Index to Dawlish Local History Group Chronicle and Newsletter archive.

Click here to return to Chronicle and Newsletter archive.

Click on the date under the EDITION heading to view/download the Newsletter.

To search on this page using a computer press CTRL and F keys to bring up search box, then type part or all of a word.

1
SUBJECT EDITION PAGE Picture/Text NOTES
1960 storm and flooding 2020.03 6 Picture + text Effect on railway and Tucks Plot
ADDYMAN, Oscar 2024.09 9 Picture + text Biography of the man who planned the protection of Dawlish Warren in the 1960s
Admirals 2022.10 8 Picture + text Report of talk on those buried in churchyard
ANGAS, George F 2013.07 2 Picture + text Lived Park House 1832-39
Apprentices Article 4 Picture + text Run by parish until 1836. In Bits & Bobs
Artists of Dawlish 2023.12 12 Picture + text Three artists c.1939
Ashcombe 2021.03 1 Picture + text Farms etc. associated with Dawlish Water
Ashcombe Tower 2015.01 2 Picture + text Built 1833 and later owned by Holman family
Assembly rooms 2023.09 10 Picture + text History
AVANT family 1998.11 1 Picture + text History
BADEN POWELL, Olive 2009.05 2 Text Maiden surname Soames. Dawlish connection
Ball W, Confectioner 2018.06 2 Picture + text 1879 advert
BALLARD, Albert C 2014.07 2 Text Teignmouth philanthropist
BALLE family 2000.03 1 Text Of Mamhead House and Aller Farm
Bandstand 2022.03
2022.03
2
6
Picture + text Venue for concert parties
Discovering the date of erection
BARNARD, William Henry 2017.07 6 Text and picture Painting of Strand Mill, Brunswick Place and Westcliff c.1801
BARNHAM, Rev R.H.D. 2023.09 5 Text Staying at 11 Westcliff
Barns near Dawlish 1997.02 1 Picture + text
Barton House ghost 2002.11 2 Text 1860s
Barton Terrace no. 6 2021.09 2 Picture
Bathing 2004.09 2 Text Description 1880s
Bathing 2011.03 2 Text History
Beach Article 12 Text History of use etc. In Bits & Bobs
Beach Article Picture + text History. In Dawlish Beaches 1770-2020
Beach scene c.1888 2022.06 5 Picture + text Analysis and digital re-creation
Beach Street 2022.10 1 Picture + text History
Beachcroft, Charles B K 2020.12 7 Picture + text 'A hero, a comedian and a cad'
BEARD family 1999.11
2023.06
2
2
Text
Text
Built houses late C18/early C19
Builders
Beating the bounds 2002.09 1 Text Walking Dawlish Town boundaries
Bell ringing 2024.09 10 Text Ringing on 5th November
Belmont Villa 2014.01 2 Text East Cliff Road
BENTINCK, Violet Cavendish 2012.09
2011.05
2023.06
2
1
6
Text
Text
Picture + text
Owner of Cottage at Empsons Hill and Badlake House etc. Died 1932
Royal visits to the Cottage, Empsons Hill
Land dealings and her will
BISHOP, Douglas 2015.11 1 Text Owned Fairfield House and local author
Bishopsteignton: Nelsons Admirals and Navy connections 2023.09 6 Picture + text Report of talk
Black swans 2022.06 7 Picture + text When were they first introduced?
BLACKMORE, William 2016.01 3 Picture + text Gardener
Blacksmiths 1995.04 2 Text Early to mid 1800s
Boat Cove 2006.09 1 Picture + text Boating activities and Coryton Cove 1930s
Boer war 2010.03 1 Text Dawlish men in the war
Border R, Ironmonger 2018.06 6 Text 1879 advert
BOWES-LYON, Elizabeth 2011.05 1 Text Royal visits to the Cottage, Empsons Hill
BRAYTON, Lily 2002.01 2 Picture + text Actress retired in Dawlish
Brewing 2018.12 6 Picture + text History in Dawlish
Brickmaking 2003.05 1 Text Refers to Aller Vale pottery
Bridge House 2024.06 4 Text Origins
Brook and its bridges 2014.03 2 Picture + text Part 1
Brook and its bridges 2014.05 2 Text Part 2
Brook Cottage 2016.08 2 Text Brook Cottage aka Brookdale
Brook House 2024.06 4 Text Origins
Brook Street 1996.07 1 Text History. Aka Manor Row
Brookdale 2016.08 2 Text aka Brook Cottage
Brookdale Terrace 2018.06
2023.06
6
1
Picture + text
Picture + text
Query on building date
Full history of the site and buildings
Brunswick House 2023.06 4 Picture + text Predating Brookdale Terrace
Brunswick Place, Stanley House 2021.09 2 Picture
Buckfastleigh Caves 2018.09 3 Picture + text Report of outing
Burlesdon 2014.05 1 Picture + text East Cliff Road
Burrows reservoir 2006.07 1 Picture + text The water supply for Dawlish
BURT, William 2011.09 2 Text Cabinet maker
BUSSELL, Henry 2011.09 2 Text Miller at Strand Mill
Cairmona 2014.03 1 Picture + text East Cliff Road
CAMPBELL, Miss Frances 2012.09 2 Text Died 1870
CANN, Dr Francis 2018.12 2019.06 4
1
Picture + text
Picture + text
Terms of his will.
Biographical article
CANN family 2000.01 2 Text Mainly Dr Cann
CANN, Thirza 2011.11 2 Text Milliner, 5 Albert Place
Carnival 2024.09 3 Picture + text History of Dawlish Carnival
Caroline of Brunswick 2020.03 3 Picture + text 1820 riot in Dawlish when she was on trial
Cartes de Visite 2017.01 2 Text History
Caves 2005.07 1 Picture + text The Mysterious Tunnels of Dawlish
Caves 2008.07 1 Picture + text Behind Great Cliff Hotel
Cemetery and graveyard Article 10 Picture + text Cemetery opened 1884 and graveyard closed. In Bits & Bobs.
Changes in Dawlish 2022.03 7 Picture + text Second biennial survey 2020-21
Chapman (photographers) 2024.06 13 Picture + text Short history
CHAPMAN, Lilian 2023.12 12 Text Artist
CHAPMAN Photographic workshop,
Hatcher Street
2019.03 8 Picture Photo of developing racks outside Hatcher Street premises
Charlton Villa 2014.01
2014.03
2
1
Picture + text
Text
East Cliff Road
Follow up to earlier text
Cholera 2016.08 4 Text Exeter 1832
Cinema October 1960 2020.03 7 Picture + text Scala cinema programme October 1960
Civil War in Devon 2021.12 5 Picture + text Report of Janet Few's talk on how the war affected people in Devon
CLAPP, Gilbert 2021.12 3 Picture + text His naval career and his gravestone
Cleveland Place, High Street 2022.12 3 Picture + text History
Cleveland Garage 2022.12 4 Picture + text Description
Clevelands 2024.06 3 Text Origins
Clevelands, Old Teignmouth Road 2022.12 1 Picture + text History
Cliff Cottage 2024.06 3 Text Origins
Cliff House 2018.12
2019.03
2
6
Text
Picture + text
Mentioned in Lea Mount article
History of the 3 joined houses
Clint 2014.05 1 Text East Cliff Road
Clump of Firs 2023.12 4 Text Origins
Clyde Cottage 2014.03 1 Text East Cliff Road
CND 2015.11 1 Text Dawlish CND in the 1960's
Coastguard cottages no. 7 2001.01 1 Picture + text Inscription of tradesmen who worked on the cottage 1886
Coastguards 2001.07
2013.11
2020.10
1
2
1
Picture + text
Picture + text
Picture + text
History in Dawlish
The service and accommodation
Boathouse. Rescue operations and other work.
Cockwood 2024.03
2024.03
2024.03
2024.03
1
5
7
11
Text
Picture + text
Picture + text
Picture + text
History quiz
Brief history
Horticultural history
A walk around the area
Cockwood House 2024.06 3 Ttext Origins
Cockwood wreck 2006.05 2 Picture + text Cardiff collier wrecked 1943
Cofton 2024.03
2024.03 2024.03
5
7
11
Text
Picture + text
Picture + text
Brief history
Horticultural history
A walk around the area
Cofton Holiday Camp 2024.06 11 Picture + text Report of talk on its history
Cold war experiences of a Met. Man. 2022.10 7 Picture + text Report of talk
COMBSTOCK, Thomas Henry 2013.03 2 Picture + text Naval officer. 1874-1942
Coronation celebrations 1902, 1911, 1937 & 1953
Coronation Celebrations June 1953
2023.03
2020.01
11 Picture + text Town activities
Extracts from Dawlish Gazette 12/6/1953
Corsair pirate captives 1996.06 2 Text George Voisey 1680; Richard Manning 1676; George Vosie 1769
Cosens Institute 2006.01 2 Text Description + charity of same name
COSENS, William 1998.05 1 Text Established the dispensary 1855 and Cosens Institute 1865
Cottage, Empsons Hill 1999.01
2007.05
2012.09
2022.12
2023.06
1
1
2
9
6
Picture + text
Picture + text
Picture + text
Picture
Picture + text
History aka Weech House
1920/1930s
Owners 1815-1932
Alice Hutchings working in service
Land dealings 1870-1933
Covid 19 2022.03 7 Text How it affected life in Dawlish
Cows Hole 2019.03
2019.03
7 Picture + text
Text
Engineered through Red Rock as part of route to Coryton Cove
Name may have referred to cowrie shells
CRIDDLE, Frank 2014.07
2014.09
1
1
Picture + text
Text
1888-1966. Railway ganger
War service in Bangalore 1915
CRIDDLE, Maurice 2018.12 8 Text Legacy of £500 to DLHG
Criddle Postcard Collection 2020.01 5 Picture + text Comments on selected historic postcards
CRIDDLE, William John 2014.09 2 Text Killed in WW1
CRIDGE family 2012.07 1 Picture + text Greengrocers and cafe owners
CURRIE, Thomas 2018.09 1 Text Death of railway worker 1921
CURTIS family 2019.03 4 Text Advert for bakery at 1 High Street 1897
Customs 2024.09 10 Text Bell ringing on 5th November
Cycles 2019.10 7 Picture + text Local paper report of Stanley Cycle Show with latest cycling innovations
D Day and the Exe Bridges 2024.09 1 Picture + text Practicing to take 2 bridges in France
Dairies of Dawlish 2019.03 3 Picture + text Listing of all the sellers of milk
DANIELL, Philip 2022.03 4 Picture + text Involvement in 1930s entertainment
Daubeney, W.A. 2021.06 11 Picture + text J.P.Residing at Clevelands, Westcliff Hill, court report as magistrate in 1896
Dartmoor conchies 2024.03 12 Text Report of talk
Dartmoor prison 2023.03 10 Text Report of talk
Davies F, Photographer 2018.06 3 Text 1879 advert
Dawlish 1790s 2020.08 2 Picture + text Revd John Swete travel journals
Dawlish 1795 2005.11 1 Text Diary of Rev John Swete
Dawlish 1809 2007.07
2021.06
1
7
Text
Picture
Diary of Joseph Farrington includes description of Lawn
A drawing showing Manning's canalised brook and the new bridge etc. before it was destroyed by flood in 1810
Dawlish 1815 2021.06 7 Picture + text Illustration from a talk
Dawlish 1840 2021.06 8 Picture + text Illustration from a talk
Dawlish 1841 2004.05 1 Text
Dawlish 1855c. 2021.06x 1 Picture + text Illustration from a talk
Dawlish 1897 2004.07 1 Text
Dawlish 1930s 2022.06 12 Picture + text Fish and chip cart at the sea front
Dawlish 1930s entertainment 2022.03 4 Picture + text
Dawlish 1950s 2022.10
2024.03
9
3
Picture + text
Picture + text
Description
Memories of Jeffrey Pick
Dawlish 1960s 2023.06 13 Text Reminiscences of Jimmy Hill
Dawlish 2018 & 2019 2020.03 5 Picture + text Developments in the town
Dawlish 2020 & 2021 2022.03 7 Picture + text Developments in the town
Dawlish accordion club 2010.09 2 Picture 1953
Dawlish Christian Fellowship 2023.06 8 Picture + text History
Dawlish Church Institute 2004.01 2 Text Established 1901 in RAFA club
Dawlish Dairies 2019.10 3 Picture + text Local dairymen and dairy shops + Tricia's personal memories
Dawlish development 2024.06 1 Picture + text Where wealthy landowners built c.1785-1826
Dawlish Gazette 2019.03 4 Picture + text First issue 24 April 1897-
Dawlish hoard 2019.06
2022.12
7
6
Picture + text
Picture + text
Description of the contents. Subject of talk at evening event 8 May 2019.
Description. On show at RAMM.
Dawlish library and general knowledge society 2000.05
2000.05
1
1
Text
Text
Closed 1865?
Founded 1850. Met at Vestry Hall from 1861
Dawlish Gazette First Edition 2019.03 4 Picture + text Date: 24/4/1897, local and International news
Dawlish Local History Group 2017.01
2018.01
2018.12
4
8
1
Picture + text
Picture
Picture + text
How the group started
Formation of History Group Gazette report 16/9/1993
History Group 25th anniversary. Presentation of activities over 25 years.
Dawlish Ratepayers Association 2019.10 6 Picture + text Local paper report of meeting in November 1892
Dawlish Steam Brewery 2018.06 2 Text 1879 advert
Dawlish Volunteers 2000.05 2 Text Militia
Dawlish Warren 2015.03 1 Picture + text Jenny Norman’s memories of the 1960’s
Dawlish Warren developments 2020.01 7 Picture + text Effects of recent storms
Dawlish Water Part 1
Dawlish Water Part 2
2021.03
2021.06
1
1
Picture + text
Picture + text
1. Luscombe Mill pond to the sea.
2 From source to Luscombe Mill pondGeography and history
Bridges, Canalisation, Buildings, Mills, Floods
Dawlish Water bridges 2014.03
2014.05
2
2
Picture + text
Picture + text
From Stonelands to the sea
Dawlish WW1 Project 2021.03 6 Text Announcement of books
DE BURGH, Matilda 2016.08 1 Text Buried in St Gregory’s graveyard
DE LESSEPS, Ferdinand 2019.10 7 Text Local paper report of prosecution of builder of Suez Canal
Devon & Exeter Institution 2017.10 2 Picture + text Report of September 2017 visit
Devon Court 2015.05 2 Picture + text On Westcliff Hill, built by Leon Solomon
Devon Rural Archive 2017.07 2 Picture + text Focus on work of Archive
DICK, Admiral Thomas 2008.05 2 Text 1776-1862
Diving archaeology talk 2020.03 6 Picture + text
DUFF, Mary 2016.08 1 Text Buried in St Gregory’s graveyard
EARL OF PERTH 2022.06 10 Picture + text A chess player who lived in Barton Villas
EARLY, R.W. Article 12 Picture + text Early's wall. In Bits & Bobs
East Cliff Road 2014.01
2014.03
2014.05
2014.07
1
1
1
1
Picture + text Part 1
Part 2
Part 3
Part 4
Eastcliff park, Teignmouth 2022.10 6 Picture + text History
Easton House 2024.06 3 Picture + text Origins
East Teignmouth in 1790s 2020.08 5 Picture + text Description of town & watercolour of foreshore in 1795 in Revd John Swete journal
Education Article 3 Text History of local efforts. In Bits & Bobs
Electric Picture Palace 2018.01 1 Text First Dawlish cinema
EMPSON family 2005.09 2 Text of The Cottage, Weech Road
EMPSON, Charlotte Wilkes 2012.09 2 Text Owner of The Cottage and land at Empsons Hill from 1870
Ermin Villa 2014.03 1 Text East Cliff Road
Exeter ancient buildings 2020.12 9 Picture + text Todd Gray's survey of Cathedral Yard and High St buildings. Exeter Cathedral Yard fire.
Exeter Book 10th century 2021.03 7 Picture + text Report of talk by Felicity Goodall
Exeter Custom House 2019.10 5 Picture + text Report of visit to Custom House, Quay and Medieval Bridge 3/9/19
Exeter Harbour Master 2024.03 14 Text Report of talk
Exeter Hospitals 2022.12 6 Picture + text Brief history
Fair 1897 2014.11 2 Text From Dawlish Gazette
Fairfield House 1998.07
2000.09
2015.11
2
1
2
Text
Text
Picture + text
History (Burnt down 2018)
Associated with Luscombe Castle
Owned by Douglas Bishop
FARINGTON, Joseph 2021.12
2007.07
2024.03
6
1
10
Picture + text
Text
Text
Background on the artist, his stay in Dawlish in 1809 and the picture he drew
The landscape artist's visit to Dawlish 1809
Quote about Dawlish
Ferris Brewery 2018.12 6 Picture + text Includes brewing in Dawlish pre-1817
Fire service 1996.06
2018.01
2000.03
2014.11
2
2
2
2
Text
Picture + text
Picture + text
Text
First engine built 1785
History of service 1817-1914
Stable for the horse in Stockton Road. New steam engine 1900
Various concerns 1893-1918
Fire service Article 1 Text History. In Bits & Bobs
Fishing 2012.05 1 Text Large sprat haul 1900
Floods 2024.06 5 Picture + text Report of talk on weather of Dawlish
Floods in 1960 2013.09
2020.03
1
6
Picture + text
Picture + text
October 1960
Report in Gazette of October 1960 storm & floods
Formation of History Group 2018.06 8 Picture Gazette report 16/9/1993
FORTESCUE, John Inglett 2020.08 8 Picture + text Mentioned in presentation on slave-ownership. Slave owner; Lord of the Manor of Dawlish; debtor.
Fursdon House 2023.09 8 Picture + text Report of visit
FURSDON, Rev. Edward 2023.06 2023.09 14
9
Text
Picture + text
Life of the Dawlish vicar
How he came to live at Fursdon House and his parishioners wellwishes
Gardens, Victorian developments 2020.01 2 Picture + text
Gas company 1996.06
2014.11
2
2
Text Council changed to oil lighting because of poor service 1882
Dissatisfaction with service 1882
Gas works 2015.03 2 Picture + text
GAY family 2023.12 1 Picture + text Owners of Gay’s Creamery
Gay’s Creamery 2023.12 1 Picture + text History of the business
GIBSON, Keith 2024.03 14 Picture + text Report of talk
GILPIN, John 2011.11 1 Text Blue plaque for ballet dancer
GOODALL, Admiral Samuel 2023.09 7 Text Buried at Bishopsteignton
Grand Hotel 2024.06 9 Picture + text How the site developed
Green Shield Stamps 2021.03 8 Picture + text History, source 1971 newspaper
Hadleigh House 2013.11 2 Text For officer i/c coastguards
Haldon airfield 2009.05
2015.11
2016.01
2016.03
1
2
1
1
Text
Picture + text
Picture + text
Picture + text
History
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3. Air displays and races
Haldon Belvedere 1998.11 1 Picture + text History
Haldon Duel 1833 2017.01 1 Picture + text Dr Peter Hennis v Sir John Jeffcott at Haldon Racecourse 1833
HAMMOND, Sir Arthur George 2007.03 2 Picture + text Obit 1919
Have A Go! radio programme 2021.09 5 Picture + text Gazette article on Nov 7 1958 Radio show in Dawlish
Hensford farm 2020.03 3 Picture + text In article on orchards
High Cliffe 2014.03 1 Picture + text aka Cairmona
High House 2020.03 8 Picture + text A children's home and later site development. Purchase of children's home by Stafford CC
Highcliffe Cottage 2014.03 2 Picture + text East Cliff Road
Higher Rixdale farm 2003.09 1 Text Data from 1941 survey
HILL, George (Rowley) (SGT) 2001.05
2023.03
1
7
Picture + text Born Dawlish 1837, died 1930 Devonport, Auckland
Full life story
HILL, Jim 2023.063 12 Picture + text Early life
HILYARD Maud Lewis 2016.10 2 Text Work in WW1
History Day 2016 2016.10 1 Picture + text Description
HMS Bay 2005.09
2012.05
2013.01
2013.03
1
2
1
Text
Text
Text
Picture + text
Bell hangs in Manor House
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3. Adopted by Dawlish 1941
HOARE, Charles 2023.03
2023.06
1
16
Picture + text
Text
Life story
Correction on death date
Holcombe 2006.05 2 Text Changing times in the village
Holcombe Chalet Holidays 1950s 2020.01 1 Picture + text Reminiscences of the 1950s, remembered by John Wilkinson
Holcombe post office 2009.01 1 Picture + text 1907-2008
HOLMAN family 2015.01 2 Picture + text Connections to Ashcombe
HOLMAN, Jim 2002.11 3 Text Archive list
HOMEYARD, [James] William 2013.07 1 Picture + text Town porter died 1956
Hope Church 2023.06 8 Picture + text History
Hospitals Article 7 Text The dispensary, cottage hospital and infirmary. In Bits & Bobs
House names 2023.12 3 Picture + text Homes with the same or similar names
Howard, Major John 2024.09 1 Picture + text Leading the attack on 2 bridges in France
HURREL, Jacob 2020.10 1 Text Coastguard, death on 7/9/1877
Hut 2022.03 2 Picture + text 1920-59
Ipplepen Archaeology 2021.03 5 Picture + text Highlights of project 2007-19 - Report of talk by Derek Gore. Iron age and Roman remains.
Ivy Croft 2014.03 2 Picture + text aka La Quinta
JACKSON family 2016.01 3 Text Associated with the Manor House
JACKSON, Katherine Anne 2016.10 3 Text Work in WW1
KAYE (or KAY), Charles Beachcroft 2020.08
2020.12
7
7
Picture + text
Text
Owner of the Royal Hotel. Captain of winning England cricket team at 1900 Olympics. He changed his name several times, at some point to Jack Trent
Expanding on the information in Aug edition
Kelly mine 2016.08 5 Text Iron oxide (shiny ore) mine at Lustleigh
KELSALL, G.N. 2015.07 2 Text Promoter of Dawlish Pier
KENDALL, George 2022.12 7 Picture + text Outspoken Calvinist of Cofton 1610-1663
Kents cavern 2015.09 Text
King Arthur's Great Halls, Tintagel 2021.06 7 Picture + text Report of Wierdest West Country Buildings talk
King Street 2019.06 5 Picture + text History of the houses in the street. Focus on No3, 10, 10a and 13
KNAPMAN, W 2020.10 8 Picture + text Advert for clothes shop at 14 Strand
Knowle 2017.04 5 Text
La Quinta 2014.03 2 Picture + text East Cliff Road
LAKE, Joan 2023.12 5 Picture + text With a donkey 1921 & 1971
LAMACRAFT, George 2018.09 5 Picture + text Visit to Bemuda 1958
LAMACRAFT, John Henry Grills 2006.01 1 Picture + text Biographical details
Langdon Estate 2001.03 1 Text History
Langdon House 2018.06 8 Picture + text Sketch by E Worsley 1944
Langstone Cliff Cottage 2024.06 2 Text Origins
Langstone railway cutting 2019.03 8 Picture + text Photo of labourers
LAVIS Ernest LAVIS Jack 2021.06 2021.06 11
9
Picture + text Builder, record of work for W.A. Daubeney in 1906
Dawlish builder of 1950's-70's who built Coryton Close
Lawn
Lawn
Lawn sculpture
2011.07
Article
2024.03
1

10
Picture + text
Picture + text
Picture + text
Brief history
Website article The Lawn and Tucks Plot
Crafted from a chestnut tree
Lawn nos 1 & 2 1996.01 1 Picture + text History
Lea Mount 2018.12 2 Picture + text History derived from maps and illustrations - History part 1
Lea Mount 1907 2019.03 6 Picture + text Cliff House, access to Coryton Cove. History part 2
LEAMAN family 2015.03 2 Text William Leaman gas works manager
Legends 2012.11 1 Text Ghosts of Dawlish
LETHBRIDGE, John 2017.10 1 Picture + text Report of visit to Newton Abbot Museum
LEOPOLD, Duke of Albany 2020.10 7 Picture + text Mourning in the Victorian Era
Lido history 2016.08 2 Picture + text
Lidwell farm 2020.03 2 Picture Charles Smith and son working the cider press
LIPYEATT family Article 2 Picture + text Dawlish connections including the Priory. In Sir Walter Raleigh at the Priory
Local government Article 2 Picture + text History to present day. In Bits & Bobs
Local historians 2010.03 2 Text People who have studied or written about Dawlish
Luscombe Castle 2023.03 2004.11 2024.06 2
1
4
Picture + text
Picture + text
Text
Early years
History of the estate
Origins
Luscombe Castle associated buildings 2000.09 1 Text Home Farm estate office; Fairfield
MACKIE, Myrtle 2021.09 1 Picture + text Wartime memories - Reminiscences of an evacuee 1940
Mamhead House 2000.07
2015.07
1
1
Picture + text
Picture + text
History
MANNING, John Eyde 2017.07 3 Text Biographical details
Manor Gardens play area 2024.03 9 Text Completely revamped
Manor House 2014.01
2016.01
2024.06
1
3
4
Text
Text
Text
Retained for the town 2013
Jackson family
Origins
Manor House 1910 2002.09 2 Text Information and description from a valuation
Manor House staves 2002.07 2 Picture + text What the symbols mean
Manor Row 1996.07 1 Text History. Aka Brook Street
Marine Archaeology 2020.03 6 Picture + text Report of talk about finds from different ages at a site near Salcombe
Marine Parade: First Houses 2018.09 4 Picture + text History of the first houses
Marriage celebrations for Prince of Wales & Princess Alexandra of Denmark 1863 2017.10 5 Picture + text Parade, Pavilion on the Lawn and ball at the Assembly Rooms
MARSHALL, Thomas 2001.05 2 Picture + text Butler and newsman died 1907 aged 66
Mary Rose 2017.04 2 Picture + text Summary of talk on warship. March 2017.
MATTHEWS family 2023.06 2 Text Builders of Holcombe
MAUNDER, Sam 2022.06 12 Picture + text Purveyor of fish and chips living at 2nd Ave.
Methodist churches 1999.03 1 Picture + text History
MITCHELL, Bert 2023.12 5 Picture + text With a donkey 1921 & 1971
Mount Maria 2024.06 16 Text Theory on the origin of the name
Mourning style 1884 2020.10 7 Text Etiquette explained
MOYSE, Charles 2018.09 1 Ttext Death of railway worker 1921
Museum 50th anniversary 2017.04 1 Picture + text History of Dawlish Museum
Name of Parish Church 2022.03 9 Text Discussing change from St Michael to St Gregory
Newhay falls 2020.01 4 Picture
Newton Abbot Museum 2017.10 1 Picture + text Report of visit
NICHOLLS, John Jeffrey 1891-1918 Article 1 Text From Eastdon Farm to Canada to WW1 in A Dawlish Boy
Oaklands 2011.03 1 Picture + text History
Oakland Park Estate 2021.03 7 Text Report of start of housing development 1971
Old Saltway 2022.06 9 Picture + text Talk on route from Coombe Cellars to Totnes
Old Town Street nos 61-71 1995.07
1996.04
2
2
Text
Text
Old vicarage 2021.09
2021.09
2
4
Picture + text
Picture + text
Update on condition and planning issues
Orchard Gardens 2015.05 1 Text Estate built mid to late 1920’s
Orchards of Dawlish 2020.03 1 Picture + text Fruit growing and cider making
Origins of the History Group 2017.01 4 Picture + text
Outlook Lodge 2014.03 2 Picture + text aka La Quinta
Overcliffe 2014.07
2014.09
1
2
Text Eastcliff Road
Follow up to 2014.07
Pack o'Cards, Combe Martin 2021.06 6 Picture + text Report of Wierdest West Country Buildings talk
PAINTER, Gavin 2017.04 3 Picture Died 1710. Oldest grave at St Gregory’s
PENNELL, Capt. Henry Singleton 2007.03 1 Picture + text Obit 1907
PERKINS Dr J D 2019.10 1 Picture + text Debtors Court hearing 1817 and its context
PHILLOTT, Francis & Saleen
PHILLOTT, Rev Charles
2022.03
2022.12
5
1
Picture+text
Text
Couple buried in churchyard (Name initially noted as Phillcott)
Owner of White House & Clevelands
Picturing Dawlish 1780-1864 2021.06 7 Picture + text How the town developed between these dates: Highlights of illustrated online talk
Pidgley estate sale 1844 1995.04 1 Text
Pier proposals 2015.07
2016.05
2005.03
Article
2
4
1
13
Text
Text
Picture + text
Text
Text
Follow up to 2015.07

History. In Bits & Pieces
Piermont Place 2020.01 6 Picture Postcard photo about 1907
Pitt Farm barn 1997.02 2 Picture Converted to dwellings
PITTS, Joseph 2017.10 2 Picture + text Report of Aug 2017 talk
Plantation House School 2023.06 5 Picture + text Presentation cup
Police service Article 9 Picture + text History. In Bits & Bobs
Poor houses and work house 2017.07 5 Text and Map Poor House on Brunswick Place
Population analysis 1996.10 2 Text Especially of 1851 census
Population figures 2009.01 2 Text 19th century
Post Office 2022.06 1 Picture + text History from 1799
Postal deliveries 2009.01 1 Text Responsibilities of Dawlish postman 1853
Postal services Article 7 Picture + text Changing locations of post offices in Dawlish. In Bits & Bobs
Pout Wall 2018.06 1 Picture + text What's in a name?
Powderham Castle 2023.12 9 Picture + text Report on a tour
Pre-war entertainment 2022.03 4 Picture + text Short recollections piece by Philip Daniell
Prince of Orange 2022.03 10 Picture + text Report of talk on 1688 invasion in S Devon
Priory Article 1 Picture + text History, maps etc. In Sir Walter Raleigh at the Priory
Public Houses in Dawlish 2019.03 1 Picture + text Includes wider history of inns, taverns, etc
Pubs and hotels Article 1 Picture + text See Lost Pubs and Hotels
Queen Caroline 2002.11
2004.09
2020.03
1
1
2
Picture + text
Text
Picture + text
Connection with The Rise
Connection with the Rise
Visit in 1806 and connection to riot in 1820
QUINTON, Admiral Cornelius 2023.09 7 Text Built and lived at Seymour (Friston) House, Bishopsteignton
RAFA building 1998.05 2 Picture + text Listing its various uses
Railway Article 1 Picture + text Heritage that will be lost by new sea wall. In Going Soon
Railway 2017.04 6 Picture Original station and viaduct
Railway 1853 2010.11 2 Text Report of landslip
Railway 1911 2019.03 8 Picture Widening the cutting at Langstone Rock
Railway 1930 2012.05 2 Text Sea wall breached 1930
Railway and high waves 2003.05 2 Text Discomfort in broad gauge days
Railway sea wall development 2020.12
2022.03
2022.06
2022.10
2022.10
2024.03
4
8
6
5
4
9
Picture + text Construction using the Wavewalker and contrasting the old and new wall in front of Marine Parade
Work in 2020 & 2021
Talk on building progress
Report of talk by the Engineer
Parts of the old colonade to be saved?
Major works completed
RALEIGH, Sir Walter 2024.09 12 Text Talk on his life
RASHDALL, Rev. John 2011.11 2 Text Dawlish vicar 1864-69
Red Lion public house 1996.04 2 Text Query on how old it was
Redcliffe 2014.07 2 Text Eastcliff Road
Regatta 2012.01 2 Picture View from Boat Cove 1960s
RHODES, Capt. John Henry 2023.09 8 Picture + text Lived at Teign House (Chao Nan), Bishopsteignton
Riot 1820 2006.03
2020.03
2022.10
2
3
2
Text
Picture + text
Celebrating legal victory of Queen Caroline against George IV
Because of the trial of Queen Caroline of Brunswick
Vicar complaining about the Churchwarden
Rise, The 2004.09
2024.06
1
4
Picture + text
Text
History
Origins
ROBERTS, Betty 2020.10 4 Text Founder-member of DLHG, died aged 98
Rock and Co Engravers 2017.01 6 Picture + text Produced 10 engravings of Dawlish 1863-1874. Picture shows the Lawn in 1874.
Romanoffs, the last of the 2003.01 1 Picture + text Swindle by the Hardins 1930s
ROOTH, Capt Richard Alexander 2019.10
2016.01
8
2
Text Husband of Amy Cann, died in WW1
Married Amy Cann, daughter of Dr Francis Cann
Royal Clarence Hotel, Exeter. 2020.12 9 Picture + text Report of talk by Todd Gray of 2016 fire
Royal Marriage 1863 2017.10 5 Picture + text 'Dawlish Celebrates a Royal Marriage'
Scala Cinema 2014.11 1 Text Memories of the cinema
SCHANK, Admiral John 2001.09 1 Text Biography
School, Old Town Street 2023.03 1 Text Early years
Schools 1920s-1950s 2004.01 2 Text Miss Mackenzie; Johnny Truman; St Timothy’s
Schools 1940s 2004.03 2 Text Annie Lambshead; Clyde House; St Timothy’s
Sea Grove 2020.08 2 Picture + text A description of the 1790s
Seagrove House
Seagrove House folly
2024.06
2024.06
2
16
Picture + text
Picture + text
Origins
Description
Seafront, changes to 2020.12 4 Picture + text Work starting on new sea wall phase 2
Sea Lawn House
Sea Lawn Terrace
Sea Lawn House
2009.07
2009.07
2024.06
1

3
Text
Text
Text
History

Origins
Sea tragedy 2016.05 3 Text 5 drowned in rowing boat 1874
SENIOR, T.G. 2019.03 4 Text Advert for millinery & drapery at Piermont Place 1897
Sewage schemes Article 11 Text 1889 sea outfall etc. In Bits & Bobs
Shaftesbury Theatre 2019.03 2 Text Telephone demo 1882
Shaldon 2023.12 10 Picture + text Report on pictures shown of the tow
SHAPLAND, John 2003.11 1 Picture + text Artist. Born Dawlish 1865, died 1929
SHAPTER, John 2018.12 8 Text Sale catalogue when business transformed from ironmongery to garage 1919
SHAPTER, Thomas 2018.12 5 Text Advert for plumber based in Brook Street
Shell Cove House 2022.12 2 Text Previously known as Clevelands
SHEPARD, Caroline 2014.11
2015.01
2
1
Text
Text
1781-1797. [Part 1]
1781-1797 buried in parish church. [Part 2]
SHIELD, Admiral William 2016.08 2 Text Diary of a stay in Dawlish 1832
Shilstone House 2017.07 2 Picture + text Extensive restoration: report of group visit
Ship Inn 2024.03 10 Text Cob wall gives way
Shipwrecks and rescues 2012.03 1 Text 2 dead, 1 rescued from sailing dinghy 1920
Shops 2016.05 1 Text Memories after WW2
SHORLAND, Don 2014.07 2 Text Secretary to A.C.Ballard 1938-9
SHORT, William 2011.09 2 Text Wine merchant mid 1800s
Shutterton farm 2020.03 3 Text In article on orchards
Slave owners and Dawlish 2023.06 10 Picture + text Owners claiming compensation
Slave owners of Devon 2023.06 9 Text Report of talk
Slave-Ownership in Devon 2020.08 8 Picture + text Presentation at 2015 workshop, part of wider UCL project
Smugglers Lane 2020.08 4 Picture Illustration dated 1792
Snow 2024.06 5 Picture + text Report of talk on weather of Dawlish
Snow and ice 2013.05 2 Text 4 January 1963
Soapbox Derby 2014.01 1 Picture + text Boxing Day 1952 or 1953
SOLOMON, Leon 2015.05
2023.09
2
4
Text
Text
Grandfather of E.A.Simpson, second husband of Wallis Simpson nee Spencer (Duchess of Windsor)
Built Devon Court, Westcliff.
Sor Vleight 2014.07 2 Text Eastcliff Road
Soup kitchen 2017.07 5 Text Old Town Street
Southernhay 2023.12 7 Picture + text Report on a talk
Sports pavilion, Sandy Lane 2011.01 2 Picture + text Opened 1935, grade 2 listed
St Gregory's Church 2022.03
2023.06
9
14
Text
Text
Why was it called St Michael's?
More on St Michael's renaming
St Gregory’s church bells 2011.01
2014.09
1
1
Picture + text Bell foundry at Kenton
Their history and context
St Gregory’s graveyard 2004.03
2005.07
1
2
Picture + text
Text
Includes information no longer readable
Listing of graves by Council for Christian Care
St Gregory’s graveyard records 2016.08
2017.04
1
2
Text How to access
Installed on DLHG website
St Marks Chapel 2023.03 5 Picture + text Involvement of Charles & Dorothea Hoare
Starcross Ferry, Strange Story of 2021.09 7 Picture + text 1958 Gazette piece on story originally in 1863 book
Stonelands 1999.11
2009.03
2023.03
2024.06
1
2
3
4
Picture + text
Picture + text
Text
Picture + text
History and description
Fire 2009
Origins
Origins
Stover Canal 2018.09 2 Picture + text Report of talk
Strand No.33 2024.03 3 Picture + text Architecture
Strand drapers shop 2022.12 5 Picture + text History
Street Furniture 2017.04 1 Picture + text Report of Feb 2017 talk
Street lighting Article 5 Picture + text 1848-1910. In Bits & Bobs
Street names 1994.10
1995.01
2005.05
2
1
1
Text Old names and merged streets.
Row then Park Row
List of street names, their origin and date
STROWBRIDGE, Henry 2007.09
2007.11
2
2
Picture + text Dawlish clockmaker
STUBBINGTON, Mabel (m.n. Radcliffe) 2023.12 12 Text Artist
Sunrise House 2015.05 2 Picture + text Built 1860’s now called Devon Court
SWETE, Revd John 2020.08 2 Picture + text Extracts from 1792 & 1795 journals
TAPLEY, family 2017.10t 3 Text Owners of Tudor Cottages 1544-1775
TATE, Henry 2019.10 6 Picture + text Westcotts Local Press, a local paper report of progress towards founding of Tate Gallery, 1892
Teignmouth docks 2024.09 11 Picture + text Talk on accidents from 1851 to 1986-
Teignmouth Hill footbridge 2019.03 8 Picture + text Photo of people on tension footbridge
Teignmouth Road 1998.09 2 Text History from 1809
Teign Valley Railway 2018.09 1 Picture + text Report of outing
The House That Moved, Exeter 2021.06 6 Picture + text Report of Wierdest West Country Buildings talk
Temperance Society 2018.01 4 Text Report of meeting 1898
Theatres in Dawlish 2022.03 1 Picture + text History of theatricals in Dawlish 1805-1960.
Thompson’s gate 2024.06 11 Picture + text Gateway off Beach lane taking the footpath to Exeter Road. Thompson's Path.
THORN, Mary Ann 2011.11 2 Text Dressmaker, 5 Albert Place
THORNBROUGH, Sir Edward 2023.09 7 Picture + text Built and lived at Murley Grange, Bishopsteignton
THORP, Herbert 2023.12 5 Picture + text With a donkey 1921 & 1971
Three Hares 2018.01 1 Picture + text Carvings in Devon churches
Tithe barns 2019.10 1 Picture + text By the church and at Stonelands farm
Toilets 2017.07 1 Picture + text Devon Toll Houses: report of talk
Tourist Information Centre 2022.03 7 Picture + text Closed 2020
Town centre changes 2018-20 2020.03 5 Picture + text Article titled 'Yesterday's History'
TRIGGER, Mike 2022.06 12 Text Profile
TRIPE, family 2017.10 4 Text Owners of Tudor Cottages 1775-1937
TRIPE, R 2016.05 3 Text Advert for coal, ale and timber merchant
TRIPE, Reta
TRIPE, Richard
2017.10 4 Text In article on Tudor Cottages
TRUMAN family Article 1 Text See Herbert Truman
TRUMAN, (William) Herbert Artcile 1 Picture + text Painter 1883-1957, born Dawlish. See Herbert Truman
Tucks Plot Article 1 Picture + text History in The Lawn & Tucks Plot
Tudor Cottages 2017.10
2023.06
3
11
Picture + Text
Picture + Text
'The Oldest House in Dawlish' article
Imagining the rear of the farm building
TUKE, John Edgecombe 2017.04 4 Picture + text Surgeon, Bedlam Hospital
Turnpikes Article 6 Text Dawlish & Teignmouth Turnpike Trust. In Bits & Bobs
Ugbrooke House 2019.10 3 Picture + text Report of visit 2nd July 2019
VARVEL, Walter G 2007.05 1 Text Memories of Dawlish 1928-50
Vicarage / Old Vicarage
August 2021 update
2020.10
2021.09
4
2
Picture + text History of plans for demolition / redevelopment since 2005
Illustrated report on further delapidation
Victorian Gardens of Devon 2020.01 2 Picture + text The effects of the Industrial Revolution & Empire
Violets 1996.06
2021.12
1
1
Text
Picture + text
More about Violets
History of violet growing and related activities Dawlish and Holcombe
WAIN, Sheila 2023.09 12 Picture + text P&T Obituary of DLHG stalwart 1945-2023
War memorial 2014.09 2 Picture + text Dedication 19 Feb 1921
Wartime memories 2021.09 1 Picture + text Myrtle Mackie in Dawlish in 1940
WASHINGTON, Mary Margaret Charlotte 2016.10 3 Text Work in WW1
Water supply 2018.12 5 Text 1882 advert for connection to supply
WAYSON, William 2020.08 3 Picture + text Mentions of Watson & Sea Grove Lodge in Revd John Swete journals
Weather 2024.06 5 Picture + text Report of talk on weather of Dawlish
Weather 1824 2009.11 2 Text Storm damage
WEBBER, Joan 2023.12 5 Picture + text With a donkey 1921 & 1971
Weech 2020.10 7 Text The meaning of Weech
Weech House 2023.06 6 Picture + text see Cottage, Empsons Hill
Weirdest buildings of the West Country 2021.06 6 Picture + text Illustrations from a talk
Westcliff model 2023.03 13 Picture + text Upper Westcliff before c.1850
Westcott's Local Press 2018.06
2016.05
1
2
Text Adverts from 1879
Weekly publication 1849-99
Westcotts Local Press 1881 2019.06 3 Picture + text The Channel Tunnel. Assassination of President Garfield
Westcott Press 24/4/1884 2020.12 7 text Reports of national news items
WESTLAKE Bros 2018.12 5 Text 1882 advert for loose leaf teas
Whickham Lodge 2014.07
2014.09
1
2
Text Eastcliff Road
Follow up to 2014.07
Wildflowers in Dawlish 2020.12 1 Picture + text Results of survey comparing 1903 and 2020
William of Orange invasion 2022.03x 10 Picture + text Brixham to Newton Abbot & Exeter etc.
William Pengelly Cave Studies Centre 2018.09 3 Picture + text Report of visit
World War 1 2016.10 2 Text V.A. hospital and Dawlish War Supply Depot
World War 1 Gardening 2017.01 3 Text Dawlish council involvement
World War 2 2015.01 1 Text Val Eaves memories of evacuation to Dawlish
World War 2 aircraft crash 2006.03 1 Picture + text Flying Fortress at Langdon Hospital
World War 2 evacuee 2006.05 1 Text Audrey Peters’ memories
World War 2 Home Guard 2021.09 1 Picture + text Making Molotov bombs
World War 2 National Farm Survey 2003.09 1 Text Data available on local farms
World War 2 town adopts HMS Bay 2005.09 1 Picture + text The ship’s bell hangs in the Manor House
ZAMBRA, Grace & George 2021.12 2 Picture + text Violet growing at Windward Farm, Holcombe
ZUCKERMANN, Herta 2023.12 12 Picture + text Artist married Ernie Cotton in Dawlish in 1939

Click here to return to the Chronicle and Newsletters