Around Kingsbridge In Old Photographs

From The Cookworthy Museum Collection,

Compiled By Kathy Tanner

The book covers the old Kingsbridge Rural District Council area.

A delightful pictorial record of the people, events, landscapes of this area of the South Hams. Lots of photographs with people named.

Content:

Introduction; Farming and Markets; Kingsbridge Shops and Inns; Around the Villages; Quays, Roads and Railways; Crafts and Industry; Fishing; Childhood; Celebrations; Leisure and holidays; and Bad Times.

ISBN: 0862994357 1988

Photographs

Mr Drew the Tailor and Apprentices; Frederick Robert Elliott tutor to the father of the present Duke of Edinburgh; Kingsbridge Marketplace c. 1894; Kingsbridge Livestock Market, Fore Street; Duncombe Street; Kingsbridge Fair Day c1900; Dodbrooke Marketplace in Church Street c 1890; Major Luscombe the auctioneer; Free range poultry at Hallsands c. 1904; Rose Terry of Kingston; Western Farm, Yealmpton, before 1914; Dunstone Farm, Yealmpton c. 1912; Discussion Society at Lower Coleridge 9 June 1927; Mr Hooppell of Folly Farm, Bigbury; Double Furrow Horse or Tractor Plough; Stokenham 1896; Tractor-drawn binder on coastal fields; Stooking at Cornishes Farm, East Charleston c. 1956; Bridgecombe Farm, Loddiswell 1905; Thatched Ricks near Loddiswell; A Rick Yard; Mr Yabsley Threshing Team; Edward Hurrell; Messrs. R and W Hurrell; Bowden; Samuelson's Combined Reaping and Mowing Machine for sale advert; Yabsley Agricultural Engine; Charles Burrell and Sons of Thetford; Yabsley threshing machine at Goodshelter, East Portlemouth; Collecting Sea Sand from Mill Bay; Kingsbridge Estuary; Seaweed Collection; George Sandover of Woolston; Turnip Cutter patented 1894 and maun(d); Mr Woodmason of Duke's Mill; A West Charleton Farmer growing flax 1930; Folly Farm, Bigbury, South Devon; Kingsbridge Station Tonkin Brothers rabbit dealers of Market Place, Church Street, Kingsbridge before 1920; Fore Street, Kingsbridge; Hawkins 1791; S P Fox 1864; The Pearse Family, Seven Stars in Mill Street; Pearse town crier; Donovan's Butchers; Corner of mill Street and Fore Street 1920 – 1930; The Corner Stores; Duke Street before 1943; Entrance to the foundry; Fore Street before 1878; Shambles; 15 Fore Street; The Quarm family 1850 – 1910; Donovan's Marine Store and China Dealers, Church Street 1878; 49 Fore Street; Stidworthy glass and china shop c. 1897 at 61 - 63 Fore Street; The Shambles 85 Fore Street; Exeter Inn; South Devon Brewery; Lidstone butchers 70 Fore Street; Post Office and Devon and Cornwall Bank; Plymouth and Devonport Banking Company, Kingsbridge Branch 1832; Builders working on the Bank and Post Office in 1892; 95 – 97 Fore Street, Tanner Draper's Shop 1862; Joseph Tanner; Francis Young 1861; The Albion Hotel Fore Street, c. 1900; Port family; Veysey Stoneman grocers and music shop; 9 Church Street, Market House, 1885; Pritchards; King of Prussia Inn changed name to the George 1935; Courts Fish and Chips, Duke Street 1920 – 1930; Bright Floral Artist Shop, 5 Duke Street, Kingsbridge; Ryeford Garage, The Quay, Kingsbridge; Richard West carrier to Loddiswell; Bailey and Flower's Studio, 99 Fore Street, Kingsbridge; Mr Len Geatches of Kingsbridge, wheelwright; Blackler Ironmonger; Red Lion Inn; Bantham c. 1892; S Giles Baker of Salcombe; Malborough; Hope Cove; Jim Rogers, carrier of Beeson at Chillington; Woodleigh's Village Shop and Post Office; James William Kennard c. 1898, postman and sexton at Woodleigh; George Kennard, blacksmith; West Alvington c. 1892; Lower Town, West Alvington; Modbury; Kingsbridge union; Inner Hope c. 1892; The Pilchard Inn, Burgh Island; pilchard fishing Bigbury; Thurlestone Village; Malborough main Street 1914; South Milton, Police Cottage; The Manor of Chivelstone; Salcombe from Bonfire Hill; Salcombe from above South Sands; Hannaford's Greengrocers, Salcombe c. 1900; South Pool; Mingo's Shop Hallsands; The London Inn Hallsands; Torcross c. 1890; Dodbrooke Quay c. 1890; Salt Mill Quay; Square's Quay; New Quay, Kingsbridge c. 1875; Bond Family; Bill Bond, Bond's Quay 1910 – 11; New Quay Inn now Crabshell; Express passenger ferry 1885; Dates of Kingsbridge; Reindeer launched 1875; Fore Street Toll Gate pre 1884; Turnpike Trusts; Donkey power; Road Mending Team near New Mill between Loddiswell and Woodleigh; The Dartmouth Coach at Torcross, stagecoach; W H Madge Veterinary Shoer, Fore Street, Kingsbridge; The Quay, Kingsbridge; Fore Street 1930s; The first engine through the line, railway line 1893; W. Clarke; Avonwick; Gara Bridge; Loddiswell station; Woodleigh; Kingsbridge; River Avon near Woodleigh; The opening of the Kingsbridge Line 1893; Van Houten sign; Joe Foale; GWR parcel Service; Boxer Wakeham; Kings Arms Hotel; Over the Station from West Alvington Hill 1910; Sawmill at Goodshelter, Eat Portlemouth c. 1880; Salcombe Boatyard c. 1900; Dates Boatyard, Kingsbridge; Mr Woodmason, basket maker of Duke's Mill, Averton Gifford; Lidstone's Foundry, Duke Street, Kingsbridge; The Trant family, millers; Washbrooke Mill, Dodbrooke; Loddiswell Mill 1903; Kelland's Brewery, Church Street, Kingsbridge c. 1900; Malt; London Brewery, Church Street, Phoenix; Kellands; South Devon Brewery; Prowses, Union Road; Fish Market at Normandy Way, Salcombe 1904; H Cook; Hope Cove 1906; Pilchard fishing; The Avon, fish Quay, Salmon; John King; Worwell Beach; Bigbury; Ivy Cove; Lannacombe; Smuggling; Camp of Collapit, Tacket Wood Bridge, Salcombe Road 1900; Fishing group on the Saltstone c. 1890; non-conformist services; Beesands Fisherwomen 1898; Start Bay Crab Fishery; Hallsands 1904 – 1917; Hallsands pre-1899; Beaching Boats at Beesands c. 1900; Hallsands 1900; Tuck Seining at Hallsands c. 1896; Kingsbridge Fair day; White Hart, Kingsbridge c. 1890; Start Point Lighthouse c. 1900; Hope Cove Lifeboat, the Alexandra; Salcombe Lifeboat committee; Bolt Tail; Lesty, Salcombe Lifeboat 1887 - 1904; South Sands Lifeboat House built 1878; West Alvington School 1895; Alf Edgecombe; Voysey; Mildred Hyne; Edie Moor; Victor Hyne; Will Moore; Sam Goss; Fred Edgecombe; Percy Barnes; Henry Hill; Frank Reeves; Bessie Cole; Frank Ingram; Katie Whiteway; Clara Voysey; Edgar Sandover; Crystal Luckham; Lizzie Ingram; Bertha Reeves; Fred Lidstone; Mable Gillard; Albert Reeves; Frank Gillard; Albert Rich; Ella Rich; Freda Whiteway; Elsie Cole; Clara Rich; Headmaster Mr Denton; Tumbly Hill; Ropewalk and Square's Quay, Kingsbridge; West Charleton school Group; Yarmer Beach, Thurlestone 1903 – 1909; Kingsbridge Grammar School, 108 Fore Street c. 1875; Founded Thomas Crispin; William Duncombe; Grammar School Boys c. 1880; Pullen, Cove, Brooks, Mr Dawson; Toake 1; Langworthy; May; Adams; Mr Molesworth; Gale Sparrow; Honck; Fairweather; Mr Cloutte; Allen 1, Hooper; Langworthy, Coker, Cox, Troake 2, Lys; Rundle; Lamble; Adams, Allen 2, Adams, Stoneman; Crimp; Steer; Swinderbank; Spear; Rundle; Wakeham; W H Squire, cellist and Composer February 1879; Grammar School, 20 Fore Street 1911; Kingsley Road; Twyford School Hockey Team 1911; R Blackler; K Langworthy; C Harris; M Balkwill, E Irish; K Coyte, E M Balkwill; A Hannaford; A Prettyjohn; K Pascoe; Twyford House now Quay House; Sunday school outing to Torcross 1913; Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee of 1887, Ebrington Street, Kingsbridge; Mr P O Hingston Wine and Spirit merchant 8 Mill Street; Vineyard Trophy; The Firework Committee: Mr Harry Prowse; Ped Nicholls; Mr Pope, Harry Square, Jonnie Carpenter; Mr Mignot Tucker, Chemist; J R Gill; Jubilee Celebrations 1987 80 Fore Street; Mr Jarvis; Stear Family; Sadlers in Duke Street; Procession to celebrate the coronation of Edward Vii 1901; Town Hall Kingsbridge; Averton Gifford 1910, George V Coronation Day; Ebrington Street Party 1935; Kingsbridge Carnival 1929; Mill Street VE Day 1935; 1908 Salcombe Carnival; Beatrice Hamden; Bessie Arundel; Stella Pearce; Ethel Lapthorne; Edith Hamden; Fireworks Salcombe Harbour c. 1930; Alwyn Staddon; Boot and Shoe shop 75 Fore Street; The Devonshire Association; Bolt Head Hotel c. 1900; Lapthorne Family at Bantham; Kingsbridge Piscatorial Society; Salcombe Rugby Club Annual Dinner , Cliff House 20 May 1948; Beesands Rovers Football Team 1923 – 1924; Cricket Inn Beesands; Ryeford House; Boon's Coach Works; Hurford's Kaffirs; Pleasure Fair, Beer's Quay; Arthur Harris; Duprez, family Musicians; Averton Gifford Rectory; Croquet, Modbury Vicarage; Whitehall, Churchstow c. 1909; Garden Widdicombe House, Torcross c. 1930; Combe Royal House and garden; Meet of the South Pool Harriers, Buckland House; Buckland Tout Saints; H Square, solicitor advert 1878; Courtenay Walk, Salcombe c. 1875; Bolt Head; Splat Cove; Mrs Haynes Artist 40 Fore Street, Kingsbridge; Salcombe from East Portlemouth; York Hotel, now Salcombe Hotel, Fore Street, Salcombe; Thurlestone c. 1911; Royal Sands Hotel, Slapton; Sands Hotel, Slapton Sands; Torcross; Holidays at Hallsands with Patience and Ella Trout, Trout's Hotel, Hallsands; Prospect House; Gara Rock Hotel c. 1907; Golf Club and Links, Thurlestone c. 1900 – 1910; Bolberry Golf Links 1907; Port Light Hotel; Mixed bathing at Hope Cove 1913; Funeral at Modbury; Local Poor Law Union 1937 Workhouse inmates c. 1910; Great Blizzard of 1891; Kingsbridge Cottage Hospital, Duncombe Street; South Hams Hospital, Plymouth Road; Kingsbridge Barracks 1812; The Battery at Salcombe; Soldiers of Kingsbridge Fifth Haytor Battalion Devon Regiment Volunteers c. 1902; Cpl. Farr; Butcher; T Lidstone; Colour Sergeant Heavens, John Tanner, Hannaford (Baker), Claude Stear, Hannaford, Bert Tanner; Volunteers enlisting for the First World War, Salcombe; Some of the Kings Own Regiment 1914 – 1916; Selling Horses at Averton Gifford 1914, Kingsbridge 1914; Sandover; Charles Luckraft of Challonscombe; Walter Crimp of Tuffland; Mr Bowden of Titwell; George Torring of Ashford; Billie Steer and Uncle Jim Fiend; J Pearce 8 Fore Street; Bulford Camp, Salisbury Plain; Peace Sunday 20 July 1919; Twyford School Float 1919; Bomb exploded Kingsley Road; Kingsbridge Home Guard c. 1940; Norman Tucker; Ralph Ball; Harold Ellis; Reg Hammett, George Weevil; Roy Giles; Cecil Rogers, Roy Richards; Claude Solomon; Bill Rogers; Fred Stephens; Oscar Quantock; Claude Luscombe, Norman Prowse, Simon Tucker; Walter Court, Hubert Way; Les Cowler, Bill Jordon, Jack Foale, Bob Foxworthy; Bill Sidenham; Ned West; Eli Edgecombe; Tom Garnett, Herbert Marshall, Captain Sadler, Sergeant McCanless, Frank Gloyn, George Kellard; Harry Thoroughgood; Jack Tucker; Wilf Horswell; Public Meeting Notice, Sir John Daw, J.P. Chairman Devon County Council, 1943; Kings Arms, Strete; Mr Britnell, Landlord 1943; E Hannaford, butcher; F Life, Verger; St Michaels and All Angels, Blackawton; Church House Inn, Stokenham; WRVS; Memorial parade, Royal Sands Hotel; American Vessels at Salcombe; War Memorial Kingsbridge; Great Blizzard Salcombe, Kingsbridge, 1891; Oldfields, Churchstow blizzard 30 December 1927; High Tide at Salcombe 1909; Hallsands storms 1917; Torcross 1951 shingle removal; The Barque, Herzogin Cecilie built 1902 founded Ham Stone; Sewer Mill Cove; Herzogin Cecilie sank Starehole Bay:

Acknowledgements in book: Cookworthy Museum; Devon Library Services; Torquay Natural History Society; Western Morning News.