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| SUBJECT | EDITION | PAGE | Picture/Text | NOTES |
| 1960 storm and flooding | 2020.03 | 6 | Picture + text | Effect on railway and Tucks Plot |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 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, Old Teignmouth Road | 2022.12 | 1 | Picture + text | History |
| 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 |
| 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 wreck | 2006.05 | 2 | Picture + text | Cardiff collier wrecked 1943 |
| 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 |
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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 |
| Cycles | 2019.10 | 7 | Picture + text | Local paper report of Stanley Cycle Show with latest cycling innovations |
| 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 prison | 2023.03 | 10 | Text | Report of talk |
| Davies F, Photographer | 2018.06 | 3 | Text | 1879 advert |
| Dawlish in 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 | 9 | Picture + text | Description |
| 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 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 |
| 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 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 |
6 1 |
Picture + 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 |
| 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 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 | |
| GILPIN, John | 2011.11 | 1 | Text | Blue plaque for ballet dancer |
| GOODALL, Admiral Samuel | 2023.09 | 7 | Text | Buried at Bishopsteignton |
| 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 |
| 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 | 1Text | ||
| 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 |
| 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 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 | 2011.07 Article | 1 | Picture + text |
Brief history Website article The Lawn and Tucks Plot |
| 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 | 2 | Picture + text | Early years |
| Luscombe Castle | 2004.11 | 1 | Picture + text | History of the estate |
| 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 House | 2014.01 | 1 | Text | Retained for the town 2013 |
| Manor house | 2016.01 | 3 | Text | Jackson family |
| 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 |
| 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? |
| 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 |
4 8 6 5 4 | 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? |
| 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 | 1 | Picture + text | History |
| 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 |
| Seafront, changes to | 2020.12 | 4 | Picture + text | Work starting on new sea wall phase 2 |
|
Sea Lawn house Sea Lawn Terrace | 2009.07 | 1 | Text | History |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| 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 |
1 2 |
Picture + text |
History and description Fire 2009 |
| Stonelands | 2023.03 | 3 | Text | Origins |
| Stover Canal | 2018.09 | 2 | Picture + text | Report of talk |
| 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 |
| 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 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. |
| 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 |
| 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 1824 | 2009.11 | 2 | Text | Storm damage |
| 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 |
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