on  other  pages. 

ILFRACOMBE   TO   BARNSTAPLE   BY   ROAD. 

Cyclists  and  motorists  may  find  a  note  with  reference 
to  this  route  useful.  During  the  War  the  road  via 
Muddiford  was  much  damaged  by  timber-hauling,  and 
the  way  via  Braunton  is  still  preferable,  although  a 
little  longer.  The  motor-coaches  use  this  road.  A 
splendid  run  of  about  25  miles  may  be  had  by  going  to 
Barnstaple  by  Muddiford  and  returning  vid  Braunton, 
as  described  below. 

The  "new"  road  to  Barnstaple  from  Ilfracombe 
begins  with  a  very  stiff  hill  (Two  Pots),  rising  to  a  height 
of  over  800  ft.,  followed  by  a  gentle  decline  for  nearly 
all  the  way.     The  scenery  is  beautiful.     At  six  miles  is 


ILFRACOiSrBE   TO   BARNSTAPLE  37 

the  Half-Way  House,  formerly  an  old-fashioned  country 
inn.  The  road  continues  slightly  down  hill,  with  lovely 
wooded  hills  on  each  side.  From  Muddiford  (8  miles), 
prettily  situated  amid  woods  and  hills,  a  stream  noted 
for  salmon  and  trout  runs  beside  the  road.  Fine  varie- 
ties of  ferns  are  in  the  walls  and  hedges  around  here. 
About  two  miles  beyond  Muddiford  is  a  small  Dripping 
Well  on  the  left.  The  road  now  goes  sharply  down  hill 
into  Pilton,  the  northern  suburb  of  Barnstaple,  having 
an  extremely  awkward  bend  near  the  bottom,  and  thence 


TO     READERS 

A  GREAT  part  of  the  success  of  this  series  is  due,  as  we 
gratefully  acknowledge,  to  the  enthusiastic  co-operation  of 
readers.  Changes  take  place,  both  in  town  and  country, 
with  such  rapidity  that  it  is  difficult,  even  for  the  most  alert 
and  painstaking  staff,  to  keep  pace  with  them  all,  and  the 
many  readers  who  so  kindly  take  the  trouble  to  inform  us  of 
alterations  that  come  under  their  notice  in  using  the  books, 
or  to  draw  attention  to  errors  of  commission  or  of  omission, 
render  a  real  service  not  only  to  us  but  to  their  fellow-readers. 
We  confidently  appeal  for  further  help  of  this  kind.  All  such 
communications  will  be  duly  acknowledged  and  the  informa- 
tion utilized  at  the  earliest  opportunity. 


The  Editor. 


Address — 

Messrs.  Ward,  Lock  &  Co.,  Limited, 
Warwick  House, 

Salisbury  Square, 

London,  E.G. 4. 


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36  ILFRACOMBE   TO   CLOVELLY 

TO    CLOVELLY. 

Visitors  from  Ilfracombe  have  here  a  choice  of  routes  : 
(i)  By  steamer,  the  journey  occupying  about  an  hour. 

(2)  By  motor  coach  {see  p.  6). 

(3)  By  train  and  motor,  viz.,  train  to  Barnstaple  Junc- 

tion, change,  and  cross  the  footbridge  for  the  train 
to  Bideford.  During  summer  there  is  frequent 
motor  communication  between  Bideford  and 
Clovelly  ;  at  other  times  the  service  may  be  too 
infrequent  to  allow  sufficient  time  at  Clovelly. 


i,yj      j-JCLi. 


begins  with  a  very  stiff  hill  (Two  Pots),  rising  to  a  height 
of  over  800  ft.,  followed  by  a  gentle  decline  for  nearly 
all  the  way.     The  scenery  is  beautiful.     At  six  miles  is 


ILFRACOMBE   TO   BARNSTAPLE  37 

the  Half-Way  House,  formerly  an  old-fashioned  country 
inn.  The  road  continues  slightly  down  hill,  with  lovely 
wooded  hills  on  each  side.  From  Muddiford  (8  miles), 
prettily  situated  amid  woods  and  hills,  a  stream  noted 
for  salmon  and  trout  runs  beside  the  road.  Fine  varie- 
ties of  ferns  are  in  the  walls  and  hedges  around  here. 
About  two  miles  beyond  Muddiford  is  a  small  Dripping 
•  Weil  on  the  left.  The  road  now  goes  sharply  down  hill 
into  Pilton,  the  northern  suburb  of  Barnstaple,  having 
an  extremely  awkward  bend  near  the  bottom,  and  thence 
over  Pilton  Bridge  it  crosses  the  light  railway  to  Lynton 
at  the  end  of  Pilton  Causeway  and  beginning  of  Barn- 
staple. 

Barnstaple  is  described  in  a  separate  section. 

For  the  return  journey  proceed  by  High  Street,  at  the 
end  of  which  cross  the  river  by  the  swing  bridge,  thence 
following  the  Braunton  Road,  which  is  a  continuation. 
The  highway  runs  close  to  the  railway,  and  is  quite 
level,  with  a  good  surface.  The  populous  parish  of 
Braunton  is  reached  in  five  miles.  Entering  the  town, 
keep  to  the  left  at  fork,  and  at  the  bottom  of  the  slope 
by  the  tree  turn  right  up  the  new  road  between  the 
railway  and  the  main  street,  the  two  roads  joining  again 
just  beyond  the  Church,  whence  proceed  keeping  the 
railway  on  the  left  but  not  crossing  it.  (To  avoid  part 
of  the  town,  keep  a  right  course  at  the  fork  by  the 
basket  factory  ;  this  leads  direct  to  the  Church,  where 
bear  round  to  the  left,  then  sharply  to  the  right).  Knowie 
is  passed  one  and  a  half  miles  later.  At  Knowie  keep  to 
the  left  by  the  inn,  then  straight  forward  by  the  main 
road,  which  gradually  rises.  Presently  railway  and  road 
part  company.  By  a  few  twists  the  latter  does  its  best 
to  avoid  the  hills,  but  these  have  to  be  encountered  on 
nearing  Mullacott  Hill.  The  run  from  the  high  ground 
down  into  Ilfracombe  finishes  what  is  on  the  whole  the 
best  run  of  about  twenty-five  miles  round  Ilfracombe. 


LUNDY. 

Access. — The  majority  of  visitors  to  Lundy  are  brought  by  the  pleasure  steamers 
which  ply  in  summer  from  Ilfracombe,  Cardiff,  and  other  Bristol  Channel 
ports.  Generally  about  four  hours  are  allowed  on  the  Island,  but  this  of 
course  depends  upon  the  tide. 

The  motor  trawler  Lerina  makes  a  weekly  visit,  sailing  from  Instow, 
except  at  high  spring  tides,  when  it  leaves  from  Barnstaple.  Private 
parties  may,  of  course,  hire  a  saiUng  or  motor-boat  at  Instow  or  Appledore 
at  any  time  convenient  to  them. 

Accommodation. — ^There  is  a  large  and  well-appointed  Boarding  House,  and 
lodgings  can  be  obtained  at  one  or  two  cottages  on  the  island. 

Distances. — From  'Hju-tland  Point,  11}  miles;  from  Clovelly,  15  miles;  from 
Ilfracombe,  23  miles  ;    from  Instow,  23  rriiles. 

Post  Offlce. — ^There  is  a  Post  Office  on  the  Island,  but  the  money-order  office  is 
Instow,  through  which  the  weekly  maU  goes.  There  is  public  telephonic 
communication  with  Cardiff,  Bristol,  and  the  South-west  of  England  from 
Lundy  but  not  to  the  Island. 

Befreshments. — Visitors  who  are  on  the  Island  only  a  few  hours  may  have  re- 
freshments in  a  building  specially  provided,  where  25o"persons  can  be 
seated.  The  steamers  have  taken  as  many  as  2,500  passengers  to  Limdy  in 
one  year. 

"  A  lusty,  black-browed  girl,  with  forehead  broad  and  high. 
That  often  hath  bewitched  the  sea-gods  with  her  eye." 

SO  Michael  Drayton,  in  his  Polyolbion,  described 
Lundy  Island,  the  granite  sentinel  of  the  Bristol 
Channel,  which  stands  a  lonely  guard  over  one  of  the 
greatest  waterways  of  England.  Thousands  of  ships  in 
the  course  of  the  year  bound  for,  or  just  leaving,  Bristol 
or  the  South  Wales  ports  sail  past  Lundy — indeed,  it  is 
estimated  that  one-fifth  of  the  shipping  of  the  country 
passes  by.  In  a  storm  the  Island  is  a  pleasant  enough 
sight  for  the  mariner,  who  generally  finds  safe  anchorage 
and  a  shelter  from  the  elements,  even  though  a  landing 
is  denied  him.  Ever  present  in  his  mind  is  the  local 
rhyme  : 

"  From  Padstow  Port  to  Lundy  Light, 
Is  a  watery  grave  by  day  or  night." 

In  1906,  the  magnificent  battleship  Montagu,  practic- 
ally a  new  vessel,  struck  the  Shutter  rock  during  a  fog, 
and,  although  expensive  salvage  operations  were  resorted 
to,  had  eventually  to  be  abandoned,  a  loss  to  the  country 

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LUNDY  39 

estimated  at  nearly  ;^2, 000,000.  But  notwithstanding 
such  a  remarkable  instance  to  the  contrary,  Lundy  is 
generally  regarded  with  favour  by  seamen,  for,  lying 
north  and  south,  it  acts  as  a  gigantic  breakwater  during 
the  prevalent  westerly  winter  gales,  and  the  roadstead 
off  the  east  side  of  the  island  is  usually  quite  smooth, 
with  fine  holding  ground  below  a  moderate  depth  of 
water.  In  bad  weather  over  a  hundred  vessels  have 
anchored  at  the  same  time  in  Lundy  Roads. 

The  tourist  who  has  time  and  opportunity  would  do 
well  to  include  a  visit  to  Lundy  Island  in  his  tour  of 
North  Devon,  both  for  the  pleasure  of  getting  there  and 
for  the  unique  charm  of  the  spot.  If  one  is  an  average 
sailor  the  trip  will  be  found  very  enjoyable  if  made 
from  either  Instow  or  Appledore.  This  trip  gives  quite 
the  finest  view  of  the  North  Devon  coast  that  is  to 
be  obtained.  Accommodation  may  be  obtained  {see 
p.  xxiii.)  and  there  is  a  general  store  which  is  comprehen- 
sive in  the  articles  it  sells. 

Lundy  Island 

is  a  huge  rock  of  granite,  probably  of  volcanic  origin, 
three  and  a  half  miles  long,  averaging  just  under  half  a 
mile  broad,  with  cliffs  rising  almost  perpendicularly 
from  the  sea  to  a  height  of  from  400  to  500  ft.  The 
total  area  is  1,047  acres.  The  late  Rev.  Hudson  Groset 
Heaven,  M.A.,  inherited  the  Island  in  1883  from  his 
father,  who  purchased  the  property  in  1834.  The  pre- 
sent owner  is  IVIr.  A.  L.  Christie,  J. P.,  D.L.,  of  Tapeley 
Park,  lord  of  the  manors  of  Instow  and  Westleigh,  who 
purchased  the  property  in  191 8. 

The  Bristol  Channel  pilots  find  Lundy  a  convenient 
place  of  call — a  "  half-way  house,"  so  to  speak,  and  make 
use  of  it  as  such.  The  landing  is  made  by  small  boats 
on  the  little  piece  of  beach,  on  the  south-east  under  the 
lighthouse.  The  soil  is  light  and  wild  flowers  abound. 
Only  a  small  portion  is  under  cultivation,  but  about 
a  fourth  of  the  area  is  permanent  pasture,  the  rest 
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fully  raised  on  the  Island,  beside  colts,  goats,  etc. 
Lobsters  are  caught  in  large  quantities.  An  abundance 
of  fresh  water  is  supplied  by  the  springs.  Snow  and 
ice  are  practically  unknown.  The  study  of  bird  life 
on  Lundy  is  most  interesting,  and  to  preserve  the 
many  rare  birds  which  nest  here  watchers  are  placed 
on  duty  in  the  breeding  season.  Birds  long  regarded  as 
rarities  in  the  British  Isles  appear  with  regularity  and 
in  considerable  numbers.  The  peregrine  falcon,  cor- 
morant, puffin  and  oyster-catcher  are  common.  The 
gannet,  one  of  the  largest  of  wild  birds,  breeds  on  the 
Island.  Woodcock  are  very  plentiful  when  severe 
winters  are  experienced  on  the  mainland. 

So  much  for  Lundy  as  it  is  to-day.  Its  past  is  also 
interesting,  if  not  always  creditable.  The  earliest  men- 
tion of  this  Island  occurs  in  1199,  the  first  year  of  the 
reign  of  King  John.  Its  then  lord,  William  de  Marisco 
(son  and  heir  of  Sir  Jordan  de  Marisco,  by  Agnes,  daugh- 
ter of  Hamelin  Plantagenet,  natural  son  of  Geoffrey, 
Earl  of  Anjou,  the  father  of  King  Henry  II),  being  in 
rebellion,  the  king  gave  the  Island  to  the  Knights  Tem- 
plar. But  we  read  that  in  the  year  1202,  the  fourth  of 
the  same  reign,  the  said  William  still  held  possession  of 
the  Island,  for  he  was  not  a  willing  party  to  the  gift, 
and  possession  being  nine-tenths  of  the  law,  he  made  the 
other  tenth  by  main  force.  Marisco,  however,  was 
received  into  royal  favour  in  the  following  year,  and  the 
next  mention  of  the  Island  is  to  be  found  in  the  records 
in  the  Tower,  which  show  that  Henry  III  gave  it  to  the 
keeping  of  Henry  de  Tracy.  It  remained  the  property 
of  the  Crown  for  a  long  time,  and  various  governors  were 
appointed.  It  is  recorded  by  Sir  Thomas  Delamere, 
Knight,  that  Edward  II,  about  1326,  "  endeavoured  to 
shelter  himself  here  from  his  troublesome  wife  and 
rebellious  barons,  who  pursued  him  with  great  fury 
and  threatenings."  In  the  reign  of  Edward  III  the 
Grenvilles  of  Bideford  governed  the  Island,  and  later 
Lord  Say  and  Sele  held  it  for  Charles  I,  by  whom  it 
was  strongly  fortified.      About  the  year  1780  the  Island 


42  LUNDY 

passed  by  purchase  into  the  possession  of  Sir  John 
Borlase  Warren,  Bart.,  who  estabhshed  a  colony  of 
Irish.  It  has  been  frequently  sold  since  then.  In 
1264  a  jury  valued  the  Island  at  ;^ii  3s.  2d.  In  1781, 
however,  it  sold  for  ^1,200,  and  in  1803  was  disposed  of 
again  for  ;^700.  The  last  owner  previous  to  Mr.  William 
Heaven,  who  died  on  the  Island  in  1883,  gave  1^4,500 
for  it. 

The  dark  side  of  the  history  of  Lundy  is  its  connection 
with  the  old  smuggling  and  piratical  days.  Then  the 
law  that  "  might  was  right "  was  known  nowhere  more 
surely  than  on  Lundy,  and  the  Island  was  subject  to  the 
attacks  of  foreigners,  who  sometimes  succeeded  and  held 
possession  as  long  as  they  listed,  or  until  a  stronger 
turned  them  out.  A  story  of  how  the  Island  was  once 
captured  by  a  clever  ruse  comes  down  from  the  time  of 
William  and  Mary.  One  morning  a  ship  of  war  bearing 
Dutch  colours  anchored  in  the  roadstead,  and  an  officer, 
landing,  stated  that  they  had  mistaken  their  bearings 
and  begged  some  milk  for  the  captain,  who,  he  said, 
was  dangerously  ill.  The  boat  remained  at  anchor  for 
some  days,  and  the  unsuspecting  islanders  daily  sent 
milk  and  comforts  for  the  captain.  Then  it  was  given 
out  that  the  captain  had  died,  and  the  crew  begged 
leave,  if  there  was  any  church  or  consecrated  ground 
on  the  Island,  to  deposit  the  corpse  in  it,  and  also  asked 
that  all  the  islanders  would  be  present  at  the  ceremony. 
Both  requests  were  complied  with,  and  the  islanders 
even  helped  to  carry  the  coffin  to  the  church.  As  soon 
as  they  had  rested  it,  they  were  desired  to  quit  the 
chapel,  on  the  pretext  that  the  custom  of  the  visitors' 
country  forbade  foreigners  to  be  spectators  of  that  part 
of  the  ceremony  which  they  were  then  going  to  perform. 
As  soon  as  the  visitors  were  alone,  however,  they  opened 
the  coffin  and  armed  themselves  to  the  teeth  with  the 
weapons  it  contained,  for  the  dead  captain  was  but  an 
effort  of  their  imagination,  to  make  the  capture  of  the 
Island  more  easy.  Rushing  out  in  a  body,  the  enemy, 
who  were  Frenchmen  sailing  under  false  colours,  made 


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the  islanders  prisoners,  and  took  or  destroyed  all  their 
belongings.  So  bent  were  they  on  spoiling  all  that  they 
could  not  take  with  them,  that  it  is  reported  that  finding 
a  large  quantity  of  meal  in  some  lofts,  under  which  was 
some  salt  for  curing  fish,  they  scuttled  the  floor  ;  and  so, 
by  mixing  the  meal  and  salt  together,  spoiled  both. 
After  throwing  the  guns  over  the  cliffs  the  unwelcome 
visitors  left  the  Island  in  a  most  destitute  and  discon- 
solate condition. 

It  is  a  matter  of  history  that  the  Algerine  pirates  in 
1635  were  accustomed  to  use  Lundy  as  a  harbour  and 
shelter.  This  portion  of  the  Bristol  Channel  was  such 
a  happy  hunting-ground  for  pirates  and  privateers  in 
the  seventeenth  century  that  it  received  the  appellation 
of  "  The  Golden  Bay."  Among  the  Borough  records 
of  Barnstaple  are  entries  referring  to  the  bringing  in  of 
captured  pirate  vessels,  and  the  parish  registers  in  many 
parts  of  North  Devon  show  that  church  collections 
were  made  for  the  ransom  of  captives  from  the  Turks, 
as  the  Algerine  and  Tunisian  pirates  were  locally  known. 

Even  the  lawful  owners  of  the  Island  did  not  always 
keep  themselves  within  the  law.  Mr.  Thomas  Benson, 
M.P.  for  Barnstaple,  contracted  with  the  Government 
in  1748  to  take  convicts  to  Virginia,  but  he  landed 
them  at  Lundy,  and  employed  them  in  extensive  smug- 
gling operations.  The  Corporation  of  Barnstaple  pos- 
sesses a  cup  given  by  this  same  Benson,  who  had  at  last 
to  flee  the  country,  and  died  abroad. 

The  Church,  dedicated  in  1897  to  St.  Helena,  is  a 
most  beautiful  building,  with  a  finely  carved  alto-relievo 
reredos.  The  tower  has  a  peal  of  eight  bells.  In  1922 
the  rectorship,  which,  formerly  belonging  to  Cleeve 
Abbey,  Somerset,  lapsed  at  the  Reformation,  was 
revived.  Near  the  old  lighthouse  are  some  mounds 
marking  the  site  of  the  old  church  of  St.  Helena. 
Below  the  church  is  the  principal  residence  ;  and  close 
to  it  a  substantially  built  Farm-house. 

There  are  three  Lighthouses.  That  on  the  extreme  top 
of  the  Island  is  no  longer  used  as  such,  for  at  the  crucial 


44  LUNDY 

moment,  when  light  was  most  needed,  the  highest  part 
of  the  Island  would  be  capped  with  a  thick  cloud,  while 
other  portions  of  the  rock  not  so  high  were  seldom  hid- 
den. Consequently,  two  new  lighthouses  were  erected, 
one  at  each  end  of  the  Island.  The  shell  of  the  old 
lighthouse  remains  as  a  landmark  for  mariners.  It  is 
used  as  a  dwelling-house  in  summer. 

The  few  ruins  of  the  Mariscos'  Castle  are  at  the  south- 
east corner,  not  far  from  the  landing  beach  ;  but  what 
is  more  interesting,  perhaps,  is  Benson's  Cave,  close  by. 
It  was  used  by  the  M.P.  as  a  storehouse,  but  the  actual 
excavation  in  the  cliff  was  doubtless  made  at  a  much 
earher  date^probably  by  the  Mariscos.  The  granite 
quarry  on  Lundy  was  opened  in  1864,  and  has  yielded 
stone  for  many  important  buildings.  Like  the  stone 
from  Hey  Tor,  of  which  London  Bridge  was  built,  the 
Lundy  granite  is  of  great  hardness. 

In  a  cliff  at  the  south-west  corner  there  is  a  curious 
funnel-shaped  cavity,  about  370  ft.  deep,  called  the 
Devil's  Lime  Kiln,  at  the  bottom  of  which  is  a  small 
passage  leading  to  the  sea.  Close  at  hand  is  a  huge 
conical-shaped  rock  called  Sliutter  Rock,  on  which  the 
battleship  Montagu  was  wrecked  in  1906.  The  rock  is 
referred  to  in  Westward  Ho  !,  and  it  is  an  article  of  belief 
in  this  part  of  the  world  that  if  the  Shutter  Rock  were 
inverted,  and  placed  in  what  is  believed  to  be  its  original 
position,  it  would  exactly  fit  into  the  Devil's  Lime  Kiln. 
Lying  off  the  north  end  of  Lundy  is  a  cluster  of  rocks 
called  the  Hen  and  Chickens.  Vessels  making  the  circuit 
of  the  Island  give  these  a  wide  berth.  In  the  same 
neighbourhood,  but  on  the  Island,  is  the  Constable  Rock, 
but  the  most  curious  is  the  Templar  Rock,  on  the  east 
side,  which  bears  a  marvellous  resemblance  to  the 
human  face. 

Seals  breed  on,  and  are  frequently  seen  near,  Lundy, 
and  one  small  cave  is  knowTi  as  the  Seals'  Hole. 


INDEX 


{Where  more  than  one  reference  is  given,  the  first  is  the  principal.) 
ILFRACOMBE. 


Barnstaple,  36-7 

Barricane,  20 

Berry  Down,  31 

Berrynarbor,  22-3 

Blackmoor  Gate,  34,  31 

Bowden,  23 

Braunton,  37 

Briary  Cave,  26 

Bull  Point  Lighthouse,  18 

Chambercombe  Valley,  22 
Climate,  xii-xiii 
Clovelly,  35-6 
Coaching,  5-7,  36 
Combe  Martin,  26-30,  34 
Corny n  Farm,  22 

Distances,  16,  18 
Dripping  Well,  Lee,  17 
Muddiford,  37 

Fishing,  i,  32 

Glen  Lyn,  35 

Golf,  I,  5,  17,  18,  21,  xiv-xv 

Great  Hangman  Hill,  30-1 

Hangman  Beach,  30 
Heddon's  Mouth,  32 
Hele,  26,  4 
Highveer  Point,  32 
Hotels  and  Tariffs,  xxi-xxiv 
Hunter's  Inn,  31 
Hunting,  xiii-xiv 

Ilfracombe, 1-15 
Access,  xi 


Ilfracombe  {continued)  — 
Alexandra  Hall,  3,  9 
Amusements,  3-4 
Arcade,  9 
Bandstand,  12 
Banks,  i 
Bathing,  4 
Baths,  4-5,  10 
Bicclescombe  Park,  13 
Blythe  Cove,  14,  4 
Boating,  i 
Bowls,  I,  4 
Cairn  Top,  13 
Capstone,  The,  11-12,  9 
Cheyne  Beach,  9 
Churches  and  Chapels,  i,  8 

15.  16,  17 
Church  Street,  8 
Cinemas,  3,  8,  9 
Climate,  2-3,  xii-xiii 
Coaching,  5-7,  36 
Concerts,  3,  9 
Distances  by  Road,  16 
Drives,  5-7 
Early  Closing,  i 
Excursions,  16-37 
Fishing,  i,  32 
Fore  Street,  9 
Gaiety,  The,  9,  4 
Golf,  5,  I,  xiv-xv 
Harbour,  10,  9 
Heights,  15 
High  Street,  8 
Hillsborough    Hill,    13-14, 

15 
Historical  Note,  7,  19,  20 
Hotels  and  Tariffs,  xxii 


INDEX 


Ilfracombe  {continued) — 

Lantern  Hill,  ii,  9 

Lighthouse,  11 

Market,  10 

Motor-'Buses,  i 

Motor  Trips,  5-7,  36 

Parish  Church,  15,  8 

Picture  Palaces,  3,  8,  9 

Pier,  10,  9 

Places   of   Worship,    i,    8, 
15.  16,  17 

Pleasure  Grounds,  9 

Population,  2 

Post  Office,  2,  9 

Putting  Greens,  4,  5,  i 

Railway  Station,  2,  8 

Rapparee  Cove,  4 

St.  James's  Place,  9 

Score  Woods,  13 

Shelters,  14,  12 

Situation,  2 

Station  Road,  8 

Steamers,  5,  35,  36,  2,  xii 

Swimming  Bath,  4-5 

Tennis,  2,  13 

Theatre,  3 

Tors,  The,  10,  12 

Tors  Park,  10 

Tors  Walks,  12,  10 

Town  Hall,  9 

Tunnels,  The,  4,  10 

Victoria  Pavilion,  3,  9 

Water  Supply,  2 

Wilder  Road,  10 

Wildersmouth  Beach,  10 
Inkermann  Bridge,  33 

Kentisbury  Down,  34 
Knowle,  37 

Lee,  16-17 

Lee  Bay,  18 

Literary  Note,  xviii-xxi 

Little  Hangman  Hill,  31 


Lundy  Island,  38-44 . 

Access,  38,  39 

Benson's  Cave,  44 

Church,  43 

Constable  Rock,  44 

Devil's  Lime  Kiln,  44 

Distances,  38 

Farmhouse,  43 

Hen  and  Chickens,  44 

History,  41-3 

Lighthouses,  43 

Seals'  Hole,  44 

Shutter  Rock,  44 

Templar  Rock,  44 
Lynmouth  and  Lynton,  34-5 

Mannacott,  33 
Martinhoe,  33 
Mortehoe,  18-20 
Morte  Point,  18 
Motoring,  5-7,  36,  xv,  xii 
Muddiford,  37 

Parracombe,  34 
Pilton,  37 

Railway  Routes,  xi-xii 

Sport,  xiii 

Steamers,  5,  35,  36,  2,  xii 

Sterridge  Valley,  23 

Tracy  Family,  The,  19-20 
Trentishoe,  31 

Valley  of  Rocks,  35 

Walking,  16-37,  ^v,  30 
Watermouth,  26,  31 
Watersmeet,  35 
West  Challacombe,  30 
Woody  Bay,  33 
Woolacombe,  20-1 
W^ringapeak,  33 


INDEX 


BARNSTAPLE. 


Anchor  Wood,  i6 
Atherington,  19-20 


Barnstaple,  1-15 

Albert  Memorial  and  Clock 

Tower,  3 
Almshouses,  9 
Banks,  i 
Boating,  i 
Bowls,  I 
Bridge,  lo-ii,  3 
Butchers'  Row,  g 
Early  Closing,  i 
Excursions,  16 
Fair,  15 
Fishing,  i 
Golf,  I,  xiv-xv 
Grammar  School,  7 
Guildhall,  11 
Historical  Note,  11-15 
Holy  Trinity  Church,  7 
Lovers'  Grove,  9 
Market,  8,  i 
Motor-'Buses,  i 
Motor  Excursions,  16 
North   Devon   Athenaeum, 

8.3 
Parish  Church,  3-4 
Pilton  Church,  5-7 
Places  of  Worship,  i,  3,  4, 

5.  7 
Post  Office,  I 
Pottery,  The,  9 
Queen  Anne's  Walk,  7-8 
Railway  Stations,  i 
Rock  Park,  9 
Royal  Barum  Ware,  9 
St.  Anne's  Chapel,  4-5 
Science  and  Art  School,  7 
Sports  Ground,  9 


Barnstaple  (continued) — 
Square,  the,  3 
Taw  Vale  Parade,  3 
Walks,  16 

Barnstaple  and  Lynton  Rail- 
way, 1-2 

Bickington,  17 

Bishops  Tawton,  17 

Bratton  Fleming,  24 

Braunton,  21-3 

Braunton  Burrows,  23 

Chittlehampton,  18-19 
Coddon  Hill,  18 
Croyde  Bay,  24 

Dripping  Well,  16-17 

Georgeham  Church,  24 

Heanton  Court,  22 
Heanton  Punchardon,  22 
High  Bickington,  20 

Landkey,  20 

Motoring,  xv 

Parracombe,  24 

Saunton  Sands,  23-4 
Seven  Brethren  Bank,  17 
Swimbridge,  20-21 

Tawstock,  17,  18 

Umberleigh,  ig 

Wrafton,  22 


INDEX 


BIDEFORD. 


Abbotsham  Cliffs,  19 
Annery,  23 
Appledore,  14-15 

BiDEFORD,   I-I2 

Armada  Guns,  The,  lo-il 

Bridge,  The  2-5 

Bridge  Hall,  5 

Chudleigh  Fort,  11 -12 

Cycling  Routes,  13 

Excursions  from,  12-24 

Grammar  School,  9 

Infirmary,  9 

Kingsley  Statue,  5.  10 

Library,  5 

Long  Bridge,  2-4 

Masonic  Hall,  9 

Motor-'Buses,  i 

Motor  Routes,  13,  xii,  xv 

Municipal  Buildings,  5 

Museum,  5 

Music  Hall,  9 

Parish  Church,  5-8 

Places  of  Worship,  i 

Post  Office,  I 

Quay,  The,  9 

Railway  Station,  i 

Science,   Art,  and  Techni- 
cal School,  9 

Town  Hall,  5 

United  Methodist  College,  9 

Victoria  Park,  10 

War  Memorial,  12 
Black  Church  Rock,  31 
Blackmouth,  33 
Bloody  Corner,  14 
Bow  Bridge,  36 
Bowls,  I,  21 
Buckland  Brewer,  24 
Bucks  Mill,  29 
Bude,  40 

Chapman  Rocks,  32 
Clovelly,  25-31 

Access,  25 

Church,  28,  25 

Dykes,  29 

Court,  28 

Hobby  Drive,  29 


Eldern  Point,  32 
Exmansworthy  Cliff,  31 
Fatacott  Cliff,  32 
Fishing,  20,  i 
Freshwater  Cascade,  30 
Frithelstock,  24 

Gallantry  Bower,  30 
Golf   Links,    13,    17.    I9,   20, 

xiv-xv,  I 
Great  Torrington,  20-23 

Hartland,  33-7 

Abbey,  34-5 

Lighthouse,  37,  32 

Moors,  37 

Parish  Church,  35-6 

Point,  37.  32 

Quay,  33 

Town,  36,  32 
Hobby  Drive,  29 

Instow,  16-7 

LiTTLEHAM,  24 

Marsland  Mouth,  37 
Monkleigh,  23 
Morwenstow,  38-40 
Motoring,  xv,  13 
Mouth  Mill,  30 

Northam,  13-14 

Parkham,  26 

Pebble  Ridge,  The,  18 

Peters  Marland,  21 

Shipload  Bay,  32 

Speke's  Mouth  Waterfall,  37 

Stevenstone,  22 

Stoke,  35 

Submerged  Forest,  18 

Tapley,  17 
Titchbury  Cliffs,  32 
Tonacombe,  40 
Torridge,  The,  12 

Wear  Gifford,  20 

Welcombe,  37 
Westward  Ho  !,  17-19 
Windbury  Head,  31 


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AND 


RAILWAY 
DIRECTORY. 


INDEX. 


STEAMERS— 


Blue  Funnel  Line 
MacBrayne,  Ltd. 


RAILWAYS— 

Great  Western  Railway 

London  and  North  Eastern  Railway 

Southern  Railway 


Steamer  ■Ronte«! 


THE  BLUE  FUNNEL  LINE, 


FIRST-CLASS  PASSENGERS  ONLY. 

THE   FAR   EAST 
SOUTH  AFRICA  &  AUSTRALIA 

Managers,  ALFRED  HOLT&  Co.,  India  Buildings,  Liverpool 


The  western  highlands  of  SCOTLAND 


PLEASURE    SAILINGS, 

CIRCULAR       TOURS, 

CRUISES, 

By  ihe  R.M.S.  Columba,  lona,  etc., 
INTO  the  heart  of  the  romantic  High- 
lands and  Islands,  amid  scenery  unsurpassed 
in  Europe — the  haunts  of  Prince  Charlie 
and  Flora  Macdonald. 

ROTHESAY.  KYLES  OF  BUTE,  TARBERT.  ABDRI- 

SHAIG.  ISLAY,  CRINAN  &  CALEDONIAN  CANALS. 

OBAN,     STAFF4    AND    lONA.     FORT    WILLIAM 

INVERNESS,    MULL,    SKYE.    LEWIS,   Etc. 


Tourist  Programme, 
Free. 


Guide  Bool(,       Special  Booklet, 
1/-  Free. 

Apply 

DAVID    MACBRAYNE,    LIMITED, 

119,    HOPE    STREET,    GLASGOW. 


Railway  Routes  ^ 

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Berkshire 
Buckinghamshire 
CAiVIBRIAN  COAST 
Channel  Islands 
CORNWALL 
Cheshire 
DEVON 
I   Dorset 

Gloucestershire 

Hampshire 

Herefordshire 


a 

a 
a 
a 

NORTH  &  S.  WALES  | 

a 
a 
a 
a 
a 
a 
a 

Somerset  I 

a 
a 
a 
a 
a 
a 
a 
a 
a 
a 
a 


Ireland 
Monmouthshire 


Oxfordshire 

Radnorshire 

Shropshire 


Staffordshire 
Warwickshire 
Wiltshire 
Worcestershire 


For  Information   respecting 

TRAVEL     - 
FACILITIES 

to  and  from  the  above,  write  to  the 
SUPERINTENDENT  OF  THE   LINE 


G.W.R. 


PADDINGTON   STATION,   LONDON,  W.2. 

FELIX  J.  C.  POLE,  General  Manager. 


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Railway  Routes 


Spend    Your    Holidays 

ON  T}IE 

EAST  COAST 

the  Healfby  side  of  England 

OR    IN 

Bonnie    Scotland 

Mountain,  Moor,  Locb  c^  Sea 

Travel  by  L.N. E.R. 

Illustrated  Booklets  post  free,  from  Passenger  Man- 
ager, L.N.E.R.,  Liverpool  Street  Station,  London, 
E.C.2  ;  York  ;  Waverley  Station,  Edinburgh  ; 
Traffic  Superintendent,  L.N.E.R.,  Aberdeen;  or 
any  L.N.E.R.  Enquiry  Office. 


IDEAL    HOLIDAY    COMPANIONS 

Thrilling  Novels  by 

Edgar  Wallace 

At  all  Booksellers,   2s.  net.      Pocket  Size. 


Sanders  of  the  Rmr  The  Adventures  of  Heine 

Sandi,  The  King  Maker  The  Secret  House 

Bosamho  of  the  River  Mr.  Justice  Maxell 

Bones  in  l^ondon  The  Daffodil  Mystery 

Bones  Jack  o'  Judgment 

The  People  of  the  River  The  Admirable  Carfew 
Keepers  of  the  Kin£s  Peace 


Ward,  Lock  &  Co.,  Ltd.,  ISr  London,  E.C.4 


R.iilwav  Routes 


1 .  Send  your  Luggage  in  Advance.    For  2/- 

per  package  passengers'  luggage  will  be 
accepted  for  convej'ance  between  stations 
in  Great  Britain  (with  certain  exceptions), 
including  the  Isle  of  Wight  and  Jersey  and 
Guernsey,  including  collection  and  delivery 
within  certain  radius. 

2.  Baggage  is  also  Conveyed  from  home 

address  to  cloak  room  of  destination  station, 
or  from  starting  station  to  home  address,  for 
the  sum  of  1/-  per  package. 

3.  Talie  your  Ticliet  in  Advance,  and  avoid 

last-minute  haste  and  worry.  No  extra 
charge  is  made. 

4.  Compartments      may      be      Reserved 

between  certain  stations  and  by  certain 
trains  upon  payment  of  a  registration  fee  of 
5/-  per  compaitment,  and  the  purchase  of  a 
minimum  number  of  four  first  or  six  third- 
class  full  tickets  respectively. 

5.  Travel   mid-weelt  when   possible.    On 

Tuesdays,  Wednesdays,  Thursdays  and 
Fridays  the  traffic  is  usually  lighter  than  on 
other  days. 

6.  Cheap  Period   and  Tourist  Tickets  are 

issued  in  Suminer  months  to  most  Resorts, 
and  Week-end    1  ickets  throughout  the  year. 

7.  Particulars  of  Train  and  Boat  Services 

may  be  obtained  of  Publicity  Department, 
Southern  Railway, Waterloo  Station,  London 
S.E.I. 

H.  A.  WALKER,  General  Manager. 


Kailway  Routes 


EXPRESS 


SERVICES 


between  LONDON  and  the  principal  towns, 
bealtb  and  pleasure  resorts,  residential 
districts    and    agricultural     centres     of 

SOUTH  AND  WEST 

OF    ENGLAND: 


BEXHILL 

BIDEFORD 

BIRCHINGTON 

BOGNOR 

BOURNEMOUTH 

BRIGHTON 

BROADSTAIRS 

BUDE 

BUDLEIGH 

SALTERTON 
DEAL 
DOVER 
EASTBOURXE 
EXMOUTH 

Also  ISLE  OF 


Including — 
FOLKESTONE 
HASTINGS 
HAYLING  ISLAND 
HERNE  BAY 
HOVE 
HYTHE 
ILFRACOMBE 
LITTLEHAMPTON 
LYME  REGIS 
LYNTON 
MARGATE         '»■ 
PADSTOW 
PLYMOUTH 
PORTLAND 
WIGHT,  GUERNSEY, 


PORTSMOUTH 
RAMSGATE 
ST.  LEONARDS 
SANDGATE 
SANDWICH 
SEA FORD 
SEATON 
SIDMOUTH 
SOUTH SEA 
SWANAGE 
TINTAGEL 
WALMER 
WEYMOUTH 
WORTHING,  &c. 
JERSEY,  &c. 


Restaurant  Car  Expresses. 

London  (Waterloo)  tn  ^i^ 
South-West  and  West  of  J 


Pullman-Car  Trains. 

Victoria,  Charing  Cross,  London  Bridge, 
&c.,  to    the  Kent  and  Sussex  Coasts. 


Through  Trains  fj^^  the  North  and  Midlands 

to  places  on  the  South-East^PBR  and  South-West  Coasts,  and  vice  versa. 
For  all  information  regajprig  passenger  train  services,  fares,  <S:c., 
apply  Chief   Commercial    Manager,    Southern    Railway,    London 
Bridge  Station,  S.E.i. 


TEN  ROUTES  to  the  CONTINENT 

via 
DOVER— CALAIS  NEWIIAVEN— DIEPPE 

DOVER— BOULOGNE  GRAVESEND— ROTTERDAM 

DOVER— OSTEND  SOUTHAMPTON— CHERBOURG 

FOLKESTONE— BOULOGNE    SOUTHAMPTON— ST.  MALO 
FOLKESTONE— FLUSHING     SOUTHAMPTON— HAVRE 
Full  particulars  of  Continental  Ser\'ice  obtainable  from 
Continental  Traffic  Department, 
Southern  Railway,  Victoria  Station,  S.W.i. 


SOUTHERN    RAILWAY    COMPANY'S    HOTELS 

The  Company's  well-appointed  Hotels  include  : — 
LONDON  :   Charing  Cross  Hotel,  Cannon  Street  Hotel,  Grosvenor  Hotel 

(Victoria),    Craven  Hotel. 
DEAL:  Soutb-Eastem  Hotel.     SOUTHAMPTON  :  South-Westem  Hotel. 

II.  A.  WALKER.  General  Mann^er. 


Railway   Routes 


HOLIDAYS 


CONTINENT 

ARE      ENJOYABLE 
AT    ALL    SEASONS 


WHEN? 

WHERE  ? 

January     - 

-     Swiss  Winter  Resorts. 

February  - 

-      Mediterranean. 

^Marcl^'     - 

Italian  Riviera,  Daimatia. 

^|p|^^k   - 

-     Dutch  Bulb  Fields. 

^I^^^L 

-     Cote  d' Argent. 

^^^^^^k 

-     Swiss  and  Italian  Lakes. 

^^^^^^B 

Picardy,     Normandy,    Brit- 

H^^^^r 

tany  and  B^ian  Coast. 

^PVugust  -     ' 

Swiss  Moufitain  Resorts. 

^September 

Dolomites  and  Tyrol. 

1  October      - 

'     Spain  and  Portugal. 

1    November 

Italy,  Algeria  and  Tunisia. 

December 

Riviera. 

TEN  ROUTES  to  the  CONTINENT 

For  all  injormation  respecting  services  apply  lo 
Continental  Traffic  Department,  Southern  liail- 
vi'ay,  Victoria  Station,  London,  S.W .i. 


H.  A.  WALKER.  General  Manager. 


Aldeburgh   -     - 
Banff,  N.B.  - 
Barnstaple   -     - 
Birchington-     - 
Bridge  of  Allan 


Brudenell  Hotel 

Fife  Arms  Hotel 

Imperial  Hotel 

Bungalow  Hotel 

-  Queen's  Hotel 


Broadstairs-  Royal  Albion  Hotel 
Inverness  -  -  -  Royal  Hotel 
Margate  -  Nayland  Rock  Hotel 
Ryde,  I.W.  -  -  -  Yelf's  Hotel 
Tring  -  -  Rose  &  Crown  Hotel 
Ventnor,  I.W.  -     -      Royal  Hotel 

These  are  some  of  the  large?-  of  over  loo 
Hotels  and  Inns  carrying  the  "  Trust 
House''''  sign.  Many  are  in  Holiday  coun- 
try, all  at  a  reasonable  tariff.  Full  List 
from  Trust  Houses.,  Ltd..,  Shorfs  Gardens, 
London,  JV.C.2.  .    .    Tel.  8844  Gerrard. 


Hotel, 
Hydropathic 
Establishment 

and 

Boarding   House 
Directory. 


Index 


INDEX 


PAGE 

PAGE 

Aberdovey 

... 

...        14 

Clovelly 

...        23 

Aldeburgh 

10 

Cohvyn  Bay     .. 

...        24 

Ambleside 

...        14 

Cromer 

24.25 

Banff,  N.B. 

10 

Dartmoor 

...       25 

Barmouth 

...        14 

Deal      

...        25 

Barnstaple 

10 

Douglas 

...        25 

Bath 

...        15 

Dover  ... 

25 

Belfast    ... 

...         16 

Droitwich 

...        26 

Bettws-y-coed  ... 

...       lO 

Dulverton 

...        27 

Bexhill    ... 

...    16 

Eastbourne 

...       27 

Birchmgton 

on-Sea 

10 

Edinburgh 

...       28 

Blackpool 

...    16 

English  Lakes 

14,    18,  30 

Bognor    ... 

...    17 

35.  3(>.  63 

Bo  urn  em  ou 

h  ... 

...    17 

Exmouth 

...     28 

Bo\vness-on 

Wmder- 

Falmouth 

28,  29 

mere     ... 

...    18 

Felixstowe 

...      29 

Bridge  of  Allan 

10 

Folkestone 

...     30 

Bridlington 

...        18 

Fowey  ... 
Freshwater  Bay 

...      30 
...     30 

Brighton 

18,    19 

Gloucester 

...     30 

Broadstairs 

10 

Gorleston 

...     30 

Bude 

...        19 

Grasmere 
Harrogate 

...      30 
31.  32 

Buxton   ... 

20,  21 

.  22,23 

Hastings 

32,  33 

Cheltenham 

...        23 

Hunstanton 

•••     33 

Clcvedon... 

...        23 

Ilfracombe 

33.  34 

Index 


13 


PAGE 

PACE 

Inverness 

...        10 

Portree 

50 

Isle  of  ?ilan        ...  25 

49.    50 

Princetown 

25 

Isle  of  Wight  10,  30. 

31.    52, 

Pwllheli 

50 

62 

Khos-on-Sea 

24 

Keswick 

35.  3(J 

Rhyl        

50 

Leaminqton 

...     36 

0 
Littlehampton 

...      36 

Rothbury 

50 

Lizard  ... 

...      36 

Ryde      

... 

10 

Llandrindod  Wells 

36,  37 

St.  Annes-on-Sea 

51 

Llandudno 

37.  38 

St.  Ives 

51 

London                ...       ii,  v,  38 

Sandown 

51 

Lowestoft 

38,39 

Scarborough 

51 

52 

Lymington 

...     39 

Shanklin 

52 

Lyndhurst 

...     39 

Sidmouth 

55 

Lynmoutti 

39.  40 

Southampton    ... 

52 

Lynton 40 

41.  42 

Southport 

54 

Malvern 

42,  43 

Southsea 

54 

Margate 

10,  43 

Stratford-on-Avoa 

54 

Matlock 

43.  44 

Swansea 

55 

Minehead 

...     44 

Teignmouth 

55 

Monmouth 

...     44 

° 

Mortehoe 

•••     45 

Tenby  

54 

Mullion 

■■•     45 

Torquay      56,  57,  58 

59, 
61, 

60, 
62 

Newcastle 

...      45 

Tring 

10 

New  Forest 

•••      39 

Ventnor  ... 

10 

62 

Newquay 

46,  47 

Norwich 

...      48 

Weston-super-Mare 

O2, 

63 

Overstrand 

...      25 

Weymouth 

... 

63 

Oxford 

...      48 

Whaley  Bridge 

25 

Paignton 

...      49 

Windermere     ... 

63 

Penzance 

...     49 

Woody  Bay    ... 

63 

Plymouth 

...      48 

Woolacombe     ... 

45 

Port  Erin 

49.  50 

Worthing 

63 

M 


Aberdovey — Ambleside — Barmouth 


Aberdovey,  N.  Wales 


Adjoining  Celebrated  i8-hole  Golf 
Course.  Elevated  Position,  facing 
Sea.  S.W.  Aspect.  Standing  in  its  Own  Grounds  of 
1 8  acres.     Garage.  'Phone  No.  13. 


TOWEFS  ?,K1VATE  HOTEL. 


Entirely  under  New  I\Iana?ement.     First-class  Family,  Tourist  and 

Commercial.     Every  Co;iifort.     Excellent  Cuisine  and  Courteojs 
Service.    Electric  Light  Throughout.    Moderate  Taritl.    Appointed 
.\..\.,'Sl.U   and  R  A.C.     Large  GARAGE. 
Tel.  13.  Mr.  &  Mrs.  J.  E   SAVACiE,  Resident  Proprietors. 

AMBLESIDE,  Kflilish  Lakes-D«XOM'S  WANSFELL 

-Most    Central    for   \'!:;itors    and 
Coaching.     Climbing.      Boating  and  Fish- 
ing.    Motoring.       Electric    Light   Throughout.       Every   Comfort. 
Moderate   and    Inclusive   Terms.       Listed  Hotel   tor    .A..C.U.    and 
r.T.C.      'Plion-95. Miss   niXONT.    Proprinress. 

Ambleside,  Rydal  Water-Glen  Rothay 

PRIVATE  HOTEL.  In  Own  Grounds.  Overlooking  Rydal  Water. 
Gem  of  Lake  District.  Adjoins  p.^operty  of  late  Poet  Words- 
worth. Elec  Light.  Lounge  &  Smoke  Room.  Baths  (H.  &  C.). 
Dark  Room.  Boating,  Fishing,  Bathing.  Coaches  meet  Trains 
and  Steamers  and  pass  th.'  Hotel.  'Phone  Ambleside  43 
Appointed    R.A.C.   &   A, A.  S.  E.  BEVAN.  Proprietor- 

PRIVATE 
HOTEL 
AND  CAFE.  Hot  Breakfast  from  8.30  ;  Luncheon 
from  12.30  ;  Grills  any  time  up  to  8.30.  Motorists 
Specially  Catered  for.  Bed  and  Breakfast  8/6. 
Open  All  Day  Sunday.       'Phone  78  ATnbl5Sid;. 

LAKE    ROAD.        Th^ 

')     Tourists' House.  Central 
for  all  Excursions,  Coaching,  Climbing,  Cycling,  &c.      Parties  Catered 
for.     Hot  and  Cold  Luncheons.     Teas. 
BAH/VIOUTH. -Situated  in  O.vn  G-ounds  overlook 


Ambleside-Robinson's  Temp.  Hotel, 


Sea.  Facing  due  South. 
Bedrooms  overlook  Sea. 


Spa 


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hone  25 


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Guif.   Tennis  &  Croquet.     Garage. 
Proprietress. 


Barmouth-Cors-y-gedol  &  Marine  Hotels. 


-Both     splendidly 
situated.     Facing 
the    Sea,    with    South-west    aspect.     E.\cellent  Cuisine.     Moderate 
Charses  For  Terms,  apply  to  .M.-\.\'AGEM 

RaTTTinilth  — ^^^^    crest,    Boarding    Establishment.       Centre    of 
DdllllUUUI     Promenade.     Home  Comforts.     .Separate  Tafjles.  Moderate 
Terms.      Under  the  Personal  Supervisicm  ot 

TUl'    MISSES  WILLIAMS. 

Barmouth  -  MIN-Y-MOR,  f;?:^^  S^!J'^!;,^r'Bal;n,^S: 

Excellent  Cuisine.  Separate  Tables.  Every  Comfort.    Plus.  Tariff. 
Inclusive  Terms  from  7^6  daily,  according  to  Season.      LLOYD. 


Rath  I  =; 

4^-^ ^^^- k 

\  THE    PULTENEY    HOTEL. 

The  Most  Palatial  Hotel  in  the  Queen  of  English  Spas. 

Pntronised    by    the  most     L^istingHishcd   Personages.      Combines 
Artistic   Rcliiiement    with   Homely  Comfort,   and  a  quiet   atmos- 
phere of  Cultured  Repose.     South   .'\spect,  and   sheltered   from   X. 
&  E.  winds.       Luxuriously   and  Elegantly  ••Appointed.      Over  200    jT 
Bedrooms.     The  Pulteney  is  far-famed   for  its   Priceless  Collection    iL 

1-      of  Paintings  by  the  Great  Masters,  and   Kare  Specimens  of  Itali.iii    jT 
and  French  Sculptures,  Bronzes,  etc.        'Phone Bath  1281  (3  lines;.    '[ 
I  P.  &  W.  J.^CKM.AX,  Managing  Dikectoks.       |L 

^ ^ ^r 

Bath  WESTBOIIRNE  PRIVATE  HOTEL,  Sex 

First-class.  Centrally  Situated.  Close  to  the  .'Vbbcy,  R.  C.  Church, 
Grand  Pump  Room,  and  Institution  Gardens.  Fortv  Bedro^jms 
(with  Gas  Fires,  if  required).  Separate  Tables.  Smoldng  Room. 
Lounge.  Baths  (h.  &  c).  Good  Cuisine.  Moderate  Charges. 
Tariti  on  application.  M.    ].  GITTINS,  I'roprietress. 

Bath-GROSVENOR  HOTEL,  ^SlJ^lJiZ 

Situated.  Centre  of  Historic  City  of  Bath.  (Jppo=ite  Institution 
Gardens.  Visitors  staying  at  Hotel  have  free  access.  Grand  Pump 
Room  and  Old  Roman  Baths,  three  minutes'  walk.  Gas  Fires  in  Bed- 
rooms if  desired.  .Separate  Tables.  Smoking  Room.  Lounge, 
li.iths  (h.  &c).  Home  Comforts.  Good  Cuisine.  Moderate 
Charsras.       Tariff  from  M.  J.  GriTlXS. 

Bath  PRATT'S  HOTEL, 

ON  THE  SOUTH  PARADE.  Close  to  the  Baths, 
Abbey   and   (rarJens.  Terms  on   application. 

'Phone  3!0.  L.  E.  PRATT. 

Bath  Christopher  Hotel  Ltd/^c'-^S^ 

(.lose  t'>  .-\hlicv.  Baths  and  Stations.  Moder.ite  'tariff.  Good 
Cuisnie.  Telephone  302.    'Itif  Mi-^-   KOBI.NSOX,  Manageresses. 

Bath-Edgar  Private  Hotel,  ';:::-:/^B:tS'c^Z 

Pump  Room,  and  Concert  Room.  I^verv  Comfort.  Moderate 
Terms.     'Phone  25.  JOHX     HOOPER,   Proprietor. 

Bath  SOUTHBOURNE  HOTEL' 

SOUTH  PARADE.  Open  Position.  Close  to  Roman 
Bath'--.  Pump  Kooai,  Public  Gardens  and  Amusements. 
L.\(.elUnt    Cni^ine.  Moderate    'tariff.  'Phone    603. 

Write— The  Af.AX.^GERliSS. 

BatD-rriVate  Bd^.  LStab.,  ■'*Convenien\  for'aiths,  Pump'H,'^; 
•uid  Sh.im  Castle  Golf  Links.  Refined  and  Homelike.  Smoke 
Room.     Telephone  429.        Mrs.   W".   L.-VWRHXCE,  Proprietress. 


1 6        Belfast — Bettws-y-coed— Bexhill — Blackpool 

Belfast-Robinson's  Temp.  Hotel,  &„^S,'and 

Family.     Over  40  Rooms.   Electric  Light.  Central  for  Railways  and 
■Steamers.   A pplv  for  Tariff.  'Phope  PI"!.  Tels..  "  Robinson'?  Hotel." 

BETTWS-Y-COED.- ih 

Unrivalled  Situation  Overlooking  Ri' 
Llug^vy.        Garage. 


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Electric 
Light  Lounge.  Own 
arm  and  Garden.  Personal  Supervision, 
D.  K.  &  H.  PULLA.N,    Proorietresses. 


BETTWS-Y-COED,  N.  WALES-WATERLOO  HOTEL. 

Best  Centre  for  Motorinfj.  Garage  for  30  Cars.  Motors  tor  Hire. 
Officially  Appointed  R.A.C.,  A. A.  &  M.U.  Salmon  &  Trout  Fishing. 
Shooting.  Croquet.  Tennis  (Dry  and  Grass  Courts).  Eowls. 
Billiards.  Elec.  Light  Throughout.  Honie  Farm  (100  acres)  &  Garden 
Produce.  Close  to  Recreation  Grounds.  'Phone  18.  Tels., 
"  Waterloo.  Bettws-v  Coed." W.  L.  ASHLEY,  Manager. 

BETTWS-Y-COED,  N.  WALES-CLAN  ABER  HOTEL. 

Beautifully  cS;  Centrally  Situated.  Every  .4ccom.  Family  &  Tourist 
Hotel.  New  Lounge.  Elec.  Light.  Exten.  Garage  Free  to  Hotel 
Visitors.  Ex.  Cuisine.  Own  Farm  &  Garden  Produce.  Billiards. 
Fishing  Tickets  Obtainable.  Close  to  Tennis  &  Croquet.  Terms 
Mod.  Offici.ally  Appointed  R.A.C.,  A.A.  &  M.U.,  A.C.U.,  C.T.C. 
'Phone  8.     Tels.,  "  Glanaber."     Mrs.  A.  EVANS,  Res.  Prop'tress. 


Ad- 
Golf 


Bexhill  ALBANY  HOTEL 


Bexhill  HOTEL  RIPOSO.  ^  fofnS 

Links.          'Phone  472.     Telegrams,  "  RipOSO,  Bexhill." 
R.   BRAY,   Proprietor. 

Finest  Position  on  Sea  Front. 
Central.         Convenient   for 
Cooden,  Schools  and  Golf  Links.       Open  Throughout  the  Year. 
'Phoiif  121. M.  E.  SKINNER,   Proprietress. 

6exliill-oii-Sea-"NETHER  LAGGAN" 

BOARDING    ESTABLISHMENT,    Eversley  Road.     A  Comfortable 
and    Reasonable    Boarding    Housc,    a  few   mniutcs    from   Station, 
one  minute  from  Sea,  and  close  to  Golf  Links.  Boarding  Terms 
from  2i   guineas,  according  to  Season  and  Rooms. 
Mrs,  a.  S.   PLOWMAN.  Proprietress. 

BLACKPOOL.— 5&6,LansdowneCra<ieeat.  Fa 

Nr.  North  Pier,  all  PIacesofAmusemj?iU_ 
and  Golf  Links. 


Clllg  53^. 


eWiP 


■lels., 


R»V 


A.TE 


HO 


TEl- 


'Empire,  Blackpool.' 


Billiards  (I-uU-size  Tables). 
Lounge,  Ball  Room,  lic. 
Apply  F.  RO 


00m, 

BERTS 


Blackpooi-BROOKLANDS 

BOARDING  ESTABLISHMENT,  12,  Tyldesley  Terrace,  Promenade. 

Delightfully  Situated  in  Centre  of  New  Esplanade.  Containing 
Dining,  Drawing  and  Smoke  Rooms,  every  Window  having  Sea 
View.  Electric  Light  Throughout.  Excellent  Catering.  Reason- 
able Terms.  Tels.,  "  Brooklands,  Promenade,  Blackpool." 
'Phone  494.  Mr.  &  Mrs.   I.  &  E    DUTTON,  Proprietors. 

BLACKPOOL  (Norbreck) -WEST  CLIFF  IT^^^^^ILt 

Facing  Sea.  Ideally  Situated  on  Norbreck  Cliffs,  within  easy  reach 
ol  all  Recreations  &  Amusements.   Terms  Mod.   Apply  Mrs.  SOAR. 


Bopnor — "Rouriiciuoiitli 


17 


BOGNOR  Hothamton  Court  S!;'*""*^ 


]'n\  at?   Tennis   Court.        Kxccllent   Cuisine 
Oj'en  Winter  anl  Summer. 


Moderate   Teims. 
'PliOne  No.  74. 


BOURNEMOUTH. 

WIMBLEDON 
HALL 

rOBlFORTABLE  Private 
^     Hotel.  Pleasantly 

Situated  a;uonf;  The 
Pines.  I'ln,'  Loinije. 
Tennis,  Billiards.  House 
Well  Warmed  in  Winter. 
Own  Farm  in  New  Forest. 
Terms  from  3-^  goineas 
per  wee'-:.  illustrate  1 
TaritT  l-rp,-.     'Phone  886. 


BOURNEMOUTH. 


THE  OSBORNE 

RESIDENTIAL 
HOTEL. 

I-IIGH-CLASS.  Spacious 
•  •  Loiinee,  Dining  iSep. 
Tables'.  Drawing.  Billiard. 
.Smokinjf  and  Recraition 
Rooms.  1  min.  Pier,  Winter 
&  Pleasure  Gardens.  Close 
Shops,  Golf,  Theatre. 
Tennis.  Garage  40  Cars. 
A. A.  Phone  81. 

Tels.,  "Osprey." 

Mrs.    McDERMOTT   & 

MISS   COYNE. 

Rks.  Pkoprietressizs, 


Bournemouth 


"SILVER  HOW"    and 


EVERSLEY." 


Guest    Houses. 


Best    Situation 


Old 

Established 


Terms  from   £2    2    0. 


Food  Reform  at  "LOUGHTONHURST," 


West  Cliff  Gardens. 


Mr.   .V   Mrs.   Hl'Mi:,    I'roprietors 


BOURNEMOUTH  (Boscombe) 

CLIF T OIM     HOUSE    establishment. 


5,  The  Undereliff.      I  rii-liiull: 

(Jpposite   Piei.       .Mol.    Trini-. 
Winter.        'Phon^- 2915.  Mr'- 


Situated,  larin.;  ilue  South  and 
I'rnate  Suites  of  Rooms  during 
M.  .A.  Ki:Kl.h;\',  Proprictre--s. 


Bournemouth  ( '?,t^h"  HOLLYH  URST  " 

PRIVATE  HOTEL.  (}rrupyn\f;  one  of  the  I-inest  Positions. 
Within  a  few  minutes  of  I'ier,  Winter  Gardens,  Theatre,  Go!f  Links 
and  Station.  Gas  Fires  in  Bediooms.  An  H.xcellent  and  \'aried 
Cuisine.  Sep.  Tables.  Tenus  fio:n  3  Kf.  F'?'"  week,  according  to 
Kn():u~  .S:  Season       Tel.  No   2952.     >'rs.  C()<  IPI-R,  Proprietress. 


Establisbment 

(West  Clifl).     Terms  Strictly  Moderate. 

Mr.  &   Mrs.  HINE.   Proprietors. 


iciu-s,  1924-25J 


1 8  Bowness — Bridlington — Brighton 

Bowness-on-Windermere-St.  Martin's 

Pte  Hotel.  Central  for  Lakes  &  Pier-  Lounge  &  Smoke  Rm.  Elec. 
Ufiht  Throughout.  Sep. 'I'ables.  Garage.     Mi£=  E.  M.  WALTERS. 

Bnidlington— MANCHESTER 

PRIVATE  HOTEL.  Most  Commodious  and  Up-to- 
Date  Private  Hotel  on  Sea  Front.  Recently  Enlarged 
<.1-  Redecorated.  Mag.  Sea  Views  from  Public  Rooms. 
rirst-class  Chef.  Write  for  Illustrated  Souvenir  Tariff.  Phone  226. 
Acrommodation  for  65  Visitors.      E.  &.A.GrRXELL.  Pmp'tors. 

Bridlington-"  ASTORIA  " 

Premier   Position   on   Sea 
E>ont.        Close  to  Princes 
Parade    and    Harbour. 
Moderate  Tariff.     'Phone  No.  187.    Tels.,  "  Astoria,  Bridlington." 
A.  &  P.  MASSA,  Proprietors. 

BRIDLINGTON-BEACONSFIELD  'nVrii!.^ 

Unrivalled  Situation  on  .Sea  Front.  Open  Throughout  the  Year. 
'Phone  264.  A.   HIT, I,,    l'ro,irietor. 

PRIVATE 
HOTEL. 

FINEST  POSITION  ON  FRONT.  Between  West  Pier  and  Lawns. 
Opposite  King  lidward  Memorial.  All  Public  Rooms  face  Sea.  Full- 
size  Billiard  Table  (Thurston).  Comfortable  Smoking  Room.  Tenns 
from  4  gjineas.  Week-ends  from  27/6.  Tels.,  "  Berkeley,  Brighton." 
'Phone  a137. Mr.  iS:  Mrs.  L.  E.  HOOKWAY.  Proprietors. 

99 


Brighton  THE  BERICELEY 


Brighton"  RAVENSWORTH 

DRIVATF    UnTEl        60,    YORK   road.      Four  minutes 

rniiniE    nUlCk|     to  Sea.     central  Heating.     Bathing 
Tent  on  Beach,  Free.     Excellent  &  Liberal  Cuisine.     Sep.  Tables. 
Twenty-one  Bedrooms.     Terms  from  2i  guineas. 
Under  Personal   Supervision  of  Mr.  cS;  ^Trs.  KEMP,  Proprietors. 

Brighton-FERNDALEI^T'rB°.:i's'i.«ENT 

23,  St.  James'  Avenue. — Situated  in  a  Quiet  and  Select  Locality. 
One  minute  to  Sea  and  Palace  Pier.  Special  Features  :  An 
E.xccllent  Cuisine,  Moderate  Tariff,  and  Maximum  of  Comfort. 
Electric  Light  Throughout.  Miss  SMYTH,   Proprietress. 

Brighton— SPA  (Private)  HOTEL, 

MARINE     PARADE.     Handsomely  Furnished  and  Equipped 
with  Modern  Improvements.     Tennis.     Tea  Garden.     Ball  Room. 
30   Spacious    and    Lofty    Bedrooms.  Comfortable   Lounge. 
Excellent  Cuisine.     Moderate  Tarih.       Car  for  Hire. 
'Phone,  Kemp  Town  1638.         Mrs.  Q.  SYMONDS,  Proprietress. 

Brighton— DOOM  HOUSE 

BOARDING    ESTABLISHMENT,  Charlotte  Street,  Marine  Parade. 

Comfortable  and  Homely.  Cuisine  Excellent. 

Terms  Strictly  Moderate. 

Mr.  &  Mrs.  C.  J.  HEGARTY.  Proprietors. 


Brighton  —  Bude 


19 


Brighton(HoYe)  LANGLEY  HOUSE 

BOARDING  ESTAB.,  118,  Lansdowne  Place.  Well 
appointed  A-  Coralortable.  Only  a  few  minutes  from 
Hove  Sea  Fro  It.  Large  &  Lofty  Bedrooms.  Baths 
(H.  &C.).    ]-:iectricLisiit  Throughout.     'Phone  2330. 

BrightOn-KING'S   CLIFF  MaJine  parade.  We'll  appointed! 


Strictlv  ModcT.ite  Terms. 
Mr.  &  ^rr 


Phone  Kemp  Town  417. 
H.   ("..    K.'M'rE,   Proprietors. 


BUPE. 

Greiwille  Hotel 

Open  all  the  year  round. 

1    ARGEST  and  only  modern  equipped  Hotel,  facing  Atlantic. 

Situated    three    minutes   from    Nortli    Cornwall  Golf   Links. 

Lift  to  all  floors.    Central  Heating.    Headquarters  R.A.C.,  A.A. 

Spacious  Garage.    Inspection  Pit.    Hotel  Omnibus  meets  all  Trains. 

MODERATE  TERMS.  .■\pply  E.  LEX.\RD,  M.-v-n.-lgeress. 

Wires:  "  Grenville,  Bude."  'Phone  15  Bude. 

"EUDE,  N.  Cornwall. — First-class  Family  &  Tourist. 
Facing  Sea.      Own   Farm   Produce. 
Appointed    R.-^.C  " 

'Phone  5   Bude.        G.    BREXDON, 


Own  Golf  Links 

Free  to  Visitors. 
Resident    Proprietor. 


BUDE-ERDISTON    Boarding  Estab. 

Facing  South.  Adjoining  Golf  Links,  Tennis  Courts,  Beach,  &c. 
First-class  Cuisine.  Electric  Light.  Moderate  Inclusive  Terms. 
(Special  Winter  Terms).  Mild  Climate  in  Winter.  Personal 
Supervision.  Car  for  Hire.  GARAGE.  Also  "  PENTARGAN," 
Falmouth.  Mr-<.   r,i:(iKC,I-:    HAN'BURV,    Proprietress. 

Bude,  Nortti  Cornwall-N  O  R  FO  L  K  H  OT  E  L, 

Family  and  Tourist  (Unlicensed).  Few  minutes 
from  Golf  Links,  Tennis  Courts,  G.P.O.  and  Sea. 
Central  Position.  Moderate  Terms.  'Buses  pass  the 
door  to  meet  all  trains.     Tels..  "  Norfolk,  Bude." 

Mr^.  GILBERT,  Proprietress. 

Delightful   Holiday  Readina 

Novels  by  JOSEPH    HOCKING 


The  Purple  Kobe 
The  Scarlet  Woman 
Lest  We  Forget 
All  Men  Are  Liars 
Jabez  Easterbrook 


Andrew  Eairfa.K 
Roger  Trewinion 
Ishmael  Pengelly 
The  Birthright 
Greater  Love 
The  Ring  of  Destiny 


The  Coming  of  The  Kiui? 
Mistress  Nancy  Molesworth 
An  Enemy  Hath  Done  Thh 
Fields  of  Fair  Renown 
The  Kaiser's  Investments 


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Buxton 


BUXTON. 


Telegrams : 

'  Comfoiiab/e 

Buxton. 


Telephone 

211  &  212 

Buxton. 


BUXTON     HYDRO    HOTEL. 

Official  Hotel  to   the   R.A C,    A.A.    and   A.C.U. 

TF  it  is  Comfort,  Excellent  Cuisine  and  Convenience  of  Situation  choose 
■*-  ttie  Buxton  Hydro  Hotel.  With  over  280  Rooms  and  Three  Large 
Dining  Rooms  there  is  Accommodation  for  upwards  of  400  Guests.  If  it  is 
Dancing,  a  Ballroom  with  one  of  the  Finest  Floors  in  the  Country — it  it 
is  a  "Cure."  a  Complete  Suite  of  Hj'dropathic  and  Electric  Baths. 
Withal,  a  Moderate  and  Inclusive  Tariff. 

for  full  particulars  write  for  Illustrated  Booklet  '  A  Study  in  Comfort  '  to 
THE  I\IAK.'\GEK,  Enquiry  Office,  Buxton  Hydro  Hotel. 


BUXTON. 


Ideal  Position. 


Highly  Recommended  for  Catering 
and   Comfort. 


Hydro  Electric  Baths.     Electric   Light  and  Lift. 

Tennis.     Golf  (Sunday  Golfi. 

Garage.        Tariff.        Central  Heating. 

Official  Hotel  to  the  A.A.  &  M.U.  A.  OLIVER. 


Buxton 


CRESCENT  HOTEL 

BUXTON. 

Offcally  Appointed  Hotel  to  Royal  Automobile  Club  Automobile  Association, 
Motor  Union,  A.C.U.  and  Automobile  Tourini  Club  of  America. 


llllSlj^.t.'..A 


-^THIS  First-class  Hotel  occupies  the  best  situation, 
w'  being  near  the  Railway  Stations,  and  connected  by 
Covered  Colonnade  with  the  Baths,  Wells,  Pavilion - 
Gardens,  Opera  House,  &c.  Buxtcn  Golf  Links  one 
mile  from  the  Hotel.  The  St.  Ann's  Well  is  immedi- 
ately opposite  the  Hotel.  Table  d'Hote  at  7  p.m.  in  the 
Splendid  Dining  Room  (one  ol  the  tinest  in  the  Kingdom). 

GARAGE.  PETROL. 

Public  Dining,  Drawing,  Lounge,  Billiard,  Smoking, 
and  Reading  Rooms. 

ELECTRIC     PASSENGER     LIFT. 

E1.ECTUIC   Light   in   .\ll  Rooms. 


EXCELLENT    CUISINE- 


CHOICE    WINES    AND    CIGARS. 


C.   J.  SMILTER,  Resident  Proprietor. 

Telegraphic    Address  : 

"Crescent,   Bu.xton."  TELEPHONE  -No.    20. 


TERMS    MODERATE    AND    INCLUSIVE. 


Buxton 


BUXTON. 


The    BRUNSWICK    ii^fu.,^. 

Highly  Recommended.  Central  Position.  Excellent 
Entertaining  Rooms.  Electric  Light  Throughout.  Central 
Heating.  'Phone  45.  Mr.  &  Mrs.  S.  D.  GENT. 

I^'i     ^     ^  1^  T^C^/^T^T^    First-class  Private  Hotel, 

1  he  D£vl>r  URi3  st.     john's     road. 


On  the  Level.    Full  South  Aspect 
Grounds,  overlooking  the  Gardens. 


Standing  in  its  Own 
'Phone  541. 


BUXTON, 

OLD  HALL 

HOT 

EL 

THE 

Licensed  for  over  200  Years. 

First-class,  Comfortable  and  Quiet. 

APPOINTED    BY    "A. A." 

The  only  Hotel  with  intercommunication  to  the 

Baths. 

Opposite  Gardens.     Tennis  and  Bowls. 

Garage 

near. 

Telephone  475 

Wires :  "  Old 

Hall." 

H.  T. 

W.  BARRON,  Resident 

'  Proprietor.       1 

BUXTON     CORBAR    HOUSE, 

HOTEL         Mnnf^hP^tAR*     Rrl       Near  Baths  and  Pump 
PENSION,     Wl«.ni»»IC»tCr     nU.     Room.  Electric  Light. 
Lift.       Beautiful  Views.        Delightful  Sunny  Garden.        Electrical 
Treatment  given  on  the  Premises. 
'Phone  205.  Apply  The  Misses  ALLARD. 

Buxton  -  UMEHURST    HOTEL    PENSION, 

MANCHESTER  RD.    Beautifully  Situated.    S.W.  Aspect. 
Extensive  Views.     Five  mins.  fr.  Station,  Pavilion, 
Baths  cS:  Pump  Room.    Large  Garden.    Sep.  Tables. 
Lounge.       Electric  Light.      Terms  Moderate. 
Telephone  481.  Apply  Misses  DOUGHTY,  Proprietresses. 


Buxton  —  CheUenham — Clevedon — Clovelly  23 


CHELTENHAM. 


QUEEN'S     HOTEL. 

THE  LEADING  FIRST-CLASS  HOTEL  IN  THE  GARDEN  TOWN. 

THE  Hotel  faces  the  Promenade,  and  from  the  Windows  commands  an 
uninterrupted  view  of  the  Cotswolds.  Comfortable  Bedrooms. 
Beautiful  Suites.  Cosy  Lounge.  Billiard  Room  for  Visitors  only.  Elec. 
Light  and  Lift.  First-class  Cooking  and  Service.  Garase  for  40  Cars. 
Private  Lock-ups  for  20  Cars.  Heated,  and  with  Electric  Light  in  Inspec- 
tion Pit?.  Petrol  and  Repairs.  Open  all  Night.  The  Finest  Motoring 
Centre  of  England.  Famous  Cellars  of  Old  Wines.  Reasonable  Terms. 
Telephones  913,  914.  ST.AXLEV  G.  R.  HOLMAN, 
Telegrams.  "Quppn's." Mav^qing  Director. 

rhpltpnham-THR   rn I  WYN  Private  Hotel,  I.Bayshill  Lawn.    Situ- 
tllCllCUUdill      inCi    tULXXllI    ated  in  Best  Part  of  Town.  Central  for 

Promenade,  Colleges ,  itc.     Lofty    Rooms.    Comfortably     Heated. 

'Phone  870.       Under  Personal  Supervi'^ion  of  Miss  ^r.  E.  C.-\MUS. 

Ct-EVEDON. 

STANCLIFF 

BOARDING   ESTAB. 

N-s.    1  .V-  J. 

CH.-\K.\11.\G   Situ- 
ation,    in    Own 
Grounds,  overlooking 
Bristol   Channel   and 
Welsh  Hills.     Terms 
Mod.    H.&C.  Baths. 
5  mins.  Pier,  15  mins. 
Train  and  Links. 
'Phone  4. 
Tels.,  "Stancliff." 
Appiv  Mr.&  Mrs. 
F.  lEFFERlES. 


StancIiiTNo.  2  st.in.l 


as  to  left. 


Clevedon-Eastington 


Boarding      House,       Elton    Road. 

Centrally  Situated.  Close  to  Sea 
&  Pier.  >;car  Bowling  Green,  is  mins.  G.W.R.  &  Light  Railway 
Stations.     Cvcle  .Accom.  Terms  Moderate.    Apply  Misses  WILLIS. 


CLOVELLY,  N.   Devon.     Hirstcla'is  Fain.  /. 


.ireed  t 


^^To 


Tl^ii 


T-^ 


^^ 


iJKk-tord  Stall' 


Motor 

,  Meets  Trains 

at  liideford  Station  from  Hotel. 

From  Clovelly  9.45  a.m.,  3.30  p.m. 

,  5  p.m.    .\.  E.  BU.SHEI.L,  Prop'tor. 


THE    IDEAL    HOLIDAY    MAGAZINE 


IS 


THE  WINDSOR 


Colwvn  Eav — Cromer 


Colwyn  Bay  THE  OSBORNE  ^^cJif? 

Marine  Road.  Situated  in  the  Sunniest  Part  of  Colwyn  Bay,  with 
Magnificent  Views  of  Sea  and  Mountains.  Near  Golf  Links,  Piers 
and  Pavilion.  Every  Convenience.  Electric  Light.  Good  Cuisine. 
Sep.  Tables.  Terms  Moderate,  according  to  Season.  Special 
Winter  Terms.  'Phone  379.  Telegrams.  "The  Osborne,  Colwyn 
Bay."      Write  for  Tariff.  Mrs.   T.  POLLITT,   Proprietress. 

RHOS-ON-SEA,  COLWYN    BAY.  " 

Scj  Kr 

30  Bedrooms,  most  with 

Sea  \'iew 


fsAO 


(JSX 


stI: 


'-^'^Hofet, 


mtre 


RHOS-ON-SEA,, 


Close  to  Hublic 

nis  Courts.     Electric  Li^ht 

Throug-hout.     Near  Golf  Links      Separate  Tables. 

Tariff  on  Application.     MISSES  BACKHOUSE.  Pnjprietresses. 

Rhos-on-Sea(ColwyD  6ay)-B  E  L  V  E  DE  R  E 
Boarding  Establish ment.-SaSnied 

House.     Close  to  Pier,  Golf  Links,  and  Sea.       Most  convenient  tor 
Trams  to  Llandudno  and  Colwyn  Bay.    Tariff  on  application. 
'Plione  24Y3.  The  Misses  BURTT  and  WENSLEY. 

Near       ^ lni«hmnrf»' ^^^-  "°'^'  <^ 

I  Colwyn  Bay."   IIIIOIIUBUI  C   Bdg.  Estab — 

Facing  Sea  &  Pier     Close  Goll  Links.     Perfect  Cuisine.    Sep  Tables. 
Hlectric  l.ieht       Thnne  161  Colwvn  P.av. PROPRIETRESS. 

RHOS-ON-SEA,  ■^^at'"  R^os  Point  "'^-  K'surated 

on  Sea  Front.   Balcony  facing  Sea.  Mountain  Mews.  Kr.  (iolf  Links, 
Pier.  cS:c.  Good  Cuisine.  Sep.  Tables.  'Phon»  2fil.  PROPRI FTRESS. 

CROMER  COLNE  QUEST  HOUSE. 

Siluatc.l    ui    Own    (jrouiicl^.    thr.-c    acres.     l*'acing  South.      Tennis. 
Four  mmutes  to  ISeach.       GARAGE.       Easy  distance  ol  three  Golf 
Links    and     Bowling   Green.        Electric  Light.       Separate  Tables. 
Moderate  and  Inclusive   Tariff. 
Telephone  103.  Mi.s   .\.   M.   DOWDIXG,    Pioorietress 

Gromer-NtWHAVEN  COURT,  Guest 

Li  Own  Grounds  of  lo  acres.    Electric 
Light.  Tennis  (Hard  &  Grass  Courts). 
Superb  Ball   Rocm.        iS  Hole  Golf 
'  Course  (y  minutes).   Sea  Fishing.  Special  .-^utuuin  &  Winter  Tenns. 
'Phone  104  Cromer,  ^^rs.   LOI'TS,   Managing  Director. 

rnr\inaii     CEA   l/IEUf       OLDEST     ESTABLISHED     FIRST-CLASS 
tlUllitJl      wCn    VICVIi     PRIVATE  HOTEL.      UnnvaHed  lor  Cuisine 
and  Comfort.      Beautifully  Fuiiuihed.     lilectiic  Light.     Moderate 
IncUisive  Tariff.  M.  ^T^:\V^L■\N.   Proprietor. 

Deck-chair  and 
PPENHEIM 

'Ihe  Yellow  Crayon 
The  Master  Mummer 
.Anna,  The  .Adventuress 
A  Prince  of  Sinners 
A  Lost  Leader 
Jeanne  of  the  Marshes 
\  Maker  of  History 


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A  Nove' 

The  Survivor 
The  Traitors 
The  Missioner 
A  .Monk  of  Cruta 
False  Evidence 
'I'he  Betrayal 
The  Secret 


of  Happiness A 

by  E.  PHILLIPS    O 

Mysterious  Mr.  Sabin 
Ttie  Mystery  of  Mr. 

Bernard  Brown 
The  World's  Great  Snare 
A  Millionaire  of  Yesterday 
The  ^[an  and  His  Kingdom 
Mr.  Wingrave,  .Millionaire 
1  he  Governors 


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Cromer — Dartmoor—  Deal — Dover 


OVERSTRAND.  Np.  Cromer.       "The  Switzerland  of  the  East  Coast.' 

"OYERSTRAND" 

First-class  Hotel. 

Lhnrmi.iyly  .Situated  in  O-vn 
I  ■nun. ds,  adj.  Sea  &  Be.lch. 
nndst  Finest  Scenery  on  Nor- 
liilk  Coast.  Five  niins.  from 
Royal  Cromer  Coll' Links.  & 
tonvinieiit  for  .Sheriiijihani. 
U.Kunton,  and  .Miindesley 
Coif  Links.  Splendid  Cuisine. 
Tennis.  Gra.ss  &  Hard  C ourts. 
Coif  Nets  for  Practice  or 
Tuition.  Croquet.  Garage 
with  Private  Lock-ups.  Inclu. 
Terms.  'Phone  Cromer  196 
Tels..     "Overstrand     Hotel. 


Dartmoor-PRINCETOWN. 

First-class  PRIVATE 

HOTEL.  Muit  Cen- 
tral for  Tourists. 
Central'v  Heatc-d.  Elec.  Lisht.  Bath=  (H..S;C.).  Smoke  &  Sitting 
KooiiH.    P.T.rnial  Supervision.   Mr.>';:Mrs.  1.  R,  M.AKTVK,  Pmp'tor.:. 

Deal-DEAL  HOUSE  HOTEL. 


Incorporating       N 
WARREN  HOUSE./' 


LEADING      PRIVATE      HOTEL. 

Dircitly  nil  Sia  1-roiit.     Clo.-e  tu  Piur  and 
Bandstand.       Well-appoinled  and  Comfortably  Furnished.       All 
Publir.  Rooms  facing  the  Sea.        Moderate  anj  Inclusive  Terms, 
rndcr   Personal   Supervision  of   PROPRIETRESS. 

Miles  !rom 
Bu.xton. 

Un  3Jcal  Countiv; 
iPcnsioii. 

Surrounded  by  the  most  Changing  Scenery  in  Derbyshire.  Southern 
aspect.  Shchering  under  Eccles  Pike  over  1,000  ft.  above  sea  level. 
Tennis.  Cronuet.  Ciolt.  Billiar.Is.  Electric  Light  Throughout. 
Garage.     Moa< nte   and    IiirhHivo  T.iriff.       Phone  46  Whaloy; 


DERBYSHIRE-Bradshaw  Edge,  Whaley  Bridge. 

Zbc  S\^caniores. 


DOUGLAS,  I.O.M.-DODSWORTH'S 


Queen's  Prom. 

ho  luMv.-  (.  h.ir 


PRIVATE      HOTEL, 
Metropole   Mansions. 

TeN..  "  nol'-worth,  .Mctiopole  .Mansions,  Poualas." 
:.s  10  6  per  (lav.  .Mr.  ."^  Mrs.  UUIJSWORTH. 


nnUf^l*     ^nilTHVIFW    PRIVATE  HOTEL.    The  Happy  Medium 
UUVCI      OUUinflCIf    between  Expensive  Hotels  &  Ordinary 

Boarding  Houses.  Comfortable  Lounije,  Dra-.ving  &  Dining  Room;, 
all  lai  III,:  Sea.  Sep.  Tables.  Elec.  Light  Throughout.  Handy 
for  CIO-.S  ( iiannel  Boats.  Close  to  Piers,  Stations,  Shops,  &c. 

The  Hotel  holds  A.C.U.  an.i  C.T.C.  Ofhcial  Appointments 
'Phone  Dover  289.  Tels.,  "Soiithview,  Dover  289"  (.-^11  Night 
Service).     Ennuiries,  SOLTHVIEW  HOTEL,  Sea  Front,  Dover. 

The  WINDSOR 


FOR  ENTERTAINING    HOLIDAY    READING. 


26 


Droitwich 


33XS.O  ncT;«7-ion:- 

NATURAL   BRINE  BATHS. 

Renowned  for  Treatment  of  RHEUMATISM  AND  ALL  ALLIED 
COMPLAINTS.  Illustrated  Booklet  ot  Ireatnients,  Charming  District, 
Hotels,  &c.,  from  Spa  Director, 

J.  H.  HOLLYER,   52,  Corbett  Estate  Offices,  Droitwich. 


OROITWICH  (SPA). 
The  Worcestershire 

Brine  Baths   Hotel, 

(lose  to  St,  Amlrews  Brine  Baths. 
150  Rooms  (Bedrooms  on  G  ourd 
Floor).  Suite,.  Lift.  Lounge  and 
Dining  KoomEnlarged.  Electric 
Light.  Enlarged  I'livate  Grounds 
with  Hard  &  Grass  Tennis  Courts. 
New  l8-hole  Golf  Course  with  Club 
House.  Garage.  A.A.andR.AC. 
Open  all  the  Year.  Mod.  Incl. 
Terms.  Write  for  Descriptive 
Tarift. 

T.  R.  CULLEY,  M.^nager. 
'Phones  ;  2  Office,  48  Visitors. 
Tels.,   "Worcestershire    Hotel. 


UroitM 


ch.' 


DROITWICH   (SPA). 

Ayrshire  House. 

Private  Boarding 
Establishment. 

Standing  in  its  Own  Grounds, 
with  Tennis  &  Croquet  Lawns. 
About  300  yards  from  St. 
Andrew's  Brine  Baths.  Cor- 
ridors Heated  in  Winter. 
Excellent  Cuisine.  Annexe 
added.  Garat^e.  'Phone  37. 
Mis.s  REILLY, 

F'roprtetress. 

DROITWICH  (SPA 


ST.  ANDREW'S 
HOUSE. 

Leading  House. — ■ 

Electric  Light,  constant 
Hot  Water  supply  in  Bed- 
rooins.  and  Vl-Spring  on 
Box  Mattresses.  Situated 
in  Beautiful  Grounds  of  10 
acres.  Separate  Lawns  for 
Croquet,  Tennis,  Bowls, 
^nd  9-hole  Putting:  Green. 
(_)wn  Dairy  Produce  and 
poultry.  Lock-up  Garages. 
Moderate  Terms. 


THE    BIGGEST,    BRIGHTEST    AND     BEST     MONTHLY 


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D  nlverton —  East  bou  rne 


27 


DulvertOD  CARNARVON  ARMS  HOTEL.   420  feet.) 

Quite  in  the  Country.  Mvc  niilcs  Reserved  Trout 
Fishing  to  Guests.  Stag,  Fox,  Otter  Hunting. 
Hunters  for  Hire.  Own  Farm  and  Dairy  Produce. 
Tennis.   Billiards.   'Phone  2.  Wire—"  NELDER." 


DULVERTON. 

LAMB    HOTEL. 

piRST-CLASS.  Hunting.  Free  Fishing  to  Guests  stajnng 
^  in  Hotel.  Hunters;  Hacks:  Stables;  Carriages  of 
all  Descriptions.  Open  and  Closed  Cars.  Garage  and 
Inspection  Pit.  Billiards.  Motor  Bus  meets  all  Trains. 
Li-stcd  Hotel  to  A.A.  and  M.U.  Write  for  Tariff  to  the 
Proprietors,  W.  D.\RT  .t  G.  C.  STAXBURY. 

Wires:  "  Stanbury,  Dulverton."  Telephones. 

DULVERTON,  Somerset. 

THE    GREEN 

PRIVATE  HOTEL. 

r\\\'S  Grounds.  Pacini; 
^^  South.  First-class. 
Beaut  il  111  Gardens.  Charm- 
ing Views.     Hot  and  Cold 

Luncheons  and  Teas. 
Open  all  the  year  round. 
FreeFishiiig  to  Guests  staying 
in  Hotel.  Close  on  Exnioor, 
the  celebrated  Loma  Doone 
Country.  Garage.  Motor 
meets    all     trains.         Terms 

Moderate  and  Inclusive. 
Apply  to  PROCRIETRESS. 


EASTBOURNE.— Devonshire  Place,  oi  tti 


Up-to-date 


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r-^-^'^i^  ""^  Hotel  Wolseley 

rr-0-^  j--»-'-  _  Land.iulette  at  Visitors' disposal  for 

■  I*  ■  t''  Station,  Tticatres,  and  3  Golf  Courses,  6d.  each  way. 

—"""'■"  Central  Heatine.  Gas  Fires.  H.  &  C.  Water  ci;  'Phones  in  all  Bedrooms. 

Eastbourne— GLENDOWER 

PRIVATE  HOTEL,  Burlingfon  Place.    Near  Devon- 
shire Park,  and  only  one  minute   from   Sea  Front. 
Gas  Fires  in  Bedrooms.    Terms  3  gns.     No  Extras. 
Mrs.  M.  HAMILTON  MOSS. 

Eastbourne  LATHOM  HOUSE 

First-class  Private  Hotel,  Howard  Square.  Close  to  Devonshire 
Park  and  Principal  Amusements.  Only  one  minute  to  Sea  Front. 
Gas  Fires  in  Bedrooms.  Ideal  Winter  Residence.  Terms  from 
8    guineas,    according     to     Season    and     Rooms.  'Phone   985. 

Tels.,  "  Lathorn  House."  Miss  BRIDGE,  Proprietress. 


■2S 


EdmbiirKh — Exmouth — Falmouth 


English  Lakes 

(See  pages  14,  18,  30,  35,  36,  631. 


EDINBU.tiiH. 


Ceni.aliy  situated  in  Pntice3  St, 
opposite  Prinoiis  Gardens. 


FIRST-CLASS  FAMILY  and 
RESIDENTIAL   HOTEL. 
Tel.     No> 

S304  (5  lines) 


9^ 


V^ 


v^o 


r^ 


Telegrams 
"  WELCOME, 

EDINBURGH.' 

from     East 


Three      Minutes 
and    West    Coast     Railways. 

G.  TESTUZ.  Manaser. 


Exmouth— IMPERIAL  HOTEL. 

Stands  in  Pte.  Park,  facing  Sea.  Officially  Apoointed  Hotel  to  R.A.C. 
&  A. A.  Ex.  Winter  Resort.  Enlarged  &  Refurnished.  Elec.  Light  & 
Lift.  Central  Heating.  Single  Rooms  &  Suites.  High-class  Cuisine. 
Three  Golf  Links  nr.  Hunting.  Fishing  in  Private  Waters  &  Sea. 
Mod.  Inclu.  Terms.      Tels. — "  Imperial,  F'Kmniith."     'Ph'nip  16. 


FALMOUTH. 


BOSCAWEN  HOTEL 

PRIVATE   RESIDENTIAL. 

COUTH  Aspect.  Csnt.-e  of 
Falmouth  Bay.  Five 
iu:nutts  from  Station.  Elec. 
Light  Throughout.  Separate 
Tables.  'Phone  141. 

Wires,  "  Boscawen  Hotel." 

UUistrated  Prospectus    from 
The  PROPRIETORS. 


Ik-autilully  Situ.itud    uii    the 
Promenade.     1', icing  the  Sea. 
Close  to  Concert  Gardens  & 
ables.     Personal  Supervision.      " 
Mi^s  M.  HARRY.   I'ronnetress. 


Falmouth,  Cornwall  PENTARGAN  Kl^^ 

Stands  in  Own  Grounds.  South  .-Aspect.  On  Sea  I'ront.  l)irectly 
farmg  the  Bay.  Smoking  Rooms.  Lounge.  Bdliards. 
Full-size  Table  (Thurston).  Croquet.  Table  dTlote.  Separate 
Tables.    Electric  Light  Throughout.      Golf,  i8-hole  Course,  i  mile. 

Apply   Mr.   i:  .Mrs.  J.  BANBURY.  Prnnrirtors. 
Tclephnnp  101   FahiKMith^ Also  •'  ERDISTON."  Bude. 

THE  WINDSOR  MAGAZINE 

BEST  FOR   THE  HOME.       BEST   FOR   THE   HOLIDAY. 


Falmouth — Felixstowe  29 

Falmouth-The  Falmouth  Hydro. 

stands  in  Own  Grounds  of  2  acres.  Sea  Front,  facing  South,  Magni- 
ficent View  of  Bay  &  Pcndennis  Castle.  Sep.  Tables.  Spacious 
Lounge,  Billiard,  Smoking  &  Reading  Rooms,  all  facing  Sea.  Private 
Sitting  Rms.  Recreation  Rra.  Elec.  Lift.  Elec.  Light  Throughout. 
I  min.  Bathing  Beaches.  Tennis.  Croquet,  Clock  Golf,  Bowls.  Mod. 
' Phone  180.  Illustrated  Tariff  apply  .\[iss  ROW,  Managerpss. 

SUNNY    FELIXSTOWE 

FOR  HOLIDAYS  AND  HAPPINESS. 

Promenade  2V  miles  long.  Safe  Bathing.  Boating.  Bowls. 

Illustrated  Guide.     Apply,  enclosing  Stamps,  2d.,  to  W.L., 
INFORMATION  BUREAU.  TOWN  STATION. 

Felixsiowe-CRAND  HOTEL.  s^^ti^'HS". 

class  English  Cuisine.    "A  Most  Comfortable  Hotel." 
'Phone  84.      Telegrams,  "Grand,  Felixstowe." 
RESIDENT  PROPRIETOR. 

Felixstowe— MELROSE    PRIVATE 

FIRST-CLASS    FAMILY    HOTEL.       finest 

Position.    Facing  Sea.    Dancing  and  Bridge. 

'Phone   103.     Write    for    Illustrated  Tariff. 

Mr-.    T.   C.   BrrLFK,  Propiictress. 

ALSO  AT  128,  King's  Road,  BRIGHTON.    T'honcl701  Bnght..ii. 

MJTH  BEACH  MANSION 

PRIVATE  HOTEL,  En  Pension  and  Reslde.itial.  Situated  m 
Kxtensive  Flower  Garden  and  Rockery.  F^acing  Sea.  Close 
to    Golf   Links,    Tennis   Courts   and    Croquet.  'Phone  155. 

Tariff   on    APrlii^ation.  i:.    ROWKX.  Rrsident  Prnprietrrsi; 

Felixstowe-THE  ORWELL  HOTEL 

The  Garden  Hotel  of  Felixstowe.  (Five  minutes'  walk  from  Sea 
l-ront  and  near  Golf  Course).  Delightful  Summer  Re-idenre. 
Lxcellent  Cooking.  Inclusive  Tariff.  Tennis.  Billiards.  Stabling. 
Garage    'Phnn?70.    For  Tariff,  plea-e  anplv  to  the  MAXAGER 

Fellxstowe-BRANDOIM  'hT/eU 

Centre    Sea    Front.        South    Aspect.        Between 
Pier,  Spa  ik.  Amusements.         Sheltered  Verandas. 
Elec.  Light.      Good  Table.     Indoor  Amusements. 
Wireless  Concerts.       Apply  PROPRIETRESS. 

Felixstowe-CHATSWORTH  EISV^J^  pie^^rnrSLnd'sS 

Lxcellont  Cuis-iii.'.  Sni-km^  l..iurii;c.  Garage.  Tds.,  "  Chatsworth, 
l-chxst.iwe."     •plintii-   130.      .Mr.  U  Mrs.  liAWSOX.  I'n.prietors 

^HiwlNDSORMAGAZINE 

AT  ALL  BOOKSTALLS,  BOOKSHOPS  AJSD  NEWSAUEMTS. 


30     Folkestone — Fowey — Freshwater  Bay — Grasmere 

FOLKESTONE.     Wast  Lea3.     Liberally  Administered. 

Well  Maintained  &  Very  Comfortable.  ■  ^^  |'      AT 

■"  ^-^■"■"^"^^  Terms, 

Summer  July  1  to  Oct.  1. 
e— 5  gns.     .Sprinif  &  Autumn  4J  gns. 
Daily  (unbooked)  l-'/6  to  14,6  1-.   L.   DIU.L. 


:r;^^u^ 


Westbourne  Gardens. 


Folkestone   -  NORMANDENE     PENSION, 

Quiet  and  Select.       Ideal  Position 

for  \Vinter  or  Summjr   Residence. 

South  Aspect.       Private  Tennis  Court.       Suites  of  Rooms   from 

Octobei    to    April.  Excellent    Cuisine.  Separate    Tables. 

Moderate  and  Inclusive  Tariff.         'Phone  95. 

Mrs.  E.  B.  NKEDI.EY. 


Folkestone  LANGHORNE  HOTEL 


Premier  Position  on  Leas. 


Telephone  No.  357. 


FOWEY-The  Esplai^ade  h 


Private 
otel. 

Good  View  of  Harbour.    Ga.rden.    Private  Landing. 
Convenient    for    Fishing,    Boating    and    Bathing. 
Miss  M.  R.  HICKS,  Proprietress. 

FRESHWATER  BAY,  i.  of  W. 

FRESHWATER   BAY    HOTEL 

SUNSHINE.         SHELTER.        SECLUSION. 

Unrivalled    Situation  and  Views.     Six  Acres  Grounds.     Lawn   to  ClilTs.     Cuisine  and 

Cellar,  First-class.     Own  Garden  Produce. 

PRIVATE    SUITES,    WITH    BATHROOM. 

CLIMATE     RENOWNED     FOR     RECUPERATIVE      POWERS. 

Golf  (opposite),  Two  18  hole  courses. 

Through  Bookinjjs,  including  Coach— Waterloo,  via  Lymington,  3k    hours.     'Phone  47. 

RESIDENT  PROPRIETOR. 

Also    ALBION     HOTEL    (summer    only)    ON     SEA     FRONT. 

Gloucester-Bell  Hotel.-^rad4'''i^'oter"^S'5; 

appointed    by    R.A  C,    A. A.   &   M.U.       Night    Porter.        Electric 
Light.    Garage.     'Phone  772.      Tels.,  "  Bell  Hotel,  Gloucester." 

GORLESTON-OS-SS A.— FMms  -Sea  &  Harbour. 

Board -Residence  a  Speciality. 

Accommodation.  Elcctr 
Light.  Baths 


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Luncheons,  Dinners  & 
Phone  118.     Prsiil.    Supervision.     Mrs   A 


First  class 
BILLIARD    SALOON 

Teas  for  Non-residents. 
,  FOWLER.  Prop'tress. 


Grasmere  (English  Lakes)-BALDRY'S  "MOSS  GROVE" 

FIRST-CLASS  PRIVATE  HOTEL.  Old-established.  Highly 
Recommended.  E.\cellent  Catering.  Splendid  Centre  for  Climbing, 
Coaching,  Boating  and  Fishing.  Coaches  to  all  parts  of  Lake 
District.  Chars-a-bancs  from  Hotel  meet  Steamers  at  Waterhead 
Pier  GARAGE.  Tels.,  "  Moss  Grove,  Grasmere."  'Phone  51. 
Personal  Supervision.      Mr.  &  Mrs.  E.  H.  BALDRY,  Proprietors. 


Harrogate  31 


Harrogate 


Is  Situated  on  the  Yorkshire  Moors,  on  a 
Tableland  with  nothing  higher  between 
it  and  the  Sea  (60  miles  away),  with  no 
Works  or  Factories  near. 

The  Air  is  naturally  Pure  and  Bracing. 

The  Surrounding  Country  teems  with 
Beauty  Spots  and  Historical  Associations. 
Roads  are  excellent  for  Motoring. 

Golf  (3  links — Sunday  Play.  Angling, 
Shooting,  Boating,  Tennis,  Croquet,  &c. 

The  Entertamments  and  Music  are  of  a 
very  high  order.  Alfresco  Concerts  and 
Teas  are  a  feature. 

The  Shops  are  excellent,  and  the  Social 
Amenities  are  all  that  can  be  desired. 


The  "  CURE.  "  is  of  course  second  to  none  the  wide 
w.JiId  over  and  renders  ihe  G:;rinan  and  Austrian 
Resorts  absolutely  unnecessary. 


For  details  of  Hotels,  Trains 
and  Harrogate  generally,  write 
F.  J.  C.  Broofne,  Dept.  "  W.L." 
Harrogate. 


32  Harrogate — Hastings 

HARROGATE     AD  ELPH  I    HOTEL. 

One  ot  the  Oldest  and  Most  Comfortable  Residential  Hotels  in 
Harrogate.  Near  Valley  Gardens,  Royal  Baths  and  Royal  Hall. 
Handsome  Lounge  and  Dining  Room.  Beautiful  Garden  and 

Tennis  Lawn.     Excellent  Cuisine.     Hotel  Bus  meets  all  Trains. 
Residential  Managers,  Mr.  &  Mrs.  R.  H.  THORNTON 
'Phones  255  *   256.  f  fat''  Carporation  Hotel.  Middksbro  ). 

Harrogate  — W  E  L  L  I  N  G  T  O  N 

Ur>Td  FIRST-CLASS  FAMILY.        Telephone  257. 

■■'-'■    CI-.  Mrs.  STOKES. 

SUNSHINE    &-     PLEASURE         ^ 
ALL  THE  YEAR    ROUND. 


u  mBm  o 


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Write    Box  W.L.,  Town   Hall,    Hastings,  for    Particulars  of   our   Twelve 
Months'  Season. 


HASTINGS. 


QUEEN'S  Hotel. 

I    EADING  and  Best.     Most  Central  Position 
on     Front.         No     Trams     or     Traffic. 
Headquarters  Local   Rotary  Club. 

'Phone   Hastings  201. 


ITastiiiETS — Hunstanton-^  lit  racombo 


33 


HASTINGS. 


FIRST-CLASS  HOTEL 


e:x:cellent    cuisine:. 

Finest    Position    on    Sea    Front. 
Away  from    Trams   and    Traffic. 

Hunstinton-LE  STRANGE  ARWS 

and  GtsLF  LINKS    HOTEL.— Phone  10.      Garage. 
GLEBii    :    OTEL.— Tlionc  35.  „ 

GOLOEN    LION     HOTEL.—  Phone  18.      „ 

C.  ERXEST  GRAY.  Proprietor. 

ILFRA_OtyiB-. 


Sl!^£3?£3  XS.3:.^.X. 


n^IIIS  Well-known,  High-class  PRIVATE 
■^  HOTEL,  facing  Sea,  contains  100 
Apartments.  Lounge.  Billiard  and  Ball 
Rooms.  Elec;ric  Li^tit  and  Lift.  Separate 
Tabiei.  Frequent  Dances  and  Entertain- 
la  Ills      Golf  Links  11  miles. 

Mo-lcrate  Inclusive  Tariif  from 

L.  P.\RSONS. 


ILFRACOr.IBE. 

MOONT A 

PRIVATE     HOTEL. 

Di;LU,il  ll-'l   1.1. ^■    Sit- 
uated,   mimnl  lately 
on     Sea-edge,  and     com- 
manding   a    Magnificent 
View     of     the     Channel. 
Close  to   Pier   and    Cap- 
stone  Parade.      li  lectrx 
Light     Throughout. 
Moderate  and    Inclusive. 
Tcrm^. 
.'\pply  Propriftors, 
Tli^  Misses 
CORDON  iS:  Dt'XSTKR. 


^■■■■"Smiiii 


lifracombe  Pnvate  Good -class  Boardrng;  House. 
beatield  Terrace. 

ILLUSTRATED  TARIFF.  TERMS  STRICTLY  MODERATE. 

Mk.   cV   Mrs    C    BKAN. 


Series,  I9.2.|--5J 


Ilfracombe 


ILFRACOMBE,  N.  Devon. — First-clajs  Family  Boarding  Estab 


Over  2,300  Keferiince;  in  V 
Magnificem  Sea  Si  Land  \'i 
New 


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x-x^ 


II. 


44  licdroom^i. 
Baths.  Balconies,  rjec.  Light, 
parate  Tables.  Billiards.  Comfort.  Suciabi.ity- 
-.      TlinnclS^      M'.  K.  HOSTHK.Proprietnr. 


llfraoombe-'Orosyenor'  s^ 

Private  Eotel.     First-class  En  Pension.      One  Minute  Sea  &  t'arade. 
Spacious  Public  Rooms.    Lounge.     Table  d'Hote.    Separate  Tables. 
Keplete     with     everv     Comfort.  Moderate.         Liited      Hotel 
R.A.C.  and  M.U.        Garage.      Tel.  63. 
Miss  \V.  L.  PICKETT,  Proprietress. 


BOARDING  ESTABLISHMENT.     Situated  on  Level.      Adjoining 
famous  Torrs  Walks  and  Tunnels,  Bathing  Beaches.    Smoke  Kooia. 
40  Bedrooms.     Good  Cooking  and  Attendance.       Unique  Position 
for  Winter  Residence.     Telephone  119.  W.  L.  CHADDER. 
TOURI.XG  CAR  FOR  HIRE.  OWN  GARAGE. 

Ilfraconibe- 

FAMILY    AND     COMMERCIAL.  (Unlicensed.) 

Central.  Facing  Sea.  i  minute  Parade.  70  Rooms. 
Good  Cuisine.  Inclusive  Terms.  Illustrated  Tariff. 
'Phone  40 .  Entirely  New  Management. 

Boarding 
Estab. 

Overlooking  Sea  and  Capstone  Parade.  Near  Pier, 
Steamer  Landing  and  Bathing  Beaches.  Good 
Cuisine.     Liberal  Table.     Moderate  Terms. 

C.  i:.  MITCHELL.   Proprietor. 

ILFRACOMBE. 

"  CECIL "   PRIVATE    HOTEL. 

FINEST  Position  on  Sea  Front.      Adjoining  Capstone  Parade  and  Pavilion. 
Magnificent  Sea  Views.         Excelient  Cuisine.       Table  d'Hote  daily. 
Separate  Tables.    Garage.     Moderate  Tariff.     Private  Motor  Cars  for  Hire. 
'Phone  121  F.  A.  KNILL.  Proprietor. 

Ilfracombe  MONTPELIER  HOUSE  ^'^UyfT^' 

BOARDING  ESTAB.  -Ma'inihcently  Situated.  Commanding  Un- 
intemiptcl  Sea  View.  Central  for  Town,  Beaches  and  Parade. 
iJinin-j  and  Drawing  Room,  with  Balcony  facing  Sea.  E'/ery 
Comfort  and  Liberal  Table.  Terms  2  to  3J  guineas  according  to 
Room  and  Season. 
Mrs.  R.  STANLEY  SHORT,   Proprictrc-s. 

ILFRACOMBE-THE  GILBERT  I'^/o'^ Ars'^^N^H^  ll^Jll:: 

Pleasantly  Situated,  facing  Sea,  Capstone  Parade,  ]'avilion,H<  Mch  & 
Pleasure  Ground,  i  min.Pier.  Reading,  Writing,  SmoKe  &  Billiard 
Rooms.  Garage.  Sea  View  Balcony  Bedrooms  &  Pte.  Sitlin.i;  Rixmus. 
60  Bedioonis.  H.  &  C.  Baths.  Noted  for  its  Liberal  Table,  lilcc.  Light 
Throughout.  Mod.  Terms.  Illus.  Tariff  on  Apiiliration.  Late 
Prop'tor.,  J.Trelease.    W.m.  BL.A.XOY  BROKENBKOW,  Prop'tor. 


Keswick 


35 


Isle  of  Man 

(See  pages  25,  49,  50) 


Isle  of  Wight 

I  See  pages  10,  30,  51,  52,  62) 


JEC  03  S  "\^r  I  C  :iaZ— (English    Lakes). 


Keswick-Quesn's  Hotel 


Is  one  of  the  most  Up-to-date  and  Best-eauipped  Hotels  in  the  District. 
CSTAKLISHED  over  200  years.  Situated  in  tlie  most  commaiidiii; 
■-'  position  in  the  town,  and  within  a  few  minutes'  walk  of  Dcrwent water 
Lake,  Gnit  I. ink';,  qivl  Fitz  Park.  Tlie  Hotel  has  been  honoured  with 
the  patronage  of  the  late  King  Edward  VII  (when  Prmre  of  W'ale^).  and 
other  Royal  PersonaLjes.  Special  Winter  Tfirifi. 

Well-appointed  Four-in-hand-Coaches  and  Motor  Chars-a-bancs  leave  Hotel 
daily  to  all  parts  of  the  Lake  District.  Garage  for  100  Cars  on  ttia 
Premises.     Oincially  appointed  Hotel  for  A. A.  and  M.U. 

Proprietors— THE  LAKE   DISTRICT  HOTELS,   Ltd. 
Telephone  23.  Mr.  &  Mrs.  H.  E.  REVELL,  Managers. 

First-class.  Magnilicent  \'iewi 
of  Lake  Derwentwater  &  sur- 
roundiui;  .Mountains.  Close  to  Lake,  Golf  Links,  Fitz  Park,  &c.  Re- 
commended M.U.  and  A.A.  Headquarters.  C.T.C.  The  well-known 
Lake  District  Coaches,  Ltd.,  &  Motor  Chars-a-banos  leave  Hote'  dailv 
lor  all  parts.  Special  Winter  Tariff.  GARAGE  for  100  Cars. 
Tels.,  •' Caterer,  Keswick."  'Phone  54.  Apply  .M.ANAGliKIiSS. 
Proprietors— THE  LAKE  DISTRICT  HOTELS.  LID. 

KESWrCK. 

The  centre  of  Lakeland. 
Derwentwater,  Bassenthwaito, 
Loweswater,Wastwater,  Thirl- 
mere,  Grasmere,  Rydal,  Win- 
dermere, Ullswater  &i  Coniston 
Lakes,  &c.,  all  easy  of  access. 
—Make  the  KESWICK 
HOTEL  your  Headquarters 
and  visit  the  above  Lakes 
by  Coach  or  .Motor.  Inclusive 
Rates.  Free  Golf  Course.  Per- 
fect Sanitation.  Illus.  Tarill 
on  application.  Hotel — Mr.  &, 
Mrs.  WIV..LL  KcM.l.nt  l'r.,,,ri.r- 
tors  Coaches  and  Motors— 
WIT.LL8  COACHES  &  MOTORS. 
LTD  I'll  .n.   20 


KrSWICK    HOTEL. 


KESWICK. 


MILLFIELD 

PRIVATE  HOTEL. 

STANDING  in  Own 
Grounds.  Few  min- 
utes' walk  from  Lake 
Derwentwater.  Close  to 
Public  Tennis  Courts  ani 
Bowling    Greens.  Golf 

Links,  5  minutes.  Railway 
Station,  5  minutes.  Garage 
near.  Under  the  I'eiscnal 
Supervision  of 

Mrs.  FRANCIS. 
'Phone  99.    Proprietress. 


^6 


Keswick — I.eaminfrton — ^Llandrindod  Wells 


KESWiCK  iEnglish  Lakes).    Fiist-ciass.  Old  Established 
Central  SituAtioii.   CI  se  Lake,  Park.  Golf  Link 
&c.      E.ectric    Light.     Sep 
Tables. 


UB 


C^"^ 


hba^ 


-'To-^J^ 


Mutor&  Coach 
oils  toall  pait:^.  Motors 
Hire.  Garnge.  Petrol  Personal  Supervision. 
Tariff  apply  E.  W.  ROBERTS.  Prnpri.  tor. 


KESWIC      .—Most  Central.     Easy  Distance  to  Golt  Links 
Twentuatcr.  Elec.  L 


FitzP.rk&l 
Throughout. 
R.A.C.  'Ph.m! 


E'S 


(\iw\\t52^ 


Sp. 


Uii'ing  Seison 
Motors  &  Coaches  Leave 
Hotel  fovall  Parts  of  Lake  District.  'Busmeots 
i    E.  GTLLES'IE. 


,-il  ■«■ 


Situated     amid     Beautiful    Mountain    Scenery.       Close   to  Lake- 
Derwentwater.    Recommended.    Miss  A.  MILLER,  Proprietress. 

.eamm^ton-lo^hians  Boarding  House,  "-Tar^Tm"; 


Room.     Baths 
Mfulerate  Charws 


ud     Gardens 


Mr; 


Comfortable.         Good     Table. 
A.  NETTLE Y,  Proprietress. 


I  flominrtiAri      i  '»#»?tin£i   Private  Hotel,  Newbold  Terrace. — Over- 
LCttIllldf.tUl|  — t-r^-ipfline    looking  Jephson  Gardens.      One  minute 
from  Pump  Room  and  Baths.     Lounge.     Garage. 

Applv  f'>r  Tci-ms.  Mrs.  AS'^INDHR.  Propr'etress. 


LriTLEHAMPTO.^   B^ACH      HOTEL. 


STRICTLY 
GROUNDS. 


FIRST-CLASS. 
FACINfl  SEA, 


STAND  INQ 
'Phone  55 


G.  S.  STACT-:V. 


Littlehdinpton  (wrn'Je'^ReUrthTHE  WHITE  HOUSE. 

Fmcst  Position  on  Sea  Front.  Close  lieach  &G0I1  Link--.   Inexp,-nsi\-e 

&  Comfortable.     See  Advertisement  on  back  of  Illustrated  Guide  to 

Lit«[c),in,nton.      'Phone  PS.         Applv   to   th°    FlxCM'R '  1-TK P'^S. 

First- 
class 
Sea   Front,    Facing    South.         'Phone    42. 


Littlekinpton  - ' 

Private    Hotel. 


SOUTHLANDS 


Apnlv  M'st;   WnoIV    M,Tnn."errss. 


KYNANGb  b»AY 

Beautifully  Situated,  and  com- 
manding  Magnificent    Views   of. 

the  rugged  Cornish  Coast.    Write  for  Terms.    Early  Season  Teniig. 

from  3  guineas.       Under  the  Personal  Supervision  of 

Mrs     R.    RO\VF,     I'm'^ri,!.-,  .:s. 


THE  LiZARD,  CORNWALL 
Boardiiis:  House. 


LLANDRSNDOD    WELLS. 


BRYNAWEL  HOTEL 

HIGH-CLASS.  FINEST  POSITION. 

Accommodation  for  150  Guests.     Electric  Lift. 

Golfing   and    Fishing   Centre.      Tennis.       Croqnet. 
Billiards. 


TcI,  27. 


JEFFREY  JONES,  Managing  Director. 


I.landrindod  Wells — Llandudao  37 

LLANDRar^DOD  WELLS,  Mid  Wales  The  GWALJA 

Ur|YC|         Health  and  Pleasure  Resort.     The  Largest  Unlicensed 

nU  ■  Clai  iioii'l  HI  I.laiulruulod.  I.ouugcs,  Ladies'  Drawiii!» 
Ivnin,  Sill  )ke  Ko'jin.  liilli.i'd  Room,  (two  tables),  Recreation 
Room  for  Uaiices,  Concerts,  &c.  Near  Station,  Post  Office, 
Golf,  Tennis,  Bowls,  and  Mineral  Sprinss.  Tariff  on  application, 
Five  milcA  of  goo  1  Trout  Fishinj  for  Motel  X'isito'-s. 

Llandrindod  Wells  K I  INS  G  S  L  A  N  D  ^^.^^e.!" 

l-arin,L;  (.■'.iiinion.     Tcrnis  :   .-Vnnl  to  luii'-.  3'      4'.  uii^.,  <">thir  iponths 
4     5,14ns.     'I'liuii.- \o.  67.     Mi>s  i:UI  111  \\AI.".1':K.  I'ropri'trcss. 

Llandrindod  Wells— BRAMPTOIM  Private 


HfksPl        For  Home  Conilorlj. 
""^'^''      'Phone  66. 


ij'ton    Hotel. 
.   THOMAS. 


LLANDUDNO 

Centrally  Sihiafed,        Facing  Sea 

Electric  Light, 
Two  Lifts. 


Pnvate  Garage. 


140  Room?. 
'Phone  391(3  Imes) 


HOTEL 


Terms  and  Full  Particulars— 

S.  CHANTREY,  Mana^ins  Director. 


LLANDUDNO. — First-class.     Central  Position.     Close  to 
hier,   faviiion    &  Golf  Links.     Ex,  Cuisine, 
Electric  Liiiht.     He.ited  in 


th^ 


CI.AB 


,»— -" 

Clarence  Hotel. 

Llandi 

dno." 

Fc 

LL 

awj; 

NO, 

1- 

■\cuvg  South— Finest  Se 
oraiid.-ih.     Heated  Thr 

1  &  Ml 

>un 

I.o 

inge. 

I'roin 

Bilharil  &   Smokins  Rooms. 
Phone  285      Special  \^  inter  Terms. 
Tarirr  apply  MANAGERESS. 


•jji^Ji: 


Uccreation  Room,     r.illiards, 
Ulectric  Lift.      Tel,  Add 
"  Middwood." 


i-ucmg   the 


Near 
Tennis  Courts. 
.■\ccomnicdation  tor  200  \'isitors. 
•Misses    .\fl|iULlilUN    &    WOOD. 


Llandudno  "Ormescliffe" 


L'lrsl-iias!-     t  .  -lOlei.     Facin.{ 
Sea.         Open    all     the     Year. 

.\(  (oni.  250  \'i-it'irs.    H,il!r"i>in     Dtneini;  &  Wi.'-cless Concerts  Each 
Lvtnini'.      Billiards.     '  Phone  178.      Mr.  «:  .Mrs.  .•\LLLlN  SMFni. 


38 


Llandudno — London — Lowestoft 


Llandudno- 


Promenade,   facing  Sea.      Splendid 
View  of  Bay  and  Omies.     Electric 
Light.     Picnics,  Motor  and  Coach  Parties  arranged. 
Terms  Moderate. Mrs.  K.  L.  PARRY. 

LSandudno-FOUR  OAKS  Boarding  Estab. 

(Temperance).  Central  Promenade,  opposite  corner  to  Hydro. 
Back  entirely  open  to  Mountains.  Easy  distance  Golf,  Pier,  Garage, 
Tennis  and  Theatres.  Sep.  Tables.  Excellent  Cuisine.  Open  all  the 
year.  Xmas  Festivities.  Personal  Supervision.  Good  Fires  in 
Winter.  Good  Ventilation  in  Summer.  Telephone  306. 
For  Terms  applv  Mrs.   SIMPSO>J  YATES.   Proprietress. 

9  HIGH -CLASS 
BOARDING 
ESTAB. 

Central.  One  minute  from  Sea,  Promenade,  and  few 
minutes  from  Pier  and  Pavilion.     Electric  Light 
Throughout.     Separate  Tables. 
l-or  Tariff,  applv  .Mrs.  SPRIXGTHORPK,   P,-oprietre;5. 

9  PRIVATE 
'         HOTEL, 

Gladdeaih  Avenue.  Sonth-wost  .Alport.  jk  minutes  from  Prom- 
enade and  Pier.  Near  Three  Golf  Link;,  Recreation  Ground  and 
Tennis.  Mountain  View.  Liberal  Table.  Every  Comfort. 
Reasonable  Terms.  Special  Winter  Terms.  For  Terms  apply 
Telephone  183.  Mi^s  RICHARDS  (late  West  End  Hotel). 

Llandudno-The  Sliakespeare  ^tlinstl': k^'^. 

Palladium,  &c.    Pte.  .■\partments,  Oct  to  June.    Elec.  Light.     Liberal 
Table        Personal  Supervision.      Mrs.  W.  L.  EDW.ARDS,  Prop'tress. 

THE    CRESCcNT" 


LLANDODNO- 


PRIVATE   HOTtL. 

Sea.       Own  Teniis. 


•o.-je  OF  TH 

Lawn  I'ree. 


El 


BEST."      I'rnin,  ,1,1  ir  Facing 
Tel.  274.       W.  L.  .MUKAX. 

Rus?ell 
Square 


'     7    Hotels.     2,000  Rooms.     Cent<a!  Position.    Room  Fitted     'Vj 
\      Hoi  and  Cold  Water.     Bat".:.     Breakfast  and  Service  from      '/ 

iSJBBSBSIBlBiSSaiB^KgBaiSESiaH 


Lowestoft — London — I.vniinston — L\  nniouth 


39 


Lowestolt-'' ESPLANADE  HOTEL. "-f.r-fT. 


ii-oias3   fnvaie  tioiel. 

'osilioii     on     sea 
Irr.nt.      Tr!.  293.  Anplv  l'rni)ri.>tor^.  Mr.  ,S:  \trs.    IKWKR. 


London 

(Sec  also  papcs  ii  and  v  in  front  of  this  Guide) 

Lymington  The  ANGEL   HOTEL. 

TEA    ING    FAMILY   AND   COMMERCIAL.      oniri  IJv  .Aproi.ted 
RA.C.     'Phone  Srt W.  J.   MCLTHAM.  "Proprielor. 

Lyndtiurst  ( Hants)  "Crown  Hotel "  ^iTtesid'eS 

(Rebuilt  1897).  Fariii;,'  So\itIi.  IHcctric  Li<?ht.  60  Bed  and 
Sitting  Rooms.  Large  Gardens.  Motor  Garage.  Livery  Stables. 
Telephone  No.  13.     Telegrams,  "  Crown,  Lyndhurst." 

LYNMOUTH. 


TOF5S      MOTEL. 


B 


i'.AUTIFULLY  Situated  lu  Us  U\\  a  ■..luuu  ..-, 
up,    and    facing    the    Sea.        Lu.xurious    ball 


Billiard  Room. 


Tels. 


.    leet 
Room. 
Garage.     Hard  and  Grass  Tennis  Courts. 
W.  &  R.  RIUDELL,  Proprietors. 
'  Tors,  Lynmouth."  'Phone  47  Lynton  E.xchanse. 


LYNMOUTH,  N.  Devon. 


The  BATH  HOTEL 


IJXDER  Entirely  New 
Management      and 
Own     Personal     Super- 
vision.     Nearest   Hotel 
to      and      Facing      Sea 
and  Harbour. 
Excellent  Cuisine. 
Mod.  Tariff.         Garage. 
'Phone  28  Lynton. 
Telegrams,  "Lord,  Lynmout'i." 
Tariff,  apply  J.  W.  LORD. 


4° 


J  yamoiuh — Lj-n'on 


I.YNMOUTH,    NORTH    DHVON. 


Best 


"Sr  ISJ  J3  .^  SLmJES     sex  O  1J7  xs  x«. 

Tlie  Oldest   Established   Fir',t  cK>ss   I  uuil\    II.  r,  1 
Position  ill  Lyiuuouth.       Two  mmuies  from  and  Overlooking  Sea 


Nearest  Hotel   to  Watersmnet,  Dfionc  Vallev,  and  Most  Central  tor  Devon 

and  Somerset  Staghouiuls.     G.W.Rly.   Motor  Coaches  call   at  llotei. 

Ejrtensive  Garage  with  all  facilities  adjoining  Hotel.      Petrol. 

Private  Lock-ups. 

Officially  appointed  to  R.A.C.  &  A.A.  Salmon,  1  rout  and  Deep  Sea  Fishing. 

Golf,  Bathing  and  Tennis.  A.  W.  G.-\VDON.  Proprietress. 


LYNMOUTH    ...  Devon. 


HOUSE    <Z%7elY 

Central    lor    V/atersmeet, 

Doone  Vallev,  and 

All  Places  01  interest. 

Cose  to  Sea   an>l  Cliff  Rail- 
way connecting  Lyntoa. 
M][iehead       Coach     Passes 

Door. 
Touring  Car  for  Hire,  and  fo 

all  Places  oi  Interest. 
Mi;s.  T.  \V.  SLAXN'. 

I'UOPRIETRESS 

I  els..  "  S'ann.  Lynmouth." 


LYNTQN,  N.  Devon. 

HlGH-CL.'VSS  Boarding  Establishment.  Beautifully  situated  in  Own 
Grounds,  on  the  sunny  side  of  a  hill,  about  400  feet  above,  and 
facing  Sea  ;  commanding  Finest  N'icws  o:  S.'_a  and  Coast,  Ixiver  Lyii,  and 
far-famed  Watersraeet  Valley.     Tels.,   "Fairholm."  .Also 

OLDFST   F.stablishcd    Boarding   House  in   Lvnton.       Every    Comlort. 
Moderate  Terms.     H.  &  C.  Baths.     Electric  Light. 
Terms  on  application  to— The  Misses  COUKTEEN  &  MADDOCKS. 
Tels.,  "Waterloo,  Lynton." 


Lvnlon 


41 


LYNTON     (N.    Devon). 

ROYAL    CASTLE    HOTEL 

In     the     LOil/iA     D03NE     Country. 


nice.  Lifjlit  Throiisliout.  Tabled'Hote.  Rending  aii.i  Drnwins  Roo'iis.  Newly 
constructed  Lounse.witli  Loveliest  Views  iii  England.  Putting  Course.  Tennis, 
En  Tout  Cas  and  Grass  Courts.  Motor  Coaches  O.iily  lu  .\lineii>;aa  and  f»r 
H.tcursions  Stag  &  Fo.x  Hunting.  Fishing.  Motor  Garage.  Motierate  rantl. 
'Phone  48.     Telegrams,  "  Castle,  Lynton  "         TOM  JOXES,  Proprietor. 


LYMTON,  N.  Devon. 


IMPERIAL    HOTEL. 


Magnilitcnt  Position.  600  ft.  above  Sea.  Charming  Views  of  Sea  &  Headlands. 
Fully  Licensed.  Heated  Throughout.  Elec.  Light.  Garage.  Wcll-appoiutcd  Hotel 
forComiort,  E.K.  Cuisme  &  .Mod.Tariif.   Tels.,  "Imperial,  Lynton."  "Pnone  50, 


42 


Lvnton — Malvern 


MALVERN. 

ALDWYN    TOWER 

Boarding:  Establishment. 

FINEST   POSITION    IN    IVIALVERN. 

BEAUTIFULLY  Situa!ed.     600  ft.  above 
Sea  Level.     Convei^iont  for  Town  ai\d 
Hilli.     Balcony  commanding  Magnificent 
\  lews.     Higlily  R,"co  nnipnded.      Electric 
Light    Garage  Near. 

Mrs.  FRED.   J.  SMITH, 


LYNTON,  N.Devon. 

NORTH  CLIFF 

Privato  Hotel. 

r-lRST-CL.^SS.  Situated  in 
r  the  Famous  North  Wa'k. 
Rebuilt  and  Redecoiated. 
Sanitation  Perfect.  Stands 
in  Own  Grounds,  500  leet 
above  and  faring  Sea. 
I  lectric  Light  Throughout. 
W.   F.  SLOUGH, 

Proprietor. 
Tcls.,  "  N'orthclilT,  Lvnton." 


^A^; 


'Phone  30^  Mai 


Proprietress. 


PRIVATE   HOTEL. 

Situated  in  Oun  Grounds. 
Nearest  Hotel  to  Srarion, 
Manor  Park,  Malvern  Collofje 
for  Girls.  S.  Aspect.  Elcc. 
Light.  Heated  Throughout. 
Ten  minutes  Hills,  Paf)lic 
Gardens,  Churches  and  Golf 
Links.  Handsome  Lounge. 
Ex.  Winter  Home.  Write 
for  Descriptive  Tarilf  with 
T-ocal  Views.  Garage  Near. 
Apply—  'Phone  91. 

Mrs.  T5RAY  HAK  TLAN'R. 


fUP'JLiCENSED).  Most  Convenient  for  Visitors  and 
Tourists.  Replete  with  every  Comfort.  Moderate 
Tariff.  Also  Restaurant  in  connection.  TTot^'vCold 
Luncheons  Daily.    Teas,  &c.     H.  G.  P.ERRY,  Pmn. 


Malvern  MONTROSE  HOTI 


FIRST- 
CLASS. 

rseautifully  Situated  in  Own  Grounds.  400  feet  above  Sea  level. 
Central  Heating.  All  Rfodcni  Improvements.  Close  to  Hills, 
I'ublic  Gardens  and  Golf  Links.  Special  Terms  for  Winter  Months. 
Illustrated  Tariii.  Apply  Mrs.  J.  \V.  VAUGHAN, 

'Phone  335.  Resident  Proprietress. 


Malvern — Margate — Matlock  Bath  43 

Malvern  SIDNEY  HOUSE  l°»'^r' 

Heaiitifully  Sit\iated.  Magnificent  Views.  Close  to  Hills,  Public 
Gardens  and  Golf  Links.  Electric  Light  Throughout.  Private 
Car  ior  Eire.     Garage  Opposite.     Moderate  Terips. 

Under  the  Personal  Supervision  of  the  Proprietress, 

Mrs.  A.  ED\V.A.RDS. 

Malvern-Grosvenor  ^^r^^^'f^'t:;^^''''^^')^. 

Ho.ited  in  Winter.   .M.igniticent  vicw>  of  tlic  Hills  and  Severn  Valley. 
'Fhon^lSS. Mr<.  WALWYX   V  Ari-:S   Pro-^rietre^^ 

CLIFTONYILLE  (Margate)-Hotel  Florence. 

First-class  Family  &  Residential.  (Fully  Licensed).  Finest  Posi- 
tion on  Sea  iTont.  Spacious  Ball  Room — Unsurpassed  Floor. 
Large  Dining  Hall,  Comfortable  Drawing  and  Reading  Rooms, 
and  Billiard  Room.  Lift  to  all  Floors.  Open  all  che  Year. 
'Phone  118.  Telegrams,  "  Hotel  Florence,  Margate." 

Mr.   &  Mrs.  \V.  ,^.\^^lESO^■. 

Margate,     Ciiftonville  — A  L  fVa  A  R 

f^f^lIDT  PRIVATE  HOTEL.  Opposite  Queen's 
\^\^y^r\  I  Hotel.  Sea  View.  A  High-class  Boarding 
Est'iblishimrit  and  a  Home  trom  Home.  Cuisine  E.xccllent. 
Terms  from  3  to  SV  guineas  according  to  Season  and  Room. 
Garage  adjoining.  IJnder  the  Personal  Supervision  of  the 
Tel.  Xo.  ^^-^^gat^.  747. PROPRlEl  KKS'i. 

Margate,    GSlftonvHSe  — THEDDEN 

f^S?^!l\lf^^    PRIVATE   HOTEL,   Nor!oll£   Road.      One 
Var^^^S^W)!—     iiunutc    S.a,    Ov.il   and    Hath-n,'.       First- 
class  TUrougbout.     Modern  and  Moderate.      Large  Public  Rooms. 
Dancing.     1  crnis  from  3  guineas  per  week.     'lei.  No.  479. 
ihe  .Mi-sfs  DALE  &   BAILEY.  Resident   Pronr  e  rpsspc. 

MARGATE,  CLIFTONYILLE-Northdown  Parade 

U^tfkl  GOOD-CLASS  FAMILY.  St<aciou^  l.ounje  and 
nU9.Cl>     Dmin-    Hall.       'Phrnic  402.        K.  T.  F  V-^hUM.  Lxn. 


MATLOCK.  THE 

LELYBANK  HYDRO, 

LTD. 

Hr.icins.  Health  &  Pleasure 
Resort  the  year  round  Beauti- 
ful Ballroom,  Spring  Floor. 
E.xtensive  Grounds.  Ex.  Cui- 
sine, lilec.  Light  Throughout. 
Central  Heating.  All  Hydro 
Baths  Free  toV;sitors.  Garage, 
Six  Lock-ups.  Tennis,  Bo-.vls, 
CroTuet,  Billiards.  Terms 
.Moderate.     'Phone  81. 

.Mr.  .S:  Mrs   JOHX   KAY. 

Managlrs. 

MATLOCK  BATH,  DERBYSHIRE -NSW  BATH  HOTEL. 

fader  Entirely  New  Management.  Listed  .■\..'\.  Garage.  Thermal 
Swimming  Bath.  F^xcellent  Cuisine.  Special  Attractions  for  the 
Winter  Season.        Tariit  on  .Application.  'Phone,  Matlock  39. 

Tels.,  "  New  Bath,  Matlock  Bath."  PROPRIETOR.  . 


44  Matlock — Mineiicad — Monmouth 

S  IV!  E  D  L  E  Y'S 

Hifitropatliic  EstaMisliiiieiit, 

MATLOCK. 


♦ 

®NE  ol  the  largest  and  most  complete  in  the  Kingdom,  extensively 
nationiscd  all  the  year  round  by  Pleasure-seekers  as  well  as  those 
requiriiig  Hydropathic  Treatment.  Daily  avernCTo  of  Visitors,  over  240. 
An  unrivalled  suite  oi  Hydrofiaihic  Baths,  including  an  un-t^-date  installa- 
tion of  Eiictncai  Appliances.  OonsaltinT  and  itesiUtnt  Physi  ians.  A  large 
Staff  (upwards  of  50)  of  trained  male  and  lemale  Nurses,  Masseurs,  and 
Bath  Attendants. 

B'.atlock  Golf  LinI  s — 18  holes,  within  15  minutes'  walk. 

TERMS  ; — 13'-  to  16/6  per  day,  inclusive,  according  to  Bedroom,  no  extra 
charge  for  Turkish  and  Ordinary  Hydropathic  Baths. 

Illustrated  Prospectus  on  application  to 

H.  CHALLAND,  Managing  Directok. 

Telegrams — "  Smedlevs,  Mallock."  Telephone  .Vy.  1? 

MINEHEAD,  SQM. 


I=R  O  lYI  E  N  A  D  E  . 

IMMEDIATELY   Facing  Sea.       Commanding   Extensive  Views   of    the 
Bristol  Channel,  North  Hill,  Moors,  Golf  Links,  S:c.      Balcony  extends 
eitire  length  of  Hotel.     Electric  Light.     Baths  (H.  &  C).      Private  Sitting 
Rooms  if  Required.    Under  Personal  Supervision.    Nearest  Kolel  to  Golf  Links. 
'Phone  144.  Telegrams,  "  Strand  Hotel." 

Tanli  on  Application.  1'.  STEVENS,   Proprietor. 

MonmQyth     BEAUFORT    ARMS     HOTEL 

l-irst-class  Tourist  House.  Finest  Garage  Iti  tlie 
Wye  Valley.  Table  d'Hote  7.30  p.m.  Sep. Tables. 
Finest  Cuisine  and  \N'ines  at  Moderate  Charges. 
Tclcphniic  10  Monmouth.  Miss  A.  RAINBOW,  Manageress. 

WINDSOR    MAGAZINE 

FOR     THE     BEST 

5T0RIES,     ARTICLES     AND     ILLUSTRATIONS, 


Mortehoe—  Mullion 


45 


Mortehoe,  N.  Devon. 


,^>   ,-.- 


i^» 


"WATtRSMEET" 

First-Class  Private  h  otel 

SOL'  ni  Asin-<t.  Chiirm- 
iiitj'y  ^ini.i.c.1  ill  Ovn 
Grounds,  which  join  Sea 
and  tiir  famous  Wuolacimibe 
Sands,  wiili  piivate  palb 
theieto.  Sunny,  Bra>-ing. 
Good  Balhina.  Electric 
•  Light.  Central  Heating-. 
Gulf.  18  hole<i.  Ovw  Tennis, 
Cuisine  anil  Service  Excel, 

Own  Car.    Garage. 

Telephone:  WoolatouibeS. 

Telt grams:  "  Watersnieet, 

Mortehoe.'* 

For  Illustrated  Taritl  apply 

A.  h.  CHUGG, 

PROFRI'FTOR. 


MOHTE     Ofc. 

WoolacouiDe  Bay,  N   Devon. 

RATHLElGi^^ 

First-class 

Boarding  Estai^lishment. 

CLOSli     to    and    Fating    St  i 
Few   minutes   from   Tenm- 
and    Golf.       Comfortably    I'u 
nishcd.   .Separate  Tables.    Gc 
Cooking.        Nursery    Aleals 
Childien    (under   I2    years  o 
with  Nurses       Inclusive  Ten 
from  £3  3s.   Res-dent  Proprietc 
.Mr.  &  Mrs.  S.  KEf.l 

MULLION,   CORNWALL. 


POLDHU  HOTEL. 


^  Lar?e;t  in  Dis- 
trict. FUectric  Light. 
Clo  e  to  Sea.  Good 
Beach,  bathing  and 
Foat  ns.  Close  to 
and  Nearest  to  Splen- 
did   Golf    Links.   itS 

holes  . 
IViotor  Garage. 

Station — Weliion. 
.A.i)p;y  .M.-\N.AGF-R. 


MULLION,  South   Cornwail 


■piRST-CLASS.  Stands  in  its  Own  Grounds  of  4  acres. 
-*-  Replete  in  all  Modern  Appointments.  Large  Lounge. 
Electric  Light  Throughout.  Facing  Sea.  Good  Boating 
and  Fishing.  Splendid  Sands.  Near  Excellent  Golf  Links 
(18  holes).  Visitors  driven  to  same  free  at  stated  tunes. 
Garage.     Terms  Moderate.  Apply  IMAXAGER. 


46 


Newcastle-on-Tync — Newquay 


New  Forest 


(See  page  39) 


Newcastle-on-Tyne    ST. 

64  to  68, 
OSBORNE  RD., 
■     JESMOiVD. 

This  Commodious  Kotel  forms  an  Up-to-date  Residence  with  con- 
veniences of  ordinary  Hotel.  Garage  near  hotel.  Tels.,  "  SL 
Margaret's,  Osborne  Road,  Newcastle."  'Phone  ^.53  Jesmond. 

Newquay,  Cornwall. 

ST.  KUMUN'S 

Private 
Boarding  Hous3. 

BEAUTIFULLY  situ- 
ated, facing  tlie  Sea. 
Adjoiuiut!  Beach  &  Go  if 
Lmks.  Private  J'ennis 
Courts.  Garage,  lenus 
Moderate.  'fuone  7S. 
AlRs.    hJHNS. 

Proprietress. 


NEWQUAY,  CORNWALL. 

TREGWELLA 

HIGH,   Bracing    Situation.         Magnificent    Sea    View. 
A    few    minutes'  walk    from    Sands,    Golf    Links 
and    Tennis    Courts.       Separate  Tables.       Good  Cuisine. 
Moderate   and   Inclusive   Terms.       Personal   Supervision. 
Apply  Miss  E.  CHALMERS,  Propriktkess. 
Telegrams,  "  Tregwella." 


NEWQUAY.    CORN\A^ALL.. 


NARROW  CLIFF 

Private  Hotel  (^o'p'IneV) 

Sea    View.        Close  to    Beach 

and  Station.       Electric  Light. 

Tennis    Courts.       Certificated 

Sanitation.     Terms  Moderate 

and  Inclusive.     Garage  Near. 

Special  Winter  Terms. 

Mrs.  VERRAN, 

Proprietress. 


Kew  I'-iay 


47 


NEWQUAY. 

"TOLCARNE" 

PRIVATE  HOTEL. 

Facing    Sea    and    Hathing 
KciLhcs.       BALLROOM. 
GARAGE.    Finest  Entilish 
CaiLT.njT.   Most  Reasonable 
Terms.     Newly  F'urniblietl. 
Flectric    Light.      Separate 
Tables.       Thirty-five  Bed- 
roo.ns.      Write  to-day  for 
Tariff  and  Booklet. 
Telegrams. 
"  F'arnier,  Newquay." 
GRAHA.M-1-ARMHR. 

I  Ki'l'KlinOR. 


Newquay— PENOLVER  Private 

Sitiuited  on  Narrow  Cliff.        Facing 
the    Atlantic.  Path    to    Beaches 

c)])]5osite  House.  Quiet  and  Comfortab'^.  3  minutes 
from  Station.  CECIL  DAVIS,    P  oprietor. 

HRiVAlE 
HOTEL. 

Situati-d  in  the  best  part  of  Newquay,  facing  Sea  and  Bathing 
Beaches,  with  tine  Views.  Close  to  Station.  Excellent  Cuisine. 
Separate  Tables.  Electric  Light.  Perfect  Sanitatiop.  Neai 
Tennis  Courts.  Every  Comfort.  Termi  Moderate.  Highly 
Recommended. Mrs.  H.ALL,   Proprietress. 

NEWQUAY,  N.  Cornwall-"  C  LI FFD EN  E  " 

FIRST-CLASS  PRIVATE  HOTEL.  Situated  on  Cliff  Balconies. 
Unrivalled  Views  of  the  Atlantic  Ocean.  .\ccess  to  Bathing 
Beaches  from  House.  Close  to  Tennis  Courts  and  Bowling  Green. 
Easy  distance  to  Golf  Links.  Three  minutes  from  Station. 
Excellent  Cuisine.  Moderate  Tenas.  Special  Winter  Terms. 
'Phone  183. Mrs.  &  Miss  PE.'\RCE.   Proprietresses. 

NEWQUAY-TOWAN  Private  Hotel 

ISLAND  ESTATE.  rn-.iutiful'.y  Situated  on  CI1II  facing  Towan 
Bathing  .Sands.  Extensive  Sea  and  Coast  Views.  Well-appointed 
Modern  House.  Electric  Light.  Temiis,  Bowls.  10  minutes 
from  Golf  Links.  Separate  Tables.  Excellent  Cuisine.  Special 
Winter  Terms.  Mrs.  A.  MORRIS,  Proprietress. 

Private  Car  fnr  Hire.  (Late  of  Tre\ose.) 

"PtHVATE 
HOTEL, 

Recently  linlarged  &•  lnipro\til.  l-inest  I'usitinn  on  .Sea  Front,  facing 
.Atlantic  Ocean.  One  minute  fiom  Sands,  tlarages.  Nr.  Station,  Golf 
Links,  Tennis  Courts  &  Bowling  Green.  Home  Comforts.  Electric 
Light.  Moderate  Charges.  Personal  Supervision.  'Phone  159. 
Tels.,  "  Killiek,  Trenance  Hotel,  Nowquav." 
For  Tarilf  applv  Mr.  &  .Mrs."  ROPER   KILLICK. 

112^ WINDSOR  MAGAZINE 

BEST    FOR    THE    NOME. 

BEST    FOR    THE    HOLIDAY. 


Newquay— 


^8 


Norwich — Oxford — Plyrrtouth 


NORWtCH. 


piRST    CLASS      MODERN     HOTEL.       Furnished     by 
Maple  S:   Co.     PubUc   Restaurant.      Popular    Prices. 
Night  Porter. 

Telephone  1411  Norwich. 

HENRY  L.  CLARK,  Managing  Director. 


EAD 


V/f  OST    Interesting    15th    Century  House.       Ecautifullv 
Fnrni-hed    and    brought    up    to  date.       New  Bath 
Rooms  and   Sanitary  Arrangements. 

Telephone  85  Norwich. 

HEXR.Y  L.   CLARK,  Managing  Dirkctor. 

OXF   '^  D.  -  rirsi-ciass  Family.    Centre  ot  Hiyii  St. 
ESTAijLlSnED  1400.    EUcUsht. 
Telepuune  arfii. 

Night  Porter. 


ijiinar,!;. 
Morris's   G  irage. 
■phic  Addiess—"  M.tre,  Oxford." 
Apply  MANAGER. 


OXro.<iJ. 

Private  and 
Residentia!  Hotel, 

47  to  53,  IFi'LEY  ROAD. 

Ti-iiiia   iMoilerate. 

'Jelcphoiie  776, 


Neai  Coileyes  aii^  River.    . 
Good  PuOlic  Rooms. 
%    /  Pnvate  Sitting  Roonv  if  requirtd. 
^V   /       Motor  Garage.     Small  Gaiden. 

^^  /  .Miss    liAKHR,    I'ropn<tn-ss. 


13  to  17, 
MAGDALEN    STREET, 


Oxforcl-OXENFORD    HALL, 

private  ano  IRcsiDeiuial  iDoicl. 

In  the  Centre  of  City.    Near  Co  eges,  and  opposite  Martyrs'  Memoria 
TersYis   I'lOJiei-ate.  'Phoiv^  ^48.  w»Joc»  W  .'sS  >N. 

Plymoiith-PEARSE' S  HOTELr^'^Jon^lr^et.'^TS'^) 

"' Garage.        A  C.U.,  C.T.C. 


Crlltr, 

•l'li> 


Near    Millbay    St.iliou. 
1812.        Al.nl-r.ito  'I'.itui 


COMMENCE     THE     JOUwN£Y      WITH 

THE  WINDSOR   MAGAZINE 


Paignton  -Penzance — Port  Erm  49 

PAIGNTON.  TORQUAY. 

GOODRlNGTON      HOUSE 

PRIVATE    RESIDENTIAL    HOTEL. 

A:i  Ideal  Summer  and  Winter  Resort 


Taken  by  Aerco  Aerials  Ltd. 
Finest  Position  on   Tor   iiiv.      Terms  En  Pension  according  to  Season   and 
Room.      Electric    Light.       Two    Large   Lawns.       Home    (irown    Fruit    and 
Vegetables.       G.irage.       For  Safe  Bathing  on  Own    Sandy  Beach.       Nearest 
Churston  Gnit  I.inlvs      Two  miles  to  Club  House.    No  Roads  to  Cross. 
'Phone PAIGNTON  151.  Apply  to  PROPRIETOR. 


OLD-ESTABLISHED      COMMERCiAL. 

Three  .Minutes Irom  Sea  and  Station.  F^lectrie  Lif>lit  Throughout. 
'Phone  89.  J.  S.  RICH.ARDS,  Resident  Proprietor.  ^ 

(22  vears  Wvvern  Hotel.  L--iceslet) . 

Penzance— Beachlisid.    The    Leading 

PfiUilto  Untt^l  Splendid  Summer  and  Winter  Resi- 
rl  IVMLC  nULCIi  deuce.  Situate  on  Promenade,  Full 
\'iew  of  M<junt's  B.iy,  The  Lizard,  St.  Michael's  Mount,  &c. 
.Sanitation  I'erfect.  Baths  (h.  &  c).  Gas  Fires  in  Bedrooms. 
Electric  Light  Throughout.  For  Terms  Applv  'Phone  67. 
Mrs.  ROLLESTOX,   Proprietress. 

Penzance  WESTERN  HOTEL. 

This  Old-established  Hotel  will  be  futmd  reijlete 
witli    fviTv    Comfort   for  Families   and   Tourists. 

'I'hoae  No".  10.        li.    CIIAAlFiON,   I'roprietor. 

Port  Erin-"SNAEFELL"  "nTttr 

1  iiiest  Position  on  I'r'.in, nadr.  l-'.u  iiig  I'.ay.  Close  lu  Links. 
.■\ccoinniodation  for  120  \'isitors.  Large  Ballroom.  Highly  Re- 
commended.    Tariff  on  application. 

T.  N.  SCOTT.  Proprietor. 

Series,  1924-23]  4 


50       Port  Erin — Portree — Pwllheli — Khj?! — Rothbiiry 

Port  Erin,  U.-Headlantis  Private  Hotel  - 

Overlo  'kiig  the  whole  Bay  and  Headlands.       Adjoining  Golf  Links. 
(.ARAGI-:       Person?!  Si'nervision.     Tariff.        Apply  P.  DANSON" 

Port  Erin,  I.M.-Eagfie  Hot&l~^:!i;^^''"'^J^ 

S:a.    Boaiinsr,  Bathing,  Fishing  and  Tennis.    Modciate  and  Inclusive 
"lar-iff         leU..  ••  i:agie.  Portcini."     W.  WHIIHAM,  Pioprietor. 

PORTREE,   S^YE. 


For  a  Charming  and  Health-giving  Holiday,  Magnificent  mountain 
and  Loth  Scenery,  Rest,  Romantic  Interest,  or  Variety — 

VISIT  THE  ISLE  OF  SKYE. 


PORTREE,  ISLE  OF  SKYE. 

The   Largest   ?.nd   Fines!   Hotel  in  the   Esland. 

ISLE  OF   S§C¥E   ¥lew   Bmk. 

Twenty  Kagnificent  Photos  and  Visitors'  Gui;le,  Is.  6d. 

J.  SIMPSON.  PortrPe. 


''ALES. 


SUM  M BR     A^D     \Vi\TER     RliSORT. 

Picturesquely    Situated,   with  Perfect    Views  of    Sea    Coast  and  Mountain 

Ranges.      Unsurpassed    for    Grandeur    in    any    Part    of    Britain.      Ideal 

Seaside  Resort  and  Medically  Recommended. 

Send  2d.  for  Booklet —Information  Bureau,  Town  Wall.    PWLLHELI 

A  la'N'l'ANCli  of  Hr 
■"^Sunshine.  Clear  I).! v.. 
no  I'o^s  or  Snow.  I.i^lit 
Rainfall  an(l.Sandy  Sub- 
soil. Excellent  Train 
Scr\ice.,  As  a  visiting 
cenire  Rhyl-  is  unsur- 
p.issctl.  Tilt;     safest 

Bathing  and  Sands  in  the 
Kinj^donu  Plenty  of 
.•Xiiiiisoments.  Muni- 

c  I  im!  Orchestra  &  I 


.Ne 


Pa' 


and  Marine  Gardens 


Illustrated  Guide,  List  oJ  Koteis,  hoarding  iiouces  ana  Apartments,  l-oh  tiee. 

2d.,  from  Dept.,  "W.D.,"  Town  tiall,  Khyi. 

The  Ideal  NORTH   WALES  RESORT  for  all  Sea^ns  of  the  Year. 

The   Best   for  Residential   and   Visltini.'. 

KHyi,  W.  Wales-"  Paastirioiu"  ^^^^^'1!: l^t^i 


Links.      Smoke  Rms.,  L 
Icnn-nn  application.   'Phom 


i*c40  Large  Bedroom-.     lUcc.  L 
170.     \V.  L.  MlTCllhXL.  Proo'i 


THE  MOST  PICTURESQUELY  SITUATED  HOTEL  W  NORTH- 
UMBERLAND. Stands  in  its  Own  Grounds  and  Terraced  Gardens. 
Overlooking  the  Slopes  of  Cragsidc,  on  the  outskirts  of  the  Bistoric 
Village  of  Rothbury,  with  Simonside(l,40<  ft.)towering  in  the  distance. 
Recreation  Room.     Garage.     Billiards.     Fishing.     Tennis.    Golf. 


St.  Annes — St.  Ives — Sandown — Scarborous;h 


51 


St.  Annes-on-Sea-"  CHASES8DE,".«"SH°Rb'AD."- 

l>\  orlookins.Asliton  l\o~e  Gdns.  i^:  Sea.    5  m'ns.  fr.  Pier  &  Station. 
PRIVATE  APARTMENTS.  Mrs.  M.  E.  LAXH.  Propria tre^s. 

CHY-AM^DREA  Residential   HoteS. 

ST.  IVES    CORNWALL. 


(5«1I«C« 


Beautifully  situated, facing 
St.  Ives  Bay,  Lovely 
\iews  from  large  Bay 
Windows.  Dining,  Draw- 
ing and  Smoking   Rooms 

face  the  Sea. 
For  Terms,  apply 
Mrs.  K.  C.  WHEELER, 

PriOPRIETRESS. 

'Phone  7?. 


ST.  IVES.  CORNWALL 

"  TREVESSA  " 

PPJVATE  AKD 

RESXDlLwTIAL   P-CTaL. 

Adjoining  Bathing  Beacb. 

Cose  to  Golf  Links  and 

Tennis  Courts. 

tiarage  Near. 

SpeciEl    Winter    Terms. 

■Pbone  St.  Ives  43. 

Telegrams  :    Treves-  a 

Hotel,  St.  Ives,  Cornwiill. 

T.rms.  Miss    NEWTON. 

Resident  Proprietres* 


SandowD.  I.Y/.— THE   SANDRINGHAM  S^Jfss.'^'S'-n 

ICspLinade.  Spacious  Dining  &  Drawing  Rooms,  &  Lounge.  Terraced 
Garden.     'Pnone  6P.      Apply  f(jr  Illustrated  Tariff  "  M." 

QcinHrtwn— <J<»a  CB'ftue  Private  Hotel  &  Boarding  Establishment. 
OClllUUlrni     OCCtgrUtfC        —Finest    Position,  lacing   Sea.    Terms 


M.idr.'.itL' 


H.  A.  CHILD.    Proprietor. 


SCARBOROUGH. 


PAVILION   HOTEL. 

The  Best  Appointed  Hotel  in  Scarborough.    R.A.C., 
A.A.         'Phone  70. R.  E.  LAUGHTON. 

Scarborough  PRINCE  of  WALES 


HOTEL 


-I'irst-class.     l-acmg  South  and  Over- 
looking Bay.    Enclosed  Suites.    Close 

to  South  Clilt  Coll  Links.        TcIs..  "  Princely,  Scarboro'.'' 
'Phone  925.  926. 11.   Et'RXlSS,   Proprietor. 

Scarborough  SWIFT'S  ^°^K'c""'^ 

See    Illustrated    .Ad\crt.     )n     Ward    Lock's     Yorkshire     Guides. 
J.    B.    SUTI-T,    I'roprietor. 


52  Scarborough  — Shanklin — Southampton 

Scarborough  —  CAMBRIDGE 


L. 


Sheltered  Position  near  Golf,  Tennis. 
Spa,  Gardens,  Sands,   &c.       Comfort 
Assured.    R.A.C.,  A.A.    Lift.     Garage.     'Phone  222. 

Miss  TAYLOR.  Managerc^^. 

Scarborough-RIVIERA  'h'oVeI.!' 

St.  Nicholas'   Cliff.      Overlooking  South  Bay,  Spa, 

Sands  ^:  Clilts.     Modern  Furnishings.      Sep.  Tables. 

High-class  Catering.      Tels.,   "Riviera,   Scarboro'." 

'Phone  479.  E.  D.\YSON-CROSLAND.  Resident  Proprietor 

Scarborough-THE  RANELAGH 

PRIVATE  &  RESIDENTIAL  HOTEL.  On  the  Esplanade,  imnie- 
d'ately  a't.ove  the  Spa  Ground?,  Commanding  Extensive  View  of  the 
Souti  Bay.  Lu.xurioujly  and  Tastefully  Furnished.  First-class 
Cuisme.  Reasonable  Tariff.  'Phone  564. 
Full  Particulars  from  The  MAN.A.GERESS. 

Scarborough-"MONTROSA  " 

SOUTH  CLIFF.  A  High-class  Private  Hotel,  occupying  an  Ln- 
n\  illc.l  I'lKition,  Overiool<ing  South  Bay  and  Gardens.  Convenient 
tor  Spa  and  Bathing  Pool.  The  Only  Hotel  with  Hot  &  Cold 
Water  i.m  All  Bedrooms.  Central  Heating.  Tennis.  3  Garages 
within  one  minute. RESIDENT  PROPRIETRESS. 

Scarborough-ALTON  |?fA\°,:rs'HMENT 

Prciuier  Position  on  North  Cliff.      Most  Comfortable.     .Moderate 
'lariff. Apply   PROPRIKTOR. 

Shanklin,  I.W.-"CHANNEL  VIEW" 

U|>Tei  Finest  Position  on  Cliff,  facing  Sea.  First-class  & 
n\t  l  ^^m  Thoroughly  Up-to-date.  Tennis  Court,  Croquet  Lawn 
&  Putting  Green.  Billiards  (full-size).  Ex.  Cuisine.  Sep.  Tables. 
Open  all  the  Year.  Garage.  Cars  for  Hire  'I'hone  72  Shanklin. 
Mrs.  PARSONS  &  DAUGHTERS,  Proprietresses. 

SHANKLIN,  I.W.CLIFTON  EST^eSrENT 

Prenuer  PositJ'm  on  Keats  Green.  Old  Lsiablished.  Close  to 
Chine  and  Lilt.  Mrs.  CLARK,   Proprietress. 

Qlianlrlin   TAiAfA>*C     I  W     Board  Residence.— Cen.  Position. 
OlIcAliniin     I  U  WCIO  J   1,  II .    Every  Modem  convenience.      An 

Ideal  spot  for  a  Holiday.     Rubble  &  Grass  Tennis  Courts.    Billiards. 

Croquet.     Bowls.     Moderate  Tariff.    Mr.  &  Mrs.  W.  L.  GOULD. 

SHANKLIN,  I.  of  W.— "  MILANESE  " 

Boarding  Establishmerit.^^^,^fRaSr" 
Southampton  HAMTUN    HOUSE    HOTEL; 

Private  &  Residential,  Hulse  Road. — In  Select  Residential  Neigh- 
bourhood. Close  to  the  Avenue,  Common,  Tennis  and  Croquet 
Clubs,  Golf  Links,  and  Cricket  Ground.  Three  minutes  to  Trams. 
Well-appointed  Throughout.  Cuisine  Excellent.  Tariff  .Moderate. 
Tel.,  No.  2766.  Tels.,  "Hamtun  House,  Southampton." 

Full  particulars  from  The  M.ANAGERESS. 


Sidmouth 


53 


SIDIVIOUTM       I-IOTELS. 

VICTORIA  HOTEL  &  FORTFIELD  HOTEL, 

"THESE  two  fine  Hotels,  of  Sidmouth  Hotels  Company,  Limited,  are 
'  situated  near  Sea  and  Baths  and  Golf  Linl«.  Electric  Light.  Passenger 
Lifts.  English  Managers  and  Waiters.  Excellent  Motor  Garages  with 
Lockup  Compartments.  R.A.C.,  M.U.,  A.A.  Visitors  at  these  Hotels  have 
special  advantages  at  Baths  and  Golf  Links  Excepdiiii;!  line  Lounges 
and  I'ublic  Rooms,  and  all  Rooms  are  furnished  lu.xuriously. 

VICTORIA  m:oth:i^ 


VISITED  BY  ROYALTY  AND  MANY  OTHER  PEOPLE  OF  DISTINCTION, 

The  Grounds  contain  a  SheUer  adjoining  the  Beach. 
Telephone  11.  Apply  M.\NAGER. 


W'if 


This  Hotel  has  a  unique  positioa  adjoining  the  Cricket  Field.    Overlooking 
the  Sea.    it  also  has  a  distinguished  clientele  and  a  very  liigh  reputation. 

Telephone  39.  Apply  MANAGER. 


54 


Southport — South  sea — Stratford — Tenby 


"THE  LEADING  HOTEL." 

Go!f.     Garage.     Home  Farm. 


Also  ROYAL  HOTEL, 
Promenade 


Southpori 


THE   PREMIER    HOTEL.  220   ROOHflS. 

MAQNeFiCENT     BALL-ROOWI      AND     LOUNGES. 

THE     GOLFER'S     PARADISF. 

Soythport-Hesketh  Park  Hydro  Ltd.- 

Prsmier  Hydro.     Electric  Lift.    Tennis.      Ciose  Sea  and  Go!f 

Links,     illus.  Tariff.     'Phone  1355.      Teiegrams— "  Rockley." 

The  Leading  Hydro. 

Siinnv   Aspect. 
t\;  All  Baths  .S;  Treatment,  fr. 
.orthv's."     MAXAllJiRKSS. 


Southport-iCiflWORTHY'S  HYOHO 

Hoit  Central.     1-iit.     Turkish, 
12/- daily.      'PhonegO.     Tels.,  ' 


Southport-HOTEL  GORDON,  ^SrSe  Hot": 


Tennis    and    Cronust   in    Own    Grounds 
Illustrated  Tariff  on  Application. 


Near 


to    Golf    Links. 
'Phone  1501. 


Soisthsea  "  SAI^DRigHIGHAgVi 


I'acin'j;   Sea    and   Conmioa. 
Telephone  3863. 


?)  Private 
Hotel. 

F.lcctric    I'assenser    Lift. 
I'ronrietor,  ALFRED  GRIGSRY. 


STRATFORD-ON-AVON. 


The  ARDEN  HOTEL 


opposite  Ihu  Mfinorial  Theatre 
and  River. 

pURNISHHD  with  old  oak. 
Well-appointed.  All  modern 
Improvements.  Special  Feature 
is  made  of  the  Cookingf.  Lar^c 
New  Dinint:  Room  and  Attrac- 
tive Roof  Garden  with  Exten- 
sive View.  Special  Reduced 
Winter  Terms.  Garage  and 
Garden.  'P  hone  46.  Under 
the  Personal  Supervision  of  the 
MISSES  CRANcH:  WATNEY 
Uate  of  the  Old  Vicarage), 

Stratford-on-Avon. 


Stratford-on  Awon-AyONHURST 

BOARDii^G  ESTABLISHMENT,  JOHN    STREET. 

Most  Central  for  W.uwicV',  Leaniint;ton,  Kenilworth,  and  all  Place; 
of  Shakespearean  Interest.     Near  Large  Garage.     Terms  Moderate. 
Miss  VVlLDIiLOOD,    Proprietress. 


Stratford  -  on 

GALLSHY    RESTAURANT.      Right  in  the 

Contra  of  the  Town.        Small   and    Large    Parlies 
Catered  for.     FREE  GARAGE,     Telephone  177. 

TENBY    SOMERSET  BOAROi^G  ESTAB. 

ESPLANADE.     I''acin,' South  Bav.      iMve  minutes  fro  n  Golf  Links 
an.l  Tennis  Chib.     I'or  Tariff  apply  Miss  WILSON,  Proprietress. 


Swansea — Tcign  mouth 


55 


SWANSEA. 

CENTRAL    HOTEL,   s™et. 

(j  luiiiiiUb'  walk  Iroiu  G.W'.K.  St.ilion.) 

80  Bedrooms.     Billiards    (2   Tables).     4    Large   .Stockrooi  \i. 

Hloctric  Light  Throughout. 

READ    THIS    TESTIMONIAL, 

We,  the  Delegates  of  the  Bristol  Branch  of  the  United  Kingdom 
Commei'cial  Travellers'  Association  to  the  Swansea  Conference, 
1922,desi'e  to  express  our  high  appreciation  of  the  cfTorts  of  Mr. 
Rout  and  Staff,  for  the  services  placed  at  our  disposal  during  our 
stay  in  Swansea.  The  Food  (and  Service)  was  excellent,  and  the 
general  comfort  of  ourselves  and  our  wives  was  all  that  could  be 
desired. 

TEIGMViOUTH    S.  Devon. 

1   CLIFTON 

Private  Hotel. 

Old-established.  Tel.  127. 

Situated  on  Sea  Front. 
Ma.-nitiocnt  View.  Close 
to  BoA-Iin^  Greens  and 
■J'en.iis  Courts.  JClectric 
Light     Throughout. 

Special     Winter    Terms. 

For  Teims.  apply 
Mrs.  W.  L.  NUTMAN. 


(Uniiccnscd).  Ollicially  appuiutcd  A. A.,  .M.U. 
High  class  Cuisine  and  Service.  lUustrated  Tariff. 
'Phone  150.  Telegrams,  "  Espladel." 

Resident   Proprietors  Mr.  and'.Mrs.    I,.    IvRlCXCM. 

Tetgsiitioistli,  THE  PORTLANO 

PR6VATE  HOTEL.  S.a  Irunt,  Idciiig  I'l.-r  Dm  (Mrdons 
Bowling  Green,  &c.  Jilcctric  Light.  Central  Heating. 
Separate  Tables.     Lounge  and  Billiards.     Moderate  Tariff. 

Mr.  fi     Mis.  1U"(:K\'F,LL. 

TEIGNMOUTH- -Ideal  Position  on  Sea  Front 


Mod.  Tariff. 


pccial 
sidence. 
Apply  Miss  MORRISH. 


56 


Torquay 


TORQUAY. 


ND     HOi 

LEADING  HOTEL. 


BEST  Position.    Sea  Front.     Nearest  Station.     Central  lot  Dartmoor. 
One  of  the  Most  Modern,  Best   Equipped  Hotels   in   the   Kingd.m. 
Excellent  Orchestra.     Hard  Tennis  Court.     G.'^RAGE. 
Telephone  No.  134. 


TORQUAY. 


PRIVATE 
HOTEL. 


Ideally  Situated. 
Excellent  Cuisine. 


Grounds  Leading  to  Sea  Front. 
Inclusive  Terms. 


RECENTLY   ENLARGED.        Garage.        Tennis   and   Cro(|ucl   Lawns. 
Easy  Access  to  Two  Golf  Links.       Public    Rooms  include    Dining, 
DrawiiiK,  Smoking,  Billiard,  Recreation,  and  Lounge. 
Telephone  113.  Mrs.  W.m.  GRESHAM,  Resident  Proprietress. 


Torquay 


57 


TORQUAY. 

Dhi,lGHri-L'LSituatiou 
on  Ssa  Front. 
Charming    and     Extensive 
Grounds  facing  Tor  Hay. 
Tennis,    Croquet,  Billiards, 

Dancing. 
Electric  Light,  Heating  and 
all  Modern  Coiivenienci-'S. 
GAR.AGE. 
Excellent  Cuisine  &  Wines 
Terms    a    la    Cane    or 

En  Pensron 
Tels.  :  "Belgrave  Hotel." 
Telephone    \Z. 

A.    F.AK1:R.    Pkopriktkt:?? 


BELGRAVE    HOTEL 


TORQUAY. 

"KISTOR" 

Private  Hotel,  Belgrave  Road. 

Situated  in  Own  Grounds, 
facing  Tor  Bay.  i  min.  fr.  Sea 
Front  &  Electric  Cars.  Easy 
access  to  new  Medical  Baths. 
Central  Heating  and  Elec- 
tric Lighting  Throughout. 
Large  Reception  Rooms, 
Lounge,  &c.  Tennis,  Croquet. 
Excellent  Cuisine.  GARAGE. 
'Phone  325. 
Miss  BAKER,  Prop'tress. 


FACING  SOUTH. 

"Bute  Court  ' 

High-Class  Private  Hotel. 

CHARMINGLY  situated  in  own 
grounds  facing  Sea  Front :  one 
of  the  most  sheltered  positions : 
Private Walkto  Sands  ;ni.  Medical 
Baths,  Station,  Princess  Garden>. 
Pier,  Pavilion,  Golf  Links  anil 
TennU  Courts.  Every  Convenience. 
Spacious  Rms.  Smoking  Lounge, 
Billiards.  Central  Heated.  Cro- 
quet. Own  Garage  and  Stabling, 
Mr.  &  .Mrs.  BOND. 
plh.n.I43,  VrriDrictors, 


Also  INGLEWOOD  Fir»t-clas3  ^nvaie  ..o'el. 


TORQUAY. 


THE 

BUNGALOW  HOTEL. 

OCCUPIES  a  unique  posi- 
tion    overlooking    Tor 
Bay.  bituated     in     Own 

Grounds.  Makes  an  Ideal 
Winter  Kesidcnce.  sheltered 
fn  n,  the  N.  and  E,  Winds. 
Three  niins,  (r  New  Medical 
Baths,  I'avilion,  and  New 
<  ipeia  House.  Central  Heat- 
ing. Luxuriously  Furnished. 
Excellent  Cuisine 
*  -Apply,  MAN.AGER. 

'Phone  Torquay  822. 
leis.,  "  BuugaJow, Torquay." 


5S 


Torquay 


RESIDENTIAL 

HOTEL 

AND  ANNEXE. 

C;;OUTH  Aspect,  facin? 

f^    Sea.  Large  Sheltered 

L.ardcn  abutting  Grounds 

ot  Tennis  &  Croquet  Club, 

with  Private  Walk  to  Sea, 

avoiding    all    hills      (two 

minutes).  Inclusive  Terms. 

Central  Heating.    Electriu 

Light.     Separate    Tables. 

Uarage.      Telephone  667. 

Mr.  eS:  Mrs.  C.  R.  EVANS, 

Reiiident  Proprietors. 


TORQUAY. 


GARY    CRESCENT. 

IBL  3C  Gr  S3L  -  C;  3C.  ..A.  S5  S       X3.  O  M7  lES  X<  . 

South  Aspect  and  Magnificent  Sea  Views.  Open  Balconies. 
Separate  Tables.  Centrally  Heated.  Excellent  Cuisine. 
An  Ideal  Winter  and  Summer  Residence.  Constant  Hot 
Water.  Terms  SJ  gns.  to  6  gns.  per  week.  Garage  near. 
Phone  963.  Apply  C.  J.  HAYES.  Resident  Director 
TORQUAY.  " 

TOURAINE 

PRIVATE    HOTEL. 

SOUTH  Aspect  Splendid  Sea 
Views.  Near  Sands,  with 
Excellent  Bathing,  Nt  u 
Medical  Baths,  Theatre,  i-Vi 
H.VV-  Radiators  in  Bedroom 
Electric  Light.  Own  Tenni.. 
Lawn.  I-'ive  Bathrooms  and 
handsome  fixed  basins  in  Bed 
rooms,  with  constant  hot  and 
cold  water  supply.  'Phone  183 
For  Illustrated  tariff,  apply 

Mr.  &  Mrs.  V.  AIJA.MS. 


rro  s^  <3t-v^A.^sr. 


iLLA  BELZA  ^'^ITtV.'"'- 

ON  U.  of  Torquay's  famous  A'illa  Resi- 
dences. Ideal  Situation,  due  South, 
tonnuanding  Unequalled  Vicivs,  includ- 
\n^  the  whole  of  Torl-»ay.  Spacious 
Lounges.  Elec.  Light  Throughout. 
H.\.  Cuisine.  Good  Service.  Noise-proof 
double  Windows  (fronting  Seal. 

Terms  from  £3  35.  ,      Good  Chef. 

WINTER. —  Owing  tu  '  ~l.  sheltered  posi- 
III. II.  \  il!,i  I).l/a  can  he  strongly  recom- 
mended as  a  Winter  Residence,  being 
protected  frnm  all  nnrth  ..t  east  winds, 
and  with  its  Scuttiern  Aspecc  obtains 
all  the.Suu  of  ilic  day. 
I'ersonal  .Supervision  of  Proprietors. 

Mr.  &  Mrs.  J.  DENHAM  liROWN. 
Telephone  No.  72. 
Telegrams,  "  \'illa  Cclza,  Torquay." 


Torquay 


59 


1        TORQUAY. 

^j        ^ 


Firsi-class  Private  HoUl 

NI  \R  I'avilion.  Mfdicil  n.itlis. 
Uathiiig  Coves.  Pier.  Turbay 
■^  drht  Ckil>  &  Elec.  Trams  to  C'.olf 
I  mUs.  tiec.  Light.  Sep.  Tables. 
Terraced  Lawn,  facing  S.W.,  over- 
lookin,  bca  and  Harbour,  sffords 
one  ct  till  finest  Panoramic  \'iews 
in  tlic  World.  'Phone  589.  Tcls., 
"  I  ilenluir-t,  Torquay."  Under  tlie 
Personal  Supervision  of 

The  HOSTLSS. 


TOt?0llAY 
PRIVATE  HOTEL 

Situated  in  Meal  PoMtionju^t 
above  Strand.  Overlo  ikiug 
Bay.  Splendid  Views.  Five 
acres  of  srround.  Italian  Gar- 
den. Tennis  Com  t.  Garage. 
Within  easy  access  of  many 
Places  of  Interest.  Personal 
Supervision.  Hx.  Cuisine. 
Individual  Comfort  of  Guests 
studied.     Terms  from  4  gns. 

A..\.        'Phone  1070. 
^Trs.    C.    G.    KlINN.\W.\'i'. 


siiXjii-     ia:c3>-crss33. 


TORQUAY. 


"SEA  LAWN  "  PRIVATE  HOTEL 


Ideal  Position  on  Tront. 

n  Level.     Most  Central. 

Separate  Tables. 

Excellent  Cuisine. 

Mcdcr.ite  Terms. 

GAR.\GE. 

\  -.itors'  Conifoit  the  first 
I  .isideraiion  ofProprietois, 
".'k.lSjMrs.  J.  A.PLUM. 

I'hone  774. 

Tels.,   ■'  Sea'.awn." 


TORQUAY. 

Ev1AK^:'^/9RT6l 

PRIVATE  HOTEL. 

jv\ac;\ificl;.\t  \'iius- 

'  '  TaHtetully  l-"urni~in.<l 
&DccoiatPcl.  I'ourmiiis. 
fr.  Shops,  Trams,  Garcions, 
Sk.  Electric  I.iglit.  Sop. 
Tables.  Exrellent  Cui.=ine. 
Billiards.  Terms  (i(m3i 
guineas.  'Photie  78. 
Residknt  Propriftri:ss, 
Mrs.  H.E.  BEESDM. 


View  Irora  Balcony." 


6o 


Torquay 


TORQUAY 


JES  S^  C  O  JSHT     HotrSDES 

Boarding  Establishment 

Beautiful  Situation.  South  Aspect. 
On  level  with  Medical  Baths. 
Lovely  Views  of  Tor  bay  &  surround- 
ing Scenery.  Sheltered  from  N.  &  R. 
Winds.  Central  Position.  E.xcel- 
lent  and  varied  Cuisine.  Large 
Drawing  Rooms  opening  on 
Balconies.  BilJiard  and  Smoke 
Rooms.  Baths  (H.  &  C). 
Terms  Apply  'Phone  No.  391. 

Mrs.  COOMBES  CROSSLEY, 

Resident  Proprietress. 

Also    MARSDEN   LODGE 

Boardlns;  House, 
ih.n.  D34         MORGAN  AVEi^UE. 


SENLAC 

Private  Hotel, 
LINCOMBE      DRIVE. 

piRST  -  CLASS.  Own 
'■  Grounds  Command- 
ing Corner  Site.  Convenient 
for  Sea,  Trams,  Shops  and 
Golf.  Elec.  Light  I  hrough- 
out.  Personal  Supervision. 
Tels., "  Sealac.  Torquay  " 
Mrs.    COATES, 

Proprietress 


TORQUAY. 


PREVATE  HOTEL, 

Falkland  Road, 

Old-established  and  most  con- 
veniently situated.  Facing  S. 
Large  Garden.  Balcony  and 
BeautitulVicwsot  Sea  iSLand. 
Near  Tennis  Courts.  Billiards. 
Croquet.  Garage.  Special 
\\  inter  Tariff.  Tcls.,  "  Saver- 
nake,  Torquay."  'Phone  868. 
Teims  Irom  £3  3  0  per  week. 

Mr.  &  Mrs 

BERNARD  COURT 

(late  nf  nirmingham). 


TQRQCJAV 


Falkland  Lodge 

PRIVATE    HOTEL. 

MEAR  the  Front.  Centrally  Situ 
^^  ated  and  commanding  Bcanti 
lul  Sea  and  Landscape  Views 
Facing  South.  Excellent  Cuisine 
Separate  Tables.  Most  Comfort 
able  and  Highlv  Recommended 
Garage  Accommodation.  'Phone  576, 
Under  Personal  Supervision. 
Miss  NEWSAM  .  Proprietress. 


Torquav 


Ci 


TORQUAY. 


TORQUAV. 

Crofton  House 

PRIVATE   HOTEL 


Reile 


iraf.l 


'Ihi 


Siluated  in  sunny  shcltorpil 
position  facinjj  south  and 
having  approach  Ihrowirh 
Private  Park  to  Sea.  Sunny 
I.oungc,  ReadingRoom.  Oin- 
ine  Room  iSi-parate  T.ll)lts). 
Central  heating.  Gas  1-ircs  or 
Radiators  in  all  Bedrooms. 
l-.x.  Cuisine.  From  J  guineas 
to  4i  guineas  weekly. 
Mrs!  1-.  I£.  WHITF, 

I'KOI'KIETRKSS. 


LE  CHALET  VLl'^, 

Braddons  Hill  Road  East. 
StnndiiiR  in  Own  Grounds  ot 
3  acres.  Entirely  overlooking 
Torbay.  Commanding  Mag. 
\'iews.  Easy  access  to  Golf 
Links  c'^;  Public  Tennis  Courts. 
Sep.  Tables.  Ex  Cuisine.  Mod. 
Terms  Garage.  Croquet  Lavifn. 
IIK-Stratcd  Tariff  on  appli- 
rntion. 

Entirely  New  Management. 

Mr.  &  Mrs.  G.  M.  B.ARKER, 

Propkiktor?. 


TORQUAY. 


TORWOOD  VIEW 

PRIVATE    HOTEL, 
Tot  wood    Gardons. 

Sr>uthern  Aspect.  Beautifully  Situ- 
ated, overlooking  Torwood  Gardens. 
Hath  (h.  &  c).  Electric  Lislit. 
Central  for  Shopping.  Motor  and  Tram 
Tours,  &c.  (French  Spoken).  Separ 
ateTables.  Croquet  Lawn.  Inclusive 
I'Tuis  from  £3  33.  Under  the  Personal 
.upervision  of  the  Resident  Proprietors 
Mr.  cS:  Mrs.  C.  D.'XFT. 


TORQUAY. 

HENDERSYDE 

PRIVATE    HOTEL. 

C  1  AN  111  M;  i:i  Dun  liromuK. 
•-^  South  Aspect.  Overlooking 
Torbay,  with  Magnificent 
Views.  A  few  minutes  from 
Sands  and  Town.  A  Splendid 
Suuwuer  and  Winter  Residence. 
Separate  Tables.  Excellent 
Cuisine  Moderate  Terms. 
Tel.  139  Personal  Sup'Tvision. 
Mrs.  i:.  I..  Hl-lRBEItT, 
PROPKIlilRESS. 


Torquay — Ventrior — Weston-super-Mare 


Torquay- B  E  L F  B  E  L  D 


High-class    PRIVATE 
HOTEL,    Crolt    Road. 

Ideal.  Standing;  in  Own  Grounds  and  Park.  Unique  position, 
facin?  South.  Entirely  sheltered  from  N  &  E.  winds.  Overlooking 
Day.  Magnificent  Sea  and  Landscape  Views.  Summer  and 
Winter  Resort.  Every  Comfort  and  Good  Cuisine.  Personal 
Supervision.  Telesranis  "  Belfield,  Croft  Road,  forquav." 
For  Tern-i'^  apply  HOGGETT  k  RlCI-I.-\RDSON.   Proprietor'^. 

Boarding 
Establishsrenl, 

TorwOOd   Gardens.      Beautifully    Situated   in    Own 

Grounds.     S.  Aspect.      Close  Trams.     Tennis  Lawn. 

Baths.      Elec.   Light.      Ex.  Cuisine.      Own  Garage. 

Moderate  Tariff.      Miss  STEPHENS,  Proprietress. 


CE?nRAL     FOR 
EVERYWHERE. 

Separate  Tablei.      From  3  guineas  per  weak.     Private  Car  tor  Hire. 
'Piirine  317.     Teleffram^,  "  Aslilev  Court,  Torquay," 


TORQUAY,  S.  Devon. — Pleasantly  Situated  200  ft. 
above  Sea.      Easy  Access, 
Every  Comfort. 


g^^iar 


Personal  Super 


Good  Cuisine. 

I^Icc.  Ligrht  Throughout, 
ll.s  (H.  &  C  )  Mod.  and  Ino  Terms, 
ion.  ivii.;s  RIX,   Proprictrpss. 


'i'npnnn;?     s^.-i-ft)n£&8lSS  11    Apariments.      FIRST-CLASS. 

lOiqilliy-«Sl.©fBenagB.    Crescent.-VerySheUered.  So 


Marine  Parade." 


Belgrave 
South  Aspect. 

Close  to  Sea,  Pier,  Gardens.      Tennis  1.S;  Cro<|uet  Courts.       Garage 
N e a r       'Phone  775. Mrs.  &  Misses  HOLE.  Proprietresses. 

ViNTNOR,    l.y.W.- HOTEL    MARINA    (Private), 

-FORiVIERLY  MARINE  BOARDING  HOUSE. 

Best     Position    Overlooking    Beach.       All 

Front  Rooms  afford  Channel  View.      Near  Pier.      Billiards.      Gas 

Fires    in    Bedrooms.        Ideal   Winter    and    Summer.       Individual 

Attention.  'Phone  Ventnor  32.        Tcls.,  "Sunshine,  Ventnor." 

-Write  MANAGERESS. 

RJ.W,  "The  RIGHBVIOND" 

First-class  Boarding  Establishment,  ESPLANADE.  Under  Entirely 
New  Management.  F'inest  Position  on  Sea  Front.  Balcony 
Bedrooms  commanding  Extensive  Channel  Views.  Open  Through- 
out the  Year.  Electric  Light  Throughout.  Gas  Fires  in  Berlrooms. 
'J'erius  from  3  guineas,  according  to  Season.  Under  the  Personal 
.Suriorvi^inn  nf  Mr.  ,\:  -Mrs.  W.  H.  ELLIOTT.  Resident  Proprietors; 

WestOQ-super-Mare-Raya!  Hotel  p°sitioT'°Facino'""* 


Standing  in  8  acres  of  Private  Grounds. 
Lilt.     Electric  Light.     Tel.  277. 


Tennis  Courts. 


J  Sea. 
Garage. 


Weston -super-Mare- 

Prlyate  Hotel.     Unrivalled  Position.     'Phone579.    PROP'TRESS. 

1!!? WINDSOR  MAGAZINE 

AT  ALL  BOOKSTALLS.  BOOKSELLERS  &  NEWSAaESTS. 


Weston — Weymouth — Windennere — Worthing      63 
WESTON-SUPER-IViARE. 

"  B  ^  L.  IVl  Y  L  E" 

54,  BEACH   ROAD.    Splendidly  Situated,  Facing  Sea,  Brean  Do-vn 
and    Pitr.       Electric   Cars    constantly    passing    for    Golf    Links. 
Most    Moderate    Terms.     Every   Convenience.    Perfect    Sanitary 
Arranijcments. "Mks.  WHIT  IMG.   Pioprietrc^-^. 

WEY8V30UTH. 

^"^  ROYAL  HOTEL  (u^'TBD) 

Tho    LEADING    AND    OhlLY    tAODERU    HOTEL   IN  WEYMOUTH. 

Directly  Fa'-ing  hea.    Electric  Light  Throughout.     Lilt.     Bath  Koonis 

on  each  Floor.      AU  Public  Rooms,  Private  Sitting  Rooms,  and  mo^t 

Bedrooms  face  the  Sea.        Large  Garage.       Inspection  Pit.      Petrol. 

Tel.  No.  262.  Tariff  sent  0:1   Application. 


Cn   Sea  Front.  Public   Rooms  face   Sea. 

R.A.C.,  A. A.  &  M.U.  'Phone  No.    144, 

F.   SEFTON   SMITH,   Proprietor. 

WiDdermere-Christopherson'  s  ^^!^!,r^!^d?i^V^^ 

an  1   Ic.unsts.    .\rar  Station  i^  Tost  Dihcc.    Baths  (H.  &  C).    Ternii 
M.Klcr.itc.   Coach  Unnkins^.    Mi,-;  (  MKISTOl'l  Hi  RSOX.  ['roptr.'^.;. 


Tflost  Besuilfu!  Spot  in  t!i3  Wes!.    v^mile'slr.  I.ynton.    700  ft.  aboi.e 
Se.i.  On    !'ii\<iie  Lstali-  of   150   acres._        -Ma'^niiicent    \'ie\vs. 

First-Class    Cookirig.  Fuliy   Licensed.         fio   Bars.         Garage. 

Modern  Sanitation  and  Bath;'.  liarlv  application  necessary, 

lei  .,  "  Hnlman,  Woodv-Bav."       S.  G.  R.  HOL.M.AN,  I'roprielor. 


Wcolacoffibe  Bay. 

(Mortelioe)  (see  page  45) 


rthing 

PRtVATE    HOTEL.     Occupies   Prenuer  Position  on   Parade, 
facing  Bandstand.      Thirty  Rooms,  facing  Sea.     Large  New  Tea 
Lounge.     1  ennis.     Bathing  from  Hotel, 
'i'hone  591.  F.  A.  CL.\RKE,   Proprietor. 


64 


FOR  THE   SPORTSMAN   ON   HOLIDAY 


I 
I 

I  Size  7iX5  inches.     5/-  net.  I 

I  .  «  I 


I  .•■  GOLF  .-.   ! 

!  HOW    TO    IMPROVE    YOUR    GAME     m 

I  I 

I  By    BERT    SEYMOUR         I 


-Winner  Nexvs  of  the  World  Tournament,  1921  ;   Efsex  Champion. 
1922  ;    Semi-Finalist,  Open  Championship,   19j;3. 


\  n 


First  SEYMOUR  tells  why  the  clubs  are  con- 
structed as  they  are,  and  exp'ains  their  various 
uses.  He  then  shows  how  and  when  each  club 
should  be  used,  and  points  out  the  faults  and 
difficulties  most  common  among  players,  so  that 
the  reader  may  avoid  from  the  first  the  mjny 
pitfalls  from  which  it  is  later  so  difficult  to  escape. 

The  author  seems  in  very  fact  to  take  his  readers 
on  the  links  with  him,  leading  them  step  by  step 
from  the  very  rudiirents  of  the  grme  to  the  higher 
technicalities  and  perfection  of  style  and  finish 
v^hich    go    to    the    making    of    a    first-class    golfer. 

Illustrated  u'ith   33  ACTION-PHOTOGRAPHS 
AND     MANY     DIAGRAMS. 

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Index 


INDEX. 

PAGE 

PAdK 

Bath       . . 

..       67 

Malvern 

.     09 

Bideford 

..       67 

Margate . . 

.     69 

Bognor  . . 

..       67 

Newquay 

.     69 

Bournemoutli    . 

..       67 

Oxford 

.      6g 

Bristol    . . 

..       67 

Ramsey,  I.  of  M. 

.     69 

Buxton  . . 

..     68 

Ramsgate 

70 

Christchurch     . 

..      G8 

Rhyl      ..          .. 

•      70 

Cromer 

..     68 

St.  Annes-on-Sea 

.     69 

Eastbourne 

..     68 

vSt.  Leonards   . . 

•      70 

Exeter   . . 

..      71 

St.  Margaret's  Bay 

. .      70 

Exmouth 

..     68 

Sandown 

•      70 

Falmouth 

..     68 

Scarborough 

. .     70 

Felixstowe 

..     68 

Southampton    . . 

..     70 

Gorleston 

..      68 

Southport 

..     70 

Guernsey 

..      68 

Swanage 

..     70 

Harrogate 

..     68 

Teignmouth 

..     7c 

Ufracombe 

68,  69 

Torquay 

••     71 

Littlehampton  . 

..      69 

Weymouth 

•      71 

London 

.  .     69 

Whitstable 

..     71 

Lymington 

.  .     69 

Windermere 

••      71 

Lytham 

..      69 

Worthing 

•     71 

Auctioneers,  K.slate  At^eats,  &c.  67 

Bath  POWELL  &  POWELL,  Ltd. 

HOUSE  and  ESTATE  AGENTS  and  AUCTIOKEERS. 

Illustrated  Lists  Free.  Removals.  WarehousiiiK.  Antiques. 
1  r!s,,  "  I'owell's   Hath."  'Phoiie  18  <'c  Ig  (two  lines). 

Bath  FORTT,    HATT   &    BILLENGS,    F.A.I. 

House  and  Estate  Agents,  Auctioneers  anJ 
Valuers.  List  of  ell  availabia  Properties  may  be  obtained  on 
applicntisn.  Removals     b/     Road     or     Rail,    and 

Wart-.housinf^.  Telephone  1488  (two  lines). 

Bidet ord  &  Westward  Ho !  -R.  DYMOND  &  SON, 

111  ■  liank  Chunbers,  Biilrlon.l. — Auctioneers  and  Valuers,  House 
and  Estate  Agents,  Motor  and  Carriage  Proprietors. 

HOUaiE  AND  ESTATE  AGENTS,  6,  LONDON  RD. 
aii<l  ALDWICK  RD.  Furnished  Houses  and  Pro- 
perties for  Sale.     Tel.  Nos.  140  and  243. 

BOURNEMOUTH.  LANE    &     SMBTH, 

HOUSE  AND  ESTATE  AGENTS,  AUCTIONEERS 
AND  VALUERS,  DALKEITH  STEPS.  Furnished 
and  Unfurnished  Houses  for  Sale  or  to  Let. 

ICstablishi'd  1873.  'J'huiie  S5. 

BOURNEMOUTH— ALLAN  &  BATH, 

AUCTIONEERS,  SURVEYORS,  VALUERS,  HOUSE  &  ESTATE 
A6E.MTS.  Local  At,'entWor  Medmm-size  1  Ke-.i(lential  I'roperties 
near  Co'f  Links,  Queen's  Park,  .Meyrick  Lark,  Talbot  Woods,  &c. 

Furnished  Houses,  Shops,  Businesses,  Boarding  Houses,  &c. 
Te!.  Au    570.  Offices  :  -  ALBERT  ROAD  (near  ths  Arcade), 

and  57,  Ciiarmin^fer  Road. 

BournemoutSi    HOUSE    AQEf^TS. 

J.    T.    CURTIS,     SON    &    SINCLAIR, 

190,  OLD  CHRISTCHURCH  ROAD  (Opposite  Holy 'J  rinity  Cliurch) 
t  o:iiplete  l.i'-is  .in  1  Ma;',  etc.,  tiee  on  application.  And  a' 
POOLE  and  EROADSTONE. 

BOURNEMOUTH  REB8ECK  BROS.  tlnciVal 

)liii'-.>  III  Imuii  and  Di-tn.  t.  l.iM^  in-.  !■  slablished  1845. 
mii.  <-.  :  {..■rvis  l'i.,,r,    lViiiiiiii,i,.iiih.  \r..initv  (laics,  ^^•<•stbonrne. 

BRSSTOL-DAVEY    &  GO.,  Ltd.,    '^^Sv^^l 

Clifton  Down  Station).  Estate  and  Eouss  Agents.  J<einovaii  ana 
Warehousing.     Established  ;o  years.     'I'hone  4853. 


08  Auctioneers,  Estate  Agents,  iXc. 

Buxton  HAYES   &   SON, 

THE  RESIDENT  AGENTS,   3,    THE  QUADRSBT. 

For  all  Available  Properties  for  Sale  and  Furnished 
Houses.       Property  Register  Free. 

'rii.in,    515. '_ rrlrgrams.   "Ali-it." 

Southtojrna,    Bournemouth 
J  and  District — 

BULSTRODE  &  SONS,  F.A.I.,  Auctioneers  &  House 
Agents.  The  Auction  Mart,  Stour  Road,  Christ- 
church,  Hants.  For  all  Available  PropLrties 
in   these  Districts.  'Phone  64. 

0|«A|MpB> — ALLMAN   &    GIBSON,    Auctioneers  and    House    Agents. 
VI  WliBCa      FumUhed&  Unfurnished  Properties  m  Cromer,  blurinsli  iin, 
.Muiidesley,  Oxerstr.ui'l    and   Districts,      l.ii-t-;  Free.      State  leoune- 
ments.  Church  Street,  Cromer  ;   and  Norwich.        'Pliniu-  63^ 

HiJUSE     agents; 

Rating    &   G3n.3ral   Vaiuers, 
Auctioneers    and    Building    Surveyors. 

)      51-53,  SEASIDE  RD. 

'Phone  &  Tels.,  896  "  Eastbourne." 

liXDlOlIltl— CnCWS  &  5U^B■AgentS,''Aucti0I^eers.'Fu^lisllers, 
Removers,  Undertakers.  Illus.  List  of  Furnished  and  rnfiunisbed 
Houses  and  Properties  Free.      4  Ik  6,  Kolle  Street.     'Pi  en  •  15. 

Falmouth— CORLYON  &  ^ONS 

Auctioneers,  Surveyors  and  Valuers.  House,  Estate,  Shipping  and 
insurance  Agents.  Stock  and  Share  Brokers.  OpFicts  :  CEiMTRAL 
AUCTION  CHAMBERS,  20,  MARKET  STREET.  Aucmon  M.\rt& 
FuRNiriRE  Repository  :  GYLLYING  STREET.     All  Risks  Covered 

at  LLOYD'S.         Telegrams:     "  Corlvon,    .Auctioneer,    Falnioutli." 
Telepl-ione  138. 

Felixstowe— J.    R.   GIRLING, 

Auctioneer,  House  Agent  and  Surveyor,     Specialist  for  luriii-hed 
Iloii-e'^    and    Properties    Inr   Sale. 'Phone    69. 

Corleston-on-Searoast~A.V.George,%tuT& 

House  A?ent.      500  Furnished  Houses  on  Register.     Garase  tor  50 
Caig  atlached  to  Office.      'Pli..iii  Gorleston  58  :  Yarmouth  464. 

SEY-Lovs!l  &  Co.,  Ltd.,  ^f  1^*^,^n!^  ^d^ 

furnished  Houses  pest  free.       Ixemoval  Contraetnrs  iiid  House  Fur- 
nishers.  7,  9  '.'<-•  11.  Smith  St.     'Pels..  "  Loye'.l.  Guernsey."    'Phone  63. 

Harrogate-JOHN  DAY  &  SONS  t^J^keS't 

Princes  Square. — Harro,';ate  &I3isti  iet  Edition  ot  th.e  '  Homefinder  " 
I'Vecon  appletn.     'I'els.,  "Days,  Harrogate."     'PhoneSS  ilano^ate. 

Harrogate  ESTATES  VALUATION  CO.  "E^st'e'^ 

Agents  &  Auctioneers.    I'nrnislud  Houses.    :\I..rt,i;a;:.s.     ADDRESS, 
Prineps  Sn.     'Phone  1404.     R.  rOOK-WAT.SOX.  F  S.S..  M,ni.  Direc. 

Ilfracomtae,  N.   DEYuN^x.,^;  L»,^,>»{ro^f' 

&  Estate  Agent.  Furnished  Houses  and  .Apartments  secured. 
Illustrated  Guide  and  Property  Register  on  application.     'Pel.  138. 


Auctioneers,  Estate  Agents,  tic.  69 

ILFRAGOMBE  W.  L.  CATHCARTS  fjie  Rsllable 

and     District—        {,"  l-u",i.hed  ami    rnfumUhed  Honses,        "  © U  S E 

Bunu.ikiws  and  Holiday  Accomiiiodation.  AGENTS. 

Free  Lists  on  receipt  of  requirements  and  stamp.         'I'lLmr  iifLircmib,-  9. 
LITTLEH^r.PTON     HOUSE      AGENTS. 

rCTIONEERS  &  VALU 
21-25.  High  St.  'Phone  2. 


SPARKS     &     SON        AUCTIONEERS  &  VALUERS. 


LONDON     AH    Parts). 

rOK   IIOLSES,    I'LATS.    SHOPS,   OFFICES.   F.\CTORIES,    AN'D    ALL 

KIiVDS  OF  INVESTMENTS,   GROUND  RENTS,   &c.,  apply  to 

Messrs.  SALTER,  REX  &  Co. 

CbarteicD  £u  vcY>or5  anC*  'Buctionccvs?, 

Ian?,  Uioiise,  aiiD  Jiistate  21 -cute, 

311,  KENTISH  TOWN  ROAD,  LONDON,  N.W.5,     Tel.  Uaiupsiead  4042-3. 

85,  LONDON  WALL,  E.C.2.     Tel.  Wall  1231. 
Rents  Collected  Estates  Managed.  Valuations  for  ail  Purposes. 

Rating  Experts.         Assfssm>nt  .Appeals  Conducted. 

I  milrtn^  C.  C.&  T.  MOORE,  Managers  ot  House  Property,  Auctioneers, 
LUliUUU     Cily  Office  -Agents.  House   Property  Sales  at   the  .Auction 
Mart,    E.C.,  on  Thursdays  {held   continuously  for  eighty-nine 
years).     ChiefOfiir.es — 7,  Leadenhall  Street.  London.  E.C.  ^ 

Lymlngton  and  New  Forest -J-.f^iLt^.^^Toy^s 

for  Sale,  also  for  Removals  and  Warehousing.  Estait.  1878. 

92.   HIGH    STREET,  LYMINGTON.  P.hone  93. 


Lytham 

ST.    ANNES 


BERTRAM   F.   HARGREAVES, 

Auctioreep    &  House   Agent. 

"Phone  460. 


Malvern 


J.    G.    LEAR    JSc    £»Of\),    t-.A.I., 
AUCTIONEERS    AN  >    ESTATE    AGENTS. 

listablishfd  DO  vonrs.  IVIcphni,,^  160. 


Margate  REEVE  &  BAYLY,  House 
Agents,  Ac,  18,  Cecil  Square  and 
Cliftonville  Chambers,  Margate.-It't'onlSrnishel 


an:l  Unfurnished  Houses  in  the  District. 


WQUAY 


LEADING 

HOUSE  AGENTS. 

JOHi\JJULIAN&Co., 


.CORNWALL'.  -Phone  8f,.      ^^° 


Oxf  ord"^-  ^'  BROOKS  &  SON,  ^ste^et.^LS^^i 

»  "  ^»  ■  wi.     Surveyors,  Valuers,  House,  Land  and  Estate  Agents. 

\"a!uatioiis  for  l-:>tate  Uulv  .in.l  i;tlii|-  purpo<os.        .\.it.  T'l.  :J29 

RAMSEY,  I.O.M.-T.  A.  FARGHER,  an^^^esta'te'a^s'eC 

FunnslKdaiul  I  ■nfiHiii--hril  1  i.  r,i-.  ~,  1,.  L.t  .ui.l  (■■rSalc.  Sjlcet  I'r.vate 
Apartments.  Choice  Freehold  IJuilding  Sites  on  most  Ucasunable 
Terms.  'Phone  59.         'icis.,  "  Fargher,  Ram;ey,  .Man." 


7*3  Auctioneers,  Estate  Agents,  &c. 


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HOUSE  and    -    - 
ESTATE  ACisnS. 

'Phone  60.       HOLNESS  &  OVENDEN,  37,   High   Street. 


'Phone    1:9. 


JOS.     WILLIAMS    &     SON, 

AUCTIONEERS,    HOUSE  &  ESTATE    AGE?JTS, 
COUNTY    CHAMBERS.        V/rJte  for  Freo  List; 

Tels..  "Wilhams.  Auctioneers,  Rhyl." 


ST.  LEONARDS-^OM-SEA  -^  BEAOLEY'S, 

AUCTIONEERS,   HOUSE   AND   ESTATE   AGENTS, 
27,  Grand  Parade,  St.  Leonards-on-Sea.      Lists  ot 
all  available  Properties  on  Application. 
'Phone  Hastings  350. 

St.  Margaret's  Bay,  g^?/er-FLASHSViAN  &  Co.,  Ltd. 

HOUSE    &    ESTATE    AGENTS,    MARKET    SQUARE,     DOVER. 
Local  Representative.  Mr.  A  .E.  DOUBLEDAY.  St.  Margarets-at-Ciia. 

Sancfown  &  District,  LW.^oufE  and%"ta™ 

AGENT  AND   AUCTIONEEn,  24,  High  Street.     Lists  o2  FarnisjsJ 
Houses  and  Apartments  on   Application. 

Scarborough  !|l'„t  C.  W/MOSEY, 

91,  WESTBOROUGH.  Properties  of  all  descriptions 
lor  Sale  ;  also  Large  Selection  of  Furnished  Houses 
to  be  Let  for  Short  or  Long  Periods.  Lists  Free. 
'Phone  700, 

(including  the  New  Forest  and  Southern 
Districts).  WALLER  &  KING,  F.A.I.,  Auc- 
tioneers, Valuers,  House,  Land  &  Estate  Agents.  Auction  .Mart, 
Above  Bar,  Southampton.     Kstab.  over  loo  years.     'Phone  '>TiO. 

SOUTHPORT-C.  S.  GREENWOOD,  F.A.I.,  ^ord  ^Itreot. 

Tronipt  and  Personal  Attrntion  to  all  Hnuse  and  Estate  Business, 
Property  on  Sale,  "lo  I.,t,  tVr.,  Inirnished  Houses,  t'^^c.       Trl,  2032. 

Woodford  Whice  &  Howell, 

Auctioneers  &   Valuers.      Oldest   Estcbllshsd  a 
Leading  House  Agents.      Opposite  Railway  Station.       'Phone  to. 

Teignmoiitli-ROBT.  FROST  &  SON,  "I^^LneeA'"^: 

Valuers.  Note  Address — Corner  of  Station  Road,  facin?  Repent  S  . 
Monlhly  Register  Gratis  &  I'ost  Free  on  application.       'Phone  83. 

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CiiuLO  ; — /,  Vaughan  Parade  and  b9.  Union  Street. 
ESTABLISHED    i8so.  'Phones  ££0  &  241. 


G.  R.  SMITH  &  SON,  9,  STRAND. 

Illustrated  Resi^fer^of  l\n  paaes  ([>nst  tree)  of  Hou<e<:  \  Estates. 
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Sold  or   Let   in     lorquav  and   Si'Ntli    I  >evon  'I'hnne  Id. 

TORQUAY  AND  EXETER-w.  brock  &co.,  Ltd., 

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Tel.  203  Tornu^v.     Tel.   115  RxetT 


Uniiertalcerx     &c. 


VYeymonth-F.  W.  FULLER,  F.A.I., 

Auctioneer,  Valuer,   Kcto!    E  roUer,  and   Houso 

Age  It     61.  St.  Thomas  Street.  'lei.  No.  65. 


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Tanl(erton-on-Sea 


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Practic.J  Instruction  in  Plain,  High-class  &  Invalid  Cookery ;  also  sub- 
jects of  Domestic  Economy.  For  particulars,  Miss  RAND.ALL,  Principal. 

EDINBURGH. 

Si  RATHEARH     COLLEGE. 

HrGH-CLAS6  PRIVATE 

COLLEGE    OF    COOKERY   and 

all  DOMESTIC    ARTS. 

For  the  Daughters  of  C.entlemen. 

5  Boarding  Houses. 

Individual  Practical    Training. 

Diplomas    Awarded.        Playing 

Fields.     20   acres  of     Pleasuie 

Grounds.    Motoring.  Gardening. 

Poultry.     Bees.     Catering. 

Social  Entertainments. 

Illustrated   Prospectus  from 

Miss  MITCHELL.  Principat.. 

LUtleliaiiipton-ST.  HILDA'S  School  for  Girls  "la^ss sS 

with  .Moderate  Fees.     Old-established  and  highly  recommended. 
Particjlars  and  Prospectus  from  The  PRI.N'CIPAL. 

I  IflTlfllinriftfl     WuIIq— LLANYRE    HALL    PREPARATORY    SCHOOL. 

LlttliU!  mUUU  JH  Cllb  In  own  grounds,  with  playing  field.  Elec.  light. 
Modrrii  sanitation.  Unrivalled  Climate.  Bovs  from  8  to  i.ii  prepared 
tor  I^ublic  Schools. Principal  :  H.  G.  POTTS,  .M.A. 

Lowestoft   (Nortli)-HARLESTON  HOUSii -rS-Nefr' 

Sea,  in  healthy  position.     Pupils  prepared  for  all  exams.     Liberal  diet. 
Health  &  comfort  studied.     Prospectus  from  Miss  H.ARRIS,  Principal. 

Newport,  1.  of  W.-BRAUNSTONE  HOUSE  SCHOOL  "d^s 

&  Jnr.  Boys.     Tborou.yhly  up-to-date.      High-class  modern  education. 
(Jutdoor  games  encouraged.     .All  particulars  from   1  he  PRIXCIP.ALS. 

Porthcawi  ST.  JOHN'S  SCHOOL. 

A  HIGH-CLASS  BOARDING  &  DAY  SCHOOL  FOR  BOYS.       Special 
-■Mtention   to  Delicate  and  Backward  Cliildrcn.       House  Overlooking 
Sea.     The  School  stands  in  its  Own  Grounds  of  lo  acres.     Teaching 
entirely  in  the  hands  of  Graduates. 
G.  LEWIS.  M.A..  Oxon.   (Headmaster). 

Rarasgate-THh  EAST  CLIFF  SCHOOL  S^E^.^iutS^II: 

Special  .-Attention  given  to  Delicatr  and  liackward  Cliililrrn. 
Prospri  Ills  lr,.:ii  I'lin.ip.d.  Miss   HILLS. 

Ryde,  1.  of  W.-RYDE  COLLEGE.  fS^^^^s*^  ^^C^d'^^^^l"! 

Careful  Individual  Character  Training.    Modern  Methods  in  Education. 
Prospectus  from  The  PRIN'CIPAL. 

St.  Leonards-on-Sea-SOMERYILLE  HOUSE  [piLn'^^GTs! 

-  -SijiiirI,  modern  education.   House  l.irgi'  and  .dry.     lo  iiiins.  from  sea. 
Hraciii';  climate.   Private  plaving  fields.'  Principal  :  Miss  1(  )iL\S  !( )Ni-:. 

St.  Leonardd-on-Sea-WlNCHESTER  HOUSE  SCHOOL 

(For  Girls).  In  own  grounds.    Modern  sanitatio  i.  Resident  pupils  only. 
Fees  from  fj^.  Tkf  Misses  >")OrH  &  STRATTON,  Principals. 


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St.  Leonards-WEST  MARINA  ^f^|^°^v:^c:ti^suL:;'ol; 

Sc.i  iTont.    ()pL'U-air  methods.     Home  comforts.     Imtin- chirm"  uihUt- 
taken  where  parents  arc  aliroad.       Principal  :  Miss  RICH  XkDsi  iX. 

Sandown,  I.  of  W.-"  BRUNTSFIELD."-^^^g"irls.''S 

class  Boardin?  School  with  Kindergarten.    Standing  in  its  (J\\  n  Grounds, 
overliKjkin;;  Sea.      Prospectua  on  aiiplit.ition  to 
Miss  MlrCHELL.  Principal. 

SEAFORD  LADIES'  COLLEGE,  Sussex  "for S'^Kterfn'od-' 

ern  improvement,  and  the  education  of  highest  standard.  Pleasantly  and 
healthily  situated. Prospectus  from  PRIXCll'.AL. 

Seaton,  Devon-" ST.  MICHAEL'S"   School  for  Girls. 

CL.setoSea.  Good  Plavin- Pi.-ld.  I'ootbal!.   Net  Hall.    Cricket.  Tennis, 
Swiiiiniin^'iS:  Riding,    terms  .Mod.    Mis-;  I'.Ri  >WX  I  NT.,  H.A..  Principal. 

SHANXLIN,  I.  of  W.-UPPER    CHINE 

SCHOOL.   FOR  GIRLS.    Beautiful  Climate.  Thorough  Education 
Fully  Qnalihed  Staff. Prospectus  from  THE   PRINCIPAL. 

Shorehara,  nr.  Brighton-Grammar  School. ToiTo,mS:r^ 

Pioirssinnal  Life.     .\11  Exams.     Special  attention   to  backward  boys. 
H.)iiie  Comfnrts.        Prospectus  fc  \"aeancies  apply   HEADMASl'ER. 

YENTNOK,  I.W.-BELMONT  SCHOOL -r.^LdlXyU'l^- 

pared  for  Public  Schools  and  Royal  Navy.     Magnilicent  Situation 
'Phone  VentiKir  127.       Rev.  A.  F,.  KIRKLAN'D.  M.A.  (Headmaster). 

Weym  luth  (Rodwell)-THORNELOE  SCHOOL.  KS:" 

Situ.ited  on  high  grounds  overlooking  Weymouth  Bay.       Large  playing 
luMs. Pro'spectus  from  PRINCIPAL. 

Worthing-ST.  BEDE'S  SCHOOL  L^o^LS^lV^S  roo'.t 

Gymnasimn  classes.     1  cnnisiS:  croquet  lawns.     Outdoor  games  encour- 
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