Devon Collection (page 43)

Tractor Pulling a Plough
A Devon farmer in the process of ploughing his field into neat furrows using a tractor- driven plough

Old Toll House
The Old Toll House at Sidmouth, Devon

Opening of the South Devon and Tavistock Railway
The South Devon and Tavistock Railway was inaugurated on the 21st June 1859. The event was celebrated with great festivity as the opening of the line would benefit greatly the trade between Plymouth

Fishing in Devon
A gentleman fishing in his top hat in a stream in Devon. In the background three children watch from the bank while another man rests on a picturesque stone bridge

Steps / Stepcote Hill
Stepcote Hill and Bridge, Exeter, Devon, a medieval pack-horse road, leading over the old bridge

Ye Olde Coffin House at Brixham, Devon. When a father declared that he would rather see his daughter in a coffin than marry her young man, the young man built this house

Road to Charmouth
The picturesque road into Charmouth, Dorset, a holiday resort on the border with Devon

Devon / Countisbury Hill
Countisbury Hill, Lynmouth, Devon - starting innocently enough the road ends in a steep 1 in 4 gradient - the cause of many a motoring mishap

William of Orange
KING WILLIAM III Statue of William of Orange at Brixham in Devon, England, commemorating his landing near there on 5 November 1688 to claim the English throne

Punch & Judy 1950S
Rows of holidaymakers, mostly seated in deckchairs, watch the Punch and Judy show on the beach at Paignton, Devon, England

Mineral Water Factory
The Mineral Water Factory of Herbert Dawe Ltd. of Paignton, Devon, England

Queen Anne Statue
Queen Annes walk at Barnstaple, north Devon, an ancient colonnade walk, known until 1714 as " Merchants Walk". Renamed after it had been restored with the statue

Boarding a Motor Boat
Passengers boarding a motor launch at Lynmouth, Devon, England

Devonshire Caravan Park
A caravan site at West Luccombe, Exmoor, Devon, England

Erme River, Devon
The Erme river, Devonshire is overhung with trees and enclosed by rocks

England / Dawlish / 1892
General view of the beach at Dawlish in Devon. Along the beach there are several bathing machines

TOLL GATE
A young couple in an open-top sports car pay their dues at the Woody Bay toll gate at the beginning of the private road from the Valley of the Rocks to Martinhoe Church, Devon

Exmoor / Lornas Bower
Exmoor, Devon: Lornas Bower (Lorna Doone)

England / Ilfracombe
A fine view of the popular seaside resort of Ilfracombe, North Devon, England and it harbour, seen from the heights of Hillsborough Hill (447 feet)

Garden Tools Gateway
A curious gateway near Sidmouth, Devon, England, which is made up of various gardening tools and impliments

Axmouth / Devon / 1909
The Axe, Axmouth, Devon

Cycling Town Crier
The Town Crier of Sidmouth, Devon, uses a tricycle to take him from one street corner to the next

Train at Dawlish
A steam train passing through the picturesque town of Dawlish in Devon, England

Thatching Cottage / Devon
A village craftsman re- thatching a cottage at Stoke Gabriel, Devon

Plymouth Barbican 1930S
Men relaxing around the harbour in the Barbican area of Plymouth, Devon, England

Plymouth Street 1930S
Girls pushing bundles on carts up one of the ancient narrow streets of Plymouth, Devon, England

Kingsteignton Roasting
A whole ram is basted as it roasts suspended on a spit over 2 baking trays at the Ram Roasting Fair, Kingsteignton, Devon. A group of hungry locals look on

Cottage on Fire
Fire-fighting on behalf of the Dawlish (Devon) County Fire Service : A fireman hoses down a burning cottage

Church Service, Plymouth
Attending a service at Saint Andrews Church, Plymouth, Devon

Wrestling / Cornwall Style
Cornwall and Devon style of wrestling showing two men demonstrating the Inside Lock or Click

Devonshire dentists trade card and price list
A Devonshire dentists trade card, including price list

Thatched cottage, Devon
Thatched cottage on a quiet country lane, Devon. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Teenagers by the boating lake, Devon
Two teenage boys and a teenage girl, all in their evening best, hanging out by the boating lake, Devon, England. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Milkman on his rounds, Devon
Milkman on his rounds with a handcart containing a large milk pail, Devon. Photograph by Norman Synge Waller Budd

Reynolds / Plympton School
SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS House (next door to the Grammar School) at Plympton, Devon, where the English portrait painter and President of the Royal Academy was born

Reynolds / Plympton Devon
SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS House at Plympton, Devon, where the English portrait painter and President of the Royal Academy was born

Plymouth / Ships C1830
Plymouth, Devon: the Sound full of ships

Devon / Widecombe in Moor
Devon inland scenery: Widecombe-in-the-Moor

Compton Castle / Devon
Compton Castle, Devon

Widecombe in the Moor
Widecombe-in-the-Moor, Dartmoor, Devon

2nd Eddystone Lighthouse
The second (wooden) Eddystone lighthouse, near Plymouth, Devon, is built by Rudyerd : it is nearly 30 metres high but will be destroyed by fire in 1755

Parson at Dawlish, Devon
When lost, a bad priest remarks that the Devil would make a better guide than his clerk. The Devil appears in disguise & directs them to their destruction

C18 Cider Mill
An 18th-century cider press in Devon, the wheel turned by a horse

Dartmoor Prison / 1907
Prisoners of Dartmoor go to work on the moors. Dartmoor was built in Princetown, Devon, in 1806-9 to house French prisoners during the Napoleonic Wars

Axminster Devon
Axminster, Devon, famous for its carpetmaking

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